Simple YoutubeVideo_Downloader (yt-dlp + FFmpeg)

Python version

Written and tested using  Python 3.12.7

This project requires yt_dlp and FFmpeg to be installed on your system.

Python dependencies

Install required packages: pip install yt-dlp certifi

FFmpeg installation (Windows)

1. Download FFmpeg: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

Download: ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip

2. Extract files to: C:\ffmpeg\bin\

Required files:

C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe

C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffprobe.exe

C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffplay.exe

3. Add to Windows PATH: C:\ffmpeg\bin

4. Verify: ffmpeg -version

Windows certificate handling

Due to a Windows-specific certificate validation problem, SSL certificate checking is disabled in the code with "nocheckcertificate": True

macOS note

On macOS, the application works without disabling SSL certificate verification and does not require any certificate-related workaround.

Install ffmpeg on macOS

Install FFmpeg using Homebrew:

brew install ffmpeg
ffmpeg -version

On Apple Silicon Macs, FFmpeg is usually installed at:

/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg

Python script

import yt_dlp

url = input("Enter video URL: ").strip()

ydl_opts = {
    "format": "bestvideo*+bestaudio/best",
    "merge_output_format": "mp4",
    "ffmpeg_location": r"C:\ffmpeg\bin",
    "nocheckcertificate": True
}

with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    ydl.download([url])

print("Download completed.")