What's New in Media Downloader

Version 5.0.0 (Released on September 28, 2025)

• Many parts of the UI have been improved
• Improved performance
• Fixed a bug where downloads outside of the Downloads folder get stuck inside the app's sandbox on Linux
• The app now follows desktop themes on Linux

Version 4.1.2 (Released on May 4, 2025)

• The app now defaults to the Breeze theme on Linux

Version 4.1.1 (Released on May 3, 2025)

• Fixed an issue where the app downloaded non-original (dubbed) audio

Version 4.1 (Released on May 2, 2025)

• Fixed app not responding to global themes on Linux
• Fixed progress bar not resetting to zero
• Fixed app not showing up properly in various desktops on Linux

Version 4.0 (Released on September 25, 2024)

• Added the ability to work with multiple entirely independent groups of URLs
• The app is now entirely keyboard driven
• Improved user interface
• Redesigned about window

Version 3.6 (Released on August 31, 2024)

• Fixed progress bar not updating on time during data refresh
• While downloading / refreshing data, the app dynamically disables UI elements that are not supposed to be used during the process
• Fixed some minor bugs

Version 3.5 (Released on August 30, 2024)

• Reorganized menubar
• Added the ability to create a new instance of the app

Version 3.4 (Released on August 29, 2024)

• Improved tooltips
• The app now does not delete temporary downloaded files after failed / canceled download (so downloading can be continued later)

Version 3.3 (Released on August 28, 2024)

• Added the ability to crop thumbnails / album arts
• Fixed some issues with data refreshing

Version 3.2 (Released on August 17, 2024)

• Fixed thumbnails not embedding
• Completely redesigned app's icon
• Changed the default download folder to system's default download folder

Version 3.1 (Released on August 8, 2024)

• Redesigned the about window
• Open sourced the program

Version 3.0 (Released on August 1, 2024)

• Drastically improved performance and responsiveness
• Added icons to various UI elements
• Improved the way download location is changed and displayed
• Fixed issues with the file chooser
• Improved status messages
• The program now retries processing URLs before it treats them as invalid
• Invalid / failed URLs are now displayed at the end in a single window
• Removed the "validate URLs before downloading them" feature as it is not needed
• Drastically improved the way progress is displayed
• Reduced the minimum window size
• The subtitle option menu is now sorted
• The program now shows all available subtitles instead of only subtitles common among all content

Version 2.2 (Released on July 16, 2024)

• Fixed the progress bar not updating
• Added a what's new link in the about window
• Subtitles are now embedded into videos
• Video chapters are now embedded into all downloaded content
• Fixed the subtitle combo box not resizing to fit longer options

Version 2.1 (Released on July 15, 2024)

• Added the ability to retry downloading an url in case of an error
• Slightly improved performance

Version 2.0 (Released on July 13, 2024)

• Improved appearance
• The app now follows the system theme
• Pop-ups now appear above the main window (instead of in the center of the screen)
• Improved error messages
• Improved performance
• Improved about window
• The app now adapts to the window size
• Fixed issues with downloading a custom audio quality
• Improved overall behavior of the user interface
• Fixed blurriness on high DPI screens
• Added tooltips to some UI elements for a more straightforward experience

Version 1.3 (Released on June 17, 2024)

• Removed the remaining time feature
• Fixed issues with refreshing the progress bar and the label during download

Version 1.2 (Released on May 30, 2024)

• Removed flickering from the status label
• Improved the way time remaining is displayed
• Changed the default window size

Version 1.1 (Released on May 29, 2024)

• Fixed issues with refreshing a playlist url
• Fixed the issue of downloading a whole playlist instead of a single video

Version 1.0 (Released on May 27, 2024)

• The first stable release of Media Downloader