youtube-dl

0x00 Github Repository Fork

Github Repository

0x01 Installation

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sudo curl -L https://github.com/l1ving/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

0x02 Usage

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youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

0x03 how-to-select-video-quality-from-youtube-dl

how-to-select-video-quality-from-youtube-dl

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youtube-dl -F 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY'

Here is the output:

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[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] P9pzm5b6FFY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] P9pzm5b6FFY: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] P9pzm5b6FFY: Extracting video information
[info] Available formats for P9pzm5b6FFY:
format code extension resolution  note
140         m4a       audio only  DASH audio , audio@128k (worst)
160         mp4       144p        DASH video , video only
133         mp4       240p        DASH video , video only
134         mp4       360p        DASH video , video only
135         mp4       480p        DASH video , video only
136         mp4       720p        DASH video , video only
17          3gp       176x144
36          3gp       320x240
5           flv       400x240
43          webm      640x360
18          mp4       640x360
22          mp4       1280x720    (best)

The best quality is 22 so use -f 22 instead of -F to download the MP4 video with 1280x720 resolution like this:

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youtube-dl -f 22 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY'

Or optionally use the following flags to automatically download the best audio and video tracks that are available as a single file:

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youtube-dl -f best 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY'
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youtube-dl -f 137+141 https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=-pxRXP3w-sQ