- Linux / Mac - build with POSIX system paths in mind (Windows might work)
- youtube-dl is installed and be accessable via the command
youtube-dl - ffmpeg is installed and be accessable via the command
ffmpeg - rust stable 1.50 or higher
yt-downloader <URL> (replace <URL> with the URL)
Parameters:
| Short | Long | Environment Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -a | Output files will be audio-only | |||
| -h | --help | List the help (basically this table) | ||
| -d | Enable Command Verbose output (youtube-dl, ffmpeg) | |||
| -c | Disable Cleanup after successful run | |||
| -t | Disable re-applying the thumbnail after running the editor | |||
| --out | YTDL_OUT | ~/Downloads/ytdl-out |
Set the Output Directory | |
| --tmp | YTDL_TMP | /tmp/ytdl-rust |
Set the Temporary Directory to use | |
| --archive | YTDL_ARCHIVE | ~/.config/ytdl_archive.json |
Set the Archive file path | |
| --askedit | YTDL_ASKEDIT | true |
Ask for edit or directly move to Output Directory | |
| --editor | YTDL_EDITOR | Set what editor to use on an file | ||
| --debugger | false |
Request to start the CodeLLDB Debugger in vscode | ||
| URL to download | ||||
| -- | Extra youtube-dl parameters |
An existing Youtube-DL archive can also be imported by using the subcommand import
Example: yt-downloader import ./archive
This subcommand will use the out-archive location of --archive
Please note this project is still in development (so not finished) and im still new to rust