YDownloader

YDownloader script downloads Youtube contents. The script downloads Audio, Videos and Playlists.

Requirements

• Python3
• Virtualenv
• Homebrew
• chocolately - windows users

How to setup it up:

1.Install Python3

Install virtualenv

2.pip install virtualenv

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/charisschomba/YDownloader.git

Install audio converter dependencies depending on your operating system

brew install ffmpeg for MacOs

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg or sudo apt-get install -y libav-tools for Linux

For windows users

Run CMD as administrator and paste the code below to install chocolatey

@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

Once the installation is complete run choco install ffmpeg to install ffmpeg

cd YDownloader

Create a virtual environment in the root directory using python3:

virtualenv -p python3 yd

Activate the virtualenv:

source yd/bin/activate - for MacOs and Linux

Yd\Scripts\activate - for windows users

On your terminal run:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt - to install the packages required

Update youtube-dl by running

pip3 install --upgrade youtube-dl

On your terminal run:

python download.py and type D to download or Q to quit.

How to use it.

This script downloads only Youtube contents.

• Copy audio/video/playlist url and start the script.

• Eg playlist url - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOTlE1K90k&list=PLuUrokoVSxlcgocBXbDF76yWd3YKWpOH9

• Audio /Video url - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmJefsOErr0

• Choose type A for Audio V for Video or P for Playlist to download.

• Note: This script will only download playlist if the url is a playlist url.

• Choose Playlist option if the url is a valid youtube playlist url.