VideoLibrary 3.3.1

.NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package VideoLibrary --version 3.3.1
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package VideoLibrary -Version 3.3.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="VideoLibrary" Version="3.3.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="VideoLibrary" Version="3.3.1" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="VideoLibrary" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add VideoLibrary --version 3.3.1
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: VideoLibrary, 3.3.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package VideoLibrary@3.3.1
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=VideoLibrary&version=3.3.1
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=VideoLibrary&version=3.3.1
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

libvideo

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

Documentation

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.

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NuGet packages (5)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on VideoLibrary:

Package Downloads
VideoLibrary.Compat

libvideo (aka VideoLibrary) is a modern .NET library for downloading YouTube videos. It is portable to most platforms and is very lightweight. Find us on GitHub at https://github.com/omansak/libvideo
DotImaging.IO.Web

Image or video download/streaming (direct video link or Youtube links).
Braco.Services.Media

Media service implementations used for downloading and splitting media.
WibuTube

Downloads video from YouTube Converts it to mp3 Adds some other information to the mp3 file
JadeLib

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GitHub repositories (2)

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