🎥 A specialized YouTube channel downloader for archiving 戶晨風 (HCF) streams and videos. Download entire channels or individual videos with ease.

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✨ Features

• 🎬 YouTube Channel Downloader: Download all videos from 戶晨風's YouTube channel
• 🔄 High Quality Downloads: Support for multiple quality options (best, high, medium, low)
• 📦 Modern Python Stack: Built with Pydantic, yt-dlp, and Rich for robust functionality
• 🎯 Simple CLI: Easy-to-use command-line interface powered by Python Fire
• 🔁 Retry Mechanism: Automatic retries for failed downloads
• 📁 Organized Output: Videos saved to customizable download folders
• 🎨 Rich Progress Display: Beautiful terminal output with Rich library
• 🌐 Multi-site Support: Works with YouTube, Bilibili, and other video platforms

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11–3.14
• uv (install with make uv-install)

Installation

# Install uv (if not already installed)
make uv-install

# Install dependencies
uv sync

Basic Usage

Download a single video:

# Download with default settings (best quality)
uv run hcf_downloader --url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Specify quality
uv run hcf_downloader --url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --quality="high"

Or use the CLI entry point:

# After installation
hcf_downloader --url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Advanced Usage

from hcf_downloader.cli import VideoDownloader

# Initialize downloader
downloader = VideoDownloader(output_folder="./my_downloads", max_retries=5)

# Download a video
title, filepath = downloader.download(
    url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID",
    quality="best",  # Options: best, high, medium, low
)

print(f"Downloaded: {title} to {filepath}")

🧰 Commands Reference

# Development
make help               # List available make targets
make clean              # Clean caches and artifacts
make format             # Run all pre-commit hooks
make test               # Run pytest

# Dependencies (via uv)
make uv-install         # Install uv on your system
uv add <pkg>            # Add production dependency
uv sync                 # Install all dependencies

📝 Quality Settings

HCFDownloader supports multiple quality presets:

• best: Best available video and audio quality (default)
• high: Up to 1080p at 60fps
• medium: Up to 720p at 60fps
• low: Up to 480p

🛠️ Development

Setting up development environment

# Install development dependencies
uv sync --group dev

# Install pre-commit hooks
uv tool install pre-commit
make format

# Run tests
make test

📦 Project Structure

hcf_downloader/
├── src/
│   └── hcf_downloader/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       └── cli.py          # Main CLI and downloader logic
├── tests/
│   └── test_hello.py
├── pyproject.toml          # Project configuration
└── README.md

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with yt-dlp for robust video downloading
• Uses Pydantic for data validation
• Terminal UI powered by Rich
• CLI interface via Python Fire

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uv add --dev # Add development dependency ```

🎯 About HCF (戶晨風)

This tool is specifically designed to archive content from 戶晨風's YouTube channel. It supports downloading:

• Live streams
• Regular videos
• Entire channel archives

⚙️ Configuration

You can customize the downloader behavior:

from hcf_downloader.cli import VideoDownloader

downloader = VideoDownloader(
    output_folder="./my_custom_folder",  # Custom download location
    max_retries=10,  # Increase retry attempts
)

� Technical Details

Built with modern Python best practices:

• Type-hinted code with Pydantic models
• Robust error handling and retry mechanisms
• Beautiful terminal output with Rich
• Configurable quality settings
• Support for multiple video platforms
  • Builds multi-platform executables (via PyInstaller):
    • macOS (ARM64, x64)
    • Linux (x64 GNU, ARM64 GNU)
    • Windows (x64, ARM64)
  • Builds Python package (wheel & sdist)
  • Automatically publishes to PyPI (requires UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN secret)
  • Uploads all artifacts to GitHub Release

📚 Documentation

For more detailed information:

• Check out the project homepage
• Visit the GitHub repository

❓ FAQ

Q: Can I download playlists? A: Currently, the tool is set to download individual videos. Playlist support may be added in future versions.

Q: What video formats are supported? A: The tool outputs MP4 files by default, which are compatible with most media players.

Q: How do I stop a download? A: Press Ctrl+C to cancel the current download.

Q: Can I use this for other YouTube channels? A: Yes! While designed for 戶晨風's channel, this tool works with any YouTube video or channel.