This gist documents a list of examples of yt-dlp

yt-dlp examples

# This gist documents a list of examples of using `yt-dlp` command
# to download video assets from the YouTube platform

VIDEO_URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tU3-WSyEhA"

# List available format
yt-dlp -F "${VIDEO_URL}"


# Download specific format
# 140: mp4a
# 399: 1080p mp4
FORMAT_CODE=''

yt-dlp              \
-f "${FORMAT_CODE}" \
"${VIDEO_URL}"

# Merge video and audio
VIDEO=""
AUDIO=""

ffmpeg              \
-i "${VIDEO}"       \
-i "${AUDIO}"       \
-c copy output.mp4