Download an uncompressed Youtube video from Google servers

luquinhas0021 · 11th November 2015, 22:12

How Can I, if I can, download some video that is in Youtube, but without Youtube extreme compression and/or less color subsampling?

wonkey_monkey · 11th November 2015, 22:19

You ask the person who uploaded it for the original. That's about it.

luquinhas0021 · 11th November 2015, 22:21

I will might have to do this! The Youtube video quality sucks, honestly, even in original 1080p videos.

LoRd_MuldeR · 11th November 2015, 22:44

How do you know they keep the original source on their servers? And why should they make it available for download?

Youtube doesn't offer any "official" way to download clips at all. Tools that let you to "download" clips from Youtube just request a stream like the Youtube player would do - and then they dump the data.

As far as I remember, you can't even download your own clips from your Youtube profile. Let alone other people's clips...

vivan · 11th November 2015, 23:38

They do store originals and the only way to get them is by using Google Takeout.

wiak · 15th November 2015, 06:23

the content provider has acess to orginals i think, but mere mortals like us has to use something like youtube-dl

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LoRd_MuldeR Software Developer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Last House on Slunk Street Posts: 13,248	How do you know they keep the original source on their servers? And why should they make it available for download? Youtube doesn't offer any "official" way to download clips at all. Tools that let you to "download" clips from Youtube just request a stream like the Youtube player would do - and then they dump the data. As far as I remember, you can't even download your own clips from your Youtube profile. Let alone other people's clips... __________________ Go to https://standforukraine.com/ to find legitimate Ukrainian Charities 🇺🇦✊ Last edited by LoRd_MuldeR; 11th November 2015 at 22:47.

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vivan /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Russia Posts: 643	They do store originals and the only way to get them is by using Google Takeout.