README.md

Youtube Video Downloader

A simple Python script that can download a video or audio from a YouTube playlist or a normal YouTube video.

How to use

To download a single video, run:

python youtube_downloader.py

To download a playlist, run:

python youtube_playlist_downloader.py

For Mac and Linux users, change the python to python3 for version specification

The download files is normally saved at /out directory of the project

Installation

1. Clone or download this Github repository
2. Run the following command to install pytube

pip install pytube

3. MacOS specific step:

• Open your Applications folder in finder, and find the folder called Python 3.x (x is your python version).
• Double click installcertificates.command, which will open the terminal.