{"id":12638,"date":"2019-03-28T05:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T05:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12638"},"modified":"2019-03-28T05:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T05:12:21","slug":"install-youtube-dl-a-command-line-video-download-tool-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/install-youtube-dl-a-command-line-video-download-tool-for-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install YouTube-DL \u2013 A Command Line Video Download Tool for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0Python<\/strong>\u00a0based small command-line tool that allows to download videos from\u00a0YouTube.com<\/strong>,\u00a0Dailymotion<\/strong>,\u00a0Google Video<\/strong>,\u00a0Photobucket<\/strong>,\u00a0Facebook<\/strong>,\u00a0Yahoo<\/strong>,\u00a0Metacafe<\/strong>,\u00a0Depositfiles<\/strong>\u00a0and few more similar sites. It written in\u00a0pygtk<\/strong>\u00a0and requires\u00a0Python<\/strong>\u00a0interpreter to run this program, it\u2019s not platform restricted. It should run on any\u00a0Unix<\/strong>,\u00a0Windows<\/strong>\u00a0or in\u00a0Mac OS X<\/strong>\u00a0based systems.<\/p>\n

Recently,\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0added video download support for\u00a017<\/strong>\u00a0new websites:\u00a0brightcove.com<\/strong>,\u00a0auengine.com<\/strong>,\u00a0RingTV<\/strong>,\u00a0instagram.com<\/strong>,\u00a0Jukebox<\/strong>,\u00a03sat<\/strong>,\u00a0CSpan<\/strong>,\u00a0Statigr.am<\/strong>,\u00a0traileraddict.com<\/strong>,\u00a0hotnewhiphop.com<\/strong>,\u00a0wat.tv<\/strong>,\u00a0tu.tv<\/strong>,\u00a0gamespot.com<\/strong>, tudou.com<\/strong>,\u00a0Wimp.com<\/strong>,\u00a0archive.org<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0break.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0also allows to choose specific avialable video quality format to download or let the program itself automatically download higher quality video from the site. It also has supports for user\u00a0specific playlist<\/strong>downloads, options to add custom or\u00a0original title<\/strong>\u00a0to the downloaded video file.\u00a0proxy support<\/strong>\u00a0and many more.<\/p>\n

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Download YouTube Videos in Linux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Install YouTube-DL in RHEL\/CentOS and Fedora<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0program can be installed by\u00a0enabling epel repository<\/a>\u00a0under your systems. Once enabled, you can install using \u2018yum<\/strong>\u2018 package manager tool as shown.<\/p>\n

# yum install youtube-dl<\/pre>\n
Update<\/strong>: If you don\u2019t wish to add any third party repository, you can still install it right away using\u00a0curl<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0wget<\/strong>command as shown.<\/p>\n
# curl https:\/\/yt-dl.org\/latest\/youtube-dl -o \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\nOR\r\n# wget https:\/\/yt-dl.org\/downloads\/latest\/youtube-dl -O \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\n<\/pre>\n
Note<\/strong>: Your system must have\u00a0curl<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0wget<\/strong>\u00a0packages installed to fetch the recent version\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0file. If you don\u2019t have them, you may\u00a0yum<\/strong>\u00a0to get it.<\/p>\n
After fetching the file, you need to set a executable permission on the script to execute properly.<\/p>\n
chmod a+rx \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\n<\/pre>\n
Install YouTube-DL in Ubuntu\/Linux Mint and Debian<\/h3>\n
Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0users can download and install latest\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0version from the\u00a0webupd8 PPA<\/a>\u00a0as shown.<\/p>\n
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard\/webupd8\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install youtube-dl<\/pre>\n
Update<\/strong>: Similarly, instead using any third party PPA, you can use\u00a0curl<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0wget<\/strong>\u00a0command to install latest version of\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0script as shown.<\/p>\n
$ sudo curl https:\/\/yt-dl.org\/latest\/youtube-dl -o \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\nOR\r\nsudo wget https:\/\/yt-dl.org\/downloads\/latest\/youtube-dl -O \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\n<\/pre>\n
After downloading the script, set the executable permission.<\/p>\n
$ sudo chmod a+rx \/usr\/local\/bin\/youtube-dl\r\n<\/pre>\n
Update YouTube-DL<\/h3>\n
Youtube-dl itself can be\u00a0updated<\/strong>\u00a0to the latest version using the following command.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl -U<\/pre>\n
Sample Output<\/h5>\n
Updating to version 2015.09.03 ...\r\nUpdated youtube-dl. Restart youtube-dl to use the new version.\r\n<\/pre>\n
How to Use YouTube-DL to Download Videos<\/h3>\n
To download a video file, simply run the following command. Where \u201cVIDEO_URL<\/strong>\u201d is the url of the video that you want to download.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Sample Output<\/h5>\n
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading webpage\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading video info webpage\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Extracting video information\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading js player new-en_US-vflCeB3p5\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading DASH manifest\r\n[download] Destination: Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life-iRYvuS9OxdA.mp4\r\n[download] 100% of 10.33MiB in 00:01\r\n<\/pre>\n
To list all available formats of video, use option \u201c\u2013list-formats<\/strong>\u201d with the\u00a0youtube-dl<\/strong>\u00a0command.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl --list-formats https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Sample Output<\/h5>\n
[youtube] vKtwZmhX0lw: Downloading webpage\r\n[youtube] vKtwZmhX0lw: Downloading video info webpage\r\n[youtube] vKtwZmhX0lw: Extracting video information\r\n[youtube] vKtwZmhX0lw: Downloading DASH manifest\r\n[youtube] vKtwZmhX0lw: Downloading DASH manifest\r\n[info] Available formats for vKtwZmhX0lw:\r\nformat code  extension  resolution note\r\n171          webm       audio only DASH audio  113k , vorbis@128k (44100Hz), 1.86MiB\r\n140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, aac  @128k (44100Hz), 2.14MiB\r\n141          m4a        audio only DASH audio  255k , m4a_dash container, aac  @256k (44100Hz), 4.30MiB\r\n278          webm       180x144    DASH video   63k , webm container, vp9, 1fps, video only, 946.76KiB\r\n160          mp4        180x144    DASH video  112k , avc1.4d400c, 15fps, video only, 1.86MiB\r\n242          webm       300x240    DASH video  170k , vp9, 1fps, video only, 2.50MiB\r\n133          mp4        300x240    DASH video  247k , avc1.4d400d, 25fps, video only, 4.11MiB\r\n243          webm       400x320    DASH video  288k , vp9, 1fps, video only, 4.07MiB\r\n13           3gp        unknown    small \r\n17           3gp        176x144    small ,  mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3\r\n36           3gp        320x240    small ,  mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3\r\n5            flv        400x240    small \r\n43           webm       640x360    medium ,  vorbis, vp8.0\r\n18           mp4        640x360    medium ,  mp4a.40.2, avc1.42001E (best)\r\n<\/pre>\n
To download a preferred file format, use the option \u2018-f\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(video format code). For example, I would like to download\u00a0mp4<\/strong>\u00a0format, So I use format code as \u201818<\/strong>\u2018 as shown below.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl -f 18 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Sample Output<\/h5>\n
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading webpage\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading video info webpage\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Extracting video information\r\n[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading DASH manifest\r\n[download] Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life-iRYvuS9OxdA.mp4 has already been downloaded\r\n[download] 100% of 10.33MiB\r\n<\/pre>\n
To download a\u00a0list of video<\/strong>\u00a0files, create a file and place all the\u00a0YouTube<\/strong>\u00a0links that you wish to download.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl -a youtube_links.txt<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Type the following command in a terminal to list all the avialable options.<\/p>\n
# youtube-dl --help<\/pre>\n
For other distributions, youtube-dl can be downloaded from the\u00a0youtube-dl download<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n
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youtube-dl\u00a0is a\u00a0Python\u00a0based small command-line tool that allows to download videos from\u00a0YouTube.com,\u00a0Dailymotion,\u00a0Google Video,\u00a0Photobucket,\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Yahoo,\u00a0Metacafe,\u00a0Depositfiles\u00a0and few more similar sites. It written in\u00a0pygtk\u00a0and requires\u00a0Python\u00a0interpreter to run this program, it\u2019s not platform restricted. It should run on any\u00a0Unix,\u00a0Windows\u00a0or in\u00a0Mac OS X\u00a0based systems. Recently,\u00a0youtube-dl\u00a0added video download support for\u00a017\u00a0new websites:\u00a0brightcove.com,\u00a0auengine.com,\u00a0RingTV,\u00a0instagram.com,\u00a0Jukebox,\u00a03sat,\u00a0CSpan,\u00a0Statigr.am,\u00a0traileraddict.com,\u00a0hotnewhiphop.com,\u00a0wat.tv,\u00a0tu.tv,\u00a0gamespot.com, tudou.com,\u00a0Wimp.com,\u00a0archive.org\u00a0and\u00a0break.com youtube-dl\u00a0also allows to choose specific avialable video quality format to download … <\/p>\n
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