We have posted many articles on how to download YouTube videos. Most of them require third-party apps or sites which you have to download the APKs of it. But this method is unique, it may be a bit annoying for newbies but for those who want to try out some new cool things, this one is for them. Its easy and the terminal emulator is Android built-in, so you have to just download the Termux from PlayStore and follow the given instructions in this post. So follow the post to know, How To Download YouTube Videos Using Terminal Emulator.
Terminal Emulator:
It’s an Android built-in so you don’t need to download the other third-party apps. Just use the Termux emulator available on Play Store. Just some commands and do your video will be downloaded. Some may find it a bit messy as third-party apps give some more features and everyone is familiar with it. But its fun and really a cool thing to try. Thanks to XDA forum member ROOTBOY for this awesome trick. All credits go to him.
Features:
- Up to 1200 sites supported
- No need of root access
- No need of any third-party app
- No ads
So let’s head to instructions on How To Download YouTube Videos Using Terminal Emulator.
Download Termux Emulator:
How To Download YouTube Videos Using Terminal Emulator:
1.) Firstly download the Termux emulator from the above play store link.
2.) Then allow the storage permission to the emulator. If you didn’t get the pop-up of storage permission then allow the permission. You can allow it from here. SETTINGS>>APPS>>TERMUX>>PERMISSIONS>>ENABLE STORAGE ACCESS
3.) Open the TERMUX app and type ”clear” and hit enter to clear the screen.
4.) Then you have to type the commands below one by one,
1.) apt-get update
2.) termux-setup-storage
3.) pkg install python
4.) pip install youtube-dl
5.) apt-get upgrade
5.) mkdir /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/shared/Youtube (this command will make folder YOUTUBE to store the videos in this folder)
6.) mkdir -p ~/.config/youtube-dl
7.) apt-get install nano
8.) nano ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
Another page/window will open type below command.
8.) –no-mtime
9.) -o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/shared/Youtube/%(title)s.%(ext)s
10.) -f “best[height<=480]”
(replace the height 480 with 360, 720, 1080 according to which resolution video you want to download)
11.) Now press VOL DOWN + O and press enter. Now exit nano with VOL DOWN + X. Type the below command to continue.
12.) mkdir ~/bin
13.) cd ~/bin
14.) nano termux-url-opener
again new window/page will open
11.) youtube-dl $1
press VOL DOWN+X to exit. If it asks to save type Y to save.
Just copy and paste full below full code to TERMUX emulator,
wget http://pastebin.com/raw/W1nvzN6q -O install.sh
dos2unix install.sh
chmod u+x install.sh
./install.sh
It will get installed for some time. After installation, Now just open any YouTube video in YouTube app and press the share button and select the TERMUX app. That’s it your video will be downloaded. Select the quality you want to download the video in!!
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