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https://github.com/donno2048/yt2mp4
Download YouTube videos and playlists as MP4 files (and other formats)
https://github.com/donno2048/yt2mp4
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Download YouTube videos and playlists as MP4 files (and other formats)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/donno2048/yt2mp4
- Owner: donno2048
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-11-30T19:48:00.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-03-28T16:24:35.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-10T12:44:40.711Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: downloader, mp4, youtube
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 18.6 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# yt2mp4
Download YouTube videos and playlists as MP4 files (and other formats)
## Get geckodriver
### Linux (Debian)
```sh
sudo apt install wget ffmpeg firefox-esr -y
wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.30.0/geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64.tar.gz -C /usr/bin/
chmod +x /usr/bin/geckodriver
rm geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64.tar.gz
```
### Other
Figure it yourself
## Installation
### From PyPI
```sh
pip3 install yt2mp4
```
### From GitHub
```sh
pip3 install git+https://github.com/donno2048/yt2mp4
```
## Usage
### In Python
You might have to run it a couple of times to download the video if you get a `KeyError`.
```py
from yt2mp4 import download
download("dQw4w9WgXcQ", outname='output.mp4') # dowload video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and name it output.mp4
# will also work:
# download("dQw4w9WgXcQ", outname='output.mp4', binary_path=path) # use a different binary path
# download("youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", output="output.mov")
# download("youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")
# download("www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", output="output.mov")
# download("music.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", output="output.mov")
# download("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", output="output.mov")
# download("https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", output="output.mov")
# download("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")
```
### In cmd
```sh
# each of those will convert to another format
yt2mp4 # or python3 -m yt2mp4
yt2webm
yt2mkv
yt2flv
yt2wmv
yt2avi
yt2mov
yt2m4v
yt2mp3
```
### Download playlist
For this you will have to configure a YouTube API key
#### Get API key
1. Go to the [Developer console dashboard](https://console.cloud.google.com/home/dashboard) and click on _CREATE PROJECT_, you can name the project and then press _CREATE_
1. Now go to the [Credentials tab](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials) and click on _CREATE CREDENTIALS_ and choose _API key_, copy the API key you see and save it somewhere safe, then you can click on _CLOSE_
1. Now go to the [YouTube API tab](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/youtube.googleapis.com) and click on _ENABLE_
#### In Python
```py
from yt2mp4 import download_playlist
download_playlist(id, api_key)
'''
- the first argument is the id of the playlist, you can pass either of the following forms
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=***********&list=PLAYLIST_ID
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID
- PLAYLIST_ID
- the second argument is the API key
- the third is the extension, the default value is 'mp4'
- the fourth one is the fps, the default value is 60
- the last one is the binary path to the geckodriver
'''
```
#### In cmd
```sh
# each of those will convert to other formats
ytp2mp4
ytp2webm
ytp2mkv
ytp2flv
ytp2wmv
ytp2avi
ytp2mov
ytp2m4v
ytp2mp3
```
## Supported formats
- mp4
- webm
- mkv
- flv
- wmv
- avi
- mov
- m4v
- mp3 (auto format as audio)