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- Instructions on setting up the default download directory
- yt-dlp normally downloads the file into the folder the terminal is currently running in
- yt-dlp normally supports a config file, but my installation can't read it
My commonly used command line arguments
- Extract only the audio (-x). Additionally define the format with
--audio-format=mp3. -x --audio-format=mp3
- Download certain playlist items
--playlist-items 2,3,4-7
- Search for a video using a string. Can be used instead of an URL.
"ytsearch:Pikmin 2 OST - Glutton's Kitchen (Olimar) [Complete]"
- Download a specific time frame. The option normally downloads chapters that match the Regular Expression in the string, but a '*'-prefix denotes a time frame instead. Needs ffmpeg & can be used multiple times in one command
--download-sections "intro" --download-sections "*0:00-15:00"
My go-to command line calls
- Download the audio of a video as an ogg vorbis file
yt-dlp -x --audio-format=vorbis
- Only download the thumbnail and convert it to the given image format
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-thumbnail --convert-thumbnails=jpg
My configs
- Set the output of every operation to be a folder in the Downloads folder
-o "~/Downloads/youtube-dl/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
Misc
- To download a video whose video ID starts with an '-', write '--' inbetween the arguments and the URL. Example:
yt-dlp -o "~/Downloads/youtube-dl/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -x --audio-format=mp3 -- -jEgDO5n71c