_ _ _ _| |_ __ _ ___| |_ | | | | __/ _` |/ _ \ __| | |_| | || (_| | __/ |_ \__, |\__\__, |\___|\__| |___/v1.1|___/by slowbro -------------------------- - Gets youtube videos - Quality Selector (use number, based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs) - Herpaderp Requirements ------------- - bash shell (or similar) - curl - a Youtube Link - ffmpeg * recommended at least libfaac, mpeg-4, and libmp3lame. faac and mpeg-4 is required for most of the videos Arguments ---------- -d "<url>" : display information about <url> -f "<args>" : pass args directly to ffmpeg -h : help -i "<url>" : input link. use whole link IN QUOTES (eg "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ " [gee gee gee gee baby baby baby]) -I "<path>" : input file -n : don't encode: output raw youtube video -o <file> : output file. extention decides format. (uses ffmpeg. usual extentions: .aac .mp3 .mpg .mp4 .avi .wmv .oog etc...) -p <pass> : youtube password (for age-restricted videos) -q <num> : quality number. default is 18 (360p) -Q : be quiet (no output except for errors) -r <bit/s> : pass video bitrate to ffmpeg (ex: 600k, 1200k [def: 96k]) -R <bit/s> : pass audio bitrate to ffmpeg (ex: 64k, 128k [def: 96k]) -u <user> : youtube username (for age-restricted videos) -v : verbose output: use for debugging. overrides -Q Examples --------- - Get quality 34 ("high quality"/480p) audio ./ytget -o some_audio.mp3 -i "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ " -q34 - Get quality 5 ("low quality"/240p) video, and suppress output ./ytget -o /path/to/some_video.avi -i "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ " -q5 -Q - List details about a video ./ytget -d "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ " - Login and download an age-restricted video ./ytget -i "http://youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg " -u"someuser@gmail.com" -p"mypassword" -o "somefile.mp3" Return Codes ------------- 0 : success 1 : youtube page get failed (did you supply the whole URL? in quotes?) 2 : youtube video get failed 3 : ffmpeg encode failed 4 : argument error 5 : ffmpeg codec error (codec not available) 6 : youtube login fail or missing user/pass