PowerShell: Download YouTube Video - Revision history

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@@ Line 45: / Line 45: @@
          Write-Host "`nChoose Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
          switch -Regex ($Cookies)
+         {
-             '^E' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'edge', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
+             '^E' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'edge', '--cookies', $File) }
-             '^C' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
+             '^C' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '--cookies', $File) }
-             '^F' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
+             '^F' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', '--cookies', $File) }
-             '^R' { $Args += @('--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
+             '^R' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File) }
-             '^M' { $Args += @('--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\cookies.txt')) }
+             '^M' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File.Replace("browser.txt", "cookies.txt")) }
+         }
+     }

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 [[File:YouTubeDownloader Folder.png||Folder Layout]]</br>
-'''PowerShell'''</br>
+[[Media:Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]]</br>
 <PRE>
 param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Formats, [string]$Location)
@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
      if(!$URL)
+     {
-        Write-Host "`n-URL <URL>" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "Enter YouTube URL: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $URL = Read-Host
+     }
      if(!$Cookies)
+     {
-         Write-Host "`n-Cookies <[C]hrome> <[F]irefox> <[L]ocal> (empty to Skip)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "`n`n[E] Extract from Edge`n[C] Extract from Chrome`n[F] Extract from Firefox`n[R] Use last Browser Extract`n[M] Use manual cookies.txt`n[Enter] to Skip Cookies" -ForegroundColor Yellow
-         Write-Host "Select Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
+         Write-Host "`nChoose Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
          switch -Regex ($Cookies)
+         {
-             '^C' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome') }
+            '^E' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'edge', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
-             '^F' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox') }
+             '^C' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
-             '^L' { $Args += @('--cookies', 'cookies.txt') }
+             '^F' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', '--cookies', ($PSScriptRoot+'\cookies\browser.txt')) }
+         }
+     }
      if(!$Formats)
+     {
-         Write-Host "`nLoading all available formats..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "`n`nLoading all available formats..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
-         ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --quiet --no-warnings --js-runtimes "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe" $Args --list-formats $URL
+         ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --quiet --no-warnings $Args --list-formats $URL
-         Write-Host "`n-Formats <[Video ID] + [Audio ID]> (empty for Best video and audio)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "`n`n[VideoID+AudioID] For Video and Audio`n[Enter] To automatically select BestVideo+BestAudio" -ForegroundColor Yellow
-         Write-Host "Select Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host
+         Write-Host "`nChoose Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host
          if(!$Formats) { $Formats = 'bestvideo+bestaudio' }
@@ Line 73: / Line 76: @@
      Write-Host "`nDownloading started..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
-     ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --js-runtimes "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe" --ffmpeg-location "$PSScriptRoot\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" --merge-output-format mp4 --output '%(title)s.%(ext)s' $Args $URL
+     ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --ffmpeg-location "$PSScriptRoot\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" --merge-output-format mp4 --output '[%(id)s] %(title)s.%(ext)s' $Args $URL
-     Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "`nDone!"
+     Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "`nDownload has finished!`n`n"
-     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # -Exclude 'Cookies'
+     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
      Download-YoutubeVideo
+}

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Components==
-These parts are needed to Make Your Own '''YouTube Downloader'''</br>
+These parts are needed to ''Make Your Own'' '''YouTube Downloader''':</br>
 ===Interface===
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 Required to download Video and Audio from YouTube.</br>
 "yt-dlp.exe" is an [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp open-source] command line application, and can be downloaded from: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe</br>
 You can make an Update-button by creating a shortcut to: <code>\yt-dlp\yt-dlp.exe -U</code>
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 Sometimes required, as YouTube requires account identification on restricted videos or restricted client IPs.</br>
 ==Script==
 '''Folder Layout'''</br>
@@ Line 102: / Line 103: @@
 '''Leave empty''' to choose [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#format-selection 'bestvideo+bestaudio'].</br>

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Components==
-These parts are needed to '''Make Your Own YouTube Downloader'''</br>
+These parts are needed to Make Your Own '''YouTube Downloader'''</br>
 ===Interface===
@@ Line 101: / Line 101: @@
 Enter the '''<Video Format ID>''' '''+''' '''<Audio Format ID>'''</br>
-'''Leave empty''' to choose 'bestvideo+bestaudio'.</br>
+'''Leave empty''' to choose [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#format-selection 'bestvideo+bestaudio'].</br>

@@ Line 85: / Line 85: @@
 ==Use==
 [[File:Download-YouTubeVideo Preview.png|thumb|right|800px|Download-YouTubeVideo.ps1]]
-Open the '''Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1''' file, and answer the following prompts:</br>
+Run the '''Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1''' script, and answer the following prompts:</br>
 ===-URL===
@@ Line 95: / Line 95: @@
 '''<L>''' to extract from local file 'cookies.txt'</br>
-'''Leave empty''' to attempt download without cookies.</br>
+'''Leave empty''' to download without cookies.</br>
 ===-Formats===
@@ Line 101: / Line 101: @@
 Enter the '''<Video Format ID>''' '''+''' '''<Audio Format ID>'''</br>
-'''Leave empty''' to automatically choose 'bestvideo+bestaudio'.</br>
+'''Leave empty''' to choose 'bestvideo+bestaudio'.</br>

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 =Components=
-[[File:YouTubeDownloader Folder.png|thumb|left|Folder Layout]]
+These parts are needed to '''Make Your Own YouTube Downloader'''</br>
 ===Interface===
-Useful to control all components from one place.</br>
+The [[PowerShell: Download YouTube Video#Script|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]] script.</br>
-The [[PowerShell: Download YouTube Video#Script|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]] script also functions as a menu.</br>
+Useful to have a simple menu that uses all components in one place.</br>
 ===yt-dlp===
@@ Line 21: / Line 10: @@
 "yt-dlp.exe" is an [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp open-source] command line application, and can be downloaded from: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe</br>
 Needs to be regularly updated (as YouTube keeps changing the system).</br>
 ===FFmpeg===
@@ Line 34: / Line 25: @@
 =Script=
 <PRE>
 param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Formats, [string]$Location)
@@ Line 66: / Line 61: @@
          Write-Host "Select Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host
-         if(!$Formats)
+         if(!$Formats) { $Formats = 'bestvideo+bestaudio' }
+        $Args += @('--format', "$Formats")
+     }

@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 =Script=
 <pre>
-param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Quality, [string]$Location)
+param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Formats, [string]$Location)
 function Download-YoutubeVideo
@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
      if(!$Cookies)
+     {
-         Write-Host "`nSelect Cookies" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "`n-Cookies <[C]hrome> <[F]irefox> <[L]ocal> (empty to Skip)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
-        Write-Host "[C] for Chrome, [F] for Firefox, [L] for local cookies.txt, empty to skip: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
+        Write-Host "Select Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
-         if($Cookies -eq "C") { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome') }
+         switch -Regex ($Cookies)
-        if($Cookies -eq "F") { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox') }
-        if($Cookies -eq "L") { $Args += @('--cookies', 'cookies.txt') }
+            '^C' { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome') }
+     }
-     if(!$Quality)
+     if(!$Formats)
+     {
-         Write-Host ""
+         Write-Host ([Environment]::NewLine)
-         ./yt-dlp.exe $Args -F $URL
+         ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe $Args -F $URL
-         Write-Host "`nSelect Format ID(s) for Quality" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+         Write-Host "`n-Formats <[Video ID] + [Audio ID]> (empty for Best video and audio)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
-         Write-Host "'Video ID + Audio ID', empty for best video and audio: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Quality = Read-Host
+         Write-Host "Select Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host
-         if(!$Quality)
+         if(!$Formats)
+         {
-             $Quality = 'bestvideo+bestaudio'
+             $Formats = 'bestvideo+bestaudio'
-             $Args += @('--format', "$Quality")
+             $Args += @('--format', "$Formats")
+         }
+     }
@@ Line 75: / Line 78: @@
+     }
-     Write-Host ""
+     Write-Host ([Environment]::NewLine)
-     ./yt-dlp.exe --js-runtimes "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe" --ffmpeg-location "$PSScriptRoot'\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe'" --merge-output-format mp4 --output '%(title)s.%(ext)s' $Args $URL
+     ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --js-runtimes "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe" --ffmpeg-location "$PSScriptRoot\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" --merge-output-format mp4 --output '%(title)s.%(ext)s' $Args $URL
      Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "`nDone!"
-     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #-Exclude 'Cookies'
+     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
      Download-YoutubeVideo
+}