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youtube-dl

Download videos from YouTube and other websites.

More information.

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 "{%(playlist_index)s-%(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 MP3s from it:

youtube-dl -f "bestaudio" --continue --no-overwrites --ignore-errors --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" {url_to_playlist}

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