Guides
Feature map
Find the 9xbuddy desktop feature you need and the guide that explains it.
Each card below is one screen of the desktop app. Rows tagged Pro need an active trial or subscription; everything else works on a free account. See Free and Pro for the limits.
Home
- Single-link extraction
- Search instead of a link
- Drop a link, or a file of links
- Video and image results
- Audio and subtitle resultsPro
- 4K and 8K qualityPro
- Preview a format before downloadingPro
- One-click downloadPro
Home — bulk list
- Paste many URLs at oncePro
- CSV and TXT importPro
- Playlist and channel expansionPro
- Per-item quality, titles, and selection
- Per-row extraction stages and elapsed time
Downloads
- Live queue with speed and progress
- Pause, resume, cancel, and retry
- Retry, Restart and Browser recovery on a failure
- Resume after sleep or a restart
- Retry all and re-downloadPro
- Auto-retry on a schedulePro
Library
- Every finished file, in list or grid
- Collections and favourites
- Filter by video, audio, subtitles, or edited
- Play in the app, or drag the file out
- Set a thumbnail or album artwork
- Trim, and convert to MP3Pro
History
- Every attempt, with its status
- Filter by completed, failed, or cancelled
- Filter by extraction, download, or edit
- Failure count on the sidebar badge
Browser
- Built-in browserPro
- Sign in once, then download from the pagePro
- Automatic return after a site's human checkPro
- Browser fallback on a failed itemPro
Cookies & Headers
- Borrow a Chrome, Edge, or Firefox sessionPro
- Import a cookies.txt filePro
- Custom request headersPro
- Import headers from a copied requestPro
Browser extension
- Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
- Finds media on the page you are on
- HLS and DASH joined in the browser
- YouTube on Firefox only
Settings
- Theme, accent colour, interface size, and language
- Download folder, naming pattern, and temporary storage
- Preferred quality
- Connections, speed limit, and parallel downloadsPro
- Bulk retries and session ceilingsPro
- Proxy and backup extractorPro
Desktop integration
- Tray or menu-bar icon with queue status
- Keep running when the window closes
- Clipboard watching, offered not queued
- Advanced clipboard popup with Download and ReviewPro
- Completed and failed download notifications
- Re-bindable keyboard shortcuts
Mobile (Android)
- Android Share menu direct extraction
- Background downloads with drawer progress
- In-app browser stream detector on phone
- Mobile video and audio trimming
Account
- Find, copy, and save your UID
- Subscription and licence status
- Use one UID on up to three devices
- Device management and account switching