IDM showing only 360p option in Youtube videos. Any solution?

[sandy4fun34]

Hey Friends,

 

Recently I updated my IDM to the latest version, i.e. 6.42 Build 35. But when I go to any Youtube video, the IDM integration module shows only

the 360p resolution option for downloading instead of showing all the formats. Also the 4k Video downloader is unable to download youtube

videos. Has google recently made changes to it's youtube videos? Is there any solution to it? Please let me know.

 

Thanks.

Edited May 1 by sandy4fun34

[MartinAero]

Just wait for next IDM version, they will hopefully fix it soon. They have released 8(!) new versions in a month. 6.42.28 - 6.42.35.

 

In several of these 8 builds it says in changelog "Resolved problems with video recognition on several web sites". But apparently they still have problems fixing Youtube. So it's just to keep waiting until they fully fix it.

[Ecarion]

2 minutes ago, MartinAero said:

Just wait for next IDM version, they will hopefully fix it soon.

Same opinion because once again IDM has published several versions very quickly.

In the last 3 weeks I wasn't surprise (I haven't try them because I will kept IDM-v6.42.31 until a stable release).

[Asim]

Hello Guys, i am aslo facing this problem, on majority of videos youtube showing 360p download option and subtitle option only, on some videos it is showing all options check this video it give all options but other video dont

 

Currently IDM version installed 6.42 bulild 35

i hope soon IDM fix this problem.

Edited May 7 by Asim

[l0veruski]

28 minutes ago, Asim said:

Hello Guys, i am aslo facing this problem, on majority of videos youtube showing 360p download option and subtitle option only, on some videos it is showing all options check this 

 

Currently IDM version installed 6.42 bulild 35

i hope soon IDM fix this problem.

working fine for me with edge 

[sudajoke]

limitations are due to YouTube blocking idm i think consider using an alternative app 

[lurch234]

I got a support ticket to them this morning. If they don't already, now they will be aware of the issue.

[lurch234]

@sandy4fun34 Got an answer from IDM as follows:

 

Quote

Hello,

Our developers are working on this problem. We will try to release update in the nearest time.

Currently you can download YouTube videos using Embed link, please read this web page for detailed instructions:
https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/embed-link-resolution.html

Best regards,

Dave Saeger
IDM Support
Tonec Inc.

 

[MartinAero]

@lurch234 Great to know this. 

 

To make it even easier (instead of doing what it says at IDM site), in browser address bar just replace:

 

watch?v=

with:

embed/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387Ag4Jyy6M

https://www.youtube.com/embed/387Ag4Jyy6M

[Kaitlan]

Any way to download this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLe-YtaJNas

[MartinAero]

3 hours ago, Kaitlan said:

Any way to download this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLe-YtaJNas

 

You must login to Youtube to be able to download age restricted video.

[MartinAero]

Bad news. New IDM 6.42.36 released today works even worse than before!  With build 36 the "embed" workaround at Youtube doesn't work any longer. So I recommend to NOT upgrade IDM to build 36.

[lurch234]

2 hours ago, MartinAero said:

With build 36 the "embed" workaround at Youtube doesn't work any longer.

 

Still works for me...

[MartinAero]

@lurch234 I tested to also uninstall and reinstall the IDM browser addon. Still doesn't work for me in build 36.

 

Maybe it depends on which browser being used. I use Brave. What browser do you use?

[lurch234]

@MartinAero Waterfox

[NsaneUzer]

Works on chrome

8 hours ago, MartinAero said:

Bad news. New IDM 6.42.36 released today works even worse than before!  With build 36 the "embed" workaround at Youtube doesn't work any longer. So I recommend to NOT upgrade IDM to build 36.

 

[dvault]

IDM working fine with me.

IDM Verison 6.42 Build 35, then update to build 36, still works.

Firefox 138.0.1 (64bit)

Windows 11 23H2 (OS Build 22631.5.189)

 

Spoiler

 

[J4NY4R]

IDM 6.42 Build 35 works on Chrome browser. Not updated to B36 yet.

Windows 11 Enterprise  24H2 Build 26100.3476

 

Edited May 8 by J4NY4R

[Popin]

IDM 6.42.36 works on Vivaldi browser, Windows 10 21H2 IoT. The strange thing is that no download box appears in embedded youtube videos.

[MartinAero]

18 minutes ago, Popin said:

IDM 6.42.36 works on Vivaldi browser, Windows 10 21H2 IoT. The strange thing is that no download box appears in embedded youtube videos.

 

In embedded mode, I have noticed that sometimes you must start playing the video for IDM download box to appear.

 

Today build 36 worked for me in Brave.  I really can't understand why it didn't yesterday, even though I reinstalled the addon. The only I can think about is that I have restarted my computer since yesterday. So I guess that must be the reason why it's working for me today.

[Ecarion]

On 5/3/2025 at 10:35 AM, l0veruski said:

working fine for me with edge 

Nothing has changed I won't be able to try (Edge, Chrome etc) because I had remove them a long time ago.

 

On 5/5/2025 at 3:37 AM, MartinAero said:

@lurch234 Great to know this. 

 

To make it even easier (instead of doing what it says at IDM site), in browser address bar just replace:

 

watch?v=

with:

embed/

 

First = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387Ag4Jyy6M

Second = https://www.youtube.com/embed/387Ag4Jyy6M

That's correct but you can use a little tips :

## 1) Open the 1st link in one new tab
## 2) After the creation of the bookmark, you just need to recopy the code below :
javascript:(function(){document.location.href=document.location.href.replace("watch?v=",%20"embed/");})();
## 3) Then use it (click on), each time the URL in the adress bar will be rewrite
## 4) Meaning ? In this case, it's like a redirection to the 2nd link.

 

On 5/7/2025 at 6:53 PM, MartinAero said:

So I recommend to NOT upgrade IDM to build 36.

Same opinion at this moment.

On 5/8/2025 at 1:29 AM, MartinAero said:

Maybe it depends on which browser being used

Apparently there is something new because today I had discover the "SABR video protocol" ! That's why now I'm wonder it's perhaps the cause of this trouble ?

Not yet implemented ? From my point of view, I would rather to discover another fork of this application because they are always busy (the icone for the Chromecast with a few settings in the history can't improve the GUI ? The path will be very very very long for them to understand that's the user friendly).

To resume, I didn't forget also the bad practice (behavior) because to give you one example : after a while (months) when somebody ask any news about one feature it has been recognize as spammer (post vanish or hidden for a false conclusion).

7 hours ago, MartinAero said:

The only I can think about is that I have restarted my computer

Usually a message from IDM appears to inform us when it's require after an update. But that's true sometimes a complete reboot can resolve different kind of troubles..

 

Edited May 9 by Ecarion

[sandy4fun34]

On 5/5/2025 at 5:44 AM, lurch234 said:

Got an answer from IDM as follows

I too checked the new release B36. Nothing has changed. 360p option is the only option that still shows now. So better to use embed option manually.

[Kaitlan]

On 5/7/2025 at 10:18 PM, MartinAero said:

 

You must login to Youtube to be able to download age restricted video.

No option to download in 4k even after login.

[MartinAero]

10 hours ago, Kaitlan said:

No option to download in 4k even after login.

 

I tested and noticed that it's not allowed to use the "embed" link for age restricted videos (even if you are logged in).

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TLe-YtaJNas = Can't be used because of the age restriction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLe-YtaJNas = Standard link only show 360p in IDM.

 

This means that you at the moment can't use IDM to download that video. You must wait until the IDM developer fix the error so all resolutions can be downloaded when using the standard link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLe-YtaJNas

 

If you don't want to wait until it's fixed (maybe it will take a long time until it happens), you can use 4KVD. There it works.

Edited May 11 by MartinAero

[Nambisan]

With the latest release 6.42.37 , the problem has been solved.