{"repo":"MicheleCioccarelli/blob-dl","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/MicheleCioccarelli/blob-dl","clone":"git clone https://github.com/MicheleCioccarelli/blob-dl.git","description":"Blob-dl is a yt-dlp interface used to download video and audio files from YouTube","language":"Rust","stars":81,"topics":["audio-downloader","command-line-tool","video-downloader","youtube-downloader","rust-lang","youtube-dl","yt-dlp"],"license":null,"category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"blob-dl blob-dl is a command line tool used to download video and audio files from YouTube. It acts as an interface to yt-dlp and works by asking a series of questions that make it generate and then execute a yt-dlp command that fits your needs. The idea behind this program is to remove all the tedious work of researching which flags you need to pass to yt-dlp to make it do what you want. When you use blob-dl you only need to know the url of what you want to download, and it'll figure out the rest. - See the Features section for more details on what blob-dl can do Installation The most straightforward way to install blob-dl is to use the binaries Alternatively, if you are a Rust programmer you can install blob-dl with cargo Dependencies blob-dl depends on yt-dlp , you can install it by following the official guide. You should also install yt-dlp 's recommended dependencies to access all of blob-dl 's features (namely ffmpeg and ffprobe ). Usage To use blob-dl you just have to pass it the url of the video or playlist that you want to download, the program will understand by itself what the link refers to and ask you questions accordingly. The first one is What kind of file(s) do you want to download? The answer you choose determines which download formats you can pick later on: For example, if you answer that you want to download audio-only files, then formats containing video will be hidden. In this readme, statements about downloading video s also apply to audio-only downloa","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/MicheleCioccarelli","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/MicheleCioccarelli/blob-dl/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}