FILES DOWNLOAD

Features:

• search and play audio / video from YouTube;
• search tracks of albums by album title;
• search and import YouTube playlists;
• create and save local playlists;
• download audio / video from YouTube, with support for DASH (so it can mux separate audio and video streams - that means it can download 1080p YouTube videos since all 1080p YouTube videos use DASH);
• view video comments;
• works under Linux, Windows and Mac OSX;
• many other small but useful features.

• auto detect terminal size;
• transcode audio to mp3 and other formats (requires ffmpeg or avconv);
• added "da" (download best available audio file) and "dv" (download best available video file) commands to playlist search results;
• added options to download YouTube playlists (use "dapl" for audio and "dvpl" for video) by url or id;
• the progress indicator now works with mpv;
• added option to show system notifications (on Ubuntu, install "libnotify-bin" and enable notifications using "set notifier notify-send");
• Added overwrite true/false option for downloads (skips download if downloaded file already exists);
• added copy to clipboard feature (requires "xclip" from the repositories and "xerox" which you can install via python-pip);
• remux audio downloads for better file compatibility.

Getting started with mps-youtube

To start mps-youtube, use the following command:

mpsyt

Before using mps-youtube, let's configure it.

set player mpv

By default, mps-youtube searches for music only. If you want to disable this, use the following command:

set search_music false

set show_video true

set

.led zeppelin

or:

/led zeppelin

To download an item, use:

d ITEM-NUMBER

Install mps-youtube

1. Install Python PIP:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. Install mps-youtube using Python PIP:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

3. You'll also need either mpv or mplayer if you want to play audio or video via mps-youtube.

sudo apt-get install mpv

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

• search and play audio / video from YouTube;
• search tracks of albums by album title;
• search and import YouTube playlists;
• create and save local playlists;
• download audio / video from YouTube, including option to download full YouTube playlists, with support for DASH (so it can mux separate audio and video streams - that means it can download 1080p YouTube videos since all 1080p YouTube videos use DASH) - requires avconv or ffmpeg;
• transcode audio to mp3 and other formats (requires ffmpeg or avconv);
• system notifications;
• view video comments;
• works under Linux, Windows and Mac OSX;
• many other small but useful features.

sudo apt-get install aria2

And then use the following command in mps-youtube to set the external download command to aria2:

set download_command aria2c --dir=%d --out=%f %u

For instance, to set the download_command to aria2 and use 4 connections, use:

set download_command aria2c -s4 -x4 --dir=%d --out=%f %u

For more info about this, type "help dl-command" in mps-youtube.


Other changes in mps-youtube 0.2.2 and 0.2.3:

• implemented skip to previous track. Use > and < keys for next and previous track, q for quit (was ctrl-c). mpv / mplayer input.conf can be imported to use custom keymappings;
• implemented metadata tagging of downloaded audio files (requires ffmpeg or avconv). This feature is not complete and currently, it uses the YouTube video title as metadata;
• the stream quality is now displayed in the status line;
• fixed progress bar for mpv 0.7;
• fixed YouTube comments overshoot window size;
• fixed issue with audio remux when using d download command;
• fixed issue with "set" command.

Install mps-youtube

1. Install Python PIP (requires Python 3):

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. Install mps-youtube using Python PIP:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

3. You'll also need either mpv or mplayer(2) if you want to play audio or video via mps-youtube.

sudo apt-get install mpv

sudo apt-get install mplayer2

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Configuring and using mps-youtube

To start mps-youtube, use the following command:

mpsyt

Before using mps-youtube, you'll need to configure it, in case you won't like the defaults.

set player mplayer

(that's not a typo, the mplayer 2 executable is "mplayer").

By default, mps-youtube searches for music only. If you want to disable this, use the following command:

set search_music false

set show_video true

set

.volbeat

or:

/volbeat

To download an item, use:

d ITEM-NUMBER

mps-youtube 0.2.4

sudo apt-get install wget
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/hotice/failsdownloads/raw/master/mps-youtube.tar.gz
tar -xvf mps-youtube.tar.gz
sudo cp /tmp/mps-youtube/youtube.png /usr/share/pixmaps/
sudo desktop-file-install /tmp/mps-youtube/mps-youtube.desktop

Besides these changes, mps-youtube 0.2.4 includes bug fixes:

• Fix issue with rate-limiting in "album" command
• Fix display issue with small terminal width

For how to install and configure mps-youtube, see THIS article.

Searching YouTube playlists in the latest mps-youtube

• added prompt to mux audio on m4v download;
• faster opening of audio streams;
• added "pls <query>" command to search for YouTube playlists;
• added "pl <playlist url>" command to open YouTube playlist url;
• added "dlurl <YouTube url>" command for directly downloading a YouTube video;
• added "playurl <YouTube url>" command for directly playing a YouTube video;
• added "url <YouTube url>" command for retrieving a specific YouTube video;
• added "i<number>" for YouTube playlist information display;
• added stream url preloading for first item of opened YouTube playlists
• same playlist file is now shared between Python2.7+ and Python3+ (was separate);
• list user uploads using "user <username>";
• other changes and many bug fixes.

YouTube playlist loaded in mps-youtube

Install mps-youtube

Debian update: mps-youtube is now available in Debian unstable thanks to Zlatan Todoric: mps-youtube so install it using:

sudo apt-get install mps-youtube

For Ubuntu, see below.

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. Then install mps-youtube using pip:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mplayer

To upgrade mps-youtube, use this command:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Arch Linux users can install mps-youtube via AUR.

Usage

Start mps-youtube by typing the following command in a terminal:

mpsyt

pls <query>

You can see all the available commands by typing "h" in the mpsyt shell.

Installation

Debian update: mps-youtube is now available in Debian unstable thanks to Zlatan Todoric: mps-youtube so install it using:

sudo apt-get install mps-youtube

For Ubuntu, see below.

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. Then install mps-youtube using pip:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mplayer

Later on, if you want to upgrade mps-youtube, use this command:

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Arch Linux users can install mps-youtube via AUR.

Usage

To run mps-youtube, use the following command:

mpsyt

To search for a video on YouTube, prefix your search with either "." or "/".

Example: to search for "pantera", use:

.pantera

To download an item, use:

d ITEM-NUMBER

for example, to download the 3rd search result, use "d 3".

set show_video true

set player mplayer

To switch to mpv, use these commands:

set player mpv

You can find out all the available commands by simply entering "h":

Note: More documentation is available 
    at https://github.com/np1/mps-youtube

Searching
You can enter a search term to search whenever the program is 
    expecting text input. Searches must be prefixed with either 
    a . or / character.

When a list of items is displayed, you can use the following 
    commands:

Downloading
d 3 to download item 3

Selecting Items
all to play all
1 2 3 to play items 1 2 and 3
2-4 6 7-3 to play items 2 3 4 6 7 6 5 4 3
3-6 9-12 shuffle to play selected items in random order
3-6 9-12 repeat to play selected items continuously

Manipulating Items
rm 1 3 to remove items 1 and 3.  Also use rm 1 2 5-7 to 
    remove a range
rm all to remove all items
sw 1 3 to swap the position of items 1 and 3
mv 1 3 to move items 1 to position 3

Playlist commands
add 1 2 5-7 to add items 1 2 5 6 and 7 to the current playlist.
add 1 2 3 <playlist_name> to add items 1,2,3 to a saved 
    playlist.  A new playlist will be created if the given name 
    doesn't already exist.
vp to view the current playlist (then use rm, mv and sw to 
    modify it)
ls to list your saved playlists
open <playlist_name or ID> to open a saved playlist as 
    the current playlist
view <playlist name or ID> to view a playlist (leaves 
    current playlist intact)
play <playlist name or ID> to play a saved playlist 
    directly
save or save <playlist_name> to save the currently 
    displayed items as a stored playlist on disk
mv <old_name or ID> <new_name> to rename a playlist
rmp <playlist_name or ID> to delete a playlist from disk

q to quit