Vivi plugins

YouTube & yt-dlp

Paste a video or playlist URL (or press Alt+U with one in the clipboard) to list its entries in the playlist, see the estimated size of each quality, and download video or audio only into a folder you choose, with progress toasts. Uses your system yt-dlp and ffmpeg when present; otherwise downloads and updates verified copies: yt-dlp (18–40 MB) from its official releases on first use, Vivi's own minimal static ffmpeg + ffprobe (about 6 MB) only for 1080p+ or audio conversion.

v1.2.041 KB Linux, Windows, macOSby Vivi · source
StreamingVideo #youtube#yt-dlp#download
Open in Vivi Download zip (41 KB)

"Open in Vivi" shows the plugin in Settings → Extensions → Browse, where you confirm its permissions and install it. Needs Vivi 0.9.1 or newer. No Vivi yet? curl -fsSL https://viviplayer.app/install.sh | sh

Screenshots

YouTube & yt-dlp in Vivi (1)

Changelog

  1. v1.2.0 · download zip · latest

    Managed ffmpeg is Vivi's minimal static build (about 6 MB instead of 150 MB), checksums pinned.

  2. v1.1.2 · download zip

    Declares the pkgdir option (no 'unknown key' warning).

  3. v1.1.1 · download zip

    Short size note in Browse; sizes moved to the description.

  4. v1.1.0 · download zip

    Downloads ffmpeg on demand.

  5. v1.0.0 · download zip

    First release: YouTube and yt-dlp support.

Permissions

  • Internet access
  • Reads and writes files outside its folder
  • Runs other programs

Settings

  • Video or playlist URL (Alt+U pastes from the clipboard) (text)
  • Download quality (choice)
  • Download (choice)
  • Audio-only format (mp3/m4a/opus use ffmpeg, downloaded if missing) (choice)
  • Download folder (empty: Downloads/Vivi) (text)
  • yt-dlp to use (choice)
  • Update the managed yt-dlp daily (and ffmpeg monthly) (toggle)