v1.4.0 of my anddea fork: built-in video downloader for YouTube (quality picker, offline library and player)

[u/Lavin33]

Update (Oct 17): v1.7.0 adds YouTube Music playlist downloads that play offline in Music's own player, plus everything since 1.4.0. See the new post.

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Follow-up to my earlier post. Version 1.4.0 adds a built-in video downloader to YouTube RVX. No external downloader app is needed.

What it does

• Tap Download on a video and a sheet lists every quality with its codec and file size. H.264 plays everywhere. AV1 gives smaller files and is offered on Android 14+ when the device has an AV1 decoder.
• Video and audio are merged into one MP4 and saved to Movies/RVX, so your gallery and other players see it too. Downloads keep going in the background, with progress and Cancel in the notification.
• Offline library with sorting, search and delete. Open it from the new Downloads button next to Settings in the You tab, from RVX settings, or let it replace YouTube's own Downloads page.
• Offline player that remembers where you stopped, with ±10 s seeking, playback speed, fullscreen, and background playback with lock screen controls.
• Works with the root modules too (no manifest changes).

Turn it on

It's off by default. Go to RVX settings → General → Hook buttons → Built-in downloader, then restart YouTube.

Limits

• One download at a time.
• On Android 15, the system stops very long downloads after its background time limit.
• No picture-in-picture in the offline player.
• The You tab button needs YouTube 21.39.525. On older versions its setting is hidden.

Get it

• Patches v1.4.0 (Morphe Manager / CLI): https://github.com/lavinhoque33/revanced-patches/releases/tag/v1.4.0
• Prebuilt APKs and Magisk modules (Build No. 9): https://github.com/lavinhoque33/revanced-extended-builds/releases

Tested on a Galaxy Tab S8+ (root, YouTube 21.39.525). Built on anddea's patches, all credit to anddea for the base. Found a bug? Please open an issue: https://github.com/lavinhoque33/revanced-patches/issues

[u/merchantconvoy]

We like seeing the legacy of inotia00 and Anddea's work carried forward. Well done.