Termux YouTube video downloader for Android TV

Downloads YouTube videos to your external NAS over SSH.

It uses Termux and URL as a argument, as shown on a video:

Video.mp4

Examples of using

You like that youtube video, and you want to archive it to your local server NAS. You don't want to turn on your PC just to download that one video, instead your TV can do it for you automatically!

I'm using this script to put videos from SmartTube straight into my Jellyfin server, it works perfect for that.

Requirements

• yt-dlp as well as ffmpeg installed on your server
• openssh-server running on your server
• Termux app installed on your Android TV Client
• SmartTube app or something else that will get the "Share link..." popup

Configuring

Step 1: Configuring Termux on Android TV

To simplify steps I recommend connecting a keyboard to your Android TV.

1. Run pkg update and pkg upgrade
2. Run pkg install openssh

We need to be able to connect to our server without providing a password. To do that, we need to generate SSH key pair. In order to do that:

4. ssh-keygen -C "your_device_name"
5. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/yourusername/.ssh/id_rsa): Press Enter
6. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Press Enter
7. Now, we need to upload your key to the server. We can do it with one command: ssh-copy-id remote_username@server_ip_address Replace remote_username and server_ip_address with your data
8. You will be prompted to enter remote_username password
9. SSH passwordless login should be now active on your Termux install

Step 2: Configuring server

0. Confirm that yt-dlp is working on your server by typing yt-dlp --version
1. Download yt-dlp.sh from this repo
2. Edit yt-dlp.sh. Set up the directory where you want the files to be downloaded
3. Put yt-dlp.sh into your server's home directory

Step 3: Putting download script into Termux

1. Download termux-url-opener from this repo
2. Edit termux-url-opener. Change ip and hostname variables to fit in your server's info INFO: File termux-url-opener shouldn't have any extension
3. We need to put that script into Termux /bin directory. The simplest way would be copying the file from your PC into USB drive, then connecting it to your Android TV. However, some devices like Mi TV Stick don't have USB slot, so use ADB instead
4. In Termux ~ home directory, create a bin directory with mkdir bin command
5. Put termux-url-opener in that directory
6. Type chmox +x termux-url-opener to grant executing permissions
7. All done! Termux should now be configured properly. Press 'Share link' in SmartTube or similiar app, select Termux, and your video should be now downloading to your server over SSH!

Will it work on non-androidTV devices?

It should work as long as it is based on Android, like your Android Phone or Tablet, but it's untested.