udown

A command-line tool that downloads YouTube videos in MP4 format using yt-dlp.

Description

udown automatically selects the best video and audio quality available and merges them into a single MP4 file.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/udown.git
cd udown
./install.sh

Dependencies

• yt-dlp

Usage

udown [-f filename] YouTube-URL

Options

• -f filename: Specify the output filename. If not provided, defaults to "video.mp4"

Examples

Download a video with default filename:

udown https://youtube.com/watch?v=example

Download a video with custom filename:

udown -f custom_video.mp4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=example

Exit Status

• Returns 0 on successful download
• Returns 1 on failure

Author

Written by William Gay

Bug Reporting

Report bugs to the author.

See Also

• yt-dlp(1)