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single-line shell commands to download MP4 or MP3 from Youtube
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yt.sh
# MP4
# requirements:
# brew install youtube-dl
# usage: yt-mp4 <youtube-URL>
alias yt-mp4="youtube-dl -f 'best[height=720]'"
# MP3
# requirements:
# brew install youtube-dl
# brew install ffmpeg (for audio extraction)
# extract audio (-x) -- quality set to 7 out of 9
# usage: yt-mp3 <youtube-URL>
alias yt-mp3="youtube-dl -f best -x --audio-quality 7 --audio-format mp3"
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