ytclip 1.2.2

Command to download a video and cut out a clip.

ytclip

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

The utility is user friendly.

It relies on yt-dlp to do the downloading of files and uses static_ffmpeg to do the actual cutting. This stack should be cross platform and should not require elevated permissions to install (yay!).

Install

$ python -m pip install ytclip

Windows

For easy use, download the run_ytclip.bat 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

$ cd <MY_DIRECTORY>
$ ytclip
Add new video:
  url: ...
  start_timestamp: 08:08
  end_timestamp: 08:20
  output_name: my_file

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

$ 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