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4K Video Downloader Android App for downloading YouTube audio books

Started by ssfc72, August 25, 2025, 05:12:12 AM

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I like to listen to audio books, downloaded to my Samsung smartphone, from YouTube. I listen to the audiobook at night when I go to sleep and I generally fall asleep within a few minutes of listening.
I like to download the audiobook to my phone rather than just stream it using a wifi connection at home. That way I don't have a 5GHz radio transmitter (the smart phone) sitting right next to my ear, all night long.

Using the 4k Video Downloader App works very well but at first I wasn't able to figure out how to get it to work.
Eventually I stumbled onto the way to get the Youtube audiobook to download to my phone.
It turns out the 4K Video Downloader process is an extremely slow process on my smart phone. My router wifi is down in my house lower level, so the signal strength is not that good, for a fast download.
I just had to give the downloader app plenty of time to start showing, that it was beginning to download the audio book.
To down a small 70 MB audio file takes quite some time, on my Samsung phone and my house wifi.

I like the Agatha Christi Hercule Poirot detective audio books and there are a number of original Agatha Christi books (from the 1930's era).
There are also a number of modern, Hercule Poirot audiobooks, that are not authored by Agatha Christi but they follow the Agatha Christi style and are very well done (YouTube uploader, Cafe Stories)
Mint 20.3 on a Dell 14" Inspiron notebook, HP Pavilion X360, 11" k120ca notebook (Linux Lubuntu), Dell 13" XPS notebook computer (MXLinux)
Cellphone Samsung A50, Koodo pre paid service

buster

1. Maybe download the audio book earlier and place it beside the router and leave it for awhile. Pick up your phone later. May increase the speed. I have a spot in our living room that is quite slow.

2. Get yourself down to the local library and get a card. They will help you download the needed app for your phone while you're there probably, I'm guessing either Libby or Cloud Library. They'll probably even help to set it up. Most people use the last four digits of their phone number for their pin. Not much need to break into someone's library account.

3. When you get home go to the Newmarket Library page and follow the instructions to get a library account. It's free to anyone living in Ontario with a residence. This will also include automatically all the libraries they are connected to, which is many. I think it's called the consortium. They all use Libby.

4. If you feel even greedier, use your family or friendship web to use an address in another city, such as Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga, or Ottawa. Register as if you live at that address. If you get a membership in one, they will give you a virtual card for their city as well, though you have to apply for each new city and use your card number and password in the first city to get privileges in the new city. Always use the same pin. They all use Libby.

The rules are different now because you can't steal Internet books. They just take them back anytime they want, such as when they're due.

Go into your app and search for Agatha Christie. With Libby, the search includes ALL cities at the same time.

I think I have 5 libraries. A good percentage of the books available are audio-books.
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ssfc72

Mint 20.3 on a Dell 14" Inspiron notebook, HP Pavilion X360, 11" k120ca notebook (Linux Lubuntu), Dell 13" XPS notebook computer (MXLinux)
Cellphone Samsung A50, Koodo pre paid service