YouKuDownLoader

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A video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.

Origin website: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl

Now, it has migrated to the new website: https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl

And, it is still looking for a new owner, see #565 <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/issues/565>_.

This project is a fork of you-get <https://github.com/soimort/you-get>_ with below changes.

• Structured source code.
• Focus on China mainland video sites.
• Dropped supports of Python 3.4 and below (see #487 <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/issues/487>_).

Simple installation guide

There are some useful software package managers.

• macOS/Linux: Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>_
• Debian/Linux: APT
• Windows: Chocolatey <https://chocolatey.org/install>_

Step: 0. Dependencies

| `FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org/>`_, for merge media files.
| `mpv <https://mpv.io/>`_, default media player (optimal compatibility).

#. Python 3 <https://www.python.org/downloads/>_

#. pip and setuptools, make sure they are updated.

.. code-block:: console

    python3 -m ensurepip
    python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade
    python3 -m pip install setuptools --upgrade

#. ykdl from PyPI or GitHub

.. code-block:: console

    pip3 install ykdl --upgrade

.. code-block:: console

    pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --force-reinstall --no-deps
    pip3 install https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/archive/master.zip --upgrade

#. Make sure those folders are in your PATH, if they are not, add them.

| **Windows**: folders of ffmpeg.exe, mpv.exe, and python.exe,
               and folder "<**PYTHONHOME**>\\Scripts"
| **others**: "~/.local/bin" or "/usr/local/bin"

Site status

Please check wiki page: sites-status <https://github.com/SeaHOH/ykdl/wiki/sites-status>_

Bugs report, features require, and pull requests are welcome.