Youtube to MP3/WAV Converter (Linux and Windows)

This is a user-friendly script that allows the user to download .mp3 or .wav files from YouTube videos.

IMPORTANT

This script requires the user to have ffmpeg installed in order to perform the audio conversion.
If you do not have ffmpeg installed, use the following tutorials based on your system:

Windows-based:

Follow this video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1AtmY-RMyQ

Linux-based:

Follow this tutorial by GeeksForGeeks:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-ffmpeg-in-linux/

Custom Modules Implemented

Invalid URL Exception Module

This custom module defines the InvalidURL exception class, which is used to handle invalid YouTube URL errors.

Class

InvalidURL(message="Error: Invalid Youtube URL")

• Parameters: message (string) - The error message to be displayed when the exception is raised (default: "Error: Invalid Youtube URL").
• Methods: __str__() - Returns the error message as a string.

Usage

You can use this module in your Python project by importing and raising the InvalidURL exception:

from invalid_url import InvalidURL

# Your code here...

raise InvalidURL("Custom error message")

URL Validation Module

This custom module provides functionality to validate YouTube URLs using regular expressions.

Functions

validate_url(url)

• Parameters: url (string) - The URL to be validated
• Returns: True if the URL is a valid YouTube URL, otherwise raises an InvalidURL exception.

Dependencies

• re (Python standard library)
• InvalidURL (custom exception class)

URL Validation Module

This custom module provides functionality to validate YouTube URLs using regular expressions.

Functions

validate_url(url)

• Parameters: url (string) - The URL to be validated
• Returns: True if the URL is a valid YouTube URL, otherwise raises an InvalidURL exception.

Dependencies

• re (Python standard library)
• InvalidURL (custom exception class)

Usage

You can use this module in your Python project by importing and calling the validate_url function:

from url_validation import validate_url

url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example"
try:
    is_valid = validate_url(url)
    print("Valid URL")
except InvalidURL:
    print("Invalid URL")

YouTube Converter Module

This custom module provides functionality to download audio from YouTube videos using the yt-dlp library and sanitize the title using regular expressions.

Class

YoutubeConverter(url, output_dir)

• Parameters:

  • url (string) - The URL of the YouTube video to download audio from.
  • output_dir (string) - The directory where the audio file will be saved.

• Methods:

  • download_audio(output_format) - Downloads the audio from the YouTube video and saves it in the specified format.

Dependencies

• yt-dlp - A Python library for downloading videos and audio from YouTube and other video platforms.
• re (Python standard library)

Usage

You can use this module in your Python project by importing the YoutubeConverter class and creating an instance with the desired YouTube URL and output directory:

from youtube_converter import YoutubeConverter

url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example"
output_dir = "/path/to/output/directory"

converter = YoutubeConverter(url, output_dir)
converter.download_audio("mp3")

Main Script (The GUI Converter)

This script uses PySimpleGUI to create a simple graphical user interface for downloading audio from YouTube videos. It utilizes the custom modules url_validation, youtube_converter, and invalid_url to perform URL validation and audio downloading.

Functions

download_audio(url, output_dir, output_format)

• Parameters:
  • url (string) - The YouTube URL to download audio from.
  • output_dir (string) - The directory where the audio file will be saved.
  • output_format (string) - The audio format to save the file in ("mp3" or "wav").
• Functionality: Validates the provided URL, downloads the audio using the YoutubeConverter class, and displays success or error messages using PySimpleGUI popups.

get_output_directory()

• Functionality: Opens a file dialog for the user to select an output directory and returns the selected directory as a string.

main()

• Functionality: Creates the main window of the application using PySimpleGUI, defines the layout, and handles button events for downloading audio, browsing the output directory, and exiting the application.

Dependencies

• tkinter (Python standard library)
• filedialog (from tkinter)
• PySimpleGUI
• url_validation (custom module)
• youtube_converter (custom module)
• invalid_url (custom module)

Usage

Method 1

Open the "YoutubeAudioConverter" executable in the 'dist' folder. (due to pyinstaller, you may have to turn your antivirus
off for the file)

Method 2 (using the script )

Run the script using the following command on your terminal:

python __main__.py

Notes:

Make sure when downloading, you have permissions on the directory,
otherwise you will get an error popup. (Errno 13- Permission Denied)

Current bugs:

Kubuntu 22.10: When program successfully downloads, the popup window is not visible.
The program will still work, just close the window through your taskbar.
I will figure a fix for it :).