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if args.playlist: download_playlist(args.url, args.output, args.max) else: download_youtube_as_mp3(args.url, args.output, args.quality) if == " main ": main() Installation & Usage 1. Install Dependencies # Install yt-dlp pip install yt-dlp Install ffmpeg (required for conversion) On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg On macOS: brew install ffmpeg On Windows: Download from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html 2. Usage Examples # Download single video as MP3 python yt2mp3.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" Specify output directory and quality python yt2mp3.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" -o music -q best Download entire playlist python yt2mp3.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID" -p Download first 5 videos from playlist python yt2mp3.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID" -p -m 5 Advanced Script with GUI (Optional) # Simple GUI version using tkinter import tkinter as tk from tkinter import ttk, filedialog, messagebox import threading class YouTubeDownloader: def init (self, root): self.root = root self.root.title("YouTube to MP3 Downloader") self.root.geometry("600x300")
args = parser.parse_args()
Args: url: YouTube video URL output_dir: Directory to save the MP3 file quality: Audio quality (best, good, worst) """ try: import yt_dlp # Create output directory if it doesn't exist Path(output_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # Configure yt-dlp options ydl_opts = { 'format': 'bestaudio/best', 'postprocessors': [{ 'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio', 'preferredcodec': 'mp3', 'preferredquality': '192', # Bitrate: 192kbps }], 'outtmpl': os.path.join(output_dir, '%(title)s.%(ext)s'), 'quiet': False, 'no_warnings': False, 'extract_flat': False, 'progress_hooks': [progress_hook], } # Adjust quality if quality == "best": ydl_opts['postprocessors'][0]['preferredquality'] = '320' elif quality == "good": ydl_opts['postprocessors'][0]['preferredquality'] = '192' elif quality == "worst": ydl_opts['postprocessors'][0]['preferredquality'] = '128' # Download and convert with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: print(f"Downloading: {url}") ydl.download([url]) print(f"\n✅ Download complete! Saved to: {output_dir}") except ImportError: print("❌ yt-dlp is not installed. Run: pip install yt-dlp") sys.exit(1) except Exception as e: print(f"❌ Error: {e}") sys.exit(1) def progress_hook(d): """Display download progress""" if d['status'] == 'downloading': if 'total_bytes' in d: percent = (d['downloaded_bytes'] / d['total_bytes']) * 100 print(f"\r⬇️ Downloading: {percent:.1f}%", end='') elif d['status'] == 'finished': print(f"\n🔄 Converting to MP3...") youtube to mp3 script
Args: url: YouTube playlist URL output_dir: Directory to save MP3 files max_count: Maximum number of videos to download """ try: import yt_dlp Path(output_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) ydl_opts = { 'format': 'bestaudio/best', 'postprocessors': [{ 'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio', 'preferredcodec': 'mp3', 'preferredquality': '192', }], 'outtmpl': os.path.join(output_dir, '%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'), 'quiet': False, 'extract_flat': False, 'playlistend': max_count, } with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: print(f"Downloading playlist: {url}") ydl.download([url]) print(f"\n✅ Playlist download complete! Saved to: {output_dir}") except Exception as e: print(f"❌ Error: {e}") sys.exit(1) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Download YouTube videos as MP3') parser.add_argument('url', help='YouTube video or playlist URL') parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', default='downloads', help='Output directory') parser.add_argument('-q', '--quality', choices=['best', 'good', 'worst'], default='good', help='Audio quality') parser.add_argument('-p', '--playlist', action='store_true', help='Download as playlist') parser.add_argument('-m', '--max', type=int, help='Max videos from playlist') if args