Download Youtube videos using Terminal/Command Line in Linux, mmm… I know, many of you has been search for a software for downloading videos from Youtube.Like Windows, Linux doesn’t have a very user friendly tool. In Windows I was using IDM (Internet Download Manager) added with the corresponding Browser extensions. I was cool, it will just pop-up a window , you can easily start downloading. However, When your browser upgrades, it collapse IDM extension most of the times.There are a lot other, but, In my words IDM most effective for Windows for downloading anything.
In case of Linux, IDM doesn’t exist.Whatever exist, it’s not effective as IDM.So, i started my searching on Google and found an incredible tool, Youtube DL.
To install it for all the UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
In case of absence of Curl, use wget:
sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
For Debian based distro’s like Ubuntu/Debian/Mint use:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
Youtube-dl (Youtube Downloader) is a simple command line tool.
You can use the command youtube-dl after installation, for downloading videos
To download a video from youtube, simply run the following command.The url can be copied from the browser itself.
# youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA
Sample Output
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Extracting video information
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading js player new-en_US-vflCeB3p5
[youtube] iRYvuS9OxdA: Downloading DASH manifest
[download] Destination: Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life-iRYvuS9OxdA.mp4
[download] 100% of 10.33MiB in 00:01
To find all available formats of video file, use option “–list-formats” with the youtube-dl command, with the url of the video.
# youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA
Sample Output
[youtube] qO8L1enfFOE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] qO8L1enfFOE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] qO8L1enfFOE: Extracting video information
[youtube] qO8L1enfFOE: Downloading DASH manifest
[youtube] qO8L1enfFOE: Downloading DASH manifest
[information] Available formats for qO8L1enfFOE
format code extension resolution note
249 webm audio only DASH audio 52k , opus @ 50k, 1.20MiB
250 webm audio only DASH audio 79k , opus @ 70k, 1.75MiB
171 webm audio only DASH audio 114k , vorbis@128k (44100Hz), 2.53MiB
140 m4a audio only DASH audio 128k , m4a_dash container, aac @128k (44100Hz), 2.99MiB
251 webm audio only DASH audio 156k , opus @160k, 3.49MiB
278 webm 256x144 DASH video 103k , webm container, vp9, 15fps, video only, 2.09MiB
160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 110k , avc1.42c00c, 15fps, video only, 2.57MiB
242 webm 426x240 DASH video 219k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 3.15MiB
133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 250k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 5.75MiB
243 webm 640x360 DASH video 400k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 5.48MiB
134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 431k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 5.74MiB
244 webm 854x480 DASH video 727k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 8.93MiB
135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 797k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 11.76MiB
247 webm 1280x720 DASH video 1349k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 17.38MiB
136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 1447k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 23.02MiB
248 webm 1920x1080 DASH video 2303k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 34.00MiB
137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 2582k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only, 42.94MiB
17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3
36 3gp 320x240 small , mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3
5 flv 400x240 small
43 webm 640x360 medium , vorbis, vp8.0
18 mp4 640x360 medium , mp4a.40.2, avc1.42001E
22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , mp4a.40.2, avc1.64001F (best)
Download a video with corresponding format, use the option ‘-f’ (format code).For example:
# youtube-dl -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA
To download the video files list, use the following command:
# youtube-dl -a youtube_links.txt
To find more options and help use:
# youtube-dl --help
If you stop a download from a command line or closes the terminal accidentally, don’t worry.Just type it again, and the download will resume instantly.
Github repository path for youtube-dl: Youtube DL
Want to download all commands as a text file click here :Youtube DL Commands
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So, that’s it. Concluded. I Hope you like this article Download Youtube videos using Terminal/Command Line in Linux. Drop your comments and doubts below.