🎥 YouTube Video Downloader Advanced (Apify Actor)

• A powerful Apify Actor designed to extract detailed YouTube video metadata and provide high-quality downloadable video & audio links from single videos or playlists — with simple inputs and reliable results.

• If you want to get audio and video links in a specific language by selecting a language, you can try this

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🚀 Overview

YouTube Video Downloader Advanced allows you to submit one or more YouTube video or playlist URLs and instantly receive:

• 📄 Rich video metadata
• 🎞️ Video-only download links (no sound)
• 🎧 Audio-only download links
• 🎬 Merged video + audio download links
• 📊 Human‑readable stats (views, duration, file size)

All outputs are delivered in a clean, structured dataset — ready for automation, storage, or further processing.

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📥 What Data This Actor Accepts (Inputs)

1️⃣ Start URLs (Required)

Provide one or more YouTube video or playlist URLs.

Supported URL types:

• Standard YouTube video links
• Shortened youtu.be links
• Playlist links

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2️⃣ Video Resolution 🎥

Select your preferred video resolution.

• If the selected resolution is unavailable, the actor automatically provides the highest available resolution.

Available options:

• 8K
• 4K
• 2K
• 1080p (default)
• 720p
• 480p
• 360p

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3️⃣ Audio Language 🎧

Choose a preferred audio language for audio or merged downloads.

• If the selected language is unavailable, the original/default audio is returned automatically.

Supported languages include: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and more.

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🛠️ How to Use This Actor

1. Paste one or more YouTube URLs into Start URLs
2. Choose your desired Video Resolution
3. Select an Audio Language (optional)
4. Run the actor
5. View or download results from the dataset output

👉 You can safely run the actor multiple times if needed.

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📤 What Outputs This Actor Generates

Each processed URL produces one structured output object containing:

📄 Output Fields Explained

Field	Description
original_url	The original YouTube URL provided
title	Video title
channel	Channel or uploader name
duration	Video length in readable format
thumbnail	Video thumbnail URL
requested_resolution	Resolution selected by the user
provided_resolution	Resolution actually provided
downloadable_video_link	Video-only download URL (no audio)
downloadable_audio_link	Audio-only download URL
merge_downloadable_video_link	Combined video + audio download URL
video_filesize	Video file size (formatted)
view_count	Total views (K/M format)
channel_subscribers	Subscriber count
categories	Video categories
availability	Public or restricted
live_status	Live or not live
description	Full video description

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📦 Input Example

{
  "videoResolution": "1080p",

  "audioLanguage": "English",

  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFU2hU7nE0k" },
    { "url": "https://youtu.be/G5RpJwCJDqc" }
  ]
}

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📊 Output Example

[
  {
    "original_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFU2hU7nE0k",
    "requested_resolution": "1080p",
    "provided_resolution": "1080p",
    "requested_language": "English",
    "provided_language": "En",
    "title": "Sample Video One",
    "channel": "Example Channel",
    "duration": "12m 45s",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxx/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "downloadable_video_link": "https://video-only-------------------------------------link",
    "downloadable_audio_link": "https://audio-only------------------------------------------link",
    "merge_downloadable_video_link": "https://merged-video-----------------------------------------link",
    "view_count": "1.2M",
    "categories": [
      "Education"
    ],
    "description": "Video description here",
    "availability": "public",
    "live_status": "not_live",
    "channel_subscribers": "350K",
    "video_filesize": "220MB"
  },
  {
    "original_url": "https://youtu.be/G5RpJwCJDqc",
    "requested_resolution": "1080p",
    "provided_resolution": "720p",
    "requested_language": "Hindi",
    "provided_language": "hi",
    "title": "Sample Video Two",
    "channel": "Another Channel",
    "duration": "8m 10s",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yyy/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "downloadable_video_link": "https://video-only----------------------------link",
    "downloadable_audio_link": "https://audio-only---------------------------------link",
    "merge_downloadable_video_link": "https://merged------------------------------------link",
    "view_count": "540K",
    "categories": [
      "Entertainment"
    ],
    "description": "Another description",
    "availability": "public",
    "live_status": "not_live",
    "channel_subscribers": "120K",
    "video_filesize": "140MB"
  }
]

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🌟 Benefits & Advantages

• ⚡ Fast and reliable execution
• 🎯 Automatic resolution fallback
• 🌍 Multi-language audio support
• 📁 Clean, structured outputs
• 🔁 Safe to retry anytime
• 📊 Human-readable metrics

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✨ Key Features

• Supports videos & playlists
• Provides video-only, audio-only & merged links
• Handles unavailable resolutions gracefully
• Outputs formatted sizes, durations & counts
• Ideal for automation, archiving & analysis

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✅ Best Practices

• Always verify the provided resolution field
• Use merged links if you need both video & audio
• Prefer rerunning the actor instead of partial edits
• Store results externally if running large playlists

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⚠️ Possible Errors & How to Avoid Them

Issue	How to Avoid
Invalid URL	Ensure YouTube URLs are correct
Missing resolution	Actor auto-selects best available
Temporary failure	Simply rerun the actor
Empty output	Check dataset after completion

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🧠 Notes

• Video-only outputs contain no sound
• For audio-only use cases, use a dedicated audio actor
• Results depend on content availability at runtime

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🎉 Summary

YouTube Video Downloader Proo is a reliable, production-ready Apify Actor for extracting YouTube metadata and generating high-quality downloadable links — with minimal setup and maximum clarity.

Happy automating! 🚀