wybm
wybm is a GUI application which can download videos from YouTube in WebM format and interactively cut them without reencoding. It's available for all major platforms. Click here to watch the demo.
Install
Windows
Download latest release, unpack and run wybm.exe.
macOS
You need to have ffmpeg and mkvtoolnix installed (use Homebrew). Download latest release, unpack, righ-click wybm app in Finder, select Open and Open.
Linux
You need to have ffmpeg and mkvtoolnix installed. Download latest release, unpack and run ./wybm.
Troubleshooting
ytdl exited with code 3221225781 (Windows)
Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86).
ytdl exited with code 1
Make sure you're using the latest version of wybm. File an issue if problem still persists, most probably YouTube changed something on the site and youtube-dl upgrade is needed. NOTE: wybm will use system (i.e. in the PATH) youtube-dl, ffmpeg and mkvinfo if available.
No (VP9) formats available
It takes a while before YouTube generates VP9 formats for a new video. Some old videos don't have VP9 or even VP8 version at all, but that's quite rare.
License
wybm own code, documentation and icon is licensed under CC0, but the resulting build also includes the following libraries and assets:
- Libraries in
dependenciessection of package.json (BSD-like) - NW.js binaries, see also
credits.htmlin release archives - OpenSans font, see
LICENSE.OPENSANS - Font Awesome icons, see
LICENSE.FONTAWESOME - libpython (as part of
youtube-dl.exe, only in Windows build, seeLICENSE.PYTHON) - MKVToolNix binaries (only in Windows build, see
LICENSE.MKVTOOLNIX) - Zeranoe FFmpeg binaries (only in Windows build, see
LICENSE.FFMPEG)
wybm - Extract and cut youtube webms
Written in 2016-2019 by Kagami Hiiragi kagami@genshiken.org
To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty.
You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along with this software. If not, see http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.