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youtube-dl [2020/10/25 13:32] – ↷ Page moved from tool:software:youtube-dl to youtube-dl rjtyoutube-dl [2023/08/07 11:51] (current) – [Useful Arguments] -f clarity rjt
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 ====== Youtube-dl ====== ====== Youtube-dl ======
-Great tool for downloading from [[form:www:youtube]].+Great tool for downloading from [[youtube]], and elsewhere. 
 + 
 +It's [[github>ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965|currently unmaintained]], so I've switched to a fork called [[yt-dlp]] to get around slow speeds downloading from Youtube.
  
 ===== Useful Arguments ===== ===== Useful Arguments =====
  
 ^ ''-F'' | List available formats for the video. | ^ ''-F'' | List available formats for the video. |
-^ ''-f\_[code]'' | Format, I usually go with ''best''. |+^ ''-f\_[code]'' | Format, use code from ''-F'' list. Default is highest quality. |
 ^ ''-i'' | Ignore errors. Sometimes comes in handy when trivial errors are holding things up. | ^ ''-i'' | Ignore errors. Sometimes comes in handy when trivial errors are holding things up. |
 ^ ''-o'' | Lets you set a template to format the filenames of the output. | ^ ''-o'' | Lets you set a template to format the filenames of the output. |
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 ===== Configuration ===== ===== Configuration =====
-You can put any argument in the file ''~/.config/youtube-dl/config'', and it will add the many time it runs.+You can put any argument in the file ''~/.config/youtube-dl/config'', and it will add them any time it runs.
  
 So it's an easy way to specify a common download location and naming template, for example. So it's an easy way to specify a common download location and naming template, for example.
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   * https://askubuntu.com/questions/856911/using-youtube-dl-to-download-entire-youtube-channel   * https://askubuntu.com/questions/856911/using-youtube-dl-to-download-entire-youtube-channel
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 +===== GUI =====
 +
 +Been researching making or installing a web interface to combine with a YTDL setup on [[qnap_ts-231p|my NAS]]. Here're some links:
 +
 +  * [[https://oleksis.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/|yt-dlg]] - [[Python]].
 +  * [[github>Rudloff/alltube]] - Seems overly complicated?
 +  * https://old.reddit.com/r/qnap/comments/8hu6me/how_to_download_youtube_using_qnap/
 +  * https://old.reddit.com/r/qnap/comments/lipv1p/help_with_youtubedl_installation/
 +  * https://old.reddit.com/r/qnap/comments/8hu6me/how_to_download_youtube_using_qnap/
 +  * https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=134916
 +  * [[https://tartube.sourceforge.io/|Tartube]]
  
 ===== Links ===== ===== Links =====
   * https://youtube-dl.org/   * https://youtube-dl.org/
 +  * [[github>ytdl-org/youtube-dl]]
 +  * [[yt-dlp]] - Fork with more features, and project activity.
 +
 +{{tag>software cli guide open-source youtube}}
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