uw-panopto-downloader 1.1.0

A Python library for downloading videos from UW Panopto

UW Panopto Downloader

A Python tool for downloading videos from UW Panopto and optionally converting them to audio format.

Features

• Interactive browser-based login to access your Panopto content
• Extract video links from Panopto course pages
• Concurrent downloading of multiple videos
• Video to audio conversion (MP4 to MP3)
• User-friendly command line interface with rich formatting
• Configurable settings saved between sessions

Installation

# From PyPI
pip install uw-panopto-downloader

# From source
git clone https://github.com/elimelt/uw-panopto-downloader.git
cd uw-panopto-downloader
pip install -e .

Requirements

• Python 3.11 or higher
• FFmpeg (for video downloads and conversion)
• Chrome or Chromium browser (for Selenium)

Usage

Command Line Interface

The package provides a command-line tool uwpd with several subcommands:

# Show help
uwpd --help

# Download videos
uwpd download [OPTIONS]

# Convert videos to audio
uwpd convert [INPUT] [OPTIONS]

# View or update configuration
uwpd config [OPTIONS]

# Show version
uwpd version

Download Command

# Start an interactive download session
uwpd download

# Specify a starting URL
uwpd download --url "https://panopto.uw.edu/your-course-page"

# Set output directory
uwpd download --output "path/to/downloads"

# Set number of concurrent downloads
uwpd download --workers 5

# Run in headless mode (no browser window)
uwpd download --headless

Convert Command

# Convert a single video
uwpd convert video.mp4

# Convert with output path
uwpd convert video.mp4 --output audio.mp3

# Convert a directory of videos
uwpd convert videos_dir/ --output audio_dir/

# Set audio bitrate
uwpd convert video.mp4 --bitrate 320k

# Set number of FFmpeg threads
uwpd convert video.mp4 --threads 4

Config Command

# Show current configuration
uwpd config --show

# Update configuration
uwpd config --download-dir "path/to/downloads" --max-workers 4

Python API

You can also use the package programmatically:

from uw_panopto_downloader.core import BrowserSession, PanoptoDownloader, VideoConverter

# Initialize a browser session
browser = BrowserSession(headless=False)
browser.manual_login("https://panopto.uw.edu/your-course-page")

# Download videos
downloader = PanoptoDownloader(browser, max_workers=3)
video_links = browser.extract_links()
downloader.download_videos(video_links, "downloads")

# Convert videos to audio
converter = VideoConverter(bitrate="192k")
converter.convert_directory("downloads", "audio")

Configuration

The configuration is stored in ~/.uw-panopto-downloader/config.json and includes:

• download_dir: Default download directory
• max_workers: Maximum number of concurrent downloads
• headless: Whether to run the browser in headless mode
• audio_bitrate: Default audio bitrate for conversion
• ffmpeg_threads: Default number of FFmpeg threads

License

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