easy-dlp Guide

Just a quick guide to getting the scripts up and running on Windows, Linux, or WSL.

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Windows Guide

Running it on Windows is super simple.

prerequisites

You need yt-dlp and ffmpeg installed and added to your system's PATH.

• Download yt-dlp from their official installation guide.
• Download ffmpeg from here (needed for merging video/audio formats and converting to mp3).

Make sure both are added to your Windows Environment Variables (PATH) so they can be called from anywhere.

how to run

1. Double-click main.bat.
2. Select your option in the menu. All downloads will go straight to your Windows Downloads folder.

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Linux & WSL Guide

prerequisites

Make sure you have yt-dlp and ffmpeg installed.

setting up dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu/WSL default)

# update your package list
sudo apt update

# install ffmpeg
sudo apt install -y ffmpeg

# grab the latest yt-dlp binary (the apt package is usually pretty outdated)
sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

how to run

1. open your terminal (or WSL).
2. cd into the project folder: If you're using WSL, your Windows C drive is mounted under /mnt/. Just cd into wherever you saved this folder:

   cd /mnt/c/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/path/to/the/repo

3. make the script executable (only need to do this once):

   chmod +x main.sh

4. fire it up:

   ./main.sh

wsl compatibility notes

• the script automatically detects if it's running inside WSL.
• if it is, it finds your Windows user profile and dumps your downloads straight into your Windows Downloads folder. no need to dig around the Linux file system to find your files.