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Download youtube, twitter, youtube shorts, tiktok, reddit videos with termux app in android
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # helper script to download videos using termux and auto-indexing them | |
| # | |
| # required apps: | |
| # termux: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/ | |
| # termux-api: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux.api/ | |
| # required packages | |
| # termux-api, python: apt install termux-api python python3 | |
| # yt-dlp: pip --upgrade install yt-dlp | |
| [ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo "usage: $0 video-link"; exit 1; } | |
| # setup the output path with what you want, shows up at the phone gallery | |
| OUTPATH="/mnt/sdcard/Pictures/yt-dlp" | |
| mkdir -p "$OUTPATH" | |
| # vcodec:h264 has huge compatibility with wpp, telegram, instagram | |
| yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" \ | |
| -S vcodec:h264 \ | |
| --force-overwrites \ | |
| --restrict-filenames \ | |
| --windows-filenames \ | |
| --no-mtime \ | |
| -P "$OUTPATH" "$1" | |
| # adds the downloaded media to the phone gallery quietly and without hanging the script | |
| termux-media-scan -r "$OUTPATH" > /dev/null & |
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