Questions tagged [youtube-dl]
A free command-line downloader primarily for YouTube videos, available on many platforms.
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Unable to compele the installation of youtube-dl-webui on Ubuntu
I'm completely new to python and linux in general. I got a headless ubuntu and trying to install youtube-dl-webui from Github. I've installed youtube-dl & flask as per the instruction from the ...
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Is there anyway to get direct download link from a website?
I want to download a video from here- https://commencement.mit.edu/webcast. Now, I used youtube-dl to download the video, and it was successful in extracting the source and downloading it, but the ...
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Error while downloading video on desktop using youtube-dl [closed]
I installed youtube-dl on my pc just yesterday but then while attempting to download certain videos some kind of error pops up in the command prompt(given below)
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: ...
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Automatically watch short videos (< 10 min) using youtube autoplay? [migrated]
I want to use the youtube autoplay mode to automatically watch videos of a topic while taking screenshots.
To increase the diversity of the screenshots I want the videos to be short.
However youtube ...
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Download the lowest quality video with youtube-dl
What's the command to download the least quality video with youtube-dl?
youtube-dl -F shows
format code extension resolution note
mp4-56 mp4 audio only 56k , isom container, 0fps, ~...
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“no matches found” error when using youtube-dl
OK so I am just getting started with the command line stuff so I am guessing this is really a very noob question:
I downloaded the youtube-dl according to this post https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-...
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how to download a catchup streaming?
How to download catchup stream from this website?
https://www.rctiplus.com/tv/rcti/61723/preman-pensiun-s4?date=2020-05-14
1 month ago just use youtube-dl -g catcuplink
i can get the m3u8 url. The ...
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Piping from youtube-dl to jq in command substitution
When I run
youtube-dl -j "$youtube_url" | jq
I get a nice json output. However, when I run
json=$(youtube-dl -j "$youtube_url" | jq)
then jq prints it's usage page and after that youtube-dl fails ...
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How to download tricky subtitles with youtube-dl?
I am trying to download the subtitles for this stream (https://live.performa.intio.tv/media/30e671d3-0bd2-46db-b70d-6fb4cb6be350/master-allsubs.m3u8), using youtube-dl.
In the m3u8 file subtitles are ...
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How to get playlist name(title) with youtube-dl
I have an issue with youtube-dl in Linux, so I want to create a bash
script letting me download a playlist and put all the videos in a
separate folder having the name of that playlist
here is my ...
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How to finish downloading a partially downloaded normal file with aria2?
There is this file that I'm downloading but the server I'm downloading it from reduces my download speed as time passes so I have to restart my download again and again after a few minutes. I've ...
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Youtube-dl: Decrypt and/or play MP4 - PlayReady/DRM/cenc/dash
A Video-file is downloaded with youtube-dl based on mpd-file. However ffmpeg post-processor fails to convert it to playable mp4. The file downloaded with youtube-dl is encrypted. Is there a ...
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youtube-dl - Download best audio/video, embed thumbnail, and convert to mp4
I've poured through the youtube-dl documentation. I've found what I thought was exactly what I wanted...but I've run into a snag, and I'm curious to see if any of the more advanced options of youtube-...
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Delete removed videos from playlist youtube-dl
I have a script that syncs my yt playlist to my computer. Problem is, when I remove a video from my playlist it stays on my computer. Is there a way to either have youtube-dl delete the video or to ...
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Unrecognised option '-get-url' Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
I'm trying to download a clip from a YouTube video, and I've gone the route of command line tools after I found out websites aren't cut out for this task.
Thanks to this AskUbuntu thread, I've got ...
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youtube-dl - is the %(uploader)s argument permanent for every channel?
Asking because I'm trying to download multiple channels and put them in their respective directory, i.e.:
-o 'N:/youtube/%(channel_id)s__%(uploader)s/%(upload_date)s_%(title)s_%(id)s.%(ext)s'
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Youtubedl --audio-format FORMAT is ignored to download opus audio. Could not write header for output file #0 error
youtube-dl --list-formats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BDq_22PfWU&t=628s [youtube]
4BDq_22PfWU: Downloading webpage [youtube] 4BDq_22PfWU: Downloading
video info webpage [info] Available ...
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How can I make youtube-dl return the creator of a playlist?
I can use youtube-dl with the --dump-json option and jq to get the uploader of a video:
uploader=$(youtube-dl --dump-json "$video_url" | jq -r '.uploader')
Is there a way to get the creator of a ...
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Exclude downloading a playlist video exceeding a certain length
I want to download a playlist but exclude all videos exceeding a length I would specify (like 10 minutes or more). The only similar option I can find is --max-filesize SIZE, but I would prefer ...
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How safe is running the command “youtube-dl -U” to update youtube-dl?
I've read the manual and searched their GitHub. I can't find any information whatsoever about what this command does other than "downloads the latest binary and replaces the existing one which it ...
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Linking videos in playlist folders with youtube-dl
Is there an easy method to link the files to playlist folders with youtube-dl? I know it's possible to put them directly under playlist folders with -o option but what I need is a bit different.
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How can I download a youtube playlist with youtube-dl and make it a mp3-playlist?
I want to download this playlist but when I download it like youtube-dl -i PLSzf4L_DltPLtcOJuLM-eSV5AzBQQIrPc it doesn't write any playlist info in metadata. But most of the music players need ...
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Get youtube-dl video for a particular size, like 480p or 720p
This answer is very involved:
youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480]'
I have a hard time believing that software as advanced as youtube-dl does not have a ...
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Rename file and encapsulte last X number of charactors, before the extension, in square brackets
I've been using youtube-dl to download an entire youtuber's channel for archival purposes. I had been using the default naming pattern for naming the videos which uses the video's title, then a hyphen,...
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youtube-dl giving 407 Proxy Authorization Required after some minutes
I'm using the following command on a windows terminal:
youtube-dl -ciw --proxy myuser:mypass@proxy.abc.com:8080 "https://www.youtube.com/user/CodeNMore/videos"
to download a channel/playlist.
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youtube-dl record live stream segmentation
Would you please help me to record live stream as some segments with Youtube-dl?
For example record a live stream every 30mins automatically
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Is it possible to set a custom thumbnail size/quality to be embedded in the audio file on youtube-dl?
I've noticed it downloads the full-size video thumbnail temporarily along with the audio file on the destination folder. But when it embeds the thumbnail on the media file, it resizes to small quality....
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How to change the date modified of youtube-dl files to date downloaded?
If I download this clip with youtube-dl, the last modified date is 15 November 2018 03:55, while YouTube shows a posted date of 23 April 2013. This page mentions that one cannot replace a video:
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How can I download the video description of a YouTube video without downloading the video with youtube-dl?
How can I download the video description of a YouTube video without downloading the video with youtube-dl?
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Downloading playlist images from YouTube in max resolution
I've just stumbled across the fact that YouTube often stores high-quality assets for auto-generated playlists and videos. Example auto-generated video is here (possibly NSFW):
https://www.youtube....
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How can I display VTT or other subtitle formats used by youtube-dl in VLC?
For some reason, the subtitles don't work on VLC, is there something I need to be aware about, like converting them?
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How youtube-dl works?
How can I get direct youtube video URL? I tried to do this with Chrome Network monitor. I used this video as example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
With this way i got this URL(It will ...
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youtube-dl '--add-metadata' not writing all metadata on Windows 8.1
I have the latest version of youtube-dl installed as a environment variable for easy access in Command Prompt; I'd like to be able to simply type youtube-dl, then paste a link after it, all while ...
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youtube-dl/youtube-dlg on ubuntu creating same name after downloads
good day everyone, (please consider that i researched the error before asking)
so a week ago i installed youtube-dl/youtube-dlg on my ubuntu 18 machine.
Out of the blue (on tuesday july the 30th 2019)...
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Batch file works fine. When converted to exe it doesn't [SOLVED]
(Updates and solution below)
I have a batch file that uses youtube-dl to get information from a url then sends it to Internet Download Manager. As a batch file it works perfectly. It parses the URL ...
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Batch file to use youtube-dl with Internet Download Manager
I took the basic batch file (which didn't work) from someone else and tried to fix it. The problem is with the filename when I want to save the video.
The video title is like this:
"title | ...
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How can I download YouTube videos with their description? [closed]
I'd like to download some Youtube videos to keep them for later, but sometimes the video description is very important, so I want to download the description along with the video.
I can't do that ...
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Trying to download a youtube video, but getting a weird incomprehensible http error, even via tools
Have been trying this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBKKZN1MMBM.
Youtube-dl doesn't work. Convert.io and https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com manually also failed.
What could have gone wrong ...
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How to batch download still frames from youtube videos?
I am working on a project that requires running analyses on around 20k videos hosted on youtube.com. For my analyses, I need 3-5 screenshots of each video, at different points in the video.
I know ...
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youtube-dl: PowerShell --exec commands are overwritten by output file location
I am writing a youtube-dl PowerShell script that needs to invoke a function every time a video is downloaded. The only reliable way to trigger an event if a video is successfully downloaded is through ...
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Where does youtube-dl save videos when used in mpv?
When using youtube-dl with mpv on Windows 7, where do the videos get saved? Does Windows have a tmp directory where they will go? Is there a way to find out where the videos are being saved to?
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youtube-dl leaves some files after download aborting
I have limited video size to 20mb, but after video failed to download because of large size youtube-dl still produce some files, that is undesired.
youtube-dl u7VNkYraCw0 --max-filesize 20m -o '...
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How to download all TikTok videos of a particular user
How can I download all videos of a particular user, from Tiktok web (not Android)? I access TikTok using Ubuntu desktop, through browser. I know that it is easy to download each video separately.
I ...
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What does the “[ffmpeg] tls: Failed to send close message” error mean (mpv)?
I often stream video or audio in mpv (requires youtube-dl, FFmpeg is installed) and the [ffmpeg] tls: Failed to send close message error is always displayed in shell (PowerShell) when I quit the ...
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How to (re)-download a video from outside the original country?
I am new here, just registered today, thanks in advance for your big patience :) My purpose: be able to download (or at least to watch) what I already downloaded in the past, surely something has been ...
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youtube-dl to dl according to batch file of keywords instead of urls [closed]
I have been trying to get youtube-dl to download search results, from a batch file.
I am able to specify key words for individual searches like:
youtube-dl -i -w "ytsearch:67 Mustang Repair -l 5"
I ...
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ffmpeg freezes when piping two inputs
I currently have a command that has two piped outputs input into two pipes into ffmpeg
{ youtube-dl -f bestaudio[ext!=webm]/140/best[ext!=webm] --no-cache-dir -o - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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How to exit youtube-dl when streaming to mpv on Windows?
I often use the command mpv <YouTube URL> --no-video (FFmpeg may also be mandatory) to only stream audio when the video track is redundant, should commonly save over 99% of bandwidth. I run the ...
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How to “capture” child_process output in node.js [closed]
I'm using youtube-dl to download videos from YouTube. When I call it from node.js spawn child_process, it downloads video, everything works fine, but I'm not able to get any information from ...
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youtube-dl how to call PowerShell script with all possible filenames
I wrote a PowerShell script to do some post processing on audio downloaded by youtube-dl and I'm trying to use the --exec flag to call it automatically. The problem is that I don't know how to ...
