ytclip - Quickly clip any video you see online and save it to your harddrive

Usage

Make sure python (>3.7) is installed on your system.

> pip install ytclip
> ytclip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
# Follow the prompts

About

This utility provides a command that will automate downloading files and creating clips out of them.

Uses yt-dlp to do the downloading of files and uses static_ffmpeg to do the actual cutting.

Windows

For easy use, just download the run_ytclip.bat file and place it into any folder you want. Now you have a double clickable icon for users that don't like going to the command line. Make sure you've installed the latest python, checking the box that says "ADD TO PATH" during installation.

Running

# (Interactive)
> cd <MY_DIRECTORY>
> ytclip
Add new video:
  url: ...
  start_timestamp: 08:08
  end_timestamp: 08:20
  output_name: my_file

# (CMD-line)
> cd <MY_DIRECTORY>
> ytclip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXt3yh2g0s --start_timestamp 00:32 --end_timestamp 00:52 --outname myoutputfile

# Help file
> ytclip --help

Api

You can also use it as an api:

from ytclip.ytclip import run_download_and_cut

run_download_and_cut(
    url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI",
    start_timestamp="1:10",
    end_timestamp="1:30",
    outname="myclip_withoutsuffix")

You can also turn off logging like so:

from ytclip.ytclip import run_download_and_cut, set_logging

set_logging(False)
run_download_and_cut(...)

Server

See the server version: ytclip-server

Releases

1.2.11: --upgrade now exits 0 instead of continuing
1.2.10: Adds --crf to control bit rate encoding.
1.2.9: Drm video now detected properly and an output error message is emitted.
1.2.8: Minimum version of yt-dlp bumped. Adds --upgrade for upgrading yt-dlp
1.2.7: Brighteon downloads have been fixed, thanks to the brighteon plugin.
1.2.6: Fix error where omitting length would cause error.
1.2.5: Cleans youtube videos by removing the ?t= part of the url.
1.2.4: Adds update warning for ytclip if out of date.
1.2.3: Make yt-dlp use 1.2.3 or higher (fixes downloader).

TODO

Add lossless cut to tool:
- https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

Metadata

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