/youtube-dl_portable

Ready to use 'youtube-dl' package for Windows

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youtube-dl_portable

Ready to use youtube-dl package (minus FFmpeg)

Standalone ready-to-use package of :

You must also download FFmpeg and add the BIN folder (not the TRASH folder) to the PATH environment variable

Some nice FFmpeg tips protrolium or sebsauvage

  • For playlist

    • Paste some playlist URLS into youtube-dl_playlist.txt
    • Run youtube-dl_playlist_m4a.bat to get raw M4A files
    • Run youtube-dl_playlist_mp3.bat to get MP3 files (converted from M4A)
    • Run youtube-youtube-dl_playlist_mp4.bat to get MP4 files (1920x1080 50fps max)

  • For videos

    • Paste some videos/watch URLS into youtube-dl_videos.txt
    • Run youtube-dl_videos_m4a.bat to get raw M4A files
    • Run youtube-dl_videos_mp3.bat to get MP3 files (converted from M4A)
    • Run youtube-dl_videos_mp4.bat to get MP4 files (1920x1080 50fps max)
    • Run youtube-dl_videos_mp4_slow.bat to get MP4 files (300KB/s max)
    • Run youtube-dl_videos_webm_4k.bat to get WEBM files (max res, like 4K+)

  • For updating

    • Run youtube-dl_update.bat when not downloading anything, wait a bit
    • Run youtube-dl_help.bat to get an updated help file

When downloading files, you get their description informations in a separate file
You also get their thumbnail (JPG or WEBP) and subtitles as well (if available)

If M4A files are present, their are resumed (if unifinished) but not overwritten
If MP3 files are present, their are converted AGAIN from M4A files (if present, otherwise downloaded AGAIN)
If MP4 files are present, their are resumed (if unifinished) but not overwritten

Hence beware downloading MP3 files from a /videos or /playlist, better be sure you won't have other files to download in the future