These batch files are just made to simplify the usage of Windows .exe releases of http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ (Source: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl) for people who want to just simply use youtube-dl as a tool to download high-quality videos from YouTube (or elsewhere) without using third-party services or software clients (since these usually come with video quality restrictions) rather than use it for development purposes.

Videos with video quality above 720p will have to download the video and audio files seperately and then merge them into one file (thats just how YouTube works for some reason). To merge video and audio files youtube-dl requires that FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/) is installed on your system. Alternatively, if you don't want to install FFmpeg you can download the youtube-dl-batch release which includes all neccessary files (including FFmpeg). There is also a -noFFmpeg version of the release.

Note that the youtube-dl.exe file must be stored in the same directory as the .bat files in order to work.

This batch file is the most basic of all. It simply downloads the best available quality video by default.

This batch file allows the user to enter a video URL and then proceeds to list all available formats for that video. It then prompt the user to manually select their desired video and audio formats.

This batch file allows for very advanced usage by allowing you to manually enter multiple command-line arguments for youtube-dl.

This batch file lists basic information about your current youtube-dl Windows .exe release.

This batch file updates your current youtube-dl .exe file if an update is available.

This repository and its files are currently very barebones. This is all just made for fun and nothing too serious. I might add extra features later on. Feel free to contribute if you wish!