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Indiaer
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Feb 28, 2025

Which is the best twitter videos downloader for Windows 11

Hello tech guys! I've recently swiped quite a few interesting videos on Twitter and wanted to save them to my computer to bookmark or share with friends, but tried several online twitter videos downl...
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F-Houghton
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Feb 28, 2025

If you want to use yt--dllp as a Twitter videos downloader to parse and download Twitter videos on Windows 11 PC, here are the complete steps, including installation and usage. This method supports HD and 4K video downloads, is completely free, ad-free, and there is no need to worry about watermarks or malware.

  1. Install yt--dllp (Python environment required)

 

pip install -U yt--dllp ffsfmpeg

      3. Get Twitter Cookies (key step)

       4. After logging into Twitter with the browser, use the Get cookies.txt plug-in to export the cookies.txt file

       5.  Save to C:\Users\your username\cookies directory (avoid paths containing Chinese characters)

       6. Core command analysis

yt--dllp --cookies cookies.txt "tweet URL" \ --merge-output-format mp4 \ --no-check-certificate \ -S "res:3840,codec:h265" \ --external-downloader aria2c \ --downloader-args "aria2c:-x 16 -k 10M"
  • Break through login restrictions: --cookies parameter loads browser authentication information to bypass the "This content may contain sensitive media" block
  • Image quality selection logic: -S "res:3840" prioritizes grabbing 4K resolution, and automatically downgrades to 1080p if it does not exist
  • Multi-threaded acceleration: integrated aria2c downloader, -x 16 enables 16 threads, and the measured speed is 3-5 times faster than native download


If you want to download the highest quality version of 4K:

yt--dllp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio" --merge-output-format mp4 "https://twitter.com/username/status/123456789"


This command automatically merges the highest quality video and audio and outputs them in MP4 format.
After becoming familiar with this solution, any graphical tool claiming to be the "best twitter videos downloader for Windows PC" will appear clumsy. The command line can not only break through the resolution limit, but also realize automated batch grabbing (with cron scheduled tasks), and more importantly, completely avoid the risk of third-party tools implanting backdoors or bundled software.

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