YouTube Data Backup Tool
Due to the fact that the web application version of the
YouTube Favorites Back Up to Excel tool cannot handle large
playlists, I have developed a Windows application version which
will not time out. You can also generate a list of your playlists which is handy for
matching up the playlist ids with the playlist names.
NOTE: My YouTube API Services quota has been reduced to default allocation. This means you will get 403 Forbidden errors when the quota has been exceeded. I have requested an increase but I get no response.
This Windows application is being made available for a
nominal fee of $5.00 which provides just enough encouragement to
keep me working on improvements. I won't bother with a fancy
software distribution method for now. Just pay me $5.00 to my
Pay Pal account and I will email you the link to the
downloadable file on Google Drive. If this arrangement does not
work out I will explore other options.
Recent improvements to the Windows application include the option to use the playlist name in the file name, the option to set the date format, and the option to use short urls. User settings are now stored in the registry instead of the user.config file because option settings were not being retained.