Multimedia
yt-dlp
YouTube-DL Fork - Download videos from YouTube and other platforms.
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Verified: 2026-05-10
Syntax
$yt-dlp [OPTIONS] URL
Examples
$yt-dlp https://youtu.be/video-id
$yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 https://youtu.be/video-id
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
yt-dlp --help
Note
Fork of youtube-dl with better performance and more features.
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