Simple web app that takes a Youtube video URL (or any URL supported by yt-dlp) and produces a downloadable audio file.
- playblack of audio in the browser with skip and speed controls
- mp3 files converted to Opus format on server-side and available immediately via streamed audio (no waiting for re-encode)
- previous downloads displayed on page, with customizable expiry to auto-remove old files
- supports SponsorBlock for removing sponsor segments in a video. Just add the
-sponsorBlockcommand parameter. See yt-dlp doco for more details.
All command line parameters are optional.
Usage of ./ytdl-web:
-cmd string
path to yt-dlp (default "/usr/bin/yt-dlp")
-expiry int
expire downloaded content (seconds) (default 7200)
-outPath string
where to store downloaded files (relative to web root) (default "dl")
-port int
listen on this port (default 8080)
-sponsorBlock
enable SponsorBlock ad removal
-sponsorBlockCategories string
set SponsorBlock categories (comma separated) (default "sponsor")
-timeout int
process timeout (seconds) (default 300)
-webRoot string
web root directory (default "html")
Use prebuilt Docker image from container registry:
$ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/porjo/ytdl-web
or clone this Github repo and run docker build on it.
then:
- (optionally) configure Caddy proxy (see config below)
example.com {
encode gzip
# Origin and Host header values must match
reverse_proxy /websocket localhost:8080 {
header_up Host {host}
}
reverse_proxy /* localhost:8080
}