pytubepp 1.0.4

A Simple CLI Tool to Download Your Favorite YouTube Videos Effortlessly!

pytubePP - (Pytube Post Processor)

A Simple CLI Tool to Download Your Favourite YouTube Videos Effortlessly!

🏷️ Features

• Auto Post-Process & Merge YouTube DASH Streams
• Supports upto 8K 60fps HDR Stream Download
• Supports MP3 Download (with Embeded Thumbnail and Tags)
• Smart Stream Selection
• Highly Configurable and Many More 😉

🧩 Dependencies

• pytubefix
• FFmpeg (Not Pre-Included)
• ffmpy
• mutagen
• tabulate
• tqdm
• appdirs
• requests
• setuptools

🛠️ Installation

You can install pytubePP in your system via PIP by simply running the below command

pip install pytubepp

IMPORTANT: Before installing pytubePP make sure FFmpeg is installed in your system and accesable via your cli interface (FFmpeg is Must Required as some of the core features of pytubePP relies on FFmpeg, but due to security reasons we can not ship it with the module)

>> Install FFmpeg (If you haven't already!)

Linux (Ubuntu): apt install ffmpeg
Windows (10/11): winget install ffmpeg
MacOS (using Homebrew): brew install ffmpeg
Android (using Termux): pkg install ffmpeg

📌 Commands and Flags

Using pytubePP is as simple as just supplying it only the YouTube video url as argument! ** Before Starting Please NOTE: pytubePP follows a simple rule - "Use the Default Download Configuration if No Flags are Passed"

• To download a video in maximum available resolution the command will look like:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo"

• To download the video in a specific resolution (suppose 480p) the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -s 480p

• To download the video in audio-only MP3 format the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -s mp3

• To fetch the video information the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -i

• To cancel/stop an ongoing download press CTRL + C on keyboard (it is recommended to run the -ct flag once after canceling an ongoing download).
• List of all available flags are given below:

Flag	Usage	Requires Parameter	Requires URL	Parameters	Default
-s	Choose preferred download stream	YES	YES	144 144p 240 240p 360 360p 480 480p 720 720p hd 1080 1080p fhd 1440 1440p 2k 2160 2160p 4k 4320 4320p 8k mp3 (Pass any one of them)	Your chosen Default Stream via -ds flag
-i	Shows the video information like: Title, Author, Views, Available Download Streams	NO	YES	No parameters	No default
-ds	Set default download stream	YES	NO	144p 240p 360p 480p 720p 1080p 1440p 2160p 4320p mp3 max (Pass any one of them)	max
-df	Set custom download folder path	YES	NO	Use the full path excluding the last trailing slash within double quotes eg(in Linux): "/path/to/folder" (Make sure the folder path you enterted is already created and accessable)	Within Pytube Downloads folder in your System's Downloads folder
-r	Reset to default configuration (Download Folder, Default Stream)	NO	NO	No parameters	No default
-sc	Show all current user configurations	NO	NO	No parameters	No default
-ct	Clear temporary files (audio, video, thumbnail) of the failed, incomplete downloads	NO	NO	No parameters	No default

⭕ Noticed any Bugs? or Want to give me some suggetions? always feel free to open an issue...!!

📝 License & Usage

pytubePP - (Pytube Post Processor) is a Fully Open Sourced Project licensed under MIT License. Anyone can view, modify, use (personal and commercial) or distribute it's sources without any attribution and extra permissions.

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An Open Sourced Project - Developed with ❤️ by Subhamoy