Yt Dlp Feature Rich Audio Video Downloader Cli

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name: "yt-dlp Feature-Rich Audio and Video Downloader CLI"
slug: "yt-dlp-feature-rich-audio-video-downloader-cli"
description: "yt-dlp is a powerful command-line tool for downloading audio and video from thousands of websites including YouTube, Vimeo, and social media platforms. It supports format selection, subtitle extraction, metadata embedding, SponsorBlock integration, and batch processing with extensive post-processing options."
github_stars: 154307
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source: "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
category: "Media & Transcription"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
  github_stars: 154307
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# yt-dlp Feature-Rich Audio and Video Downloader CLI

yt-dlp is a powerful command-line tool for downloading audio and video from thousands of websites including YouTube, Vimeo, and social media platforms. It supports format selection, subtitle extraction, metadata embedding, SponsorBlock integration, and batch processing with extensive post-processing options.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- python -m pip install -U --pre "yt-dlp[default]"
- After installing these, simply run make.
- You can also run make yt-dlp instead to compile only the binary without updating any of the additional files. (The build tools marked with **\*** are not needed for this)
- npm), ejs:github (external JavaScript

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp)|Platform-independent [zipimport](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipimport.html) binary. Needs Python (recommended for **Linux/BSD**)
- Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
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Basic usage or getting-started notes:
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- [USAGE AND OPTIONS](#usage-and-options)
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- Source: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/HEAD/README.md

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