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youtube-dl

A command-line program to download videos from YouTube and more sites.

What is youtube-dl?

Augmentable with front-ends such as Youtube-DLG , youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and a hundreds other sites. It requires the Python interpreter and is therefore platform-independent.

It can be integrated in other programs and so be used to watch online videos in local applications such as MPV .

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• Top positive comment  almost 4 years ago • 0 replies
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simple but efficient commandline tool. I used it to download complete playlists of videos from Youtube with there original subtitles.

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• Top positive comment  over 5 years ago • 0 replies
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Does what it needs to do, has format options, no bullshit. Also downloads from other video hosts. You know what I mean. Non-technical users may find the CLI weird, welcome to computers! Remember to update frequently.

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• Top negative comment  14 days ago • 0 replies
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youtube-dl can be slow with some versions!

I confirm 50 KiB/s speeds with version 2021.12.17 (latest release on GitHub) right now with googlevideo.com. Read these topics for more examples:

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184 https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102

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It's the best.

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• Positive comment • 6 months ago • 0 replies
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Because it is simple

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there are lots of features

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• Positive comment • 11 months ago • 0 replies
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I like youtube-dl cuz its works.

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Categories

OS & Utilities • Video & Movies • Audio & Music • Web Browsers

Tags

  • SoundCloud Downloader
  • youtube-converter

Lists containing youtube-dl

Youtube DL •  The Complete Suite of Programs Needed After New Windows Installation [V2.0: Advanced] •  Windows •  Swiss IT - Administration
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Summary

Our users have written 22 comments and reviews about youtube-dl, and it has gotten 364 likes

GitHub repository

  •  111,111 Stars
  •  7,884 Forks
  •  4738 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 28, 2022
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youtube-dl was added to AlternativeTo by 6432575487 on Oct 15, 2010 and this page was last updated Jun 28, 2022.

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    ab1 reviewed youtube-dl
    youtube-dl can be slow with some versions! I confirm 50 KiB/s speeds with version 2021.12.17 (latest release on GitHub) right now with googlevideo.com. Read these topics for more examples: [https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184) [https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102)
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    ab1 Upvoted a comment on youtube-dl
    youtube-dl can be slow with some versions! I confirm 50 KiB/s speeds with version 2021.12.17 (latest release on GitHub) right now with googlevideo.com. Read these topics for more examples: [https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184) [https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102)
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