YoutubeExtractor is a library for .NET, written in C#, that allows to download videos from YouTube and/or extract their audio track (audio extraction currently only for flash videos).
- .NET Framework 3.5 and higher
- Windows Phone 8
- WinRT
- Xamarin.Android
- Xamarin.iOS
Note that Windows Phone 8, WinRT, Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS only support the extraction of the download URLs
Install-Package YoutubeExtractor
YoutubeExtractor has two licenses;
The YouTube URL-extraction code is licensed under the MIT License
The audio extraction code that is originally from FlvExtract is licenced under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)
Files that are GPLv2 licensed are explicitly marked with the GPLv2 header at the top of the file. All other files are implicitly MIT licensed.
- FlvExtract for extracting MP3 and AAC audio tracks out of flash files.
Get the download URLs
// Our test youtube link string link = "insert youtube link"; /* * Get the available video formats. * We'll work with them in the video and audio download examples. */ IEnumerable<VideoInfo> videoInfos = DownloadUrlResolver.GetDownloadUrls(link);
Download the video
/* * Select the first .mp4 video with 360p resolution */ VideoInfo video = videoInfos .First(info => info.VideoType == VideoType.Mp4 && info.Resolution == 360); /* * If the video has a decrypted signature, decipher it */ if (video.RequiresDecryption) { DownloadUrlResolver.DecryptDownloadUrl(video); } /* * Create the video downloader. * The first argument is the video to download. * The second argument is the path to save the video file. */ var videoDownloader = new VideoDownloader(video, Path.Combine("D:/Downloads", video.Title + video.VideoExtension)); // Register the ProgressChanged event and print the current progress videoDownloader.DownloadProgressChanged += (sender, args) => Console.WriteLine(args.ProgressPercentage); /* * Execute the video downloader. * For GUI applications note, that this method runs synchronously. */ videoDownloader.Execute();
Download the audio track
/* * We want the first extractable video with the highest audio quality. */ VideoInfo video = videoInfos .Where(info => info.CanExtractAudio) .OrderByDescending(info => info.AudioBitrate) .First(); /* * If the video has a decrypted signature, decipher it */ if (video.RequiresDecryption) { DownloadUrlResolver.DecryptDownloadUrl(video); } /* * Create the audio downloader. * The first argument is the video where the audio should be extracted from. * The second argument is the path to save the audio file. */ var audioDownloader = new AudioDownloader(video, Path.Combine("D:/Downloads", video.Title + video.AudioExtension)); // Register the progress events. We treat the download progress as 85% of the progress and the extraction progress only as 15% of the progress, // because the download will take much longer than the audio extraction. audioDownloader.DownloadProgressChanged += (sender, args) => Console.WriteLine(args.ProgressPercentage * 0.85); audioDownloader.AudioExtractionProgressChanged += (sender, args) => Console.WriteLine(85 + args.ProgressPercentage * 0.15); /* * Execute the audio downloader. * For GUI applications note, that this method runs synchronously. */ audioDownloader.Execute();