Where Does Youtube-dl Download To Mac

Download video+audio either single files or entire playlists. Supports YouTube, Vimeo etc.

Above is a summary of the options, for a full list including network/proxy/filtering options, run youtube-dl --help

The files are downloaded to the current directory.

Installation

1) download youtube-dl and copy it to /usr/local/bin/

( If /usr/local/bin does not already exist, then create it with sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin )

Download youtube-dl-gui - Use this GUI interface as is, packed together with the software it operates, and download YouTube videos to your heart's pleasure.

2) download ffmpeg and copy it to /usr/local/bin/

Example

Youtube-dl is an opensource command line tool to download video or audio from online video streaming services. Videos downloaded in mkv or webm extensions can be played by VLC Media player in all major devices and operating systems including iPhone, Android devices. Youtube-dl was added by in Oct 2010 and the latest update was made in Oct 2020. There is a history of all activities on youtube-dl in our Activity Log. Download macos sierra 10.12 6 update. It's possible to update the information on youtube-dl or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

First list the available formats with -F

Using the codes on the left hand size, you can select a specific size of Video and Audio.
So in this example, we want 1080p video (137) plus 255K audio (141) so the command becomes:

If you just want the highest possible quality, this is the default so all you need is:

$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG1VVFfOnYQ

By default the date/time of the downloaded file will be equal to the upload date/time to hopefully give an approximately correct date of the files creation, to disable this and return the downloaded date use the option --no-mtime

Automator

Izotope rx3 free download. You can run youtube-dl directly from any web browser (or any other application) using macOS services and Automator.

/how-to-download-minitab-express-on-mac.html. Choose Applications Automator and then create a new Service (click the Service icon.)
Set the drop-down lists as shown below, pass input 'as arguments'
The Shell script can just be two lines, one to cd change directory to where you want the movie saved, and the second to run youtube-dl passing the URL.

With that done save the Automator Service with a suitable name like 'Save Youtube Movie'

To run this, select any URL, in the web browser address bar, or even just a suitable url within a text document, then go to the services menu and select the name of your Automator service 'Save Youtube Movie'.
(Automator Services are automatically saved to ~/Library/Services/ )

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To do a new job, build afresh rather than complicate old programs by adding new features” ~ Ken Thompson

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