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Download videos or extract audio from YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), and more — easily and fast.

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# 🎬 ytmagic

`ytmagic` is a simple command-line tool that lets anyone download videos or extract audio from **YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, and more** using [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) — no technical knowledge needed.

It works on **Linux**, **macOS**, and **Windows**.

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## 🧠 What Can It Do?

- ✅ Download full video with best quality
- 🎧 Download **audio only** and convert it to MP3
- 📥 Choose specific video quality like 360p, 720p, 1080p
- 📂 Save to a custom folder or default to `~/Downloads`
- 🔁 **Resume interrupted downloads**
- 📊 **Show all available formats** for one or more links

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## 🔧 Installation

Make sure you have **Python 3.7+**, `ffmpeg`, and `pip/pipx` installed.

Install `ytmagic` globally using `pipx`:

```bash
pipx install ytmagic
```

Or for local testing (developer mode):

git clone https://github.com/owais-shafi/Yt_Magic.git
cd ytmagic
pipx install --force --editable .

✅ Now you can use the ytmagic (or yt) command from anywhere in your terminal.


🎯 How to Use

Basic command format:

ytmagic [options] URL1 [URL2 ... URLn]

🔤 Examples

ytmagic https://youtu.be/example1
# ▶️ Downloads best video+audio to ~/Downloads

ytmagic https://youtu.be/example2 -q 720
# ⬇️ Downloads 720p video

ytmagic https://youtu.be/example3 -a
# 🎵 Downloads and converts audio to MP3

ytmagic -a -p ~/Music https://youtu.be/example4
# 🎧 Downloads MP3 and saves it in ~/Music

ytmagic https://youtu.be/example5 https://youtu.be/example6
# ⬇️ Downloads multiple videos in order

ytmagic -f https://youtu.be/example7 https://youtu.be/example8
# 📊 Shows available qualities/formats for multiple videos

ytmagic --resume https://youtu.be/example9
# 🔁 Resumes interrupted download

⚙️ Command-Line Options

Option Description
urls (positional) One or more video URLs (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc.)
-q, --quality Video quality: 360, 480, 720, 1080, or best (default: best)
-p, --path Folder to save downloaded file (default: ~/Downloads)
-a, --audio Download audio only and convert to MP3 (requires FFmpeg)
-f, --formats Show available formats for all given URLs
--resume Resume interrupted downloads
-v, --version Show ytmagic version

📦 Dependencies

To use the -a (audio-only MP3) option, ffmpeg must be installed on your system.

✅ Install ffmpeg

  • Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):

    sudo apt install ffmpeg
    
  • Linux (Arch):

    sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
    
  • macOS (with Homebrew):

    brew install ffmpeg
    
  • Windows (with Chocolatey):

    choco install ffmpeg
    
  • Or download manually and add it to your system PATH.


📂 Default Output Folder

If no path is given using -p, ytmagic saves all downloads to:

~/Downloads

💡 Tips

  • Combine options for multiple features:
ytmagic -a -q best -p ~/Music https://youtu.be/example1 https://youtu.be/example2
  • This downloads multiple best-quality audio files, converts them to MP3, and saves them to ~/Music.

  • Use -f before downloading if you want to check available formats:

ytmagic -f https://youtu.be/example1 https://youtu.be/example2
  • Use --resume to continue interrupted downloads:
ytmagic --resume https://youtu.be/example1

📱 Run on Android (via Termux)

Yes — ytmagic works on Android too using Termux!

✅ Steps to Set It Up

  1. Install Termux from Play store.
  2. Open Termux and run:
pkg update && pkg upgrade
pkg install python ffmpeg termux-api
pip install pipx
pipx ensurepath
source ~/.bashrc  # Or restart Termux

3.Install ytmagic:

pipx install ytmagic

4.Grant storage access to Termux:

termux-setup-storage

5.Save downloads to phone storage:

ytmagic -p /sdcard/Download/ <URL>

6.Make media files appear in apps:

termux-media-scan /sdcard/Download/

7.(Optional) Add handy shortcuts in ~/.bashrc:

alias sc='termux-media-scan /sdcard/Music/'
alias yt='ytmagic -p /sdcard/Download/'
source ~/.bashrc

Run sc after every download so media files appear in music/video apps.


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📜 License

MIT License — free for personal or commercial use.

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