yt-dlp

# yt-dlp Plugin Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. Fork of youtube-dl with active development and enhanced features. ## Commands - `yt-dlp self version` — Print yt-dlp version - `yt-dlp download video <args>` — Download video (passthrough: yt-dlp --quiet --no-warnings <URL> [options]) - `yt-dlp info video <args>` — Get video metadata as JSON (passthrough: yt-dlp -j --no-warnings <URL>) ## Installation ```bash curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp ``` Alternative methods: - `pip install yt-dlp` - `brew install yt-dlp` ## Usage Examples ```bash # Get video metadata as JSON sc yt-dlp info video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx" # Download video (quiet mode) sc yt-dlp download video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx" # Download with specific format sc yt-dlp download video "-f best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx" # Download audio only sc yt-dlp download video "-x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx" ``` ## Key Features - Supports 1000+ sites (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, etc.) - JSON output for metadata extraction - Format selection and conversion - Subtitle and metadata download - Playlist handling - Non-interactive, scriptable operation ## Common yt-dlp Options - `-j` / `--dump-json` - Print JSON for each video - `-J` / `--dump-single-json` - Print JSON for playlist - `--quiet` - Silent mode - `--no-warnings` - Suppress warnings - `-f FORMAT` - Select format - `-x` - Extract audio - `--write-subs` - Download subtitles