Download with yt-dlp here service menu

The service menu allows to download a media file from within one of the supported websites in the current folder using the yt-dlp command line tool, the successor of the more popular youtube-dl application.

• Name:
  Download with yt-dlp here
• Type:
  Service Menu
• License:
  GPL v.3
• Platform:
  Linux, KDE
• Requirements:
  KDE 4 or sup.; Kdialog; yt-dlp
• First release:
  1.0.0 (April 03, 2023)
• Current release:
  1.1.0 (February 29, 2024)
• Links:

  • Source files

  • Opendesktop

  • Pling

  • KDE Store

Main Features

• Fully-translated in 4 languages besides English (French, German, Italian, Spanish);
• Works from within the Dolphin, Konqueror, Krusader, and KFind-results context menu;
• Select the format among all the available formats;
• Select the format among the only audio formats;
• Select the format among the only video formats;
• Select the format among the audio + video formats;
• Automatically select the best audio format;
• Automatically select the best video format;
• Automatically select the best audio + video format.

Installation

From the Dolphin interface

1. From Dolphin press the keys Ctrl + Shift + , or select the menu item Configure Dolphin;
2. Click on the side tab Services;
3. In the right panel click the Download new services button;
4. Insert the search phrase download_with_yt-dlp_here in the textbox at the right side and press the Enter key;
5. Once the data is lodaded click on the Install button.

Using the servicemenuinstaller utility

1. Download the archive download_with_yt-dlp_here-1.1.0.tgz from one of the KDE Store/Opendesktop/Pling pages;
2. Install:

   $ servicemenuinstaller install download_with_yt-dlp_here-1.1.0.tgz
   

3. Uninstall:

   $ servicemenuinstaller uninstall download_with_yt-dlp_here-1.1.0.tgz
   

From the tar archive

1. Extracting the Archive:

   $ tar -xvf download_with_yt-dlp_here-1.1.0.tgz 
   

2. Switching to the subfolder:

   $ cd download_with_yt-dlp_here
   

3. Install:

   $ make install
   

4. Uninstall:

   $ make uninstall
   

Changelog

Version 1.1.0 (February 29, 2024)

• Added a progressbar dialog to visualize the download progress and cancel it for all the available actions;
• Added full translation for the supported languages.

Version 1.0.3 (January 17, 2024)

• Fixed an error raising for Dash based shell.

Version 1.0.2 (January 15, 2024)

• Fixed a char escaping error.

Version 1.0.1 (August 29, 2023)

• Fixed the dest folder creation when missing in the installer script;
• Fixed the source folder reference in the installer script.

Version 1.0.0 (April 03, 2023)

• First public release.