| name | youtube-video-to-audio |
| description | Download YouTube videos as audio files using yt-dlp |
YouTube Video to Audio
Extract and download audio from YouTube videos.
Usage
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
Options
--video-url (required) - YouTube video URL to download
--quality - Quality selector (default: "bestaudio[abr<=64]/worstaudio")
--audio-format - Output format: mp3, aac, wav (default: mp3)
--bitrate - Audio bitrate: 64K, 128K, 192K, 320K (default: 64K)
--output - Custom output path (default: ~/tmp/download_audio_result.mp3)
Examples
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rZtgHcbWA"
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://youtu.be/xyz" --quality "bestaudio" --bitrate "128K"
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://youtu.be/xyz" --output "/path/to/output.mp3"
Requirements
- Python 3.11+
- ffmpeg installed at
~/ffmpeg
- yt-dlp (auto-downloaded on first run)