Pytube set Resolution
Question:
I can download Videos with this code with Pytube:
from pytube import Youtube
Youtube('youryoutubelink').streams.first().download()
But when I open the Video, it is very low resolution. I want to have 720p/1080p.
How can I set this in my code?
Answers:
That’s because you are downloading the first one of the available streams which is usually 720p. To download a 360p resolution stream, you can do:
YouTube('https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo').streams.filter(res="360p").first().download()
Note: this is YouTube, not Youtube.
Short explanation:
You need to use filter() to choose a specific resolution you want to download. For example, if you call:
yt = YouTube('https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo')
it returns the available stream to yt. You can view all the streams by typing:
yt.streams
You can filter which type of filter you want. To filter only 360p streams you can write:
yt.streams.filter(res="360p")
To filter only 360p streams and download the first one type this:
yt.streams.filter(res="360p").first().download()
In this method you can download the available highest resolution video.
video = YouTube('mylink')
highresvid = video.streams.get_highest_resolution()
highresvid.download('location')
Is it normal what YouTube(‘https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo’).streams.filter(res="720p").first().download()
gives me bad resolution?
YouTube(‘https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo’).streams.filter(abr="160kbps").first().download() gives me audio with 64kbps
I can download Videos with this code with Pytube:
from pytube import Youtube
Youtube('youryoutubelink').streams.first().download()
But when I open the Video, it is very low resolution. I want to have 720p/1080p.
How can I set this in my code?
That’s because you are downloading the first one of the available streams which is usually 720p. To download a 360p resolution stream, you can do:
YouTube('https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo').streams.filter(res="360p").first().download()
Note: this is YouTube, not Youtube.
Short explanation:
You need to use filter() to choose a specific resolution you want to download. For example, if you call:
yt = YouTube('https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo')
it returns the available stream to yt. You can view all the streams by typing:
yt.streams
You can filter which type of filter you want. To filter only 360p streams you can write:
yt.streams.filter(res="360p")
To filter only 360p streams and download the first one type this:
yt.streams.filter(res="360p").first().download()
In this method you can download the available highest resolution video.
video = YouTube('mylink')
highresvid = video.streams.get_highest_resolution()
highresvid.download('location')
Is it normal what YouTube(‘https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo’).streams.filter(res="720p").first().download()
gives me bad resolution?
YouTube(‘https://youtu.be/2lAe1cqCOXo’).streams.filter(abr="160kbps").first().download() gives me audio with 64kbps