tldr/pages/common/youtube-dl.md

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youtube-dl

Download videos from YouTube and other websites. More information: http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/.

  • Download a video or playlist:

youtube-dl {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0}}

  • List all formats that a video or playlist is available in:

youtube-dl --list-formats {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwa0_nE9H7A}}

  • Download a video or playlist at a specific quality:

youtube-dl --format {{"best[height<=480]"}} {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0}}

  • Download the audio from a video and convert it to an MP3:

youtube-dl -x --audio-format {{mp3}} {{url}}

  • Download the best quality audio and video and merge them:

youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio {{url}}

  • Download video(s) as MP4 files with custom filenames:

youtube-dl --format {{mp4}} -o {{"%(title)s by %(uploader)s on %(upload_date)s in %(playlist)s.%(ext)s"}} {{url}}

  • Download a particular language's subtitles along with the video:

youtube-dl --sub-lang {{en}} --write-sub {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwa0_nE9H7A}}

  • Download a playlist and extract mp3 from it:

youtube-dl -i --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" {{url to playlist}}