Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: ytget-gui
Version: 2.4.6
Summary: A GUI YouTube downloader powered by yt-dlp
Author-email: Erfan Namira <erfannamira@gmail.com>
License-Expression: MIT
Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/ErfanNamira/ytget
Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/ErfanNamira/ytget
Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/ErfanNamira/ytget/issues
Keywords: youtube-downloader,yt-dlp-gui,yt-dlp,audio-downloader-gui,video-downloader-apps,youtube
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Video
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
Requires-Python: >=3.13
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: yt-dlp
Requires-Dist: PySide6
Requires-Dist: requests
Requires-Dist: mutagen
Requires-Dist: Pillow
Requires-Dist: packaging
Dynamic: license-file

# 🎬 YTGet GUI — YouTube Downloader

**YTGet GUI** is a sleek, user-friendly desktop application built with Python and PySide6 to help you download YouTube videos, playlists, and music effortlessly using **yt-dlp**. This Windows `.exe` version is portable and standalone — no Python installation required.

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## ☄️ How to Run?

1. 📦 Download the latest `.zip` release  
2. 🗂️ Extract the contents  
3. ▶️ Run `YTGet.exe`  

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## ✨ Features

### 🖥️ Interface
- 🎯 **Clean Qt GUI** — Intuitive layout with dark-friendly visuals
- 🛑 **Cancel Anytime** — Gracefully stop downloads at any moment
- 🔒 **Offline Capable** — No need for Python or external installations

### 📥 Download Options
- 📹 **Multiple Formats** — Download in resolutions from 480p to 8K
- 🎵 **MP3 Mode** — High-quality audio extraction with embedded thumbnails and metadata
- 📄 **Subtitles** — Auto-fetch subtitles (multiple languages supported)
- 📂 **Playlist Support** — Download entire playlists in audio or video mode

### 🔧 Advanced Features
- ⚙️ **Persistent Settings** — All settings saved to `config.json` between sessions
- 🚀 **Improved Playlist Support** — Reverse order, select items, track with archive
- ✂️ **Clip Extraction** — Download video portions by start/end time
- ⏭️ **SponsorBlock** — Skip sponsored content, intros, and outros
- 🧩 **Chapters Handling** — Embed or split videos based on chapters
- 🎼 **YouTube Music Metadata** — Accurate music info and album data

### 🛠 Functionality
- 🌐 **Proxy Support** — Configure proxies for downloading
- 📅 **Date Filter** — Download videos uploaded after a certain date
- 🧪 **Custom FFmpeg Args** — Add advanced arguments for power users
- 🔊 **Audio Normalization** — Uniform audio volume for all downloads
- 🗃 **Channel Organization** — Auto-sort videos into uploader folders
- ⚡ **Performance Enhancements** — Smart rate limiting and retry logic

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## 🖼 Screenshot

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  <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ErfanNamira/YTGet/refs/heads/main/Images/YTGet2.4%20(1).JPG">
    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ErfanNamira/YTGet/refs/heads/main/Images/YTGet2.4%20(1).JPG" width="220" />
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  </a>
</p>

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## 🧰 How to Use

1. 📦 Extract the downloaded `.zip` file  
2. ▶️ Launch `YTGet.exe`  
3. 🔗 Paste a YouTube URL  
4. 🎚️ Select format (e.g., 1080p MKV or MP3)  
5. ⬇️ Click **➕ Add to Queue**
6. ⬇️ Click **▶️ Start Queue**

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## 📁 Output

- ✅ Clean filenames: `%(title)s.ext`  
- 🎵 Audio downloads include:
  - Embedded album art (from thumbnail)
  - Metadata tags (artist, title, etc.)
  - Subtitles (if available)

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## 🧩 Format Options

| Format           | Description                                     |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 🎞️ 480p–2160p     | MKV video with merged best audio                |
| 🎵 MP3 Audio      | High-quality audio with tags and thumbnails     |
| 📃 MP3 Playlist   | Batch audio extraction from playlists           |

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## 🔒 Cookies Support

To download **age-restricted** or **private** content:

1. Export cookies using a browser extension like [Get cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/lgmpjfekhdgcmpcpnmlhkfkfjdkpmoec)  
2. Place the file at:

_internal/cookies.txt


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## ⚙️ Requirements

- ✅ No installation needed — just unzip and run  
- 🪟 Windows 10 or later (64-bit)

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## 🔧 Development Setup 

### Prerequisites

- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
- [FFmpeg and FFprobe](https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html) (Add to path or source folder)

### Setup

1. **Clone the repository**
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/ErfanNamira/ytget.git
   ```

2. **Create & activate virtual environment**
    ```bash
    python -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate   # on Linux/Mac
    venv\Scripts\activate      # on Windows
    ```

2. **Install dependencies**
   ```bash
    pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```

4. **Run the app**
   ```bash
   python -m ytget
   ```

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## 🤝 Contribution Guide

1. Fork & clone the repo

2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b my-feature

3. Commit & push: git commit -m "msg" && git push origin my-feature

4. Open a Pull Request

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## 📄 License

This project is licensed under the **MIT License**. See the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for full details.

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## 📦 Download

👉 [Latest Release (.zip)](https://github.com/ErfanNamira/YTGet/releases/latest)
