Youtube Video / Music and related stuff
Author: Markus Rathgeb
| Name | URLs | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| youtube-dl | Repo | |
| yt-dlp | Repo | found by fix uploader id error |
If you would like to use the command line version you could use termux and e.g. youtube-dl or yt-dlp.
You need to install python and after that you could use pip to install the respective tool of your choose.
| Name | URLs | Comment | Shorts on Channel of Fabi Rommel |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewPipe | Page, Repo | A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android. | available, downloadable |
| PipePipe | Repo | A DIVERGED fork of NewPipe with more services, client features and bug fixes. | available, downloadable |
| SkyTube | Repo | Fully open-source and free software. | missing |
| SkyTube Extra | – | Contains extra features that are powered by non-OSS libraries. | missing |
| Youtube Vanced | Info, Repos | Discontinued | – |
| ReVanced … | Repos, ReVanced Megathread, Unofficial Builds | Seems currently the best option to use an enhanced / modified official Youtube App | available, not downloadable |
| YouTube Vanced+ | Repo | Not tested, did not get the whole store till now. | – |
| Name | URLs | Comment | Shorts on Channel of Fabi Rommel |
|---|---|---|---|
| SmartTube | Repo | available |
youtube-dl --download-archive dl-archive --ignore-errors --format bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 160K --output "%(album)s/%(playlist_index)02d. %(track)s [%(artist)s].%(ext)s" --yes-playlist 'https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nLNcbPrtDMXDrj55lF8WwxAyAapQ1ZjqE&feature=share'
youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio' --merge-output-format mp4 "${@}"
youtube-dl -f bestvideo[ext=webm][width=1920][height=1080]+bestaudio[ext=webm] --merge-output-format webm --cookies /tmp/cookies.txt 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='"${i}"
Taken from: stackoverflow comment
opus format - with best possible quality and without any conversionIn most of the cases best quality audio is oryginally provided by youtube in opus format. You can download it in
highest possible quality using this command:
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29tZVZpZGVvUGxheWxpc3RQYXJ0
However opus format might be inconvenient for many reasons. For example some media players especially in cars and
telephones might not support it. Probably you just want to have audio in mp3 file. Below there is a solution on how
to (using one command) download audio and convert it to probably most popular mp3 format with lossing as little
quality as possible.
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29tZVZpZGVvUGxheWxpc3RQYXJ0
To perform this command you need ffmpeg installed (audio and video converter which youtube-dl uses for convertion)
It downloads only audio (without video) and converts it to mp3.
Option --audio-quality 0 is very important there!
Without this option you lose a lot of sound quality during mp3 compression.
--audio-quality 0 tells youtube-dl to save audio file in the best quality (when converting to mp3).
Without this option mp3 audio-quality is set by default to 5 in 0-9 scale where 0 is the best quality and 9
the worst quality. So by default quality is worse. Youtube streams for nonpremium users with variable bitrate up
to 160kbps in opus format. Opus format is newer than mp3 and has better compression than mp3 preserving the
same quality. So 160kbps opus = ~256kbps mp3. When audio-quality is default (5 in 0-9 scale) mp3 bitrate is
limited to 160kbps which means that some sound quality is lost during compression. When audio-quality is set to 0
mp3 goes up to 300kbps preserving almost original quality. Almost original quality because mp3 is a lossy format so
something is lost when converting to it. By using --audio-quality 0 option we just make sure that we loose as little
as possible during this conversion. So difference between original opus audio file and audio file converted to mp3
is so small that it might be hard to spot by ear.
Command is the same, but you should put link to the channel instead of link to a single video:
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/c/someChannelName1232143/videos
You have to add --yes-playlist option.
You can put a link to a playlist (link with playlist word):
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --yes-playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=c29tZVZpZGVvVVJMUGFy
Or the link to one of the songs from playlist while playing playlist (link with list word):
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --yes-playlist "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29tZVZpZGVvUGxheWxpc3RQYXJ0&list=c29tZVZpZGVvTGlzdFBhcnRzc29tZVZpZGVvTGlzdFBhcnRz&index=4"
In this case you don’t have to specify --audio-quality option as it is ignored by youtube-dl during conversion to
lossless formats.
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format flac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29tZVZpZGVvUGxheWxpc3RQYXJ0
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format flac https://www.youtube.com/c/someChannelName1232143/videos
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format flac --yes-playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=c29tZVZpZGVvVVJMUGFy
or
youtube-dl -f "bestaudio/best" -ciw -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -v --extract-audio --audio-format flac --yes-playlist "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29tZVZpZGVvUGxheWxpc3RQYXJ0&list=c29tZVZpZGVvTGlzdFBhcnRzc29tZVZpZGVvTGlzdFBhcnRz&index=4"
-f "bestaudio/best" <- Choose the best audio format.
As there is only audio format listed only the audio is downloaded.
-c <- (--continue) Force resume of partially downloaded files.
By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.
As docs state maybe it is default, but I put it to make sure it is set.
-i <- (--ignore-errors) Continue on download errors,
for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist.
-w <- (--no-overtwrites) Do not overwrite files
(If something was already downloaded
and is present in the directory then continue with the next video)
-o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <- (--output) Output filename template,
in this case it gives you file named movieTitle.mp3
where movieTitle is the title of the video on youtube.
-v <- (--verbose) Print various debugging information
--extract-audio <- (-x) Convert video files to audio-only files
(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-quality 0 <- Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality,
insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific
bitrate like 128K (default 5).
Youtube streams for nonpremium users with variable bitrate up to 160kbps in opus format.
Opus format is newer than mp3 and has better compression than mp3
preserving the same quality. So 160kbps opus = ~ 256kbps mp3.
When audio-quality is default (5 in 0-9 scale) mp3 bitrate
is limited to 160kbps which means that some sound quality is lost during compression.
When audio-quality is set to 0 mp3 goes up to 300kbps preserving original quality.
--audio-format mp3 <- Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a",
"opus", "vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without -x (--extract-audio).
In this case we choose mp3.
Alternatively you could choose for example flac which is loseless codec.
All links that I provided there are fake. I just put some random words encoded by base64 in them. So you have to replace them by your own links to make it work.
Youtube-dl gives you opportunity to use your own youtube account to download stuff.
If your account is a premium account you can get
higher 320kbps opus bitrate which is equivalent of ~512kbps mp3.
Using your own account might be possible by setting --username and --pasword
(See Authentication Options in --help)
All of the above should be relevant for version 2021.12.17 of youtube-dl. Newer versions might change something, so be
aware of that.