yt-dlp

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A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. Download videos from YouTube and other websites. See also: `ytfzf`.

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Options (8)

-F, --list-formatsboolean

List the available downloadable formats for a video

Example: yt-dlp {{[-F|--list-formats]}} "{{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0}}"

-f, --formatboolean

Download a video or playlist using the best MP4 video available (default is "bv\*+ba/b")

Example: yt-dlp {{[-f|--format]}} "{{bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]}}" "{{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0}}"

-x, --extract-audioboolean

Extract audio from a video (requires ffmpeg or ffprobe)

Example: yt-dlp {{[-x|--extract-audio]}} "{{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0}}"

-I, --playlist-itemsboolean

Download only the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and last items in a playlist (the first item is 1, not 0)

Example: yt-dlp {{[-I|--playlist-items]}} 2,4:6,-1 "{{https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pTJfLQ3UwtB-3V4fimdqnA}}"

-o, --outputboolean

Download all playlists of a YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in a separate directory

Example:

yt-dlp {{[-o|--output]}} "{{%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s}}" "{{https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists}}"

-u, --usernameboolean

Download a Udemy course keeping each chapter in a separate directory

Example:

yt-dlp {{[-u|--username]}} {{user}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}} {{[-P|--paths]}} "{{path/to/directory}}" {{[-o|--output]}} "{{%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s}}" "{{https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial}}"

-p, --passwordboolean

Download a Udemy course keeping each chapter in a separate directory

Example:

yt-dlp {{[-u|--username]}} {{user}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}} {{[-P|--paths]}} "{{path/to/directory}}" {{[-o|--output]}} "{{%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s}}" "{{https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial}}"

-P, --pathsboolean

Download a Udemy course keeping each chapter in a separate directory

Example:

yt-dlp {{[-u|--username]}} {{user}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}} {{[-P|--paths]}} "{{path/to/directory}}" {{[-o|--output]}} "{{%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s}}" "{{https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial}}"

Examples (8)

Download a video or playlist (with the default options from command below)

yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

List the available downloadable formats for a video

yt-dlp [-F|--list-formats] "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

Download a video or playlist using the best MP4 video available (default is "bv\*+ba/b")

yt-dlp [-f|--format] "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

Extract audio from a video (requires ffmpeg or ffprobe)

yt-dlp [-x|--extract-audio] "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

Specify audio format and audio quality of extracted audio (between 0 (best) and 10 (worst), default = 5)

yt-dlp [-x|--extract-audio] --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

Download only the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and last items in a playlist (the first item is 1, not 0)

yt-dlp [-I|--playlist-items] 2,4:6,-1 "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pTJfLQ3UwtB-3V4fimdqnA"

Download all playlists of a YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in a separate directory

yt-dlp [-o|--output] "%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"

Download a Udemy course keeping each chapter in a separate directory

yt-dlp [-u|--username] user [-p|--password] password [-P|--paths] "path/to/directory" [-o|--output] "%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial"

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