YouTube (Download v1.8)

Search and Download YouTube Videos

Requirements

Alfred App v2
Alfred Powerpack
Homebrew w/ youtube-dl & ffmpeg
VLC if you want streaming with this application

Installing

Click the download buttons below
Double-click to import into Alfred 2
Review the workflow to add custom Hotkeys

Setting up brew

# Install Homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

brew install ffmpeg
brew install youtube-dl

Updating

Run the Alleyoop Workflow using the keyword oop. If you're not comfortable with Alleyoop, star & watch this repo to keep up to date on new versions and additional workflows.

About

Typing youtube followed by a search query will show the results for the query. For example, youtube daftpunk will search for DaftPunk videos.

Commands

yt {query} - Searches YouTube for videos matching the query.
yt c|channels {query} - Searches for channels.
yt cv|channelvideos {query} - Shows videos for the specified channel.
yt toprated - Shows the top rated videos.
yt topfavorited - Shows the most favourited videos.
yt mostviewed - Shows the most viewed videos.
yt mostpopular Shows the most popular videos.
yt mostrecent Shows the most recent videos.
yt mostdiscussed Shows the most discussed videos.
yt mostresponded Shows the videos with most responds.
yt recentlyfeatured Shows videos which have recently been featured.
yt-download {query} - what happens with search query

If you find yourself having a hard time remembering the commands, remember that they will show up in autocompletion if you type yt.

Action Modifier

Hold alt to download the video
Hold control to download the audio from the video
Hold cmd to play the video with VLC

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Search and Download YouTube Videos

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