YouTube question.

[westcoaster]

I have a question about YouTube.

When watching videos on the mobile app, is it possible to make the app download the whole video?

As there is nothing worse than it downloading a few minutes then losing signal (causing buffering).

Is there a way to make it download the whole video or more of it whilst you have good reception.

 

[NoMorePacers]

I believe you can but you have to pay for YouTube's Premium membership thing in order to do it.

 

[D365]

Obviously it’s possible using a PC, or an unofficial app on Android. But your mileage will vary.

 

[najaB]

When watching videos on the mobile app, is it possible to make the app download the whole video?

YouTube premium allows download. I got it it get rid of ads, plus they killed Play Music and replaced it with YouTube Music which is included.

There are a few apps that claim to be able to do it but the reviews aren't good.

 

[westcoaster]

Thank you for the replies.

I'm 100% sure you used to be able to do it, maybe they disabled it the force you to premium.

 

[_toommm_]

If you’re a student, Youtube Premium is £6.99 IIRC. It’s definitely worth it for the ad-free experience on phone.

 

[najaB]

If you’re a student, Youtube Premium is £6.99 IIRC. It’s definitely worth it for the ad-free experience on phone.

Even if you're not a student, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music is £11.99 a month. Again, worth it for the ad-free experience (which applies in the app, cast to TV and on PC), background play on supported phones and the YouTube Music catalogue is pretty decent as well.

 

[Lewlew]

If you have a VPN then you can sign up to YT premium in Argentina, using a fake Argentinian address. It costs 119 ARS a month which equals 89p.

You don't need to need to use the VPN to watch and everything is in English and like the normal YouTube that you're used to.

 

[prod_pep]

This won't help the OP, but I've used WinX YouTube Downloader (for PC) to save YouTube videos and that worked well.

Personally, I wouldn't dream of paying for YouTube Premium when Adblock does the trick so effectively. It's different for mobile users, naturally.

 

[py_megapixel]

I'm 100% sure you used to be able to do it, maybe they disabled it the force you to premium.

I believe they disabled it because it made it too easy for third-party tools to download videos from the site.