# Changelog of YouTube 4K Video Downloader + Full Metadata (`sian.agency/youtube-4k-video-downloader-full-metadata`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/youtube-4k-video-downloader-full-metadata/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/youtube-4k-video-downloader-full-metadata.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to YouTube 4K Video Downloader will be documented in this file.

### 2026-06-04

#### 🚀 YouTube 4K Video Downloader - Launch!

- **Best Quality Links on Top** - Always returns the single highest resolution video-only stream and highest bitrate audio-only stream as clean top-level fields (`bestVideoDownloadUrl` + `bestAudioDownloadUrl`)
- **True 4K + Best Audio** - Supports up to 4K video and dedicated high-quality audio-only streams for professional use
- **Full Metadata & Captions** - Complete video metadata including title, description, views, keywords, channel info, thumbnails, and available caption languages
- **Pay Per Success Only** - Charged exclusively for videos that return working download links — zero cost for private, removed, or failed videos
- **Bulk + Automation Ready** - Process hundreds of URLs per run with clean JSON output designed for Zapier, Make, n8n, and custom pipelines

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Save hours of manual downloading and format hunting with best-quality links delivered automatically
- Reliable archiving and media workflows without worrying about broken or low-quality links
- Transparent pricing — only pay when you actually get usable results
- Production-grade structured data ready for automation and analysis

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Content creators and media libraries archiving important videos with full metadata and best quality links
- Video editors and post-production teams pulling exact 4K/adaptive streams and clean audio tracks
- Researchers and analysts building large datasets of YouTube metadata, keywords, and caption availability
- Automation engineers feeding fresh YouTube content into transcription, repurposing, or archiving pipelines
- Marketers and agencies performing channel audits and competitive analysis at scale