phpYoutubeDLWebUI

Description

phpYoutubeDLWebUI is a small web interface for youtube-dl. Designed to be used on a QNAP NAS, but should work anywhere youtube-dl, FFmpeg, and PHP can run.

Features

Options can be set in the web ui:
- download folder location
- progress log folder location
- require authenication / set password
- youtube-dl options:
  - --format
  - --output
  - --proxy
  - --merge-output-format
  - --ffmpeg-location
  - --add-metadata
  - --write-info-json
  - --write-thumbnail
Download runs in background
Videos can be deleted
Videos can be downloaded from the server
Dark mode based on prefers-color-scheme media query

Requirements

HTTP server that supports PHP
- such as a QNAP NAS with web server enabled and Python and PHP
youtube-dl
FFmpeg

How to install?

1. Install youtube-dl

Download youtube-dl file the from the last release here
Copy it in /usr/bin folder, give permissions with chmod 777 youtube-dl

2. Install ffmpeg

Download latest ffmpeg release here according your QNAP model
Install the .qpkg file manually with the App Center
You will find the new version of ffmpeg here: /opt/ffmpeg

3. Install webpages

Clone this repo in your web folder (ex: /share/Web/youtube-dl).
Create the video folder and check the permissions.
Access your page (ie: http://(my_nas_IP)/youtube-dl/index.php)

4. Configuration

The included .htaccess file should block direct browser access to the config.json file.
To update your settings open http://(my_nas_IP)/youtube-dl/index.php in your browser
Navigate to the Settings tab
Edit and Save settings

5. Environment Variables

ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES

ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES is an optional env var that limits the locations that this web app is allowed to write and delete. It must be a comma separated list of aboslute paths.

Examples:

/Share/Multimedia,/Share/Web/Logs
/Share/Multimedia/Web

CSS Theme

Flatly

License

GPL v3 see LICENSE

handerson/phpYoutubeDLWebUI