youtube-dl Download Manager No Longer Contain Any Executable Files!?

[meeshu]

This relates to youtube-dl download manager here.

I downloaded the latest version of youtube-dl from this site here and noticed on opening the downloaded self extracting file (using Powerarchiver) that there are no longer any executable files contained within the self extracting file!!?? Previously there should have been the main youtube executable, plus several other executables. Now all I see, and on extraction using Powerarchiver, are about a dozen or so strange named directories with mostly heaps of .pyo files!!??

Presumably the ".pyo" files are Python files(?) And on extraction, these files are (presumably) supposed to "recreate" the executables!?

Now for some reason(s) I am no longer able to view and extract the executable files!!?? It seems the (re)creation of the executables from the python files are no longer taking place!?

I looked at older versions of youtube-dl also, and the same thing happens! I am no longer able to view and extract executable files from ANY version of youtube-dl, all I get is those dozen or so strange named directories and lots of .pyo (and some other) files instead!

Checked that the required Microsoft VC++ 2010 Redistributable file was installed on the system, and it was. Also tried repairing this file, but still get the strange directories and .pyo files.

Tried just running the youtube-dl exe file by itself (it is a self extracting file), but all that happens is a command window appears briefly and then disappears, and nothing else seems to have happened!? From memory I think the youtube-dl self extracting exe is supposed to ask where the files are to be extracted to before extracting and recreating the executables.

Note that I have a multi boot system with Windows XP 32 bit, Windows 7 32 bit, and Windows 7 64 bit. This problem of no executables occurs on ALL of the operating systems; I tried all three operating systems.

What is going on here?

Here is a screen shot of a youtube-dl exe file opened with Powerarchiver -


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[Vidd]

Tried just running the youtube-dl exe file by itself (it is a self extracting file), but all that happens is a command window appears briefly and then disappears, and nothing else seems to have happened!? From memory I think the youtube-dl self extracting exe is supposed to ask where the files are to be extracted to before extracting and recreating the executables.

youtube-dl.exe is NOT a self extracting zip file. It is a compiled executable. Don't extract it! youtube-dl is packaged with py2exe so of course you would see the python files.

When you double click the exe it is normal for the command window to appear and then close. youtube-dl is a command line program and you did not provide a command line with parameters or a batch script. There is no GUI.

There is extensive documentation on how to use youtube-dl at https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/


A very basic example would be:

 C:\youtube-dl.exe "http://www.url.com" -o "C:\output.mp4"

[meeshu]

Thanks for the reply!

I have no trouble actually running youtube-dl within a Command Window and downloading files. But I seem to be confusing youtube-dl possibly with some other program with regard to "installing" the programs. The downloaded youtube-dl executable is actually the main program and doesn't install. The downloaded executable should be run under a Command Window directly.

I've simply overwritten the earlier version executable with the latest version executable. And it works fine!

Must be mixing up different programs it seems(?)