Python YouTube Downloader

Simple CLI for downloading youtube videos from the command line.

Setup

To set this CLI up, please follow these steps:

1. Clone the repo to your preferred location:

   git clone https://github.com/bfrangi/pytube-downloader.git
   

2. Install pytube:

   pip install pytube pytubefix ffmpeg-python
   

3. Navigate to your home folder:

   cd ~
   

4. Open up your .bashrc or .zshrc file.

5. Add the following alias, replacing /path/to/pytube-downloader with the path to the cloned repo:

   alias pytube="python3 /path/to/pytube-downloader/pyTube.py"
   

6. Restart your terminal

7. Now you can simply use the downloader as:

   pytube [url] [output_path]
   

Usage

Use the --help flag to see usage information.

>>> pytube --help
usage: pyTube.py [-h] [-v] [-d] [url] [output_path]

positional arguments:
  url
  output_path

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose  use this flag to show more information about the download
  -d, --dash     use this flag to download DASH streams (higher quality but video and audio
                 are downloaded separately and then muxed)