From ee35c124f292cfb12c7681520cc3fd4037a6f29a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean <skessler1964@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 19:30:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Initial Commit

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 create mode 100644 DownloadYouTube.py

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+downloads/
+.venv/
+LIST.txt
diff --git a/DownloadYouTube.py b/DownloadYouTube.py
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+#pip install git+https://github.com/JuanBindez/pytubefix.git    
+# This works as of 02/01/2026
+# This application accepts the name of a file the contents of which contain URL links to YouTube Videos.
+# An example of a line in such file might be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmbWAsQaxzA&list=RDwCBfk8ZCMOU&index=12
+# The program can download the video and also audio only
+# Since I am most interested in the audio that is what I have adopted below.
+# NOTE:  The Video section below works and is left as an example to further develop as needed
+# Also.  The files are downloaded from youtube in m4a format.  I invoke ffmpeg to convert to mp3
+# https://github.com/JuanBindez/pytubefix
+
+# Activate thge environment
+#.venv/scripts/activate
+
+from pytubefix import YouTube
+import os
+import traceback
+import subprocess
+
+ffmpeg_pathfile="c:\\download\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg"
+download_folder = "./downloads"
+pathInputFileName = "C:\Python\PyTube\LIST.txt"
+
+class YouTubeDownloader:
+    def __init__(self, pathUrlList):
+        self.pathUrlList=pathUrlList
+        self.urlList=[]
+        
+    def downloadMedia(self, audioOnly):
+       self.readFile(self.pathUrlList)
+       if None is self.urlList:
+          return
+       for item in self.urlList:
+          self.getItem(item,audioOnly)
+       
+       
+    def getItem(self, url, audioOnly):
+       try:
+        # Create a YouTube object
+        yt = YouTube(url)    
+        if audioOnly:
+          audio_stream = yt.streams.get_audio_only()
+      # If you need more control, you could use filter(only_audio=True).first() to get the first available audio stream
+          if audio_stream:
+              print(f"Downloading audio: {yt.title} in {audio_stream.mime_type} format...")
+              # 4. Download the file.  The file is usually downloaded in m4a.  
+              out_file = audio_stream.download(output_path=download_folder) # Download to the downloads folder
+              base, ext = os.path.splitext(out_file)
+              # we convert the m4a into mp3
+              mp3file = base + '.mp3' 
+              processname = ffmpeg_pathfile+" -y -i \""+out_file+"\" -ab 320k -map_metadata 0 -id3v2_version 3 \""+mp3file+"\""
+              subprocess.run(processname, check=True)
+              os.remove(out_file)
+              print(f"Successfully downloaded and saved as: {os.path.basename(mp3file)}")
+          else:
+              print("No audio-only streams found.")   
+          return
+        
+        # Optional: Print the video title to confirm it's working
+        print(f"Downloading video: {yt.title}")
+
+        # Get the highest resolution progressive stream (contains both video and audio)
+        # The get_highest_resolution() method simplifies this process
+        video_stream = yt.streams.get_highest_resolution()
+
+        video_stream.download()
+
+        print("Download completed successfully!")       
+        
+       except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error downloading {url}")
+        print(f"Exception was : {e}")
+
+    def readFile(self,pathFileName):
+      try:
+        with open(pathFileName,"r",encoding='utf-8') as inputStream:
+          for line in inputStream:
+              if None != line and 0!=len(line):
+                 strippedLine = line.strip()
+                 if 0!= len(strippedLine):
+                   self.urlList.append(strippedLine)
+        inputStream.close()
+        print(f"Read {len(self.urlList)} itemns from {pathFileName}")
+      except:
+        print(traceback.format_exc())
+        return(None)   
+
+
+youTubeDownloader = YouTubeDownloader(pathInputFileName)
+youTubeDownloader.downloadMedia(True)