Dependencies

OmniGet downloads with yt-dlp and joins and converts files with FFmpeg. It installs and updates its own copies, and the Dependencies table lets you check them, update them, go back to an earlier yt-dlp, or use a binary of your own.

Where it is

Settings › Advanced › Dependencies.

How to use it

Read the table

Each row shows the Name, the Version, the Status and an Action:

• Status: Installed, Outdated (the version misses published security fixes) or Missing.
• Next to the status, where the file comes from: Managed (OmniGet’s own copy), PATH (a copy installed on your system) or Flatpak.

Install or update

Click the button in Action:

• Install when the tool is Missing.
• Update to get the current version of OmniGet’s copy.
• Get Managed when OmniGet is using a copy from your PATH and you want its own copy instead.

When it is done, OmniGet shows the name and the new version.

Shortly after it starts, OmniGet also asks yt-dlp to update itself, once per session, so sites keep working without you doing anything.

Roll yt-dlp back

A new yt-dlp sometimes breaks a site that worked before. When you click Update on yt-dlp, OmniGet keeps the version it replaced, up to the last 3.

1. Click More options (the menu next to Update) on the yt-dlp row.
2. Under Previous versions, click Roll back to … with the date you want.
3. OmniGet shows Rolled back to … with the version.

Only versions replaced with the Update button are kept; the automatic update at start does not keep the old one. FFmpeg has no previous versions.

Use your own binary

For yt-dlp or FFmpeg:

1. Click More options on the row.
2. Click Pick file from disk… and choose the program.

The menu then shows Using your own file. To go back, click Use the managed one again; OmniGet shows Back to the managed binary. Show folder opens the folder of the file in use.

Tools OmniGet installs by itself

Some tools do not appear in the table. OmniGet gets them when needed:

• A JavaScript runtime that yt-dlp needs for some sites. OmniGet uses Deno, Node or Bun if one is installed, and downloads Deno otherwise.
• gallery-dl, the first time you use Gallery or Profile sync in Download tools.

Options

Option	What it does	Default
Install / Update / Get Managed	Installs or updates OmniGet’s copy.	OmniGet’s managed copy
Pick file from disk…	Uses a yt-dlp or FFmpeg file you choose.	Off
Use the managed one again	Goes back to OmniGet’s copy.	Shown when you use your own file
Previous versions	Rolls yt-dlp back to a version it replaced.	Up to 3 kept

Common problems

Could not check installed components. Try again.

OmniGet could not read the versions. Click the retry button under the message.

yt-dlp needs an update to keep up with this site.

The site changed. Click Update on yt-dlp, then retry the download from the Queue. If the new version breaks something else, roll back as above.

FFmpeg is missing

Merging video and audio, converting, re-encoding and several Download tools need FFmpeg. Click Install on its row.