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
1. youtube_main.py (Main)
2. youtube3.py (Main)
3. youtube2.py (Secondary)
python.exe youtube_main.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjoNaJ7n4Vg" --quality 480p --output_dir "c:\\download_video"
python.exe youtube_main.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --quality 720p --output_dir "c:\\download_video"
python.exe youtube3.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNf1BFedeM" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"
python.exe youtube3.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"
python.exe youtube2.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNf1BFedeM" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"
python.exe youtube2.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDwhlqmpSfPUg7_jffHmF_6MooTlH7rO" --output_dir "c:\\download_video"