https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl

a video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.
https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl

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a video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl
• Owner: SeaHOH
• License: other
• Created: 2016-05-31T07:47:37.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-31T09:32:28.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-16T16:45:09.750Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl
• Size: 2.42 MB
• Stars: 1,383
• Watchers: 59
• Forks: 286
• Open Issues: 22
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.rst
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
YouKuDownLoader

===============

.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ykdl.svg

   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ykdl

A video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.

Origin website: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl

Now, it has migrated to the new website: https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl

**And, it is still looking for a new owner,**

see `#565 `_.

This project is a fork of

`you-get `_ with below changes.

- Structured source code.

- Focus on China mainland video sites.

- Dropped supports of Python 3.4 and below

  (see `#487 `_).

Simple installation guide

-------------------------

There are some useful software package managers.

- **macOS/Linux**: `Homebrew `_

- **Debian/Linux**: APT

- **Windows**: `Chocolatey `_

Step:

 0. Dependencies

    | `FFmpeg `_, for merge media files.

    | `mpv `_, default media player (optimal compatibility).

 #. `Python 3 `_

 #. pip and setuptools, make sure they are updated.

    .. code-block:: console

        python3 -m ensurepip

        python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade

        python3 -m pip install setuptools --upgrade

 #. ykdl from PyPI or GitHub

    .. code-block:: console

        pip3 install ykdl --upgrade

    .. code-block:: console

        pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --force-reinstall --no-deps

        pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --upgrade

 #. Make sure those folders are in your **PATH**, if they are not, add them.

    | **Windows**: folders of ffmpeg.exe, mpv.exe, and python.exe,

                   and folder "<**PYTHONHOME**>\\Scripts"

    | **others**: "~/.local/bin" or "/usr/local/bin"

Site status

-----------

Please check wiki page:

`sites-status `_

Bugs report, features require, and pull requests are welcome.