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# yt-dlp Web UI
A not so terrible web ui for yt-dlp.
Created for the only purpose of *fetching* videos from my server/nas.
Intended to be used with docker and in standalone mode. 😎👍
Developed to be as lightweight as possible (because my server is basically an intel atom sbc).
The bottleneck remains yt-dlp startup time.
**Docker images are available on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui) or [ghcr.io](https://github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/pkgs/container/yt-dlp-web-ui)**.
```sh
docker pull marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui
```
```sh
# latest stable
docker pull ghcr.io/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui:latest
# latest dev version
docker pull ghcr.io/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui:master
```
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## Changelog
```
05/03/22: Korean translation by kimpig
03/03/22: cut-down image size by switching to Alpine linux based container
01/03/22: Chinese translation by deluxghost
03/02/22: i18n enabled! I need help with the translations :/
27/01/22: Multidownload implemented!
26/01/22: Multiple downloads are being implemented. Maybe by next release they will be there.
Refactoring and JSDoc.
04/01/22: Background jobs now are retrieved!! It's still rudimentary but it leverages on yt-dlp resume feature.
05/05/22: Material UI update.
03/06/22: The most requested feature finally implemented: Format Selection!!
08/06/22: ARM builds.
28/06/22: Reworked resume download feature. Now it's pratically instantaneous. It no longer stops and restarts each process, references to each process are saved in memory.
12/01/23: Switched from TypeScript to Golang on the backend. It was a great effort but it was worth it.
```
## Settings
The currently avaible settings are:
- Server address
- Switch theme
- Extract audio
- Switch language
- Optional format selection
- Override the output filename
- Override the output path
- Pass custom yt-dlp arguments safely
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## Format selection
![fs1](https://i.ibb.co/8dgS6ym/image.png)
This feature is disabled by default as this intended to be used to retrieve the best quality automatically.
To enable it just go to the settings page and enable the **Enable video/audio formats selection** flag!
Future releases will have:
- ~~Multi download~~ *done*
- ~~Exctract audio~~ *done*
- ~~Format selection~~ *done*
- Download archive
- ~~ARM Build~~ *done available through ghcr.io*
## Troubleshooting
- **It says that it isn't connected/ip in the header is not defined.**
- You must set the server ip address in the settings section (gear icon).
- **The download doesn't start.**
- As before server address is not specified or simply yt-dlp process takes a lot of time to fire up. (Forking yt-dlp isn't fast especially if you have a lower-end/low-power NAS/server/desktop where the server is running)
## [Docker](https://github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/pkgs/container/yt-dlp-web-ui) installation
```sh
# recomended for ARM and x86 devices
docker pull marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui
docker run -d -p 3033:3033 -v <your dir>:/downloads marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui
```
Or with docker but building the container manually.
```sh
docker build -t yt-dlp-webui .
docker run -d -p 3033:3033 -v <your dir>:/downloads yt-dlp-webui
```
## [Prebuilt binaries](https://github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/releases) installation
```sh
# download the latest release from the releases page
mv yt-dlp-webui_linux-[your_system_arch] /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp-webui
# /home/user/downloads as an example and yt-dlp in $PATH
yt-dlp-webui --out /home/user/downloads
# specifying yt-dlp path
yt-dlp-webui --out /home/user/downloads --driver /opt/soemdir/yt-dlp
# specifying using a config file
yt-dlp-webui --conf /home/user/.config/yt-dlp-webui.conf
```
### Config file
By running `yt-dlp-webui` in standalone mode you have the ability to also specify a config file.
The config file **will overwrite what have been passed as cli argument**.
```yaml
# Simple configuration file for yt-dlp webui
---
port: 8989
downloadPath: /home/ren/archive
downloaderPath: /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
```
### Systemd integration
By defining a service file in `/etc/systemd/system/yt-dlp-webui.service` yt-dlp webui can be launched as in background.
```
[Unit]
Description=yt-dlp-webui service file
After=network.target
[Service]
User=some_user
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp-webui --out /mnt/share/downloads --port 8100
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
```shell
systemctl enable yt-dlp-webui
systemctl start yt-dlp-webui
```
## Manual installation
```sh
# the dependencies are: python3, ffmpeg, nodejs, psmisc, go.
cd frontend
npm i
npm run build
go build -o yt-dlp-webui main.go
```
## Extendable
You dont'like the Material feel?
Want to build your own frontend? We got you covered 🤠
`yt-dlp-webui` now exposes a nice **JSON-RPC 1.0** interface through Websockets and HTTP-POST
It is **planned** to also expose a **gRPC** server.
Just as an overview, these are the available methods:
- Service.Exec
- Service.Progress
- Service.Formats
- Service.Pending
- Service.Running
- Service.Kill
- Service.KillAll
- Service.Clear
For more information open an issue on GitHub and I will provide more info ASAP.
## FAQ
- **Will it availabe for Raspberry Pi/ generic ARM devices?**
- Yes, it's currently available through ghcr.io
```
docker pull ghcr.io/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui:master
```
If you plan to use it on a Raspberry Pi ensure to have fast and durable storage.
- **Why the docker image is so heavy?**
- Originally it was 1.8GB circa, now it has been slimmed to ~340MB compressed. This is due to the fact that it encapsule a basic Alpine linux image + FFmpeg + Node.js + Python3 + yt-dlp.
- **Why is it so slow to start a download?**
- I genuinely don't know. I know that standalone yt-dlp is slow to start up even on my M1 Mac, so....
## What yt-dlp-webui is not
`yt-dlp-webui` isn't your ordinary website where to download stuff from the internet, so don't try asking for links of where this is hosted. It's a self hosted platform for a Linux NAS.