youtube-dl-Recorder-for-Kodi (Windows)

[dobbelina]

youtube-dl-Recorder-for-Kodi

I present the youtube-dl Recorder for Kodi.

It can download almost anything you throw at it, from any addon and the thumbnails as well.
It communicates with kodi via it's web server, so make sure you enable it here:

System=>Services=>Control=>Allow remote control via HTTP

If you don't have youtube-dl installed, it can install it for you as it's needed.
I also recommend that you download ffmpeg and put in the same folder as
youtube-dl.exe, as some media require it.
If you're into live streams, also download rtmpdump and put in the same folder.
No need to add any path to the system environment variables, as long as the files are
in the same folder as youtube-dl.exe.

After setup, just press the shortcut key to start a download from playing media,
(must be playing).
You can start as many concurrent downloads as you wish, if your internet connection
can handle it.

To close the recorder press F4, To update youtube-dl, press Ctrl + F1
or delete the youtube-dl.ini to restart setup and download from there.

Created files by the application:

• A desktop shortcut will be created to start the recorder
• A youtube-dl.ini file will be created for it's settings in the recorder directory
• A config file for youtube-dl will be created in the recorder directory named config.txt
• YT-Instructions.txt

No registry entries

Created in Autohotkey

Updated 2021-01-27 check version fix
Download here: YT-DL_Recorder.v.1.0.zip

SHA1:
9ed9ed27493376bce99c1b0637a36e178c29e29f

This is version 1.0

For those that want to compile it for themselves, here's the source files: Source Files

[dobbelina]

@TarkusLV
Have made many improvements.
Now with download stats + other fixes, see below:
Download link above updated.