/youtube-downloader

A Desktop app built with electron made for downloading youtube videos with a unique features

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youtube media downloader

A Desktop app built with electron made for downloading youtube videos with a unique features.

Dowload Weedy app

click here to download the zip file and exract it, once you extract the app you can use it direclty

Notes:

  1. app still in beta version.
  2. github release was so slow and faills every second that's why i used mediafire instead.

Setting up development environment

  1. Prerequisites
    • you need to have node.js installed in your machine
    • also you need to install chromium. check Readme.md for more infos
  2. installing dependencys
    • this project is shared without node_modules folder so you have to install all the the dependencys by your self.
    • to install dependencys:
      1. open your command line
      2. go to your directory where the project located
      3. execute npm install or npm i to install all the dependencys
    • these are the dependencys used in this project and the realtions with each other: 
      graph TD;
    tailwindcss-->css;
    autoprefixer-->tailwindcss;
    postcss-->tailwindcss;
    postcss-cli-->tailwindcss;
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       graph TD;
   electron-squirrel-startup-->electron;
       electron-forge/cli-->electron;
       electron-forge/maker-deb-->electron;
       electron-forge/maker-rpm-->electron;
       electron-forge/maker-squirrel-->electron;
       electron-forge/maker-zip-->electron;
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      graph TD;
  express-->server;
  handbrake-js-->ytdl-core;
  pug-->express;
  socket.io-->express;
  puppeteer-->express;
  ytdl-core-->express;
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      graph TD;
  javascript-->client;
  handlebars-->javascript;
  jquery-->javascript;
  socket.io-client-->javascript;
  toastr-->javascript;
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      graph TD;
  raw-loader-->webpack;
  webpack-cli-->webpack;
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  • after installing all the dependencys you are ready to start the application:
    • to start the application run npm start in the same directory

Features

1. multiple formats:

video formats audio formats
MP4 AAC
MKV AC3
AVI DTS
M4V DTS-HD
MOV E-AC3
WMV FLAC
MPEG-1 MP3
MPEG-2 Opus
MPEG-4 TrueHD
H.264 Vorbis
H.265
VP8
VP9
Theora
  • If you are trying to download a playlist you can download all the videos with the same format (by default its mp4):

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  • Or you can uncheck the chekbox and choose the format you want to install for every video (by default its mp4):

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2. exclude a video from a playlist:

  • If you have a video that you don't want to download with the other videos you can exclude it form the playlist by unchecking the checkbox in bottom right:

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3. choose the directory where the videos should locate:

you can choose the directory where you the videos to locate by clicking on choose Directory button.

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4. watch the progress of your videos UwU:

when you click on download you are going to direct to another page where you can see the Download progress.

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you also get notified when a video is completed

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youtube video demo