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https://github.com/rishant/youtubedownloader

Download youtube video and playlist using python program
https://github.com/rishant/youtubedownloader

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Download youtube video and playlist using python program

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# Working download scripts

## Prerequisites:
1. Install yt-dlp and FFmpeg
Ensure you have yt-dlp and ffmpeg installed.

For Windows
Download yt-dlp.exe:
👉 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2025.03.25/yt-dlp.exe

Download FFmpeg (needed for merging audio & video):
👉 https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases

https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip

Get the latest ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip.
Extract it and copy ffmpeg.exe to the same folder as yt-dlp.exe

![img.png](img.png)

## Youtube Video Downloader Scripts:

1. youtube_main.py (Main)
2. youtube3.py (Main)
3. youtube2.py (Secondary)

### Single Video:

python.exe youtube_main.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjoNaJ7n4Vg" --quality 480p --output_dir "c:\\download_video"

### Playlist:

python.exe youtube_main.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --quality 720p --output_dir "c:\\download_video"

### Single Video:

python.exe youtube3.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNf1BFedeM" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"

### Playlist:

python.exe youtube3.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"

### Single Video:

python.exe youtube2.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNf1BFedeM" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"

### Playlist:

python.exe youtube2.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"