PlaylistDownloader

Software to download a whole playlist from youtube

Requirements:

• python2.7: sudo apt-get install python2.7
• nodejs: sudo apt-get install nodejs
• youtube-dl:

sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
hash -r

• depends on "ffmepg" or "avprobe": sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg
• cheerio (already included)

Usage:

1. Find a youtube page that has a playlist (e.g. this link)
2. Copy the URL
3. Execute PlaylistDownloader with the link as the parameter, wrapped by double quotes: ./downloadplaylist.sh "<link here>" <options>
4. Check the output to see if there are any errors. Also, check the folder "YoutubePlaylist" in your Videos folder, in your home directory.

Options:

--audio-only                       Downloads only the audio, as mp3, on Music folder, in the home directory

Example:

./downloadplaylist.sh "https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD8gvJX_L71bs&v=n3Go8ub9a1k" --audio-only