A Dockerfile that makes it easy to convert youtube videos to mp3's

youtube-to-mp3-Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Atul Varma
RUN printf '\ndeb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
RUN printf '\ndeb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y libav-tools libavcodec-extra-54 python python-pip
RUN pip install --upgrade youtube_dl

I prefer listening to conference talks and such as podcasts while walking or running, but was having a hard time finding tools/services that made this easy for me, so I decided to use it as an opportunity to learn Docker.

To use it, just make a new directory, cd into it, paste the above code into a file called Dockerfile and run this:

docker build -t my_youtuber .
docker run -t -i my_youtuber /bin/bash

At this point you'll be in your new docker container and you can run the following to create an mp3 out of a youtube video:

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --prefer-avconv \
'http://youtu.be/LlO2_GecWo8?list=PL37ZVnwpeshFXOP2lqCUykYPXYNsK_fgN'

Next step is to actually use this Dockerfile as the basis for a web service that converts youtube videos to mp3's.

This dockerfile has been superseded by https://github.com/toolness/youtube-to-mp3.