2021-10-13 m1gin 1108
youtube-dl Notes

Download videos from youtube, vimeo, dailymotion, etc.

  • youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zw3POq8V4
  • youtube-dl http://vimeo.com/75748826

Video id can be used instead of url for youtube:

  • youtube-dl w0zw3POq8V4

Multiple videos can downloaded at once

  • youtube-dl xklR0Qta3UM IbrOuw2Cumo XbS9Psv_GvQ

File name as video title:

  • youtube-dl -t http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zw3POq8V4

Resume if broken downlad (default):

  • youtube-dl -c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zw3POq8V4

Filename from template:
Available parameters: %(id)s , %(url)s , %(uploader)s , %(upload_date)s , %(title)s , %(ext)s , %(autonumber)s , %(epoch)s

  • youtube-dl w0zw3POq8V4 -o "%(title)s.%(upload_date)s"

Allow only ASCII chars in filename: --restrict-filenames

  • youtube-dl -c --restrict-filenames -f 5/36/17 --extract-audio -o "%(upload_date)s_%(title)s.%(ext)s" qQ2KMKsGpsw ZAPqgh9kktk fQKWX7iYtxY

Download multiple videos with specified formats:

  • youtube-dl -f 5/36/17 -o "%(upload_date)s_%(title)s.%(ext)s" xklR0Qta3UM IbrOuw2Cumo XbS9Psv_GvQ
  • youtube-dl -i -c --restrict-filenames -f 5/36/17 --extract-audio -o "%(upload_date)s_%(title)s.%(ext)s" qQ2KMKsGpsw ZAPqgh9kktk fQKWX7iYtxY

Download Video and Extract Audio (ffmpeg required):

  • youtube-dl --extract-audio xklR0Qta3UM
  • youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-quality 64k --audio-format mp3 XbS9Psv_GvQ

--audio-format: best, mp3, vorbis, wav, aac, m4a

List available formats for a video:

  • youtube-dl -F RuH2w8RQeSE

Download using youtube video format and order: -f 22/18/17
webm or mp4:

  • youtube-dl -f 46/45/44/22/18/17 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pS5276PvA4

flv:

  • youtube-dl -f 35/34/6/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pS5276PvA4

Download video by specifying format and extension:

  • youtube-dl -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio/best" vid
  • youtube-dl -f "best[ext=mp4]/bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best" vid
  • youtube-dl -f "((bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[acodec=opus]/bestaudio[acodec=vorbis]/bestaudio[acodec=aac]/bestaudio))/bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio/best" vid


get download url of youtube video:

  • youtube-dl -g 7XviqLltItk

get audio-only url of youtube video:

  • youtube-dl -x -g 7XviqLltItk

play only audio of a youtube video by vlc:

  • vlc $(youtube-dl -x -g 7XviqLltItk)

download audio from youtube as named file:

  • wget $(youtube-dl --extract-audio -g "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALlN8WEgH9s") -O abc.mp3

process youtube video directly with ffmpeg:

  • ffmpeg -i "$(youtube-dl --extract-audio -g C8bJ5KVecmM)" -r 44100 "video.mp3"

change speed of youtube audio directly using ffmpeg:

  • ffmpeg -i "$(youtube-dl --extract-audio -g C8bJ5KVecmM)" -filter:a "atempo=2.0" -r 44100 "video.mp3"

change audio speed of youtube audio:

  • youtube-dl -x --exec "ffmpeg -i {} -filter:a 'atempo=2.0' {}.mp3" QauviCmyzCw
  • youtube-dl --audio-format mp3 -x --postprocessor-args "-acodec libmp3lame -filter:a 'atempo=2.0'" QauviCmyzCw

get youtube video title:

  • youtube-dl --get-filename --get-title vid

download best video option by size:

  • youtube-dl -f "bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480]" RuH2w8RQeSE

get direct url by proxy:

  • youtube-dl -g -f 'best[height<=720]/best' --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9999/ url

play video directy by getting direct url using proxy:

  • mpv --framedrop vo --cache=55000 $(youtube-dl -g -f "best[height<=720]/best" --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9999/ url )

process audio after downloading it:

  • youtube-dl -v --no-mtime -x --exec 'ffmpeg -y -i {} -acodec libmp3lame -af "atempo=1.6, dynaudnorm=f=500:g=33" {}.mp3; rm {}' "m4JowCM3urk";

search in youtube:

  • youtube-dl -s "ytsearch1:mbirgin"

download only subtitles from a youtube video:

  • youtube-dl --all-subs --sub-format srt --skip-download https://youtu.be/n9RotLbBtAY

Download videos from youtube playlist:

  • youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0rzehjnXflsOI4c1kdYD6iz3Uh-iGE3

Download a range from playlist:

  • youtube-dl --playlist-start 5 --playlist-end 10 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0rzehjnXflsOI4c1kdYD6iz3Uh-iGE3
  • youtube-dl --playlist-start 2 --max-downloads 11 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0rzehjnXflsOI4c1kdYD6iz3Uh-iGE3

Download only matched and/or remove matched videos (REGEX or sub-string):

  • youtube-dl --match-title ".*radyo.*" --reject-title "ingiliz" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH0rzehjnXflsOI4c1kdYD6iz3Uh-iGE3

Convert video by using pipe and ffmpeg

  • youtube-dl OkBbZvkL9XY -o - | ffmpeg -i - -c:v libvpx -c:a libvorbis test.webm
  • youtube-dl -f 5 OkBbZvkL9XY -o - | ffmpeg -i - -vn -acodec copy pipe.mp3
  • youtube-dl OkBbZvkL9XY -o - | ffmpeg -i - -vn -c:a libvorbis -ab 48k -ac 1 -ar 44100 test.ogg

Note: datebefore, dateafter parameters also can be used to filter videos by upload date.

Download audio only from playlist and don't repeat the previously downloaded videos:

If the process stopped, youtube-dl trying to download the same files again.
By creating download archive file, youtube-dl will not try to download the completed videos.

youtube-dl --download-archive downloaded.txt --no-post-overwrites --no-overwrites -c -x --audio-format mp3 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWSjq7mjn8o&list=OLAK5uy_n-G7iiIDJbjefCOd3Y3vEG_KuX8aKkAvc";


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