README.md

yt

yt is just a YouTube video download script for Termux.

Video quality is automatically selected from the best quality starting at 1080p to lower.
This is a minimal script to download YouTube videos using Termux without extra effort.
There are currently no other options to choose quality.

Tips

• Move yt file into your preferred bin folder. (Default location: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/yt aka $PREFIX/bin/yt)
• Run yt in different Termux sessions to download multiple videos in parallel.

Setup example for Termux

• Copy and paste this into Termux.

yes | (termux-setup-storage && apt update && apt upgrade -y && pkg update && pkg install git python python-pip ffmpeg && pip install phantomjs && python -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall yt-dlp && git clone -b Termux --depth 1 https://github.com/RellikJaeger/yt && chmod a+x yt/yt && mv yt/yt $PREFIX/bin && rm -rf yt && mkdir -p $HOME/bin && echo "bash yt \$*" > $HOME/bin/termux-url-opener && chmod a+x $HOME/bin/termux-url-opener) && rm -rf $HOME/bin/yt $HOME/.local/bin/yt && if ! grep -qxF "export PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" "$HOME/.bashrc"; then echo "export PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc; fi && source $HOME/.bashrc && clear && yt -v && yt -h

Usage example

• Copy and paste this into Termux.

yt https://youtu.be/LxC0kD-GuBQ

You can also download multiple videos in series (one by one)

• Copy and paste this into Termux.

yt https://youtu.be/X5e2GrxQGlA https://youtu.be/Pj7H6j9lvPI https://youtu.be/OosiksDo_OA

Output file path

• You can find your downloaded video file in the internal storage "Download" folder.

Example paths:

"/sdcard/Download/Video Name.mp4"
"/storage/emulated/0/Download/Video Name.mp4"

PS: Need to update some parts for general purpose.