Frequently asked questions

My browser plays the video. How do I download it?

Most recent browsers automatically play a video if it is a format they know how to play. You can ususally download the video by doing File > Save to or ctrl + S.

How do I change config parameters?

You need to create a YAML file called config.yml at the root of your project. Here are the parameters that you can set:

youtubedl: path to your youtube-dl binary
python: path to your python binary
params: an array of parameters to pass to youtube-dl
curl_params: an array of parameters to pass to curl
convert: true to enable audio conversion
avconv: path to your avconv or ffmpeg binary
rtmpdump: path to your rtmpdump binary

See config.example.yml for default values.

How do I enable audio conversion?

In order to enable audio conversion, you need to add this to your config.yml file:

convert: true
avconv: path/to/avconv

You will also need to install avconv and curl on your server:

sudo apt-get install libav-tools curl

How do I deploy Alltube on Heroku?

Create a dyno with the following buildpacks:

heroku/php
heroku/nodejs
heroku/python

You might also need to add the following config variables:

CONVERT=1
PYTHON=/app/.heroku/python/bin/python

Then push the code to Heroku and it should work out of the box.

Why can't I download videos from some websites (e.g. Dailymotion)

Some websites generate an unique video URL for each IP address. When using Alltube, the URL is generated for our server's IP address and your computer is not allowed to use it.

There are two known workarounds:

You can run Alltube locally on your computer.
You can use the experimental feature/stream branch which streams the video through the server in order to bypass IP restrictions. Please note that this can use a lot of resources on the server (which is why we won't enable it on alltubedownload.net).

CSS and JavaScript files are missing

You probably don't have the minified files (in the dist folder). You need to either:

Use a release package
Run npm install (see detailed instructions in the README)

I get a 404 error on every page except the index

This is probably because your server does not have mod_rewrite or AllowOverride is disabled. You can work around this by adding this to your config.yml file:

uglyUrls: true

How do I enable streaming videos through the server?

You need to add this to your config.yml file:

stream: true

Note that this can use a lot of ressources on your server.

I want to download M3U videos

You need to enable streaming (see above).

The downloaded videos have a strange name like `videoplayback.mp4`

Alltube can rename videos automatically if you enable streaming (see above).

I want to download a video that isn't available in my country

If the video is available in the server's country, you can download it if you enable streaming (see above).

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