ytvd

A Tool To Browse/Search, Stream and Download YouTube Videos From Terminal. The script uses Invidious API for fetching Information/Videos from YouTube.

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Dependencies

1. curl
2. jq
3. mpv
4. fzf
5. ffmpeg

Basic Installation

	git clone https://github.com/sidmaz666/ytvd.git
	cd ytvd
	sudo cp ytvd /usr/bin

	sudo curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sidmaz666/ytvd/main/ytvd -O > /usr/bin/ytvd

What Does the Script Provide?

1. Search On YouTube.
2. Go To Next Page/Previous Page.
3. Search Again After Search.
4. Show Recommended Videos Based on the Selected Video.
5. Download, Play Multiple Video Formats or Show Video/Audio URLS.

How To Sort Videos?

To Sort Videos According to Upload Dates. Enter the following accordingly along with the search query.

1. date:hour
2. date:today
3. date:week
4. date:month
5. date:year

To sort Videos According to Duration

1. duration:short
2. duration:long

Sort By Relevance, Rating, Upload Date & Views

1. sort:relevance
2. sort:rating
3. sort:date
4. sort:views

Example

	ytvd "richard stallmen date:year duration:short sort:views"

Annoyance

Some Geo Restricted/Age Restricted Videos URL doesn't doesn't work, can't Stream or Download. 🙂

Is there any need of this script?

(Talking My Mind Here... 🧠)

Yes, because I'm using it and it is personalized to my liking. Most of the features I would want from YouTube while using it from a GUI Web Browser is present here. I know ytfzf exists, it's a great script no doubt, but I'm a student learning on web, Linux about computer in general and so thought it would be nice to make one script personalized to mine needs so I don't have to worry about changing of variables in config file.