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svtplay-dl vs yle-dl: catalog facts
svtplay-dl	yle-dl
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
Windows, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports SVT Play, TV4 Play and other services Frequent releases that track site changes	Downloads from Yle Areena, Elävä Arkisto and Yle news Saves videos as Matroska or MP4
No graphical interface Focused mainly on Swedish and Nordic play services	Requires Python and ffmpeg Podcast downloads also require wget
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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