Basic working script

Updated the gitnore for media files.

.gitignore

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+*.mp3
+*.webp
 # ---> Linux
 *~
 

download.py

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+import yt_dlp as yt
+
+def get(yt_url):
+    ytdl_options = {
+        'continuedl': True,
+        'ignoreerrors': True,
+        'outtmpl': '%(title)s.%(ext)s',
+        'no_warning': True,
+        'progress_hooks': [dl_progress],
+        #'quiet': True,
+        'writethumbnail': True,
+        'embed_metadata': True,
+        'format': 'any/bestaudio/best',
+        # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.postprocessor) for a list of available Postprocessors and their arguments
+        'postprocessors': [{  # Extract audio using ffmpeg
+            'key': 'FFmpegMetadata'
+        },{
+            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
+            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
+            
+        }]
+    }
+
+    with yt.YoutubeDL(ytdl_options) as ytdl:
+        ytdl.download(yt_url)
+
+
+def dl_progress(d):
+    if (d['status'] == 'finished'):
+        print("\nDownload completed.")

yt2mp3

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+yt2mp3.py

yt2mp3.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import download
+
+script_version = "0.2"
+help_epilog = ("This script is very dependent on yt-dlp.\n"+
+              "If it's not working properly try updating yt-dlp.")
+
+cmd_option_set = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Backup YouTube channels.', epilog=help_epilog)
+cmd_option_set.add_argument('--version', '-v', dest='print_version', action='store_true', help='Print the current version number.')
+cmd_option_set.add_argument(dest='url_to_convert', help="The URL of the YouTube video you're converting to a local mp3.")
+cmd_options = cmd_option_set.parse_args()
+
+if (cmd_options.print_version):
+    print("Version: " + script_version)
+else:
+    download.get(cmd_options.url_to_convert)