Install yt-dlp in Android

This tutorial was originally written for the famous youtube-dl (R.I.P) and later adapted to its successor yt-dlp, the adaptation hasn’t been well tested

Based on https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/baufql/youtubedl_the_easy_way_on_android/

Usage

Click Share, select Termux, choose video or audio, and that’s it!, it will be saved to Downloads/{Provider}/ e.g Downloads/Youtube/

Install Termux

https://termux.com/

Open Termux and run one of these

  1. Yt-dlp + sharing + dialog (Recommended)
  2. Yt-dlp + sharing
  3. Yt-dlp
  4. Termux extras
  5. All-In-One
# Ask for storage permission
termux-setup-storage &&
# Install yt-dlp
apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y python ffmpeg dialog && pip install yt-dlp &&
# Configure to download videos in `Download/{URL's provider (e.g. Youtube)}/{filename}`
mkdir -p ~/.config/yt-dlp &&
echo "# Default Output Directory and Pattern
-o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/downloads/%(extractor_key)s/%(title).150s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" > ~/.config/yt-dlp/config &&
# Configure to open shared URLs with `yt-dlp {url}`
mkdir -p ~/bin &&
echo '#!/bin/bash
    URL=$1
    HEIGHT=15
    WIDTH=40
    CHOICE_HEIGHT=4

    CHOICE=$(dialog \
        --menu "What would you like to download?" \
        $HEIGHT $WIDTH $CHOICE_HEIGHT \
        Video "" \
        Audio "" \
        2>&1 >/dev/tty)

    case $CHOICE in
        Video)
            echo "Downloading video from $URL"
            yt-dlp $URL
            ;;
        Audio)
            echo "Downloading audio from $URL"
            yt-dlp -x $URL
            ;;
    esac' > ~/bin/termux-url-opener &&
chmod +x ~/bin/termux-url-opener

Usage

Share an URL to termux, a dialog will ask you to choose if download video or just audio

Yt-dlp + sharing

Usage

Share URL to termux, this will automatically download the video.

But if you always want to download just audio, replace yt-dlp $url with yt-dlp -x $url in the script below 🖣

    # Ask for storage permission
    termux-setup-storage &&
    # Install yt-dlp
    apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y python ffmpeg && pip install yt-dlp &&
    # Configure to download videos in `Download/{URL's provider (e.g. Youtube)}/{filename}`
    mkdir -p ~/.config/yt-dlp &&
    echo "# Default Output Directory and Pattern
    -o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/downloads/%(extractor_key)s/%(title).150s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" > ~/.config/yt-dlp/config &&
    # Configure to open shared URLs with `yt-dlp {url}`
    mkdir -p ~/bin &&
    echo "#!/bin/bash
    url=$1
    yt-dlp $url" > ~/bin/termux-url-opener &&
    chmod +x ~/bin/termux-url-opener

Yt-dlp

This will only install yt-dlp in termux, sharing a URL to Termux will not work, you’ll need to run the command manually from the terminal, e.g yt-dlp https://youtu.be/blahblahblah

    # Ask for storage permission
    termux-setup-storage &&
    # Install yt-dlp
    apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y python ffmpeg && pip install yt-dlp

Termux extras

    # Add special keys to keyboard
    # source: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard#Extra_Keys_Row(s)
    mkdir -p ~/.termux
    echo "extra-keys = [ \
        ['ESC', '/', '|', 'HOME', 'UP', 'END', 'PGUP', 'ENTER'], \
        ['TAB','CTRL', 'ALT', 'LEFT', 'DOWN', 'RIGHT', 'PGDN', '~'] \
    ]" > ~/.termux/termux.properties
    # Install nano
    apt install -y nano

All-In-One

Yt-dlp + sharing + dialog + Termux extras

    termux-setup-storage &&
    apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y nano python ffmpeg dialog && pip install yt-dlp &&
    mkdir -p ~/.config/yt-dlp &&
    echo "# Default Output Directory and Pattern
    -o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/downloads/%(extractor_key)s/%(title).150s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" > ~/.config/yt-dlp/config &&
    mkdir -p ~/bin &&
    echo '#!/bin/bash
        URL=$1
        HEIGHT=15
        WIDTH=40
        CHOICE_HEIGHT=4

        CHOICE=$(dialog \
            --menu "Que desea descargar?" \
            $HEIGHT $WIDTH $CHOICE_HEIGHT \
            Video "" \
            Audio "" \
            2>&1 >/dev/tty)

        case $CHOICE in
            Video)
                yt-dlp $URL
                ;;
            Audio)
                yt-dlp -x $URL
                ;;
        esac' > ~/bin/termux-url-opener &&
    chmod +x ~/bin/termux-url-opener &&
    mkdir -p ~/.termux &&
    echo "extra-keys = [ \
        ['ESC', '/', '|', 'HOME', 'UP', 'END', 'PGUP', 'ENTER'], \
        ['TAB','CTRL', 'ALT', 'LEFT', 'DOWN', 'RIGHT', 'PGDN', '~'] \
    ]" > ~/.termux/termux.properties