videodownloader
A Simple Script written in Python to Download YouTube Videos These videos can also be downloaded as audio.
Installation
- Clone the Repo
cd videodownloader
# 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 (gui.py
), the script (script.py
) directly for interactive mode,
or use the command line arguments on the script (script.py
).
python3 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 Windows EXE
If you want to build the Windows EXE manually, make sure you have pywin32 installed,
as well as pyinstaller. Then run the following command from the script directory.
pyinstaller --clean --onefile pyinstaller.spec
The EXE will be put into the dist
directory within the script directory.