{"id":9797,"date":"2022-07-13T07:20:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2022-07-13T07:20:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:20:36","slug":"how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system","title":{"rendered":"How to Use YouTube DL on a Linux System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a312ceb5e8ff\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a312ceb5e8ff\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a312ceb5e8ff\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system\/#How_to_Use_YouTube_DL_on_a_Linux_System\" title=\"How to Use YouTube DL on a Linux System\">How to Use YouTube DL on a Linux System<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system\/#Youtube-DL_is_a_command-line_program\" title=\"Youtube-DL is a command-line program\">Youtube-DL is a command-line program<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system\/#It_allows_downloading_videos_and_audio_from_more_than_a_thousand_websites\" title=\"It allows downloading videos and audio from more than a thousand websites\">It allows downloading videos and audio from more than a thousand websites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system\/#It_uses_FFmpeg_to_extract_audio_from_videos\" title=\"It uses FFmpeg to extract audio from videos\">It uses FFmpeg to extract audio from videos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-use-youtube-dl-on-a-linux-system\/#It_allows_copying_of_copyrighted_material\" title=\"It allows copying of copyrighted material\">It allows copying of copyrighted material<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Use_YouTube_DL_on_a_Linux_System\"><\/span>How to Use YouTube DL on a Linux System<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ESnMR8S.jpg\" alt=\"how to use youtube dl\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you want to download videos or audio from more than a thousand websites, you can use the command-line program YouTube-DL. This program uses FFmpeg to extract the audio from videos. Using Youtube-DL, you can copy copyrighted content and use it for personal or commercial purposes. In this article, you&#8217;ll learn how to use Youtube-DL. It&#8217;s free, easy to install, and allows you to download videos and audio from more than a thousand websites.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Youtube-DL_is_a_command-line_program\"><\/span>Youtube-DL is a command-line program<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The YouTube-DL command-line tool is an efficient downloader of videos and music. It interacts with multiple external entities and parses input to download files from various media platforms. It also has options that allow the application to process files in a specific way. In this article, we&#8217;ll look at some of the features of Youtube-DL. After installing YouTube-DL on your system, you can start downloading videos from the command-line tool.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of configuration options are available for Youtube-DL. By default, the program will use the configuration file for settings. This file runs every time Youtube-DL is run. However, you can disable or enable configuration file options at runtime. If you don&#8217;t want to use configuration file, the options set at runtime will take precedence. If you&#8217;re using Youtube-DL to download videos, make sure to check out the documentation first!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_allows_downloading_videos_and_audio_from_more_than_a_thousand_websites\"><\/span>It allows downloading videos and audio from more than a thousand websites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to download videos from more than a thousand websites, you can download them with YouTube DL. The app&#8217;s simple interface lets you add URLs to your download list and view the downloaded files. If you&#8217;re using a work computer, you may not have permission to install software, so you can use the website-based tools available from TechJunkie. All you need is the URL of the video you want to download.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube DL was created more than three years ago by Ricardo Garcia. Initially, the repository was maintained by Garcia, but he later stepped down as the maintainer. Today, a community of developers maintains it. The early architecture of youtube-dl made it difficult to expand the app&#8217;s functionality, but the more recent version allows easy integration of new websites with a few changes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_uses_FFmpeg_to_extract_audio_from_videos\"><\/span>It uses FFmpeg to extract audio from videos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube DL is a command-line utility for Linux that allows you to download and extract the audio from videos from the YouTube site. To install YouTube DL on your Linux system, you will need to install the Python interpreter and the FFmpeg and Python-pip libraries. You can use these libraries to convert the video to mp3 or any other format. To download audio from YouTube, you can use the -acodec flag to specify the quality of the audio file.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with FFmpeg, you can learn how to use it by visiting the project GitHub page and looking for examples. Usually, YouTube places metadata in the first few bytes of the stream, so if you want to download just the audio, you need to use the second URL. This is useful for extracting only audio from a video, as removing the metadata from the video won&#8217;t make it play.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_allows_copying_of_copyrighted_material\"><\/span>It allows copying of copyrighted material<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike the traditional file-sharing model, YouTube DL does not require a download or registration to access and copy copyrighted content. This means you can download videos from YouTube with just a few clicks of your browser. However, be aware of the risks involved with downloading content without the permission of the creator. This article will cover some of the potential pitfalls of YouTube DL and how you can avoid them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what the RIAA says, YouTube DL is legal. It provides all the information necessary to download a video, and is compatible with other websites. The website itself is hosted by Uberspace. Its responsibility is to block content that is &#8220;manifestly illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Use YouTube DL on a Linux System If you want to download videos or audio from more than a thousand websites, you can use the command-line program YouTube-DL. This program uses FFmpeg to extract the audio from videos. Using Youtube-DL, you can copy copyrighted content and use it for personal or commercial purposes. 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