We go into depth into one of the most powerful command line programs to delve into the treasure chest of cat video’s we call youtube. We explore Youtube-Dl, its capabilities and the vast combination of switches and parameters you can use to turn Youtube (and other video sites) into your personal b*tch.
Shownotes.
- What is youtube-dl
- How to get it
- Youtube-dl
- Homebrew
- List of supported sites
Command line overview
Youtube Download
youtube-dl <url of the video>
Youtube Download audio only
youtube-dl —extract-audio —audio-format mp3 <url of the video>
Youtube Download search results (50)
youtube-dl ytsearch:”ted talks computers”
–playlist-end 20 -R 50
Youtube Download channel or topic (50)
Youtube-dl <urlfothechannel> —playlist-end 50 -R 50
Youtube Download ‘watch later que’
youtube-dl -u username -p password :ytwatchlater
Youtube Download audio only
youtube-dl —extract-audio —audio-format mp3 <url of the video>
Youtube Download search results (50)
youtube-dl ytsearch:”ted talks computers”
–playlist-end 20 -R 50
Youtube Download channel or topic (50)
Youtube-dl <urlfothechannel> —playlist-end 50 -R 50
Youtube Download ‘watch later que’
youtube-dl -u username -p password :ytwatchlater
Subscribe : add
add “playlist-end 1 -R 50”
Make pretty : add
“ -o ”location/file/%(title)s.%ext)s”
Extract only the audio of a channel.
—extract-audio —format-mp3 “playlist-end 1 -R 50”