youtube-dl-simple-server - download videos from some video platforms via http requests using youtube-dl
This repository no longer updating. Please use youtube-dl-chrome-plugin
youtube-dl-simple-server [-h] [-v] [-u] [-s SERVER] [-p PORT] [--verbose]
It is a HTTP server that responds GET requests like: http://localhost:49149/URL VIDEO
And start downloading.
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show program's version number and exit
-u, --update update or install youtube-dl and exit
-s SERVER, --server SERVER
select server (localhost by default)
-p PORT, --port PORT select server listening port (49149 by default)
--verbose show what the program is doing
For function only need install the server for your platform, but browser plugin makes it easier download videos
Download the installer, give execute permissions, run it and finally you can delete it:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r4mos/youtube-dl-simple-server/master/installation/server-linux.py
chmod +x server-linux.py
./server-linux.py
rm server-linux.py
When you restart, it works. You can also start it manually:
~/.config/ydlss/youtube-dl-simple-server
To uninstall, delete the following folder:
~/.config/ydlss/
Download the installer, unzip and execute server-windows.exe
If you haven't Windows on English or Spanish, it is possible that the server does not autostart
To start it manually run:
%APPDATA%\ydlss\youtube-dl-simple-server.exe
To autostart, make a shortcut in "StartUp" (in your start menu) with the following path:
%APPDATA%\ydlss\hstart.exe /NOCONSOLE "%APPDATA%\ydlss\youtube-dl-simple-server.bat"
To uninstall, delete the following folder:
%APPDATA%\ydlss\
If you don't know where is %APPDATA%, visit this link
The plugin was removed from the webstore so only be installed manually.
Init chrome or chromiun with --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install flag.
For example:
chromium-browser --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install
Then, open the extensions page (chrome://extensions/) and drag and drop .crx file
Linux: make
Windows: python setup.py py2exe (needs py2exe)
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2014 Carlos Ramos Mellado.
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