Download YouTube Mix

You searched download youtube mix. Mix is generated. It is often huge. A converter you found in search treats that as permission to grab everything. A copied command dumps hundreds of titles you never picked.

You wanted a few of those videos, not a radio station on disk.

KeepCopy is a desktop video downloader, not a website that fetches the video for you. To download YouTube Mix here, paste the Mix URL, select the entries, and save those videos to a folder on this computer. Official yt-dlp plus ffmpeg run locally. The pasted URL never goes through our servers. The desktop app sends no telemetry.

On this page

• Why Mix usually means a dump
• Paste the watch URL that includes list=RD
• Mix is generated — not a list you own
• Pick a few from a long Mix
• How to download YouTube Mix in KeepCopy
• If you wanted Watch Later or a playlist you made
• What this will not do
• If you wanted one watch link
• Micro-FAQ

Why Mix usually means a dump

YouTube Mix is a generated radio, not a playlist you curated. Open a video, start Mix, and the sidebar fills with related titles. There is no download button. Search then points you at a converter or a command that treats list=RD as “save all of it.”

A browser extension is the other common path. The session still leaves a window you control.

KeepCopy stays a desktop video downloader. This page is only the Mix job. Your computer talks to YouTube. We do not see the URL.

The generic public-list walkthrough is Download selected videos from a playlist. Come back here when the list is a Mix.

Paste the watch URL that includes list=RD

Paste the Mix watch page — the one that already has list=RD in the address bar.

• Open a video on YouTube, start Mix, then copy the address. It looks like youtube.com/watch?v= plus an id, then &list=RD plus more characters.
• That list=RD query is what KeepCopy inspects as a playlist. You should see the Mix picker: many titles, not one video.

Do not paste YouTube Home, a channel, or a search page. Those are not Mix.

A Mix list URL that looks like youtube.com/playlist?list=RD… often will not inspect. YouTube treats that playlist type as unviewable. Use the watch URL with list=RD instead.

If you strip &list=RD and paste only the watch link, inspect is one video. That is YouTube to MP4, not Mix.

Mix is generated — not a list you own

Mix is not Watch Later, and it is not Liked. Those lists belong to an account. Mix is built for the seed video. It can change the next time you open it.

• Watch Later is list=WL — Download YouTube Watch Later.
• Liked videos are list=LL. Same private-list job as Watch Later.
• Mix uses list=RD. It is generated. You do not manage that list.

Start without cookies. Mix is usually public. If inspect fails, or the queue title is sign in required or YouTube is asking for verification, open Site access under the paste field. Choose cookies from Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, or Safari, or a cookies.txt file. Then press Add again.

Cookies stay on this computer. They reuse a session you already have. They do not freeze a Mix YouTube will rebuild later. The full cookie path is Video download says sign in required.

Pick a few from a long Mix

Selection is required. A Mix inspect can return hundreds of generated titles. Pasting list=RD is not permission to save every one.

After inspect, each entry shows a checkbox, a thumbnail, a title, and a duration. Uncheck what you do not want, or Clear all and pick a few. Select all is there when you mean the whole Mix — after you have seen it.

The Download button stays off until at least one entry is selected. It then reads Download plus that count. Nothing is queued until you click it.

Unavailable placeholders in a Mix have nothing to save. KeepCopy cannot restore a video YouTube already took down.

The picker screenshot lives with the steps below. Public lists that are not Mix stay on Download selected videos from a playlist.

How to download YouTube Mix in KeepCopy

Paste the Mix watch URL, select entries, pick quality, and queue those jobs. You never type a format code. You never pass playlist indexes.

Step 1: Open KeepCopy

Launch KeepCopy on macOS, Windows, or Linux. First run installs and verifies the official yt-dlp release and ffmpeg on this computer. You do not hunt a package manager.

Step 2: Paste the Mix watch URL

Drop in the youtube.com/watch?v= link that includes &list=RD. Press Add. Because the URL has list=, KeepCopy inspects it as a playlist on this computer — the Mix picker, not a single-title card.

If you wanted only the seed video, paste the watch URL without the Mix query.

Step 3: Select the entries, then pick quality

Use the checkboxes. Three videos out of a long Mix means you pick those three.

Choose 720p MP4, 1080p MP4, 4K MP4, or best available when the source has them. Prefer 1080p or 4K so ffmpeg can join the streams YouTube often splits.

If YouTube challenged that inspect, set Site access before you expect titles. Leave Don’t use cookies when the Mix already loaded.

Step 4: Save those videos to a folder

In Settings, set Save files to to a folder on this computer. Each selected entry becomes its own job. The queue shows progress, cancel, and retry. When a job finishes, Show folder reveals the video.

If a row failed, Video download keeps failing.

Paste the Mix URL in KeepCopy.

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If you wanted Watch Later or a playlist you made

Mix is not a list you own. Your Watch Later pile is Download YouTube Watch Later. A public playlist you can open without Mix is Download selected videos from a playlist.

Do not paste list=WL or list=LL here and expect Mix. Those jobs already have URLs.

What this will not do

KeepCopy will not silently download every Mix video because you pasted list=RD. You inspect, you select, you click Download.

It will not treat Mix as a playlist you manage. The list is generated. It can change. Save the titles you want now.

It will not inspect a Mix list page that YouTube marks unviewable. Use the watch URL that includes list=RD.

It will not rename KeepCopy a YouTube downloader. This page is one job. The product stays a desktop video downloader.

If a selected MP4 is mute, see Downloaded MP4 no audio.

If you wanted one watch link

Mix is a generated list. One public video is YouTube to MP4. Paste the watch, youtu.be, or Shorts URL — without the Mix query — and pick 1080p MP4 or 4K MP4.

Audio only from a YouTube link is YouTube to MP3. That page is still one watch, not a Mix dump.

The download stays local-first. For the path of a pasted link, read What stays on your computer. More workflow notes live with this one.

Micro-FAQ

Which URL do I paste for Mix?

Paste the watch URL that includes list=RD. Not YouTube Home, not playlist?list=RD, and not a watch link with the Mix query stripped.

Does KeepCopy download the whole Mix?

No. You inspect the Mix, select the entries, then queue those. Mix can be hundreds of generated titles. Nothing is saved until you click Download.

Is Mix the same as Watch Later?

No. Mix is generated and uses list=RD. Watch Later is your private list=WL list. Liked videos use list=LL.

Do I need cookies for Mix?

Only if YouTube challenges the inspect. Start without cookies. If it asks, choose a listed browser or a cookies.txt file. Cookies stay on this computer.