YouTube Download

A simple application written in Python3 to download YouTube videos. These videos can also be downloaded as audio.

Disclaimer

This software is not to be used to violate any laws.

Download Pre-Built Binaries

Unless you want to use the CLI or do something with the scripts themselves, you are most likely looking for the binaries.

• Download Windows
• Download Linux
• Download Mac

Scripts Installation

1. Clone the Repo

cd YouTubeDownload
# run pipenv shell
pipenv shell
# Then install the dependencies
pipenv install
# To Run the script 
python3 script.py

Usage

You can either run the GUI (qt_gui.py), the script (script.py) directly for interactive mode, or use the command line arguments on the script (script.py).

python3 qt_gui.py
python3 script.py
python3 script.py -u rfscVS0vtbw -l
python3 script.py -u rfscVS0vtbw -o videos/ -f my_downloaded_video
python3 script.py -u rfscVS0vtbw -i 278 -o videos/ -f my_downloaded_itag_video
python3 script.py -u rfscVS0vtbw -o audio/ -f my_downloaded_audio --audio-only
python3 script.py --help

-u --url            YouTube URL or YouTube Video ID to download
-l --list-streams   List available streams for this YouTube Video 
                    instead of download. Use -a/--audio-only to list audio streams.
                    Download specific stream with the 
                    itag ID and -i/--itag argument.
-i --itag           Stream ITAG to download for given YouTube Video/ID.
                    List streams with -l/--list-streams argument.
                    If ITAG is not provided, default stream will be downloaded.
                    Downloading with ITAG ignores -a/--audio-only.
-o --output-path    Output Directory Path
-f --filename       Override the output filename. Does not override file extension
-p --proxy          Proxy to use. Ex http://xxx.xxx.xxx:8080. NOTE: You need https proxy for https URL!
-a --audio-only     Download Audio Only

NOTE: If you are using a proxy, you need https proxy for https URL!

Here's the demo on how to use it

Building Binaries

If you want to build binaries, make sure you have pywin32 installed (Windows only), as well as pyinstaller. Then run the following command from the script directory.

pyinstaller --clean --onefile pyinstaller.spec

The binary will be put into the dist directory within the script directory.

Contributing

If you would like to suggest changes feel free to fork this repo and create PR or submit an issue