Make yt-dlp easy to use: Difference between revisions
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Easy to use | Easy-ish to use short-term replacement for GRAB.BAT for Linux. Make yt-dlp command line less of a headache by aliasing it. | ||
Install yt-dlp from your package manager e.g. | Install yt-dlp from your package manager e.g. | ||
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vim ~/.bashrc.d/grab | vim ~/.bashrc.d/grab | ||
alias grab='printf "=========================================\nLazy grab commands for Linux (yt-dlp)\n=========================================\n\n grab-audio <url>\n\n grab-video <url>\n\n grab-audio-playlist <url>\n\n grab-video-playlist <url>\n\nFiles are downloaded into the working directory.\n\n"' | |||
alias grab-audio='yt-dlp --format "bestaudio/best" --audio-format mp3 --extract-audio -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' | alias grab-audio='yt-dlp --format "bestaudio/best" --audio-format mp3 --extract-audio -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' | ||
alias grab-video='yt-dlp --format "bestvideo+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' | alias grab-video='yt-dlp --format "bestvideo+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' | ||
alias grab-audio-playlist='grab-audio -a' | |||
alias grab-video-playlist='grab-video -a' | |||
For help: | |||
grab | |||
To grab audio: | To grab audio: | ||
grab-audio <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvAGUO27FNw</nowiki> | grab-audio <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvAGUO27FNw</nowiki> | ||
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grab-video <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXT7fDkf9I</nowiki> | grab-video <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXT7fDkf9I</nowiki> | ||
To grab a playlist of audio tracks: | To grab a playlist of audio tracks: | ||
grab-audio - | grab-audio-playlist playlist.txt | ||
To grab a playlist of video tracks: | To grab a playlist of video tracks: | ||
grab-video - | grab-video-playlist playlist.txt | ||
Revision as of 21:22, 12 February 2026
Easy-ish to use short-term replacement for GRAB.BAT for Linux. Make yt-dlp command line less of a headache by aliasing it.
Install yt-dlp from your package manager e.g.
sudo rpm-ostree install yt-dlp
Add grab aliases:
mkdir ~/.bashrc.d vim ~/.bashrc.d/grab
alias grab='printf "=========================================\nLazy grab commands for Linux (yt-dlp)\n=========================================\n\n grab-audio <url>\n\n grab-video <url>\n\n grab-audio-playlist <url>\n\n grab-video-playlist <url>\n\nFiles are downloaded into the working directory.\n\n"' alias grab-audio='yt-dlp --format "bestaudio/best" --audio-format mp3 --extract-audio -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' alias grab-video='yt-dlp --format "bestvideo+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4 -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --verbose' alias grab-audio-playlist='grab-audio -a' alias grab-video-playlist='grab-video -a'
For help:
grab
To grab audio:
grab-audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvAGUO27FNw
To grab video:
grab-video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXT7fDkf9I
To grab a playlist of audio tracks:
grab-audio-playlist playlist.txt
To grab a playlist of video tracks:
grab-video-playlist playlist.txt
