parallel-ytdl

Utility for parallel video/audio download. Allows to cache downloaded videos so that it is not downloaded several times

Options

• --list PATH (default: list.txt) Download videos from the list. One URL per line
• --exec PATH (default: yt-dlp or youtube-dl) Downloader executable path
• --download {mp3,opus,m4p} Preset for downloading videos
• --output {author-title} Output filename formatter
  • author-title Tries to rename the file to the "author - title.ext" format
• --cache PATH (default: download.cache) The path to the file that stores the cache
• --use-cache BOOL (default: true) Use the cache to store downloaded videos
• --cache-mode {append,rewrite} (default: append)
  • --cache-mode append Add the cache of completed downloads to the end of the last correct cache in the cache file
  • --cache-mode rewrite Completely rewrite the cache using the completed and already cached data
• URL ... List of download urls. The list file will not be used if there is at least one URL
• -- EXTRA ... Additional parameters for each downloader being launched

Examples

# Download URLs using the default configuration
$ python parallel-ytdl.py URLs...

# Download URLs from the file 'list.txt' and cache the downloaded
$ python parallel-ytdl.py

# Download URLs from the file 'list.txt' in 'mp3' format
$ python parallel-ytdl.py --download=mp3

# Download URLs from the file 'list.txt " in mp3 format and try to rename them in the format of the name 'author - title'
$ python parallel-ytdl.py --download=mp3 --output=author-title

# Download URLs from the file 'other_list.txt' and write their cache to 'my_downloads.cache'
$ python parallel-ytdl.py --list other_list.txt --cache my_downloads.cache

# Download URLs using the 'custom_ytdlp' program
$ python parallel-ytdl.py --exec custom_ytdlp URLs ...

# Download URLs and use a custom file name format
$ python parallel-ytdl.py -- -o "%(channel)s - %(title)s"