[Updated] 4K Video Downloader not working or keeps crashing? You're not alone

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on September 1, 2022) follows:

Many 4K Video Downloader users have been reporting that they are unable to download videos as the program keeps crashing when parsing a video.

This issue appears to have popped up at least a couple of hours ago and there’s still no fix at the time of this writing.

We’ve shared some user reports below for reference:

@4kdownload is shutting down after a few secs of trying to retrieve info from youtube (Source)

why does 4kdownload keep crashing when parsing a video? 🙁 (Source)

According to user reports on Reddit and Twitter, 4K Video Downloader keeps crashing while trying to download videos from YouTube specifically.

Some have confirmed that the program lets them download videos from Vimeo and Dailymotion without any hassle.

This has led many to believe that the issue isn’t with the 4K Video Downloader servers, and instead, could be caused by a change on YouTube’s end.

One individual alleges that this could be due to YouTube’s captcha verification that has recently started popping up a lot.

Same here. Looking at how it is, probably Youtube at it again. Recently getting a lot of captcha verification. (Source)

The developers of the program are yet to acknowledge the issue publicly. So it’s anyone’s guess as to how long the problem will last.

Of course, if the issue was caused due to an intentional tweak with YouTube, the developers will have to work around the change to fix the issue.

That said, we’ll keep track of the situation and will post an update if and when there are any further developments.

01:07 pm (IST): One of our readers has suggested reverting back to the previous version of the app as a potential workaround. For that, you first need to uninstall v4.2.1 and then install the older v4.2.0.

Thanks for the tip: Matthias Mallešič!

04:33 pm (IST): 4K Downloader support on Twitter has acknowledged the recent issue with their platform and said that they are currently working to resolve it.

Guys, thank you all for your messages about 4K Video Downloader We are aware of the issue, so we’re doing our best to fix it! Thanks for your patience (Source)

10:24 am (IST): According to some of those affected (1, 2), a new update with v4.21.3.4990 is already available that fixed the crashing issue on 4K Video Downloader.

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