Linux:
  Prerequisites:
    VLC, youtube-dl

  Pseudocode to install:
    echo $XDG_DATA_HOME # this returns a path or nothing
    if nothing
      path = $HOME/.local/share
    else
      path = $XDG_DATA_HOME
  
    cd path/vlc
    # if the directory lua does not exist
      mkdir lua
      cd lua
      mkdir modules
      mkdir playlist
    # repo is the git repository
    cp repo/modules/json.lua lua/modules/json.lua
    # you will need to modify the template by hand
    cp repo/playlist/template_youtube-dl.lua lua/playlist/youtube-dl.lua
  OR
    See the python script.

Windows:
  See the python script.