Most of you may be used (or at least heard about) Youtube-dl, a command line program to download videos from YouTube and other 100+ websites. I just stumbled upon a similar utility named "You-Get". It is also a CLI downloader written in Python. It allows you to download images, audios and videos from popular websites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and a lot more. Currently, there are 80+ websites are supported. Click here to read the full list of supported sites.
You-Get is not only a downloader, but also can stream the online videos in your media player. It even allows you to search for videos on google. Just pass the search term and You-Get will google it and download the most relevant videos. Another notable feature is it allows you to pause and resume the downloads. It is completely free, open source and cross-platform application that on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
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Install You-Get
Make sure you have installed the following prerequisites.
You-Get can be installed in many ways. The officially recommended method is using Pip package manager. If you haven't installed PIP in your Linux box yet, refer the following link.
Please note that you must install Python 3 version of pip.
Now, run the following command to install You-Get:
$ pip3 install you-get
You can upgrade You-Get to its latest version using command:
$ pip3 install --upgrade you-get
Getting Started With You-Get
The usage is pretty much same as Youtube-dl utility.
Download Videos
To download a video, just run:
$ you-get https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Sample output:
site: YouTube title: The Last of The Mohicans by Alexandro QuerevalΓΊ stream: - itag: 22 container: mp4 quality: hd720 size: 56.9 MiB (59654303 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=22 [URL] Downloading The Last of The Mohicans by Alexandro QuerevalΓΊ.mp4 ... 100% ( 56.9/ 56.9MB) βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€[1/1] 752 kB/s
You may want to view the details of the video before downloading. You-Get can do that for using "--info" or "-i" flag. This option will get you all available quality and formats of the given video.
$ you-get -i https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Or,
$ you-get -info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Sample output would be:
site: YouTube title: The Last of The Mohicans by Alexandro QuerevalΓΊ streams: # Available quality and codecs [ DASH ] ____________________________________ - itag: 137 container: mp4 quality: 1920x1080 size: 101.9 MiB (106816582 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=137 [URL] - itag: 248 container: webm quality: 1920x1080 size: 90.3 MiB (94640185 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=248 [URL] - itag: 136 container: mp4 quality: 1280x720 size: 56.9 MiB (59672392 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=136 [URL] - itag: 247 container: webm quality: 1280x720 size: 52.6 MiB (55170859 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=247 [URL] - itag: 135 container: mp4 quality: 854x480 size: 32.2 MiB (33757856 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=135 [URL] - itag: 244 container: webm quality: 854x480 size: 28.0 MiB (29369484 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=244 [URL] [ DEFAULT ] _________________________________ - itag: 22 container: mp4 quality: hd720 size: 56.9 MiB (59654303 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=22 [URL]
By default, You-Get will download the format marked with DEFAULT. If you don't like that format or quality, you can pick any other format you like. Use the itag value given in the each format.
$ you-get --itag=244 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Download Audios
The following command will download an audio from soundcloud website.
$ you-get 'https://soundcloud.com/uiceheidd/all-girls-are-same-999-prod-nick-mira' Site: SoundCloud.com Title: ALL GIRLS ARE THE SAME (PROD. NICK MIRA) Type: MP3 (audio/mpeg) Size: 2.58 MiB (2710046 Bytes) Downloading ALL GIRLS ARE THE SAME (PROD. NICK MIRA).mp3 ... 100% ( 2.6/ 2.6MB) βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€[1/1] 983 kB/s
To view the details of the audio file, use -i flag.
$ you-get -i 'https://soundcloud.com/uiceheidd/all-girls-are-same-999-prod-nick-mira'
Download Images
To download an image, run:
$ you-get https://pixabay.com/en/mountain-crumpled-cyanus-montanus-3393209/
You-Get can also download all images from a web page.
$ you-get https://ostechnix.com/pacvim-a-cli-game-to-learn-vim-commands/
Search Videos
You-Get doesn't even require a valid URL. You can just pass a random search terms on it and You-Get will google it and download the most relevant video based on your search string.
$ you-get 'Micheal Jackson' Google Videos search: Best matched result: site: YouTube title: Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video) stream: - itag: 43 container: webm quality: medium size: 29.4 MiB (30792050 bytes) # download-with: you-get --itag=43 [URL] Downloading Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video).webm ... 100% ( 29.4/ 29.4MB) βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€[1/1] 2 MB/s
Watch Videos
You-Get can able to stream the online videos in your media player or browser, just without ads or comment section.
To watch videos in a media player, for example VLC, run the following command:
$ you-get -p vlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Or,
$ you-get --player vlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Similarly, to stream the videos in your browser, for example chromium, use:
$ you-get -p chromium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
As you can see in the above screenshot, there is no ads, comment section. Just a plain page with the video.
Set path and file name for downloaded videos
By default, the videos will be downloaded in the current working directory with default video titles. You can, of course, change them as per your liking with --output-dir/-o flag to set the path andΒ --output-filename/-O to set the name of the downloaded file.
$ you-get -o ~/Videos -O output.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaglTFJLMc
Pause and resume downloads
Press CTRL+C to cancel a download. A temporary .download file will be saved in the output directory. Next time you run you-get with the same arguments, the download process will resume from the last session.
In case the file is completely downloaded, the temporary .download extension will be gone, and you-get will just skip the download. To enforce re-downloading, use the --force/-f option.
For more details, refer the help section by running the following command.
$ you-get --help
And, that's all for now. More good stuffs to come. Stay tuned!
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