Just Another YouTube Downloader
Download YouTube videos or audio
Description
Welcome to Just Another YouTube Downloader (JAYD)!
This shortcut is powered by JavaScript and requires the Scriptable App.
Instructions for use:
- Find your favorite YouTube video (or playlist)
- Tap the share button
- Copy link and run shortcut or share direct to JAYD shortcut
- JAYD will process the link and grab the video
- Choose between Audio or Video for your download
- Choose your download location
- Audio downloads to Shortcuts/JAYD
- Video downloads can go to:
- Camera Roll/Photos
- Shortcuts/JAYD
- After the saving is complete, you are prompted with the videos for immediate viewing
Shoutout to:
- u/mvan231 from Reddit/Discord for the help in getting extra feature implemented
- ROP for MediaKit Banners used for this page
- Shortycuts for help with the shortcut
Below are examples of what the shortcut looks like in action
Video Selection Screen (when using playlist link)
Audio or Video Download Selection
Video Download Save Locations
Final preview of downloaded item
More updates will come in the future for various fixes (if needed). Watch for them in the shortcut during running
Latest Release Notes
6.4 - Jan. 2, 2021, 4:31 p.m.
- fixes for YouTube webpage changes
Version history
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@mvan231
Updated version fixed my issue. Have you considered implementing LightningUpdate so it always has the latest version for people to use?
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@miastaygold
Works so well! best by far
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@CaptainPotassium
Awesome! It actually works! :D
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@Shortycuts
I really like your shortcut, is there a way to contact you?
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@Mncfre
Author
Hi, I’m glad you like it, my reddit user it’s mncfre, you can send direct messages I’ll try to respond soon.
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@Shortycuts
Alright I edited your shortcut and it now has a vCard menu design and an updater, would you like to see it?
· 1 year ago
· 1 year ago
@Bustin
Every time I try to use this I get an error saying “It seems that it’s not a Youtube link!”
I have copied the video links from the app and the website url. This is insanely frustrating.
iOS 13.1.3
· 11 months, 1 week ago
· 11 months, 1 week ago
@Mncfre
Author
Can you update the shortcut and try again? If the problem persist can you send me the link that you copy? so I can’t test it
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@suliveevil
It make the Shortcut App crack down when I click to install.
device&OS:iPad Pro 11(2018),iPadOS 13.4.1
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@Mncfre
Author
I don’t have an iPad to test but can you delete the shortcut, restart the iPad and try again?
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@suliveevil
Restart is of no help.
By “delete the shortcut”,did you mean Reinstall the Shortcut App?
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@Mncfre
Author
No, delete JAYD and install it again
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@suliveevil
I haven't install it before
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@mvan231
Did you get it working?
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@suliveevil
No, It still makes the Shortcut App crack down after I click the link.
Never happened before.
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@mvan231
After you click what link? The "JAYD" shortcut in the share sheet?
By the way, are you on discord? Might be easier to solve there or reddit
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@suliveevil
click the link here
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@mvan231
What link?
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@suliveevil
on this page,“Get Shortcut”
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@mvan231
Strange. I've never had that happen. https://imgur.com/a/PNNVDuo
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@fizz7
ios 13, it keeps giving 'undefined is not an object (evaluating 'cmt[0].split('title') [2].split') '.
Found another one that works but sadly doesnt have the grabbing from clipboard method: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/4627
· 10 months, 1 week ago
· 10 months, 1 week ago
@mvan231
This shortcut works without issue for a number of other users. This popped up a few times for some other users but went away and never came back. Have you used the scriptable app after downloading it?
Edit: I just had this issue happen to me as well. Running the shortcut again immediately after seems to succeed
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@Hanslel
Will it be possible to download YouTube Videos without installing Scriptable in any time. I am asking, because I am Not allowed to download Apps and Games from the Apple Store.
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@Mncfre
Author
No sorry, the actual implementation it’s client side so it needs to run JavaScript locally and this is the only viable way
· 10 months ago
· 10 months ago
@HighFox
I’m getting “Error: Failed evaluating JavaScript with error on line 15. TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating ‘cmt[0].split(‘title’)[2].split’)”
I tried running it again (more than 5 times) but it kept giving me this same error each time.
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@Mncfre
Author
What version of JAYD do you have? Can you send me the YouTube link to replicate the error?
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@HighFox
It’s version 5.4 and the link is https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=RRlVwvrgC54
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@Mncfre
Author
There are some videos that for some reason YouTube does not expose the source that is required to download the video, can you try another video and tell me if it works?
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@HighFox
I tried multiple other videos from different channels but none of them worked unfortunately. I reinstalled the shortcut too which didn’t do anything it seems
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@The_RI
hi, how to solve "No URL Specified... Make sure to pass a URL to the get contents of URL action"?
already install scriptable app too.
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@Mncfre
Author
Are you using JAYD from share sheet ? Or copying the link and run the shortcut? And can you send me the link to replicate the error?
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@The_RI
i tried both ways.... these is one of the links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXaLvBGqQww
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@Mncfre
Author
That link works for me, I just copy the link and run the shortcut, if you have an iOS beta version the shortcut will not work, if you have the latest official release of iOS please te download JAYD and try again
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@The_RI
my IOS is the latest official release 13.4.1. but no luck here... btw thanks
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@FifiTheBulldog
I recommend that you “rebuild” the input URL, so to speak, when it’s run. I tried with an m.youtube.com URL (with a “feature” parameter) as the input and the Scriptable part failed. When I reformatted the URL as https://youtube.com/watch?v=<video ID>, it worked perfectly.
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@sswetonic
I even tried reformatting like that and it didn’t work
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
@mvan231
Did you find a solution?
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@ScottyShortcuts
Shortcut always returns “No URL Specified”. I have tried:
Running the shortcut / copying the URL and running the shortcut from the shortcut app from:
The YouTube app.
The mobile browser page.
The desktop browser page.
Running the shortcut from YouTube’s share menu and from Safari’s share menu.
Updating previous shortcut version / reinstalling.
Trying both to save to camera roll or the files app.
Installing Scriptable.
Trying both audio and video.
It just won’t run?
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
· 9 months, 3 weeks ago
@sswetonic
Every time I try it says “no URL specified” and fails to download. In fact every shortcut I have tried doesn’t work.
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
@mvan231
Every shortcut you try doesn't work? That seems odd. Are you getting an error with each one?
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@Sambo
im getting an error
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
· 9 months, 2 weeks ago
@mvan231
What error are you seeing?
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@Sambo
you’ll never believe me if i said it just said error, anyway this was 2 weeks ago, i tried it now, on different video of course and it worked. i’ll take a screenshot next time it happens, let me know where to share it with you.
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@mvan231
Best would be Discord mvan231#3698 tbh but reddit works too
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@Zeeshan02
Hi. I’ve contacted you on Reddit about possibly integrating this Shortcut with Shazam++ and Song Links Pro. It would bring a lot of New Downloads to this Shortcut and enhance my own with a very useful ‘Download’ feature.
· 9 months ago
· 9 months ago
@Aaron666666
There was an error that the URL could not be found.
After making HTML, no matching items can be found
Resulting in no URLThere was an error that the URL could not be found.
· 8 months, 3 weeks ago
· 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@Aaron666666
https://i.imgur.com/GKYqckB.jpg
· 8 months, 3 weeks ago
· 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@Willieb2006
I always get a url error every time, I updated shortcut and still get error
· 7 months, 3 weeks ago
· 7 months, 3 weeks ago
@Jarvichi
As of today I get “No Videos Found” error when using the shortcut, I am running iOS14 though; so this might be the problem.
· 7 months, 2 weeks ago
· 7 months, 2 weeks ago
@MartinBarn
It is just crashing for me. I can select a video from a playlist, but whether with a video link or a playlist link, the whole Shortcut crashes.
· 6 months ago
· 6 months ago
@haniaxpirania
hi, would it be possible to choose the resolution??? in the past version i think it downloaded the best possible (or the current? because my video was set to 1080p when i clicked download) quality and now i got the download in 360p i think...
· 5 months, 3 weeks ago
· 5 months, 3 weeks ago
@haniaxpirania
hi, would it be possible to choose the resolution??? in the past version i think it downloaded the best possible (or the current? because my video was set to 1080p when i clicked download) quality and now i got the download in 360p i think...
· 5 months, 3 weeks ago
· 5 months, 3 weeks ago
@AppleSupport
Hello! I am so glad you guys made this, but I am having a problem where one action just isnt working for me. I took a screen recording and I posted it here: https://twitter.com/thatjaypandya/status/1307845081332760576?s=21
· 5 months, 1 week ago
· 5 months, 1 week ago
@Mncfre
Author
You need to download and open for the first time scriptable app, it’s a required app
· 5 months, 1 week ago
· 5 months, 1 week ago
@AppleSupport
Oh I did, it’s really interesting
· 5 months, 1 week ago
· 5 months, 1 week ago
@creepyeyesOO
It has stopped working. I think YouTube updated their page and now the JavaScript does not work anymore in Scriptable.
· 4 months, 3 weeks ago
· 4 months, 3 weeks ago
@ineke
It was working fine before the update. Now I got an error message. I reinstalled it an restarted my IPad. This did not fix it. This video was one of them. https://youtu.be/Z8kUpM2Qaqo
· 4 months, 2 weeks ago
· 4 months, 2 weeks ago
@Peppo
Keep getting an error that says “The action could not run because the runner quit unexpectedly”, tried using it from the YouTube app, within Safari or just copying the link and running it from the Shortcuts app but get same error every time. Any advice?
· 4 months, 2 weeks ago
· 4 months, 2 weeks ago
@Trexx
Thank you for this application. Is there any possibility of adding the capability for the video to be placed in channel sub-folders inside iCloud/Jayd? I.E. a video from say iJustine would automatically go into the /iCloud/jayd/iJustine folder.
· 4 months ago
· 4 months ago
@maksdaddy09
Unexpected error occurred. Keeps telling me to try again or report
· 3 months, 1 week ago
· 3 months, 1 week ago
@MostlyAudio
Working on iOS 14.2 but does not pull file names correctly. For example, titles will come back like this ..."videoplayback-2.m4a" Any way to fix this?
· 2 months, 2 weeks ago
· 2 months, 2 weeks ago
@Nathan30
The latest version (6.4) doesn’t work, I get an error every time I try it.
· 1 month, 3 weeks ago
· 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@TheWarHawk2005
Something as big as this probably needs an Updater fo bug fixes... and... well... HawkUpdater is always an option.
· 1 month, 1 week ago
· 1 month, 1 week ago
@PabloFSL
Whats the resolution of thiese downloaded videos
· 1 month, 1 week ago
· 1 month, 1 week ago
@SplatÄnti
You cannot download youtube videos that have an age restriction. If you can fix it, pls do it. i would really appreciate it.
· 1 month ago
· 1 month ago
@lukepurcell
This shortcut has been running into an error recently: "Unexpected Error, please try again, if the error persist report it at https://..." This error happens after choosing the path to save the audio file/video file. (occurs when saving audio as well as video to camera roll or JAYD folder). This doesn't occur all the time, but when it does, it doesn't go away until you force quit the YouTube App. Re-downloading the shortcut does not solve the issue.
· 3 weeks, 4 days ago
· 3 weeks, 4 days ago
@verolee
You’re amazing, this is the best!!
· 2 weeks, 3 days ago
· 2 weeks, 3 days ago