yt-dlp
The video downloader — essential for creators and researchers, top-tier star count
The video downloader; an essential for content creators and researchers, with a top-tier star count.
Search engines, scrapers, and data infrastructure for AI pipelines.
Key features
- Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
- Supports thousands of sites; fork of youtube-dl
- Format selection, subtitles, metadata and post-processing options
- Plugin system and Python embedding support
Good for
- Users downloading videos or audio from thousands of sites
- Archivists scripting bulk media downloads
Stack & tags
Pythonvideo-downloadercliyoutubemedia-toolsopen-source
Quick start
pip install yt-dlpFrom the project README on GitHub.
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