Download any YouTube clip. Get a file that just works in Premiere Pro.
No codec headaches · No missing audio · No "unsupported compression type" errors
Paste a link → pick quality → get a proper H.264 + AAC MP4 ready for your timeline.
YouTube now serves videos in modern codecs like AV1 and Opus.
Browsers play them fine — but Premiere Pro, Final Cut, and QuickTime choke on them:
❌ "File uses unsupported video compression type av01"
❌ Video imports but audio is missing
❌ QuickTime says the file is corrupted
| 😤 What YouTube sends | ✅ What Premiere needs |
|---|---|
| AV1 / VP9 video | H.264 (AVC) video |
| Opus audio | AAC audio |
| WebM container | MP4 container |
YT → Premiere fixes this automatically.
🎯 Premiere-ready output — H.264 + AAC in MP4, every time
📐 Quality picker — 4K, 1080p, 720p, 480p, or audio-only MP3
⚡ Smart conversion — only re-encodes what's needed; copies the rest
🌙 Dark mode UI — modern look, native feel on macOS & Windows
📋 One-click paste — grabs the URL straight from your clipboard
📊 Live progress — download speed, ETA, and progress bar
You need 2 things on your Mac:
- Python 3.10+ — check with
python3 --version- ffmpeg —
brew install ffmpeg(install Homebrew first if you don't have it)
git clone https://github.com/arvindjuneja/yt2premiere.git
cd yt2premiere
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 app.py # or: ./run.shYou need 2 things on your PC:
- Python 3.10+ — download from python.org (check "Add python.exe to PATH" during install)
- ffmpeg — download from gyan.dev or install with
winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
git clone https://github.com/arvindjuneja/yt2premiere.git
cd yt2premiere
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py REM or: run.bat| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Copy a YouTube URL in your browser |
| 2 | Click Paste in the app |
| 3 | Pick your quality from the dropdown |
| 4 | Hit Download & Convert for Premiere |
| 5 | Import the MP4 into Premiere — it just works ✅ |
YouTube URL
│
▼
┌─────────┐
│ yt-dlp │ ── downloads best available streams
└────┬────┘
│
▼
┌──────────┐
│ ffprobe │ ── checks video & audio codecs
└────┬────┘
│
├── both H.264 + AAC? ─────────► done! (no re-encode, instant)
│
├── video ok, audio is Opus? ──► convert audio only (fast)
│
└── video is AV1/VP9? ─────────► re-encode video + audio
│
▼
┌─────────────────────┐
│ H.264 + AAC MP4 │
│ Premiere Pro ready │
└─────────────────────┘
| Tool | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 📥 | yt-dlp | Downloads streams from YouTube |
| 🎞️ | ffmpeg / ffprobe | Codec detection & H.264 + AAC re-encoding |
| 🎨 | CustomTkinter | Modern dark-mode GUI |
| 🐍 | Python 3.10+ | Ties everything together |
"No module named '_tkinter'"
macOS — install Tk bindings for your Python version, then recreate the venv:
brew install python-tk@3.13 # match your python version
rm -rf venv
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtWindows — reinstall Python from python.org and make sure tcl/tk and IDLE is checked in the optional features step.
SSL certificate errors
macOS — use Homebrew's Python instead of the python.org standalone installer:
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtWindows — this usually means an outdated Python install. Update to the latest 3.x from python.org.
Conversion is slow on long videos
That's normal — ffmpeg re-encodes video to H.264 which is CPU-intensive. For a 5-minute 1080p clip, expect ~30–60 seconds depending on your machine. Short clips convert in a few seconds.
ffmpeg not found (Windows)
Make sure ffmpeg is on your PATH. After installing with winget install Gyan.FFmpeg, restart your terminal. You can verify with:
ffmpeg -versionIf it still isn't found, add the ffmpeg bin folder to your system PATH manually.
MIT — use it however you want.