a video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.
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A video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.
Origin website: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl
Now, it has migrated to the new website: https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl
And, it is still looking for a new owner,
see #565 <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/issues/565>
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This project is a fork of
you-get <https://github.com/soimort/you-get>
_ with below changes.
#487 <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/issues/487>
_).There are some useful software package managers.
Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>
_Chocolatey <https://chocolatey.org/install>
_Step:
0. Dependencies
| `FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org/>`_, for merge media files.
| `mpv <https://mpv.io/>`_, default media player (optimal compatibility).
#. Python 3 <https://www.python.org/downloads/>
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#. pip and setuptools, make sure they are updated.
.. code-block:: console
python3 -m ensurepip
python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade
python3 -m pip install setuptools --upgrade
#. ykdl from PyPI or GitHub
.. code-block:: console
pip3 install ykdl --upgrade
.. code-block:: console
pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --force-reinstall --no-deps
pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --upgrade
#. Make sure those folders are in your PATH, if they are not, add them.
| **Windows**: folders of ffmpeg.exe, mpv.exe, and python.exe,
and folder "<**PYTHONHOME**>\\Scripts"
| **others**: "~/.local/bin" or "/usr/local/bin"
Please check wiki page:
sites-status <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/wiki/sites-status>
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Bugs report, features require, and pull requests are welcome.