Media Downloader (PySide6 + yt-dlp)

Simple desktop app to download audio/video from YouTube and many other sites using yt-dlp, with a PySide6 UI and optional metadata (cover art + lyrics).

Features

• Download audio or video
• Bulk playlist downloads (audio or video)
• Metadata: cover art and synced/plain lyrics (LRCLib + Genius fallback)
• Parallel downloads where applicable
• Choose video quality before downloading
• Supports hundreds of sites via yt-dlp

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• ffmpeg (for audio extraction and video merging)
• On Linux: python3-tk (tkinter) for message dialogs
• Internet connection for fetching metadata/thumbnails

Setup

1. Create a virtual environment (recommended) and install dependencies:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Install system packages (Ubuntu/Debian example):

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ffmpeg python3-tk

Run

python3 main.py

Notes

• Web view for the “Watch Video” dialog uses PySide6-QtWebEngine.
• Lyrics are fetched via LRCLib first, then Genius as a fallback.
• If ffmpeg is missing, audio extraction (MP3) and video merges will fail.

Optional: Build

Pack into a single executable with PyInstaller (spec file provided):

pyinstaller MediaDownloader.spec

More Details

For screenshots and extra info: https://ganesh-neupane.com.np/MediaDownloaderDetails

👤 Author

Ganesh Neupane Computer Engineering

• GitHub: @GaneshNeupane01
• Detail: @portfolio
• Email: ganeshneupane1357@gmail.com