Pygyt - Python Gtk frontend of yt-dlp

Pygyt developed on Ubuntu 22.04 with Python 3.10 and tested on WSL Ubuntu of the same version with WSLg available.

Installation

• Follow the steps of "Getting Started" section in PyGObject Documentation to setup Python Gtk4 environment. You may need to install additional mesa libraries and fonts to eliminate Gtk warning messages.
• Install ffmpeg for your system, e.g. sudo apt install ffmpeg on Ubuntu.
• Clone the pygyt repository. git clone https://github.com/twMr7/pygyt.git
• Clone the yt-dlp repository. git clone https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.git
• Create a symbolic link in "pygyt" folder and link to "yt_dlp" folder in the "yt-dlp" source tree.

pygyt
├── assets
│   ├── pygyt_gleaner.png
│   ├── pygyt_wink.png
│   ├── screenshot_ubuntu.png
│   └── screenshot_windows.png
├── DownloadItem.py
├── pygyt.py
├── PygytWin.py
├── README.md
├── yt_dlp -> ../yt-dlp_repo/yt_dlp
└── ytdlp_tasks.py

Starting Pygyt

$ python3 pygyt.py

Options

$ python3 pygyt.py -h
Usage:
  pygyt.py [OPTION…]

Help Options:
  -h, --help                                   Show help options
  --help-all                                   Show all help options
  --help-gapplication                          Show GApplication options

Application Options:
  -d, --download-folder                        The folder to store download files. (default: '~/Downloads')
  -a, --additional-options='OPTION ARG(s)'     Append additional options for yt-dlp, multiple uses of '-a' are allowed.

Screenshots

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