github.com/ewilan-riviere/dlp

dlp

CLI to use yt-dlp easily. yt-dlp have many options and it can be hard to do simple things. This CLI is here to help you.

[!NOTE] This package use informations from tutorials

• https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutorials/linux/yt-dlp-download-youtube-videos
• https://www.linuxtricks.fr/wiki/yt-dlp-telecharger-des-videos-sur-internet-youtube-dl
• https://write.corbpie.com/downloading-youtube-videos-and-playlists-with-yt-dlp/

Install

go install github.com/ewilan-riviere/dlp@latest

Dependencies:

• yt-dlp: min 2023.11.16
• ffmpeg: min v6.0

Update

Update to the latest version

go install github.com/ewilan-riviere/dlp@latest

Usage

• channel: download a channel
• chapters: download a video with chapters (don't work with downloads flag)
• get: download a video, a playlist or a channel
• playlist: download a playlist
• video: download a video

Parameter can be set directly:

dlp video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
dlp video dQw4w9WgXcQ # only for YouTube

Or after the command:

dlp video

Please enter a video URL or a Youtube ID
URL or ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

get command will download a video, a playlist or a channel, it will guess from the URL or the ID. If you want to use a direct command, you can use video, chapters, playlist or channel command.

Argument can be a URL or an YouTube ID, it will be detected automatically. With URL, it possible to use another website than YouTube, like DailyMotion or PeerTube for example, ID only accept YouTube ID (video, playlist or channel).

[!NOTE] Playlist and channel videos will be downloaded in a folder with the name of the playlist or the channel. And index will be added to the name of the video.

• Video quality is set to best with maximum to 1080p
• Videos will be downloaded in Downloads folder
• You can execute command without argument, it will ask you to enter an URL or an ID.

Options:

• -a or --audio: download only audio
• -d or --downloads: save videos to Downloads folder, default is current folder (don't work with chapters command)

Example

Here URL used are from YouTube but it works with other websites.

Video full URL

dlp get https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

ID (only for YouTube)

dlp get dQw4w9WgXcQ

Short command

dlp get

Will ask:

Please enter a video URL or a Youtube ID
URL or ID: dQw4w9WgXcQ

Playlist full URL

dlp get https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLomb1f2d9BZrQc82QHJEDYgnPXHfMDjlC

ID (only for YouTube)

dlp get PLomb1f2d9BZrQc82QHJEDYgnPXHfMDjlC

dlp get

Will ask:

Please enter a video URL or a Youtube ID
URL or ID: PLomb1f2d9BZrQc82QHJEDYgnPXHfMDjlC

Channel full URL

dlp get https://www.youtube.com/@FranceInter

ID (only for YouTube)

dlp get @FranceInter

dlp get

Will ask:

Please enter a video URL or a Youtube ID
URL or ID: @FranceInter

Roadmap

• add quality option
• add format option

License

MIT © Ewilan Rivière