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Download YouTube Videos in Mp4 Format using Python Pytube module
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download_as_video.py
# gets highest resolution and prompts user for yt link, otherwise identical to yogeshsinghgit's https://gist.github.com/yogeshsinghgit/14241e51d3d4d67571ef999647fb7c67
from pytube import YouTube
def download_video(yt):
# get highest resolution mp4 stream
stream = yt.streams.get_highest_resolution()
# print resolution and codec format of highest resolution mp4 stream
print(f"Video Resolution : {stream.resolution} VCodec : {stream.codecs[0]}")
# download the YouTube video
stream.download()
print("Video is Downloading as", yt.title + ".mp4")
# prompt user for the YouTube link
link = input("Enter Your Link Here: ")
# create YouTube object
yt = YouTube(link)
# call the function to download the video
download_video(yt)
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WilCF commented Mar 8, 2023

Thank you @yogeshsinghgit for the original code

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