ytget-gui 2.4.6.2

A GUI YouTube downloader powered by yt-dlp

🎬 YTGet GUI — YouTube Downloader

YTGet GUI is a sleek, user-friendly desktop application built with Python and PySide6 to help you download YouTube videos, playlists, and music effortlessly using yt-dlp. This Windows .exe version is portable and standalone — no Python installation required.

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☄️ How to Run?

1. 📦 Download the latest .zip release
2. 🗂️ Extract the contents
3. ▶️ Run YTGet.exe

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✨ Features

🖥️ Interface

• 🎯 Clean Qt GUI — Intuitive layout with dark-friendly visuals
• 🛑 Cancel Anytime — Gracefully stop downloads at any moment
• 🔒 Offline Capable — No need for Python or external installations

📥 Download Options

• 📹 Multiple Formats — Download in resolutions from 480p to 8K
• 🎵 MP3 Mode — High-quality audio extraction with embedded thumbnails and metadata
• 📄 Subtitles — Auto-fetch subtitles (multiple languages supported)
• 📂 Playlist Support — Download entire playlists in audio or video mode

🔧 Advanced Features

• ⚙️ Persistent Settings — All settings saved to config.json between sessions
• 🚀 Improved Playlist Support — Reverse order, select items, track with archive
• ✂️ Clip Extraction — Download video portions by start/end time
• ⏭️ SponsorBlock — Skip sponsored content, intros, and outros
• 🧩 Chapters Handling — Embed or split videos based on chapters
• 🎼 YouTube Music Metadata — Accurate music info and album data

🛠 Functionality

• 🌐 Proxy Support — Configure proxies for downloading
• 📅 Date Filter — Download videos uploaded after a certain date
• 🧪 Custom FFmpeg Args — Add advanced arguments for power users
• 🔊 Audio Normalization — Uniform audio volume for all downloads
• 🗃 Channel Organization — Auto-sort videos into uploader folders
• ⚡ Performance Enhancements — Smart rate limiting and retry logic

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🧰 How to Use

1. 📦 Extract the downloaded .zip file
2. ▶️ Launch YTGet.exe
3. 🔗 Paste a YouTube URL
4. 🎚️ Select format (e.g., 1080p MKV or MP3)
5. ⬇️ Click ➕ Add to Queue
6. ⬇️ Click ▶️ Start Queue

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📁 Output

• ✅ Clean filenames: %(title)s.ext
• 🎵 Audio downloads include:
  • Embedded album art (from thumbnail)
  • Metadata tags (artist, title, etc.)
  • Subtitles (if available)

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🧩 Format Options

Format	Description
🎞️ 480p–2160p	MKV video with merged best audio
🎵 MP3 Audio	High-quality audio with tags and thumbnails
📃 MP3 Playlist	Batch audio extraction from playlists

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🔒 Cookies Support

To download age-restricted or private content:

1. Export cookies using a browser extension like Get cookies.txt
2. Place the file at:

_internal/cookies.txt

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⚙️ Requirements

• ✅ No installation needed — just unzip and run
• 🪟 Windows 10 or later (64-bit)

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🔧 Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Python
• FFmpeg and FFprobe (Add to path or source folder)

Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/ErfanNamira/ytget-gui.git
   

2. Create & activate virtual environment

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate   # on Linux/Mac
   venv\Scripts\activate      # on Windows
   

3. Install dependencies

    pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run the app

   python -m ytget
   

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🤝 Contribution Guide

1. Fork & clone the repo

2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b my-feature

3. Commit & push: git commit -m "msg" && git push origin my-feature

4. Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for full details.

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📦 Download

👉 Latest Release (.zip)