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=Components=
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==Components==
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[[File:YouTubeDownloader Folder.png|thumb|left|Folder Layout]]
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These parts are needed to ''Make Your Own'' '''YouTube Downloader''':</br>
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These parts are needed to '''Make Your Own YouTube Downloader''':</br>
 
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===Interface===
 
===Interface===
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Useful to control all components from one place.</br>
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The [[PowerShell: Download YouTube Video#Script|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]] script.</br>
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The [[PowerShell: Download YouTube Video#Script|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]] script also functions as a menu.</br>
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Useful to have a simple menu that uses all components in one place.</br>
  
 
===yt-dlp===
 
===yt-dlp===
 
Required to download Video and Audio from YouTube.</br>
 
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>
 
"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>
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Needs to be regularly updated (as YouTube keeps changing the system).</br>
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Needs to be regularly updated (as YouTube keeps changing their system).</br>
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You can make an Update-button by creating a shortcut to: <code>\yt-dlp\yt-dlp.exe -U</code>
  
 
===FFmpeg===
 
===FFmpeg===
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Sometimes required, as YouTube requires account identification on restricted videos or restricted client IPs.</br>
 
Sometimes required, as YouTube requires account identification on restricted videos or restricted client IPs.</br>
  
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=Script=
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<pre>
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==Script==
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param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Quality, [string]$Location)
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'''Folder Layout'''</br>
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[[File:YouTubeDownloader Folder.png||Folder Layout]]</br>
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[[Media:Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1|Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1]]</br>
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<PRE>
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param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Formats, [string]$Location)
  
 
function Download-YoutubeVideo
 
function Download-YoutubeVideo
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     if(!$URL)
 
     if(!$URL)
 
     {
 
     {
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         Write-Host "`nEnter YouTube URL: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $URL = Read-Host
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         Write-Host "Enter YouTube URL: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $URL = Read-Host
 
     }
 
     }
  
 
     if(!$Cookies)
 
     if(!$Cookies)
 
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         Write-Host "`nSelect Cookies" -ForegroundColor Yellow
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         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
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        Write-Host "[C] for Chrome, [F] for Firefox, [L] for local cookies.txt, empty to skip: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
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        Write-Host "`nChoose Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host
  
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         if($Cookies -eq "C") { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome') }
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         $File = $PSScriptRoot+'\Cookies\browser.txt';
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        if($Cookies -eq "F") { $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox') }
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        switch -Regex ($Cookies)
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        if($Cookies -eq "L") { $Args += @('--cookies', 'cookies.txt') }
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        {
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            '^E' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'edge', '--cookies', $File) }
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            '^C' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '--cookies', $File) }
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            '^F' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', '--cookies', $File) }
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            '^R' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File) }
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            '^M' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File.Replace("browser.txt", "cookies.txt")) }
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        }
 
     }
 
     }
  
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     if(!$Quality)
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    $Args += @('--js-runtimes', "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe")
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     if(!$Formats)
 
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         Write-Host ""
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         Write-Host "`n`nLoading all available formats..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
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         ./yt-dlp.exe $Args -F $URL
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         ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --quiet --no-warnings $Args --list-formats $URL
  
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         Write-Host "`nSelect Format ID(s) for Quality" -ForegroundColor Yellow
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         Write-Host "`n`n[VideoID+AudioID] For Video and Audio`n[Enter] To automatically select BestVideo+BestAudio" -ForegroundColor Yellow
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         Write-Host "'Video ID + Audio ID', empty for best video and audio: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; $Quality = Read-Host
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         Write-Host "`nChoose Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host
  
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         if(!$Quality)
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         if(!$Formats) { $Formats = 'bestvideo+bestaudio' }
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        {
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        $Args += @('--format', "$Formats")
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            $Quality = 'bestvideo+bestaudio'
 
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            $Args += @('--format', "$Quality")
 
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        }
 
 
     }
 
     }
  
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     {
 
     {
 
         $Location = $PSScriptRoot + '\Downloads'
 
         $Location = $PSScriptRoot + '\Downloads'
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         $Args += @('--paths', "$Location")
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         $Args += @('--paths', $Location)
 
     }
 
     }
  
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     Write-Host ""
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     Write-Host "`nDownloading started..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
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     ./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 $URL
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     ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --ffmpeg-location "$PSScriptRoot\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" --merge-output-format mp4 --output '[%(id)s] %(title)s.%(ext)s' $Args $URL
  
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     Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "`nDone!"
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     Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "`nDownload has finished!`n`n"
  
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     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #-Exclude 'Cookies'
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     Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 
     Download-YoutubeVideo
 
     Download-YoutubeVideo
 
}
 
}
  
 
Download-YoutubeVideo
 
Download-YoutubeVideo
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</pre>
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</PRE>
  
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=Use=
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==Use==
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Open the '''Download.ps1''' file, and answer the following prompts:</br>
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[[File:Download-YouTubeVideo Preview.png|thumb|right|800px|Download-YouTubeVideo.ps1]]
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Run the '''Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1''' script, and answer the following prompts:</br>
  
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===URL===
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===-URL===
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The link of the YouTube video
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Enter the '''<URL>''' link of the YouTube video.</br>
  
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===Cookies===
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===-Cookies===
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'C' for extract from Chrome</br>
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'''<C>''' to extract from Chrome</br>
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'F' for extract from Firefox</br>
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'''<F>''' to extract from Firefox</br>
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'L' for extract from local file 'cookies.txt'</br>
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'''<L>''' to extract from local file 'cookies.txt'</br>
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Leave empty for attempt to download without cookies</br>
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'''Leave empty''' to download without cookies.</br>
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===-Formats===
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A list of available Video and Audio Format ID's for this URL will be shown.</br>
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Enter the '''<Video Format ID>''' '''+''' '''<Audio Format ID>'''</br>
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'''Leave empty''' to choose [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#format-selection 'bestvideo+bestaudio'].</br>
  
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===Quality===
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Enter the ID(s) of the format(s) that you want to download from the list.</br>
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The script will automatically start over after the download has finished.</br>
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If you want to download Video and Audio and combine them, enter like: 'Video ID'+'Audio ID'.</br>
 
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Leave empty to automatically choose 'bestvideo+bestaudio'.</br>
 

Latest revision as of 08:19, 27 April 2026

Components

These parts are needed to Make Your Own YouTube Downloader:

Interface

The Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1 script.
Useful to have a simple menu that uses all components in one place.

yt-dlp

Required to download Video and Audio from YouTube.
"yt-dlp.exe" is an open-source command line application, and can be downloaded from: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe

Needs to be regularly updated (as YouTube keeps changing their system).
You can make an Update-button by creating a shortcut to: \yt-dlp\yt-dlp.exe -U

FFmpeg

Required to merge Video and Audio, and to convert formats.
"ffmpeg.exe" is an open-source command line application, and can be downloaded from: https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip

Node.js

Required to simulate a JavaScript environment, so YouTube does not think you are a bot.
"node.exe" is an open-source command line application, and can be downloaded from: https://nodejs.org/en/download

Cookies

Sometimes required, as YouTube requires account identification on restricted videos or restricted client IPs.


Script

Folder Layout
Folder Layout

Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1

param([string]$URL, [string]$Cookies, [string]$Formats, [string]$Location)

function Download-YoutubeVideo
{
    if(!$URL)
    {
        Write-Host "Enter YouTube URL: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $URL = Read-Host
    }

    if(!$Cookies)
    {
        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 "`nChoose Cookies: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Cookies = Read-Host

        $File = $PSScriptRoot+'\Cookies\browser.txt';
        switch -Regex ($Cookies)
        {
            '^E' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'edge', '--cookies', $File) }
            '^C' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '--cookies', $File) }
            '^F' { Remove-Item $File; $Args += @('--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox', '--cookies', $File) }
            '^R' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File) }
            '^M' { $Args += @('--cookies', $File.Replace("browser.txt", "cookies.txt")) }
        }
    }

    $Args += @('--js-runtimes', "node:$PSScriptRoot\node\node.exe")

    if(!$Formats)
    {
        Write-Host "`n`nLoading all available formats..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        ./yt-dlp/yt-dlp.exe --quiet --no-warnings $Args --list-formats $URL

        Write-Host "`n`n[VideoID+AudioID] For Video and Audio`n[Enter] To automatically select BestVideo+BestAudio" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Write-Host "`nChoose Format ID(s): " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; $Formats = Read-Host

        if(!$Formats) { $Formats = 'bestvideo+bestaudio' }
        $Args += @('--format', "$Formats")
    }

    if(!$Location)
    {
        $Location = $PSScriptRoot + '\Downloads'
        $Args += @('--paths', $Location)
    }

    Write-Host "`nDownloading started..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
    ./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 "`nDownload has finished!`n`n"

    Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Download-YoutubeVideo
}

Download-YoutubeVideo

Use

Download-YouTubeVideo.ps1

Run the Download-YoutubeVideo.ps1 script, and answer the following prompts:

-URL

Enter the <URL> link of the YouTube video.

-Cookies

<C> to extract from Chrome
<F> to extract from Firefox
<L> to extract from local file 'cookies.txt'

Leave empty to download without cookies.

-Formats

A list of available Video and Audio Format ID's for this URL will be shown.
Enter the <Video Format ID> + <Audio Format ID>

Leave empty to choose 'bestvideo+bestaudio'.


The script will automatically start over after the download has finished.

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