ykdl 1.8.2

a video downloader written in Python

YouKuDownLoader

A video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.

Origin website: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl

Now, it has migrated to the new website: https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl

And, it is still looking for a new owner, see #565.

This project is a fork of you-get with below changes.

• Structured source code.

• Focus on China mainland video sites.

• Dropped supports of Python 3.4 and below (see #487).

Simple installation guide

There are some useful software package managers.

• macOS/Linux: Homebrew

• Debian/Linux: APT

• Windows: Chocolatey

Step:

0. Dependencies

   FFmpeg, for merge media files.

   mpv, default media player (optimal compatibility).

1. Python 3

2. pip and setuptools, make sure they are updated.

   python3 -m ensurepip
   python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade
   python3 -m pip install setuptools --upgrade

3. ykdl from PyPI or GitHub

   pip3 install ykdl --upgrade

   pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --force-reinstall --no-deps
   pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --upgrade

4. Make sure those folders are in your PATH, if they are not, add them.

   Windows: folders of ffmpeg.exe, mpv.exe, and python.exe, and folder “<PYTHONHOME>\Scripts”

   others: “~/.local/bin” or “/usr/local/bin”

Site status

Please check wiki page: sites-status

Bugs report, features require, and pull requests are welcome.

Change Log for ykdl

1.8.2

• enable pep517

• change API name from “vid” to “mid”, step 1

• add index item to MediaInfo for playlist

• add util.lazy

• fix compatibility with m3u8 3.5.0 (#621) @Joeky

• fix default filename timestamp (#622) @a67878813

• add new extractor: acfun.live

• update GeneralSimple, Bilibili, Douban, DouYin, iQIYI, iXiGua, Huya, Weibo

• move extractor from “le.le” to “le”

• remove Baidu, iXiGua.live

1.8.1.post1

• fix compatibility bug on Python 3.9 and below (#604)

1.8.1

• add support HTTP cache

• add support interactive mode

• add –show-all argument

• improve handling of media title and filename

• bilibili.live API has been changed (#600 @fraic)

• support new sites: iXiGua

• update GeneralSimple, Bilibili, DouYin, YinYueTai

1.8.0

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• add Brotli support (extra)

• fix output and update dependencies

• update Bilibili, Douban, Huya, iQIYI, Weibo

• more see early PRE-releases

See full change log.