g-l-i-t-c-h-o-r-s-e / youtube-dl-helper

An AHk Script Made To Speed Up And Assist The Downloading Process <3

youtube-dl-helper

An AutoHotKey Script Made To Swiftly Download Youtube Content & More <3 <3

You'll need to download autohotkey so it can run in administrator mode to backup your environment variables.
Grab a copy from: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/ahk-install.exe

1. After Downloading youtube-dl.exe & ffmpeg.exe
   place youtube-dl.exe and the ffmpeg bin folder; into the root script folder;
   then run the script for the first time. this is added automagically now!~
   2. Allow the script to add ffmpeg and youtube-dl to your PATH Environment Variable.
   3. Profit.

To use:

1. Copy Video URL
2. Press at the same time: Ctrl+Shift+C
   
3. Press Enter or A or V

Destination HotKeys (when menu is active):
D: Downloads Folder
R: Root/Parent Folder Script is Within
P: Custom Folder (WIP)
Y: Videos/youtube Folder
M: Music Folder
V: Videos Folder
U: Update Target URL with Current Clipboard or Update Batch Input Value

Features:
• Easy to use
• Optional Playlist download checkbox
• Has Option to Extract Audio or Force MP4 output
• Automatically downloads Video and Audio at highest quality
• Optionally add youtube-dl & ffmpeg folder to the PATH environment variable
• Batch/Multiple URL input to download hundreds of videos or playlists at once lmfao
• Prompts for output directory; otherwise you can quickly press Enter key to use default
• Custom output folder; just enter the name of the folder you want it all in and it'll make for you
• The option to bulk download hundreds of videos simultaneously, or one at a time.
• Audio notification when downloads have finished processing.

Tips:

•You would only need to use the U update HotKey in the case that the gui/menu was already open and you wanted to use a different URL or you updated the batch input file.

• To create a custom output folder; add a backwardslash and name to the current destination string visible.
For example: add \MachineGirl to C:\Users\username\Videos\youtube; to make it C:\Users\username\Videos\youtube\MachineGirl

• You can you the A or V key on your keyboard to select Audio or Video on the dialog when prompted.

• When the Destination window pops up, just press Enter if you want the video to download in the same folder as the script.

• The Destination HotKeys only work when the Destination editbox is not active/selected; or when the entire window is active.

• You can also press Tab once, Then Space once (to select the playlist option), Tab Three times, Then Enter once more for a faster playlist download workflow.

• youtube-dl does require ffmpeg to be installed as an environment variable (like in the PATH variable) as far as I know; however you can run this script in the same folder as youtube-dl.exe without having to set the youtube-dl.exe folder to the PATH environment variable.
and you might have to use the ForceMP4 mode if you dont setup ffmpeg in the PATH

• Websites Supported by youtube-dl: http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html

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