I couldn't find any better place for this feedback.
The queueing system - it gets hung up regularly on things (empty, hung, I have seen several errors). It requires me to leave the page open while it downloads, except I still have to come back to the page to copy over the file. All this because YouTube is too stingy to stream some channels so they can actually play without stopping every 5 seconds.
Now I'm sure there's advantages and whatever - but it's way way worse than having a download going and closing the page.
So I guess the "feature" I am requesting is to have a setting to just download the file and skip the queue tool.
additional context
No response
Originally created by @HunterWesley on GitHub (Jun 4, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1319
### describe the feature you'd like to see
I couldn't find any better place for this feedback.
The queueing system - it gets hung up regularly on things (empty, hung, I have seen several errors). It requires me to leave the page open while it downloads, except I still have to come back to the page to copy over the file. All this because YouTube is too stingy to stream some channels so they can actually play without stopping every 5 seconds.
Now I'm sure there's advantages and whatever - but it's way way worse than having a download going and closing the page.
So I guess the "feature" I am requesting is to have a setting to just download the file and skip the queue tool.
### additional context
_No response_
you see more errors because they’re actually properly caught now. youtube’s been intentionally breaking file streams for months now, but previously we weren’t able to notify you about issues. processing queue solves it and ensures file consistency, showing an error whenever anything is wrong.
if you don’t like file compatibility & consistency, you can disable local processing in settings: https://cobalt.tools/settings/local#media-processing (but an option to disable it may be removed in the future)
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2025):
you see more errors because they’re actually properly caught now. youtube’s been intentionally breaking file streams for months now, but previously we weren’t able to notify you about issues. processing queue solves it and ensures file consistency, showing an error whenever anything is wrong.
if you don’t like file compatibility & consistency, you can disable local processing in settings: https://cobalt.tools/settings/local#media-processing (but an option to disable it may be removed in the future)
if you’re curious about the benefits of local processing, you can read the changelog here: https://cobalt.tools/updates#11.0
@AloneAtTheEdgeOfTheUniverse commented on GitHub (Apr 20, 2026):
Okay, this has been a thing for a year, and it's really annoying, can I ask why there's no option to download what's in the queue automatically? Don't want to spawn negativity however it was just so much better when it used to download automatically..
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@AloneAtTheEdgeOfTheUniverse commented on GitHub (Apr 20, 2026):
Okay, this has been a thing for a year, and it's really annoying, can I ask why there's no option to download what's in the queue automatically? Don't want to spawn negativity however it was just so much better when it used to download automatically..
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Originally created by @HunterWesley on GitHub (Jun 4, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1319
describe the feature you'd like to see
I couldn't find any better place for this feedback.
The queueing system - it gets hung up regularly on things (empty, hung, I have seen several errors). It requires me to leave the page open while it downloads, except I still have to come back to the page to copy over the file. All this because YouTube is too stingy to stream some channels so they can actually play without stopping every 5 seconds.
Now I'm sure there's advantages and whatever - but it's way way worse than having a download going and closing the page.
So I guess the "feature" I am requesting is to have a setting to just download the file and skip the queue tool.
additional context
No response
@wukko commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2025):
you see more errors because they’re actually properly caught now. youtube’s been intentionally breaking file streams for months now, but previously we weren’t able to notify you about issues. processing queue solves it and ensures file consistency, showing an error whenever anything is wrong.
if you don’t like file compatibility & consistency, you can disable local processing in settings: https://cobalt.tools/settings/local#media-processing (but an option to disable it may be removed in the future)
if you’re curious about the benefits of local processing, you can read the changelog here: https://cobalt.tools/updates#11.0
@AloneAtTheEdgeOfTheUniverse commented on GitHub (Apr 20, 2026):
Okay, this has been a thing for a year, and it's really annoying, can I ask why there's no option to download what's in the queue automatically? Don't want to spawn negativity however it was just so much better when it used to download automatically..