yt-dlp (Youtube)

Download and extract data from youtube videos. yt-dlp is an actively maintained fork of the defunct yt-dl.

Install

cd ~/.local/bin
wget -q0 yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux

yt-dlp --update  # Update to latest release.
yt-dlp --update-to 0xvd/yt-dlp-exp@generic-kvs  # Update to specific patch.

pacman -Ss yt-dlp yt-dlp-ejs

# Install yt-dlp
curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

# Install deno
curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh
echo 'export DENO_INSTALL="$HOME/.deno"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# Confirm Deno is loaded
yt-dlp --verbose 2>&1 | grep "deno"

# Update releases
yt-dlp --update
sudo deno upgrade

# libav-tools may be required: Copy all dll/exe files from
# libav-tools/win64/usr/bin to location of yt-dlp.exe.
#
#   http://builds.libav.org/windows/release-gpl
winget install yt-dlp

Extract 320kbps MP3 Audio From Video

yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 320K --keep-video --add-metadata {URL}

Extract FLAC Audio From Video.

yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format flac --audio-quality 0 --add-metadata {URL}

List all formats for a video and select the best ones.

yt-dlp -F {URL}
yt-dlp -f ###+### {URL}

Download only the 1080p video/audio stream from a video.

yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]" {URL}

Download a playlist.

yt-dlp https://youtube.com/playlist?list={PLAYLIST ID} --yes-playlist

Track Downloaded Videos for Archiving.

# This downloads only videos not listed in file and adds any downloaded videos
# to the given file. Space downloads randomly to prevent blocking.
#
# File can be manually created after initial download by using naked site and
# id:
#
#   redgifs 1234567890abcef
yt-dlp {URL} --sleep-interval 10 --max-sleep-interval 30 --download-archive archive.md

Azure Media Services

These can be downloaded by forcing a m3u8 stream and downloading. This works for MS streaming videos and other services using Azure Media Service backends.

1. ctrl + shift + i u2794 network ➔ all
2. Load the video/stream page.
3. Locate the manifest(format=...) URI in Chrome Dev Tools.
4. RMB ➔ copy ➔ copy link address
5. Use with yt-dlp changing manifest portion of the URI to manifest(format=m3u8-aapl-v3)

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