youtube-dl is probably the most popular command line YouTube (and not only) downloader for Linux but there's a new tool that tries to do things a bit differently.

besides being able to download YouTube videos (either the whole video or just the audio), can also search and play YouTube videos and create local playlists, all from the command line.



By default, this is basically a YouTube audio player (and downloader), but you can enable (external) video playback from its options. mps-youtube is a new tool which,By default, this is(and downloader), but

mplayer for streaming but it can also use The tool usesfor streaming but it can also use mpv , a relatively new mplayer fork.

Update: the tool was initially called "pms-youtube" but that was quite an unfortunate name :) so the tool was renamed to mps-youtube.

Installation

sudo apt-get install mps-youtube

1. mps-youtube can be installed using pip. To Install pip (Python3 version) in Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

3. You'll also need mplayer, which you can install using the following command:

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

If you want to use this with MPV, you can install it in Ubuntu (Saucy and Trusty) by using THIS PPA.





mpsyt is also available for Windows and Mac OS X. See its GitHub page for installation instructions.

Usage

mpsyt

.pantera

Then, to play an item from the search results, enter its number. You can also use combinations, for instance use "1,2,3" to play items 1, 2 and 3, or "1-5" to play items 1 to 5. You can also use "shuffle" or "repeat" along with the track numbers, for example "shuffle 1-4".

d ITEM-NUMBER

By default, mps-youtube will only play (and download) the audio. To view (and optionally to download) the video instead, use this command:

set show_video true

By default, the tool uses mpv if found and if it's not installed, it uses mplayer. If you want to switch to mplayer, use this commands:

set player mplayer

set player mpv

Note: More documentation is available at https://github.com/np1/mps-youtube Searching You can enter a search term to search whenever the program is expecting text input. Searches must be prefixed with either a . or / character. When a list of items is displayed, you can use the following commands: Downloading d 3 to download item 3 Selecting Items all to play all 1 2 3 to play items 1 2 and 3 2-4 6 7-3 to play items 2 3 4 6 7 6 5 4 3 3-6 9-12 shuffle to play selected items in random order 3-6 9-12 repeat to play selected items continuously Manipulating Items rm 1 3 to remove items 1 and 3. Also use rm 1 2 5-7 to remove a range rm all to remove all items sw 1 3 to swap the position of items 1 and 3 mv 1 3 to move items 1 to position 3 Playlist commands add 1 2 5-7 to add items 1 2 5 6 and 7 to the current playlist. add 1 2 3 <playlist_name> to add items 1,2,3 to a saved playlist. A new playlist will be created if the given name doesn't already exist. vp to view the current playlist (then use rm, mv and sw to modify it) ls to list your saved playlists open <playlist_name or ID> to open a saved playlist as the current playlist view <playlist name or ID> to view a playlist (leaves current playlist intact) play <playlist name or ID> to play a saved playlist directly save or save <playlist_name> to save the currently displayed items as a stored playlist on disk mv <old_name or ID> <new_name> to rename a playlist rmp <playlist_name or ID> to delete a playlist from disk q to quit

mps-youtube is now available in Debian unstable thanks to Zlatan Todoric: mps-youtube so install it using:For Ubuntu, see below.Later on, if you want to upgrade mps-youtube, use this command:To, use the following command:To, prefix your search with either "." or "/".Example: to search for "pantera", use:To, use:for example, to download the 3rd search result, use "d 3".To switch to mpv, use these commands: