ytdlp-gui

a GUI for yt-dlp written in Rust

• Installation
  • NixOS (Flake)
  • Fedora
  • Ubuntu
  • other distributions
  • Windows
• Build from source
• Configuration
• Contribution

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Installation

Linux

NixOS (Flake)

you can use the flake.nix in the repo

in your flake.nix: ```nix { inputs = { nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";

ytdlp-gui = {
  url = "github:bksalman/ytdlp-gui";
};

};

outputs = { nixpkgs, ytdlp-gui, ...}:
let
  system = "x86_64-linux";

  pkgs = import nixpkgs {
    inherit system;
    overlays = [
      ytdlp-gui.overlay
    ];
  };
in
{
  ...snip

```

then you can add it as a normal package, either to your home-manager or nixosConfiguration

Fedora

download the rpm package from the releases page then install it with sudo dnf localinstall <rpm_package_name>

Ubuntu

download the deb package from the releases page then install it with sudo apt install ./<deb_package_name>

Arch

Available in the AUR ytdlp-gui

other distributions

1- download yt-dlp

either

      a- from your distribution repo

      b- or download the binary, then move it to your bin directory, and make it an executable by running chmod +x <bin_file>

2- download ffmpeg or ffmpeg-free from your distribution repos

3- download the ytdlp-gui binary from the realeases page

Windows

just download the zip (it's actually tar.gz for now) file from the releases page, extract it in a subfolder and start the ytdlp-gui.exe

Build from source

to build from source you need to have cargo and rustc, you can install them through rustup (rust toolchain manager), or from your distribution repos, whatever you like

after that run the following commands: ```bash

clone the repository to "ytdlp-gui" folder

git clone https://github.com/BKSalman/ytdlp-gui

enter the folder

cd ytdlp-gui

you can either build the project using this

cargo build

or build it in release mode for better performance

cargo build -r `` then the binary will be either in/target/debug/ytdlp-guior/target/release/ytdlp-gui`

and you can either run it directly: ```bash

from project root

./target/release/ytdlp-gui ```

or using cargo: ```bash cargo r

or for release mode

cargo r -r ```

Configuration

For v0.2.2+ the application saves configuration in the default config directory for the respective platform/OS in <config_dir>/ytdlp-gui/config.toml

the default file looks like this:

```toml

Optional

This is the directory of the bin, not the bin itself

bin_path = "" # (0.2.4)

bin_dir = "" # (0.2.5+) if not set the command will be yt-dlp <app_args>

Optional

download_folder = "" # default = "~/Videos"

[options] videoresolution = "FullHD" # options: "Sd" "Hd" "FullHD" "TwoK" "FourK" videoformat = "Mp4" # options: "Mp4" "Mkv" "Webm" audioquality = "Good" # options: "Best" "Good" "Medium" "Low" audioformat = "Mp3" # options: "Mp3" "Wav" "Vorbis" "M4a" "Opus" ```

Contribution

All contribution forms are welcomed, whether it's Pull requests, Issues (bug reports/enhancement requests)

However, I might not be quick to reply to them, or implement the requested stuff, since I'm focusing on other things

But I will do my best 👍