Varveil - YouTube Video Downloader

Varveil is a YouTube video downloader that prioritizes 4K resolution and uploads the downloaded videos to Litterbox for temporary storage.

Note:

• There's Two Versions Of This, One For Online IDE And Other For Local
• online
• local

Features

Downloads YouTube videos in the highest available quality (4K → 2K → 1080p).

Automatically uploads videos to Litterbox.

Supports manual and default URL input.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Celesth/Varveil.git

2. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

0. Replit ( For Replit Users )

In Replit, you can install ffmpeg using Nix by adding it to your replit.nix file.

Steps to Add ffmpeg in Replit:

1. Open your Replit project.


2. Look for a file named replit.nix (if it doesn’t exist, create it).


3. Add or modify the file with this content:

{ pkgs }: {
  deps = [
    pkgs.ffmpeg  # Installs ffmpeg
  ];
}


4. Save the file.


5. Click the "Run" button in Replit or restart the shell by typing:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.ffmpeg



Verify Installation

Run the following command in the Replit shell to check if ffmpeg is installed:

ffmpeg -version

Now yt-dlp should be able to merge video and audio without issues.

Configuration

1. Create a config.py file and add:

URL = "https://example.com/default-video" # if cannot enter the link via the IDE Your runing on
TIME = "1h"  # Litterbox storage duration

Usage

Run the script:

python main.py

You will be prompted to enter a YouTube video URL. If left blank, it will use the default URL from The config.py

Credits

Uses yt-dlp for downloading.

Uses Litterbox for temporary file storage.

Uses FFMPEG For Merging Video And Audio Together

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