YouTube Downloader is a python script to download videos and audio from youtube videos
Install Python at lastest version. Actually is 3.9.x, so run the following command:
$ sudo apt install python 3.9
Now you'll need to install the library pytube:
$ pip3 install pytube
if pip or pip3 is not available install run:
$ sudo apt install pip3
and try the second command again.
With python installed run the help command to get the instructions:
$ python3 ./VideoDownloader.py -h
the result will be:
usage: VideoDownloader.py [-h] [-p] [-a] [-mt MULTITHREADING] url path
positional arguments:
url Video or playlsit url
path The destination path
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p, --playlist Especify if the url is a playlist
-a, --audio Download only the audio
-mt MULTITHREADING, --multithreading MULTITHREADING
Number of threads for downloading
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Downloading a single video in mp4 format:
$ python3 ./VideoDownloader.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOq2afxPJkM ./myfolder/ -
Downloading a music playlist in mp3 format with 5 downloads at the same time:
$ python3 ./VideoDownloader.py -pa -mt 5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5XvdXjPkManLzT0fUXTXWVfdLxGrLYCr ./myfolder/