how can i make drag an drop batch file for a YOUTUBE-DL.exe?

[sommers]

how can i make drag an drop batch file for a YOUTUBE-DL.exe, it seems that forefox doesnt link the name

[Case]

Collect the movie URLs in a text file

youtube-dl --batch-file batchvideos.txt

or download a YT-playlist

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkahZjV5wKe_dajngssVLffaCh2gbq55_

[jagabo]

This isn't drag and drop but it's very easy. You can copy the url to the clipboard then double click on a bat file to download with youtube-dl.

1) Download clipboard.zip from this link: https://steve.fi/Software/clipboard/ . Put clipboard.exe in the same folder as youtube-dl.exe.

2) Extract _cb2ytdl.bat from the attached zip file and put it in the same folder as youtube-dl.exe.

To download a file right click on the URL in the browser's address bar and select Copy (to clipboard). Then double click on _cb2ytdl.bat. You should see youtube-dl downloading the file in the CLI that pops open. The batch file muxes the "best" (the defaults for youtube-dl) video and audio streams into an mkv file. You can change the batch file if you want another container or other options.

<edit>
I've updated the original batch file to allow for multiple simultaneous downloads.
</edit>

[jagabo]

Oops, duplicate post.

[jan5678]

@jagabo

This isn't drag and drop either, but it is a good solution though

Edit: sorry i misinterpreted your first line..

[sommers]

>This isn't drag and drop
I see it was glad to know.
I thought i had a wrong problem, so i wanted to ask it here, but i think my solution was better.

i didnt want to isolate the youtube address string for copying and pasting, i too often clipboard-copy the the whole page instead.
because once i isolate it, i can simply use "set /p input=" in a batch

since win OS and webpage doesnt link http:// page directly
you just need to drag the youtube address to the desktop and drop it there
and then drag that URL file over YOUTUBE-DL.BAT, then everything is done.

YOUTUBE-DL.BAT simply removes the URL header and URL=, then pass the address as a variable to process.

you must change 2 things in a YOUTUBE-DL.BAT,

* the location of YOUTUBE-DL.exe
* where to download

YOUTUBE-DL.BAT is below
----------------------------------------------

@ECHO OFF

SET P1=C:\Programs\YOUTUBE-DL\youtube-dl.exe
SET P2=%P1%

SetLocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion

SET "K1=%*"

FOR /F "DELIMS=" %%V IN ('TYPE %K1%') DO (
SET "VV=%%V"
)

SET "W1=%VV:~4%"

REM ----------------------------------

ECHO %P1%
ECHO !W1!
ECHO.
ECHO %P1% !W1!
ECHO.

M:
CD M:\

REM -----------------------------------
IF DEFINED PUBLIC GOTO Win10
REM -----------------------------------

%P1% !W1!

GOTO END

REM -----------------------------------
:Win10
REM -----------------------------------

%P2% !W1!

GOTO END

:END
ECHO.
ECHO Done

[jagabo]

Oops, wrong thread.