YT Channel Downloader

Description

YT Channel Downloader is an intuitive desktop application built to simplify the process of downloading YouTube channel content. Leveraging the robustness of yt-dlp and scrapetube and enriched with a modern PyQt 6 GUI, this tool offers a seamless experience to get your favorite content offline.

Features

• Fetch Video Listings: Just input a YouTube channel URL and get a list of all available videos.
• Selective Download: Choose exactly which videos you want to download.
• Quality Control: Specify video/audio quality or opt to download only the audio.
• Download Marking: Keeps track of downloaded files for easier management.

Coming Soon

• Search field to search within a retrieved list of videos
• Enhanced download progress bar
• Download history tracking
• Support for other audio and video platforms
• General improvements

Installation

Linux or MacOS

Clone the repository

git clone <https://github.com/hyperfield/yt-channel-downloader.git>

Navigate into the directory

cd yt-channel-downloader

Optional: create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv .venv

Install requirements (optional: in a virtual environment)

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the program

python3 main.py

or

chmod +x main.py

and then

./main.py

To deactivate the virtual environment after usage, type

deactivate

Windows

Using Command Prompt or PowerShell

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/my_user_name/yt-channel-downloader.git

Navigate into the directory

cd yt-channel-downloader

Optional: Create a virtual environment

python -m venv .venv

Activate the virtual environment

.venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the program

python main.py

Deactivate the virtual environment after usage

.venv\Scripts\deactivate.bat

Graphical Interface Approach

1. Download Git and Python installers and install them.
2. Download the repository as a ZIP file from GitHub and extract it.
3. Navigate to the directory and find requirements.txt.
4. Shift + Right-click in the folder and choose "Open command window here" or "Open PowerShell window here".
5. Follow steps 3-6 from the Command Prompt or PowerShell instructions above.

How to Use

1. Open the application and input a YouTube channel URL.
2. Go to "File" -> "Settings" and set your download preferences.
3. Press the Get list button to list available videos.
4. Select the videos you wish to download.
5. Hit the Download button.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and pull requests. I appreciate your feedback and contributions.

License

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

Authors

• Pavel Zarva - Initial work and Documentation - hyperfield

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.