libvideo

libvideo (aka VideoLibrary) is a modern .NET library for downloading YouTube videos. It is portable to most platforms and is very lightweight.

Documentation

• Documentation
• Example Application
• Fast Downloader with Chunks

Installation

You can grab a copy of the library on NuGet by running:

Install-Package VideoLibrary

Alternatively, you can try building the repo if you like your assemblies extra-fresh.

Supported Platforms

Platform / Application	Minimum Supported Version	Notes
.NET / .NET Core	.NET Core 2.0+ / .NET 5+	Fully supports .NET Standard 2.0 libraries.
.NET Framework	4.6.1+	Supports .NET Standard 2.0 (does NOT support 2.1).
Mono	5.4+	Official support for .NET Standard 2.0.
Unity	2018.1+	Requires scripting runtime set to .NET 4.x Equivalent.
Xamarin.iOS	10.14+	Supports .NET Standard 2.0 libraries.
Xamarin.Android	8.0+	Supports .NET Standard 2.0 libraries.
Xamarin.Mac	3.8+	Supports .NET Standard 2.0 libraries.
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)	10.0.16299+	Supported starting from this Windows 10 version.

Getting Started

Here's a small sample to help you get familiar with libvideo:

using VideoLibrary;

void SaveVideoToDisk(string link)
{
    var youTube = YouTube.Default; // starting point for YouTube actions
    var video = youTube.GetVideo(link); // gets a Video object with info about the video
    File.WriteAllBytes(@"C:\" + video.FullName, video.GetBytes());
}

Or, if you use Visual Basic:

Imports VideoLibrary

Sub SaveVideoToDisk(ByVal link As String)
     Dim video = YouTube.Default.GetVideo(link)
     File.WriteAllBytes("C:\" & video.FullName, video.GetBytes())
End Sub

If you'd like to check out some more of our features, take a look at our docs. You can also refer to our example application (named Valks, yes, I know, it's a silly name) if you're looking for a more comprehensive sample.

License

libvideo is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license.