vaginessa/youtube-dl-firefox-addon

Addon to download youtube videos from firefox using youtube-dl

Youtube-dl Firefox Addon

• Firefox addon to download youtube videos using youtube-dl

Table of Contents

• What Youtube Dl Firefox Addon does
• Prerequisites
• How to install Youtube Dl Firefox Addon
• Donations
• License

What Youtube Dl Firefox Addon does

This is a firefox addon to which downloads youtube videos using youtube-dl.

You can configure youtube dl to download only audio, or convert into any desired format after installing, or even download full youtube playlists.

Prerequisites

1. Needs youtube-dl installed.
2. Needs python installed.

How to install Youtube Dl Firefox Addon

1. Clone this repo
2. Add the addon command_runner-1.0-an+fx-linux.xpi from this repo to firefox by double-clicking.
3. Edit the file firefox_command_runner.json and edit the path to the location of the file ./app/firefox-command-runner.py (i.e., where you cloned this repo to.).
4. Copy the file firefox_command_runner.json to the folder /home/akhil/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ (create the folder if it does not exist).

Donations

If you like this project, buy me a cup of coffee! :)

License

This program is Youtube Dl Firefox Addon Copyright (C) 2017 Akhil Kedia

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.