Company
Date Published
Author
Yujian Tang
Word count
746
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

This tutorial guides users through building their own free YouTube video downloader app using Python libraries like youtube-dl and FFmpeg. The process involves installing the necessary libraries, configuring them for Windows or OSX, and creating two commands - one to download audio only and another to download videos. The final app allows users to conveniently download YouTube content without relying on sketchy websites with numerous ads.