youtube-dl

youtube-dl downloads videos from youtube and many other sites.

Usage

• youtube-dl [options] [url]

Options

• -f, --format [format] Specify the video format.
• --write-thumbnail Saves the thumbnail image.
• --write-all-thumbnails Saves all thumbnails.
• --no-playlist Download only the video if the link leads to a playlist, too.
• --yes-playlist Download the entire playlist if the link leads to a playlist, too.

Post-processing Options

• -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to purely audio.
• --audio-format [format] Specify the audio format.
• -k, --keep-video Keep the video file after performing audio tasks.

Source code

youtube-dl is in development. You can view its source code here.

It is recommended that you use a fork of youtube-dl, like youtube-dlp, as youtube-dl's development has slowed down.

Page added on 2021-10-19, last edited on: 2021-12-10

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