KT-Trez / YouTube-Downloader

Desktop app that allows you to download YouTube videos to your computer.

YouTube Downloader

Desktop, electron based app, to download videos from YouTube.

Download

To download an app, visit releases page and select adequate installer.

Usage

Search Tab

1. Search for videos using keywords from title ex.: never gonna give you up
2. Chose the video and click its download icon to open download menu
   • Simple download
     1. Scroll through the list of available formats and chose one for yourself
     2. Click on the download button next to your desired format
   • Advanced download
     1. Toggle advanced mode with ⋯ button in the top-right corner of download menu
     2. Chose one audio and one video format that will be merged together. Select them by toggling corresponding sliders
     3. Press ADVANCED DOWNLAOD button above formats section

Warning
Advanced download uses FFmpeg to merge audio and video, which is a CPU heavy task.
Consider this when downloading more than one video simultaneous or using lower-end computers and laptops.

Additionally, merging not always is perfect and some de-sync between audio and video may occur.

Queue Tab

Check progress of videos download.
Progress consist of three parts, but not all of them must be present on selected format:

• Audio - audio's download progress
• Video - video's download progress
• Merge - merging audio with video progress (advanced mode function)

Downloads Tab

Browse your downloaded audio and video files. You can delete them or play using system build-in media player.
To view downloads directly in directory, press folder icon next to the Open in directory inscription.

Build from source

1. Install latest version of Node.js
2. Install dependencies with npm install
3. Build GUI with npm run build
4. Build app's TypeScript files with npm run build
5. Build app with npm run electron-builder

Scripts

• npm run build - React's script; builds .html & .ts files in production mode
• npm run build_core - compiles Electrons' TypeScript files into build directory
• npm run build_core-watch - compiles Electrons' TypeScript files and listens for changes
• npm run electron-builder - builds an app; check Build from source section for step-by-step guide
• npm run electron-dev - starts Electron in development mode; by default, app will try to load GUI from http://localhost:3000, so make sure to start React beforehand
• npm run start - React's script; starts React's development server and listens for changes in files