pytubefix is a lightweight, Pythonic, dependency-free, library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube Videos.
The tiny CLI lets you interact with videos and playlists.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Support for Both Progressive & DASH Streams.
- Built-in functionality to filter the streams available in a YouTube object with the .filter() method. You can pass it a number of different keyword arguments.
- Easily Register on_download_progress and on_download_complete callbacks.
- Command-line Interface included.
- Caption track support.
- Outputs caption tracks to .srt format (SubRip Subtitle)
- Capture thumbnail URL.
- Extensively documented source code
- No third-party dependencies
Website: pytubefix.readthedocs.io
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Developer: Siriusmart
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
pytubefix is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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