youtube-dl.md

Prequisties

• Install tool - https://www.videohelp.com/software/youtube-dl
• Install ffmpeg and add it to path - https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

Rip play list or single song as mp3

youtube-dl.exe -x --audio-format mp3 -f bestaudio "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2gSzYLJ8sY"

macros.doskey - https://superuser.com/questions/1134368/create-permanent-doskey-in-windows-cmd/1134468#1134468

yt=C:\Users\Mercurius\Music\youtube-dl.exe -x --audio-format mp3 -f bestaudio "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1"
ytv=C:\Users\Mercurius\Music\youtube-dl.exe --version
ytu=C:\Users\Mercurius\Music\youtube-dl.exe -U

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/#installation

Mac installation:

1. brew install youtube-dl

• verify installation with youtube-dl --version

2. brew install ffmpeg

Then you can use the command above.

Download video: youtube-dl --recode-video mp4 WlWlGlvN4L4

Trimming video: ffmpeg -ss 00:00:18 -to 00:05:59 -i "input.mp4" -c copy "output.mp4"

Adding yt to mac:

vim ~/.bash_profile

function yt {
  youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 -f bestaudio "$1" -o '~/Music/%(artist)s - %(track)s.%(ext)s'
}

source ~/.bash_profile