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Yt-dlp is the best way to download videos and audio

www.spacebar.news How to use yt-dlp: The best video and audio downloader

You can use yt-dlp on to save and convert media from YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok, Reddit, and many other sites.

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I wrote my own web app in Python, using pytube-fix and its lightning fast. Great library. I found a recent screenshot that's a bit behind in commits but you get the idea.

Edit: I published the source code, please note there is a LOT of work left to do, but it works. https://codeberg.org/ArtisanByteCrafter/pytube-gui
- I didn't see anything like this image in the pytube-fix repo. Do you have a repo of the web interface somewhere? That looks really handy.
  
  Will do! Edit: done: https://codeberg.org/ArtisanByteCrafter/pytube-gui
  
  Thanks! Would you happen to know how to install with pipx? I don't fully understand Python venv stuff, but I followed instructions on how to install yt-dlp using pipx. I'm not clear on whether I could do that with your app.
  
  So, pipx only installs a single package into an isolated environment, and my app has a list of package dependencies that must all work together. If you run the instructions in my readme line by line, you should get it working, but I understand sometimes that's not the way everyone wants to do things in a one-off manner. I have been spending some time this week getting my Dockerfile finalized and my build scripts working, so I hope to have a docker image ready within a few weeks at least of the application in its current state.
  
  It's not a big deal - I was just wondering. I will keep watching your repo. Thanks.
- Please publish the source code
  
  Happy to, I'll do it tonight. Just be aware this is only "good enough for myself doing some testing" level yet. I do plan on doing a lot more work. EDIT: here goes nothing: https://codeberg.org/ArtisanByteCrafter/pytube-gui
  
  Props for choosing Codeberg over some corpo lock-in option
  
  That's fine. Once it's out, other people can help. Or if you give up on it completely, anyone can fork it and resume development on it.
  
  Thanks :)

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