Practicalbutterfly5 / ytdl

YouTube downloader for Android- Tasker and Termux project.

This is a tasker+termux project to download YouTube videos, audio, playlists, etc on android easily.

Features

• Download YouTube videos, playlists and audio.
• Supports downloading by copying the YouTube link to the clipboard, or sharing link to termux app.
• Supports all YouTube links, including channel links, playlist links, embedded video links, and YT music links. Livestream downloading hasn't been tested yet.
• Select or unselect videos in a playlist/channel that you want to download.
• Get a live update of download status in the notification.
• Cancel any download from the notification.
• Does not require any Tasker Plugins.
• Option to enable cataloging of playlists, by downloading playlists to a separate folder of their name.

Pre-requisites

• Tasker app (Play store link)
• Termux (Fdroid link, Play store link)

Installation

1. Copy and paste the following commands in termux and press Enter key (also press enter on any prompts).

• To upgrade termux packages:
  apt update && apt upgrade -y
• To install ytdl:
  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Practicalbutterfly5/ytdl/main/installytdl | bash
  It will automatically download these Termux packages- ffmpeg, python, yt-dlp, atomicparsley, git and clone ytdl repo.

2. Tasker will open automatically and prompt to import ytdl project. If it doesn't, import the project manually from /sdcard/Tasker/ytdl/ytdl.prj.xml

3. Launch the ytdl_Initial_Setup task in tasker and configure your preferences. Re-run this task if you want to change any settings in the future.

USAGE

After ytdl is installed and the setup task is run, you are ready to download using any of these methods.

• Method 1
  Share any YouTube link to termux app. Termux app will open momentarily and then close, if it didn't have any active sessions.

  To use this method on Android version>=10, make sure that Termux has "Display over other apps" permission.

• Method 2
  Android version<=9, will be able to copy the YouTube link to the clipboard and trigger ytdl.

  Android version>=10, will need to give tasker android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS. This can be done using adb for non-root users, rooted users can simply execute pm grant net.dinglisch.android.taskerm android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS in rooted shell.

Changelogs

Version 1.30 -2023/03/12 - Moving over to yt-dlp and ditching youtube-dl for good. Functionality should not be affected.