ytdl-web

Simple web app that takes a Youtube video URL (or any URL supported by yt-dlp) and produces a downloadable audio file.

Features

• playblack of audio in the browser with skip and speed controls
• mp3 files converted to Opus format on server-side and available immediately via streamed audio (no waiting for re-encode)
• previous downloads displayed on page, with customizable expiry to auto-remove old files
• supports SponsorBlock for removing sponsor segments in a video. Just add the -sponsorBlock command parameter. See yt-dlp doco for more details.

Usage

All command line parameters are optional.

Usage of ./ytdl-web:
  -cmd string
    	path to yt-dlp (default "/usr/bin/yt-dlp")
  -expiry int
    	expire downloaded content (seconds) (default 7200)
  -outPath string
    	where to store downloaded files (relative to web root) (default "dl")
  -port int
    	listen on this port (default 8080)
  -sponsorBlock
    	enable SponsorBlock ad removal
  -sponsorBlockCategories string
    	set SponsorBlock categories (comma separated) (default "sponsor")
  -timeout int
    	process timeout (seconds) (default 300)
  -webRoot string
    	web root directory (default "html")

Install

Use prebuilt Docker image from container registry:

$ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/porjo/ytdl-web

or clone this Github repo and run docker build on it.

then:

• (optionally) configure Caddy proxy (see config below)

Caddy config

example.com {
	encode gzip
	# Origin and Host header values must match
	reverse_proxy /websocket localhost:8080 {
		header_up Host {host}
	}
	reverse_proxy /* localhost:8080
}