Due to recent changes by YouTube, yt-dlp now requires Deno (not Denort) to be installed in order to download YouTube videos in maximum quality. If you don't plan on downloading youtube videos, or don't care about video quality, you can ignore this tutorial:
- Download Deno (not Denort):
| OS | Download link |
|---|---|
| Windows | https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/latest/download/deno-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip |
| MacOS (Apple Silicon) | https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/latest/download/deno-aarch64-apple-darwin.zip |
| MacOS (Intel) | https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/latest/download/deno-x86_64-apple-darwin.zip |
Linux (uname -m outputs x86_64) |
https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/latest/download/deno-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip |
Linux (uname -m outputs aarch64) |
https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/latest/download/deno-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip |
- Open the zip file, and copy
denoordeno.exeto the same folder as yt-dlp
EDIT: this script is recommended at https://deno.com/ (scroll down to the "install Deno" section). If you don't feel comfortable running scripts, use the other option
Windows users should run powershell "irm https://deno.land/install.ps1 | iex"
MacOS and Linux users should run curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh
Warning
It is important to keep Deno up-to-date. This can be done by routinely running deno upgrade. Using outdated versions of Deno (or other yt-dlp dependencies such as ffmpeg) could allow Youtube to execute code on your computer, although its highly unlikely that youtube would actually do that. Currently yt-dlp does not use Deno on any other websites.
I’ve added a disclaimer to the gist, so that the fact it executes a script won’t catch other people off guard.
I still recommend it because it’s the easiest way to install it, but I understand why it might make some users uncomfortableEDIT: on second thought, I’m gonna swap the options around