https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader

Download videos from websites like YouTube and many others (based on yt-dlp)
https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader

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Download videos from websites like YouTube and many others (based on yt-dlp)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader
• Owner: Unrud
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-06-06T13:41:08.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-27T16:22:58.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-27T19:23:24.258Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.03 MB
• Stars: 765
• Watchers: 18
• Forks: 96
• Open Issues: 117
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
# Video Downloader

[![Translation status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/video-downloader/-/gui/svg-badge.svg)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/video-downloader/)

Download videos from websites with an easy-to-use interface.

Provides the following features:

  * Convert videos to MP3

  * Supports password-protected and private videos

  * Download single videos or whole playlists

  * Automatically selects a video format based on your quality demands

Based on [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp).

## Installation



### Alternative installation methods

  * [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/video-downloader)

  * [Fedora](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/video-downloader): `sudo dnf install video-downloader`

  * [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/video-downloader)

## Translation

We're using [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/video-downloader/) to translate the UI. So feel free, to contribute translations over there.

## Screenshots

![screenshot 1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unrud/video-downloader/master/screenshots/1.png)

![screenshot 2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unrud/video-downloader/master/screenshots/2.png)

![screenshot 3](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unrud/video-downloader/master/screenshots/3.png)

## Hidden configuration options

The behavior of the program can be tweaked with GSettings.

### Automatic Subtitles

List of additional automatic subtitles to download. The entry `all` matches all languages.

The default is `[]`.

#### Flatpak

```

flatpak run --command=gsettings com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader set com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader automatic-subtitles "['de','en']"

```

#### Snap

```

snap run --shell video-downloader -c 'gsettings "$@"' '' set com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader automatic-subtitles "['de','en']"

```

## Debug

To display messages from **yt-dlp** run program with the environment variable `G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=yt-dlp`.

To display information about GOBject references, start the program with the environment variable `G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=gobject-ref`.