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A cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp written in PySide6

License: The Unlicense

Python 100.00%

youtube-dl video-downloader youtube-downloader yt-dlp

yt-dlp-gui's Introduction

yt-dlp-gui

Graphical interface for the command line tool yt-dlp, which allows users to download videos from various websites, including YouTube. It is designed to be more user-friendly and accessible for those who are not comfortable using the command line.

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Getting Started

There are three ways to get started, depending on your preference and system:

Portable ~ Windows
Build ~ Windows & Linux
Manual ~ Platform independent

Portable

Download the latest portable version from the releases section. This will download a ZIP file containing the program files and all necessary dependencies.

All releases are built and released using GitHub Workflow

Build

You must have Python 3.9+ installed.

To build yt-dlp-gui from its source code:

Clone the repository onto your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui
cd yt-dlp-gui

Install the necessary dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Use PyInstaller to compile the program:

cd app

Linux

pyinstaller --name=yt-dlp-gui --clean -y app.py

Windows

pyinstaller --name=yt-dlp-gui --clean -y app.py --icon ./ui/assets/yt-dlp-gui.ico --noconsole

The executable will be ready at:

./dist/yt-dlp-gui

Manual

You must have Python 3.9+ installed.

Clone the repository onto your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui
cd yt-dlp-gui

Install the necessary dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the program:

cd app
python app.py

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yt-dlp-gui's Issues

FFMPEG?

Suggestion: Download a clip?

To make grabbing clips easier, could you add a feature that grabs a video at a specific timestamp like clipconverter used to do? Or perhaps make it compatible with Youtube's built-in clipping feature?

Get Python error when try to run Windows portable yt-dlp-gui.exe

Here what I get from the very start of the program:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "app.py", line 8, in
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing QtWidgets: The specified procedure could not be found.

[QUESTION] How to download videos in HDR ("-S hdr" doesn't work) and in .mkv?

How to download videos in HDR ("-S hdr" doesn't work) and in .mkv?

[Feature Request] Be Able To Rename The Output File During Conversion

With yt-dlp using the command line, you can use the -o argument to specify the output file name.
Example: yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_uFzLPYDd8 -o "Jazz Example.mp3" and the output file would be named "Jazz Example.mp3". I know for some sites that I download from, the file name is random. It would be cool if I could specify the file name that I want and have it be done during the downloading and conversion process.

Running executable fails on Ubuntu 20.04

I get

> ./Downloads/yt-dlp-gui/yt-dlp-gui
[16186] Error loading Python lib '/home/fhchl/Downloads/yt-dlp-gui/libpython3.10.so.1.0': dlopen: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.35' not found (required by /home/fhchl/Downloads/yt-dlp-gui/libpython3.10.so.1.0)

Add support for automatic subfolder creation.

It would be great if the GUI could automatically create per-channel and per-video directories, to simplify archival. I'm not sure if this functionality is already in in the yt-dlp CLI, or needs to be built on top.

No module named 'PyQt5'

D:\sam\editing\david\yt-dlp-gui-main\yt-dlp-gui-main\src>python3 main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\sam\editing\david\yt-dlp-gui-main\yt-dlp-gui-main\src\main.py", line 8, in
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt5'

GUI uses VP9 instead of AVC now

The title pretty much says it all but for more details you can see the following conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/14kj5h0/ytdlp_gui_suddenly_changed_the_codec_from_avc/

Automatic yt-dlp updates

Problem

I've found that old yt-dlp versions do not work in a month after they're released as YouTube finds a way to exclude that version from downloading. It's easy enough to fix:

fetch the most recent release
or delete the old version and allow the program to download the dependency automatically

but it is tedious/less technically-capable users may find it difficult.

Solution

An enhancement that solves this problem is an optional update-check/download feature that compares the hashes of the latest release and the locally stored executable, and fetches the latest release if they do not match. This reduces the knowledge required to update the dependency. I can make a pr for my fork branch if you'd like.

For debian

For deb file, please

Does not parse out videos in a playlist?

When I add a URL for a YouTube Playlist, it does not parse out the URL into multiple videos. Instead it only attempts to download the first item in a playlist before hitting a error.

In contrast, This Program parses out individual videos in the queue after dropping in a playlist link and then lets you download them all as individual videos.

This would be the preferable behavior for your own app.

please add sponsorblock integration for a channel

Cannot select path on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04.2, 64-bit, using the portable Linux release from 25.05.2023.

Clicking the Path selector button (3 dots) instantly closes the program.

FFMPEG file download url is broken

Can't download ffmpeg when fetching dependency because the url is broken!

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/imageio/imageio-binaries/raw/master/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-win64-v4.1.exe

[Suggestion] Set default settings for custom args and filename

It'd be nice if custom args and filename doesn't get reset for every download. Would be very useful if for downloading bunch of videos with the same quality and same format and doesn't seem to be difficult to implement. I can make a PR if you're interested in adding this feature