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Youtube-dl Firefox Addon

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Firefox extension to download videos/audio from Youtube and others video websites using youtube-dl

License: MIT

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Description

This is a firefox addon helping you downloads youtube videos or audio using youtube-dl. Simply use the addon while browsing youtube to download the audio or video.

You can configure youtube-dl to download only audio, or convert into any desired format (mp3,wav,...) using FFMPEG, or download full video in any available quality. You can even download full Youtube playlists !

The addon only display most commun formats : m4a (Native audio format for YT), mp3 (standard audio format) and mp4 (native video format for YT)

NOTE

It works with almost all markdown flavours (the below blank line matters).

Prerequisites

  1. Needs Mozilla Firefox installed.
  2. Needs Python installed. Don't forget to check "ADD Python to Path" and to "Disable PATH length limit"
  3. This has only been tested on Windows. Mac & Linux users might have to make some changes

Installation

  1. Clone/Download this repository
  2. Run the setup_win.bat file as ADMIN to install youtube-dl and necessary dependancies
  3. Install the add on from Firefox Addons Website.
  4. Restart firefox and it should work

How to use this addon

  1. Go to any youtube page
  2. Press the addon's logo in the toolbar, then select the format you want (m4a, mp3, mp4)
  3. The video/audio will be downloaded in the background
  4. After the download is finished, you will get a notification saying the download has finished. Note: The default download location is the "Download" folder. If you want to change that, check youtube-dl's configuration

Command line version

If you want to use youtube-dl from command line you need to add FFMPEG to system environnement variables.

  1. Go to "control Panel" > "System and Security" > "System"
  2. Go to "Advanced System Settings"
  3. Go to "Environement Variables"
  4. Now find "PATH" in the "System Variables" section and click "edit"
  5. Click "New" and write "C:\youtube_dl\FFMPEG\bin"
  6. Re-open your command prompt to commit changes

Contributing

  1. Fork it!
  2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
  4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  5. Submit a pull request :D

Troubleshooting

If you experience youtube-dl errors message, it is highly possible that Youtube changed something making the program not working anymore. However, a fix is usually found within 24h so you just have to upgrade your youtube-dl version by using this command in a windows shell : 

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pip install --upgrade youtube-dl

License

This program is Youtube Dl Firefox Addon.

Copyright (C) 2020 Thibaut Decombe.

Youtube Dl Firefox Addon is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.