Use yt-dlp binary instead of module.

.gitignore

@@ -180,3 +180,4 @@ test*.py
 logs/
 logs
 settings.json
+bin/

menus/downloader.py

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
 from mutagen.easyid3 import EasyID3
 from pydub import AudioSegment
 
-import arcade, arcade.gui, os, json, yt_dlp, threading
+import arcade, arcade.gui, os, json, threading, subprocess
 
 from arcade.gui.experimental.focus import UIFocusGroup
 
-from utils.utils import UIFocusTextureButton, BufferLogger
+from utils.utils import UIFocusTextureButton, ensure_yt_dlp
 from utils.constants import button_style, dropdown_style, yt_dlp_parameters
 from utils.preload import button_texture, button_hovered_texture
 
@@ -29,9 +28,7 @@ class Downloader(arcade.gui.UIView):
             self.settings_dict = json.load(file)
 
         self.tab_options = self.settings_dict.get("tab_options", ["~/Music", "~/Downloads"])
-
+        self.yt_dl_buffer = ""
-        self.yt_dl = YoutubeDL(params=yt_dlp_parameters)
-        self.yt_dl.params["logger"] = self.yt_dl_logger = BufferLogger()
 
     def on_show_view(self):
         super().on_show_view()
@@ -58,15 +55,46 @@ class Downloader(arcade.gui.UIView):
         self.anchor.detect_focusable_widgets()
 
     def on_update(self, delta_time: float) -> bool | None:
-        self.status_label.text = self.yt_dl_logger.buffer
+        self.status_label.text = self.yt_dl_buffer
 
-        if "WARNING" in self.yt_dl_logger.buffer:
+        if "WARNING" in self.yt_dl_buffer:
             self.status_label.update_font(font_color=arcade.color.YELLOW)
-        elif "ERROR" in self.yt_dl_logger.buffer:
+        elif "ERROR" in self.yt_dl_buffer:
             self.status_label.update_font(font_color=arcade.color.RED)
         else:
             self.status_label.update_font(font_color=arcade.color.LIGHT_GREEN)
 
+    def run_yt_dlp(self, url):
+        yt_dlp_path = ensure_yt_dlp()
+
+        command = [
+            yt_dlp_path, f"{url}",
+            "--write-info-json",
+            "-x", "--audio-format", "mp3",
+            "-o", "downloaded_music.mp3",
+            "--no-playlist",
+            "--embed-thumbnail",
+            "--embed-metadata"
+        ]
+
+        process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True)
+
+        for line in process.stdout:
+             self.yt_dl_buffer = line
+
+        process.wait()
+
+        if process.returncode != 0:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            with open("downloaded_music.mp3.info.json", "r") as file:
+                info = json.load(file)
+            return info
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
+            self.yt_dl_buffer += "\nERROR: Failed to parse yt-dlp JSON output.\n"
+            return None
+
     def download(self):
         if not self.tab_selector.value:
             return
@@ -78,17 +106,14 @@ class Downloader(arcade.gui.UIView):
 
         path = os.path.expanduser(self.tab_selector.value)
 
-        try:
+        info = self.run_yt_dlp(url)
-            info = self.yt_dl.extract_info(url, download=True)
+
-        except yt_dlp.DownloadError as e:
+        os.remove("downloaded_music.mp3.info.json")
-            message = "".join(e.msg.strip().split("] ")[1:]) if e.msg else "Unknown yt-dlp error."
+        os.remove("downloaded_music.info.json")
-            self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"ERROR: {message}"
-            return
 
         if info:
-            entry = info['entries'][0] if 'entries' in info else info
+            title = info.get('title', 'Unknown')
-            title = entry.get('title', 'Unknown')
+            uploader = info.get('uploader', 'Unknown')
-            uploader = entry.get('uploader', 'Unknown')
 
             if " - " in title:
                 artist, track_title = title.split(" - ", 1)
@@ -103,7 +128,7 @@ class Downloader(arcade.gui.UIView):
                 audio["title"] = track_title
                 audio.save()
             except Exception as meta_err:
-                self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"ERROR: Tried to override metadata based on title, but failed: {meta_err}"
+                self.yt_dl_buffer = f"ERROR: Tried to override metadata based on title, but failed: {meta_err}"
                 return
 
             if self.settings_dict.get("normalize_audio", True):
@@ -117,20 +142,20 @@ class Downloader(arcade.gui.UIView):
                         audio.export("downloaded_music.mp3", format="mp3")
 
                 except Exception as e:
-                    self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"ERROR: Could not normalize volume due to an error: {e}"
+                    self.yt_dl_buffer = f"ERROR: Could not normalize volume due to an error: {e}"
                     return
             try:
                 output_filename = os.path.join(path, f"{title}.mp3")
                 os.replace("downloaded_music.mp3", output_filename)
 
             except Exception as e:
-                self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"ERROR: Could not move file due to an error: {e}"
+                self.yt_dl_buffer = f"ERROR: Could not move file due to an error: {e}"
                 return
         else:
-            self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"ERROR: Info unavailable. This maybe due to being unable to download it due to DRM or other issues"
+            self.yt_dl_buffer = f"ERROR: Info unavailable. This maybe due to being unable to download it due to DRM or other issues"
             return
 
-        self.yt_dl_logger.buffer = f"Successfully downloaded {title} to {path}"
+        self.yt_dl_buffer = f"Successfully downloaded {title} to {path}"
 
     def main_exit(self):
         from menus.main import Main

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydub>=0.25.1",
     "pypresence>=4.3.0",
     "thefuzz>=0.22.1",
-    "yt-dlp>=2025.4.30",
 ]

utils/utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import logging, arcade, arcade.gui, sys, traceback, os, re
+import logging, arcade, arcade.gui, sys, traceback, os, re, platform, urllib.request, stat
-
 from mutagen.easyid3 import EasyID3
 
 from utils.constants import menu_background_color
@@ -98,24 +97,41 @@ class UIFocusTextureButton(arcade.gui.UITextureButton):
         else:
             self.resize(width=self.width / 1.1, height=self.height / 1.1)
 
-class BufferLogger:
+def get_yt_dlp_binary_path():
-    def __init__(self):
+    binary = "yt-dlp"
-        self.buffer = "No errors."
+    system = platform.system()
 
-    def debug(self, msg):
+    if system == "Windows":
-        self._log(msg)
+        binary += ".exe"
+    elif system == "Darwin":
+        binary += "_macos"
+    elif system == "Linux":
+        binary += "_linux"
 
-    def info(self, msg):
+    return os.path.join("bin", binary)
-        self._log(msg)
 
-    def warning(self, msg):
+def ensure_yt_dlp():
-        self._log(f"WARNING: {msg}")
+    path = get_yt_dlp_binary_path()
 
-    def error(self, msg):
+    if not os.path.exists("bin"):
-        self._log(f"ERROR: {msg}")
+        os.makedirs("bin")
 
-    def _log(self, msg):
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
-        self.buffer = msg
+        system = platform.system()
+
+        if system == "Windows":
+            url = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe"
+        elif system == "Darwin":
+            url = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos"
+        elif system == "Linux":
+            url = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux"
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError("Unsupported OS")
+
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, path)
+        os.chmod(path, 0o755)
+
+    return path
 
 def truncate_end(text: str, max_length: int) -> str:
     if len(text) <= max_length:

uv.lock

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydub" },
     { name = "pypresence" },
     { name = "thefuzz" },
-    { name = "yt-dlp" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pydub", specifier = ">=0.25.1" },
     { name = "pypresence", specifier = ">=4.3.0" },
     { name = "thefuzz", specifier = ">=0.22.1" },
-    { name = "yt-dlp", specifier = ">=2025.4.30" },
 ]
 
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 ]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "2025.4.30"
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