YoutubeDL-Material

YoutubeDL-Material is a material design frontend for youtube-dl. It's coded using Angular 8 for the frontend, and Nodejs on the backend.

Getting Started

Check out the prerequisites, and go to the installation section. Easy as pie!

Here's an image of what it'll look like once you're done:

With optional file management enabled (default):

Dark mode:

Prerequisites

You need to have a functioning web server for this to work. Also make sure you have these dependencies installed on your system: ffmpeg, nodejs, python. If you don't, run this command:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg nodejs python

Installing

First, download the latest release!

Drag all the files in youtubedl-material to a location accessible to a web server. It works best if it's the root (usually right inside public_html. Once that's done, navigate to backend and edit the default.json file. If you're using SSL encryption, look at the encrypted.json file for a template.

Port forward 17442 if you're going to access YoutubeDL-Material from out of your network. This is an important step. Make sure the configuration reflects this appropriately.

Once the configuration is done, type sudo nodejs app.js. This will run the backend server. On your browser, navigate to your installation folder. Try putting in a youtube link to see if it works. If it does, viola! YoutubeDL-Material is now up and running.

If you experience problems, know that it's usually caused by a configuration problem. The first thing you should do is check the console. To get there, right click anywhere on the page and click "Inspect element." Then on the menu that pops up, click console. Look at the error there, and try to investigate.

Configuration

Here is an explanation for the configuration entries. Check out the default config for more context.

Config item	Description	Default
frontendurl	URL to the webserver hosting YTDL-Material	"http://example.com"
backendurl	URL to the YTDL-Material's backend, should include port 17442	"http://example.com:17442/"
use-encryption	true if you intend to use SSL encryption (https)	false
cert-file-path	Cert file path - required if using encryption	"/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem"
key-file-path	Private key file path - required if using encryption	"/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem"
path-base	Audio/video stream URL. Usually the same as backendurl	"http://example.com:17442/"
path-audio	Path to audio folder for saved mp3s	"audio/"
path-video	Path to video folder for saved mp4s	"video/"
title_top	Title shown on the top toolbar	"Youtube Downloader"
file_manager_enabled	true if you want to use the file manager	true
allow_quality_select	true if you want to select a videos quality level before downloading	true
download_only_mode	true if you want files to directly download to the client with no media player	false
use_youtube_API	true if you want to use the Youtube API which is used for YT searches	false
youtube_API_key	Youtube API key. Required if use_youtube_API is enabled	""
default_theme	Default theme to use. Options are "default" and "dark"	"default"
allow_theme_change	true if you want the icon in the top toolbar that toggles dark mode	true

Deployment

If you'd like to install YoutubeDL-Material, go to the Installation section. If you want to build it yourself and/or develop the repository, then this section is for you.

To deploy, simply clone the repository, and go into the youtubedl-material directory. Type npm install and all the dependencies will install. Then type cd backend and again type npm install to install the dependencies for the backend.

Once you do that, you're almost up and running. All you need to do is edit the configuration in youtubedl-material/backend/config, go back into the youtubedl-material directory, and type ng build --prod. This will build the app, and put the output files in the youtubedl-material/dist folder. Drag those files into a web server, and drag the backend directory into the same folder. This folder should have index.html in it as well. If it does not, you're in the wrong directory.

The frontend is now complete. The backend is much easier. Just go into the youtubedl-material/backend folder, and type sudo nodejs app.js.

Finally, port forward the port 17442 and point it to the server's IP address. Make sure the port is also allowed through the firewall.

Contributing

Feel free to submit a pull request! I have no guidelines as of yet, so no need to worry about that.

Authors

• Isaac Grynsztein (me!) - Initial work

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• youtube-dl
• AllTube (for the inspiration)