YouTube Video and Playlist Downloader This script allows you to download YouTube videos and playlists in the highest resolution available. You can also clip the video to a specific start and end time and convert it to MP3 format.

Prerequisites This script requires Python 3.x and the following Python packages: pytube argparse You can install these packages by running the following command in your terminal: pip install pytube argparse

Usage To use this script, you can run the main() function in your Python interpreter or from the command line with the following arguments: python youtube_downloader.py [-h] [-p PATH] [-l LIMIT] [--clip] [-s START] [-e END] [--mp3] url Arguments url (required): The URL of the YouTube video or playlist you want to download. -h, --help: Show the help message and exit. -p PATH, --path PATH: The path to the download folder (optional). Default is the parent directory of the script. -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT: Limit the number of videos to download from a playlist (optional). --clip: Clip the downloaded video using the specified start and end times (optional). -s START, --start START: Start time (in seconds) to clip from. Default is 0. -e END, --end END: End time (in seconds) to clip to. Default is the end of the file. --mp3: Convert the downloaded video to MP3 format and remove the MP4 file (optional).

Examples Download a single video: python youtube_downloader.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX

Download a video and clip it to the first 30 seconds: python youtube_downloader.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX --clip -s 0 -e 30

Download a playlist: python youtube_downloader.py https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=XXXXXXXXXXX

Download a playlist and limit the number of videos to 10: python youtube_downloader.py https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=XXXXXXXXXXX -l 10

Download a playlist, convert all videos to MP3 format, and save them to a specific folder: python youtube_downloader.py https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=XXXXXXXXXXX --mp3 -p /path/