- Search and play audio/video from YouTube
- Search and import YouTube playlists
- Create and save local playlists
- Download audio/video
- Works with Python 2.7+ and 3.x
- Works with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
- Requires mplayer or mpv
This project is based on mps, a terminal based program to search, stream and download music. This implementation uses YouTube as a source of content and can play and download video as well as audio. The pafy library handles interfacing with YouTube.
Playback (video) ~~~~~~~~
Using pip:
[sudo] pip install mps-youtube
Install mplayer with MacPorts:
sudo port install MPlayer
Install the python colorama module to get colors (optional):
pip install colorama
Download mplayer for your CPU type from the "Build Selection table" here.
Extract the mplayer.exe file, saving it to your mpsyt folder
It is recommended you update to the latest version.
Upgrade pip installation:
[sudo] pip install mps-youtube --upgrade
mps-youtube is run on the command line using the command:
mpsyt
Enter h
from within the program for help.
- Enter your search term by prefixing it with a
.
or/
character. e.g.,
/daft punk
Enter n
or p
to go to the next / previous page of results
Use pls <query>
to search for YouTube playlists
When a list of search results or a saved playlist is shown, you can use the following commands:
i 3
to view info on item 3
d 3
to download item 3 (will open new menu) da 3
to download audio stream of item 3 dv 3
to download video stream of item 3
u 3
to view more videos from uploader of item 3
all
to play all displayed items
1,2,3
to play items 1 2 and 3
2-4,6,6-3
to play items 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3
Note: The commands shuffle
and repeat
can be inserted at the start or end of any of the above to enable those play modes: eg, shuffle 1-4
or 2-4,1 repeat
rm 1,5
to remove items 1 and 5.
rm 1,2,5-7
to remove items 1,2 and 5-7.
rm all
to remove all items
sw 1,3
to swap the position of items 1 and 3
mv 1,3
to move items 1 to postion 3
add 1,2,3
to add items 1,2 and 3 to the current playlist.
add 1-4,6,8-10
to add items 1-4, 6, and 8-10 to the current playlist
add 1-4,7 <playlist_name>
to add items 1-4 and 7 to a saved playlist. A new playlist will be created if the given name doesn't already exist.
vp
to view the current playlist (then use rm, mv and sw to modify it)
ls
to list your saved playlists
open <playlist_name or ID>
to open a saved playlist as the current playlist
view <playlist_name or ID>
to view a playlist (leaves current playlist intact)
play <playlist_name or ID>
to play a saved playlist directly.
save
or save <playlist_name>
to save the currently displayed items as a stored playlist on disk
rmp <playlist_name or ID>
to delete a playlist from disk
mv <old_name or ID> <new_name>
to rename a playlist
q
to quit
h
for help
When using open
, view
or play
to access a playlist, you can enter the first few characters instead of the whole name. The first alphabetically matching playlist will be opened / displayed.
To play a saved playlist when invoking mps-youtube use the following command:
mpsyt play <playlistname>
This also works for other commands, eg:
mpsyt .mozart
to search .
mpsyt view <playlistname>
to view a saved playlist.
mpsyt ls
to list saved playlists.
mpsyt open moz
to open a saved playlist called mozart.
mpsyt playurl <url>
to play a YouTube video by url.
mpsyt dlurl <url>
to download a YouTube video by url.
Note: If the url contains & symbols you may need to quote it with ""
When selecting items for playback, removing or adding you can use 5-
to select items 5 upward and -5
to select up to item 5. This can be included with other choices so for example: 5,3,7-,-2
. You can also use spaces instead of commas eg. 5 3 7- -2
.
To set a different player, from within mps-youtube:
set player mpv
or:
set player mplayer
To view configuration, enter set
and to change any item enter: set <item> <value>
. This can be used to change the download path (DDIR) and will persist after exiting the program. To reset all settings to default, use set all default
or for a single item, set <item> default
To search all YouTube categories (instead of just music), enter:
set search_music false
To list the uploaded videos of a YouTube user:
user <username>
url <YouTube video url>
pl <YouTube playlist url>
When a YouTube playlist is displayed:
dump
To view video instead of audio, enter:
set show_video true
To play video content in fullscreen mode:
set fullscreen true
Note: The above two settings can be overridden on a per-case basis by adding -w
, -f
or -a
to your selection to play the items in windowed, fullscreen or audio-only modes. E.g., 1,4,7 -f