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Created page with "'''yt-dlp''' is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. *https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp FFmpeg is a crucial dependency...."

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'''yt-dlp''' is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites.

*https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
[[FFmpeg]] is a crucial dependency. yt-dlp does provide it's own [https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds FFmpeg-Builds] that patches some of the issues the standard FFmpeg has that affects yt-dlp.

Copy and paste the below text into a text file and rename it '''yt-dlp.cmd'''

'''Make sure to change the paths in the script below''' - it's specific to '''your''' system/computer/setup.

'''::''' is added to allow comments, so when you want to download the media you'll need to add :: to the ''%vyt-dlp% -F --no-check-certificate %vStream%'' line and remove it from the line below ''%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% %vStream%''

<nowiki>:: Name: yt-dlp.cmd
:: Purpose: Configures yt-dlp to download media
:: Author: jaybeee @ themixingbowl.org | https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
:: Revision: Aug 2022

@ECHO OFF

SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

:: variables begin with v

:: set name of this script without file extension
SET vMe=%~n0

:: set name of the parent directory where this script resides
SET vParent=%~dp0

:: set youtube-dl path ** CHANGE ME **
SET vyt-dlp="C:\PATH\TO\yt-dlp.exe"

:: set ffmpeg path if not already in PATH ** CHANGE ME **
::SET vffmpeg="C:\PATH\TO\ffmpeg.exe"

:: set url ** CHANGE ME **
SET vStream=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vv0w8

:: set the location of where to save the file ** CHANGE ME **
SET vOutput="C:\PATH\TO\OUTPUT\FOLDER\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"

:: Remind ourselves not to close the window
ECHO Recording to %vOutput% . . . don't close this Window!

:: Check version
%vyt-dlp="% --version

:: create the command to send to yt-dlp
:: -F lists available formats
:: -f to then select the format required such as bestaudio or the actual file, eg audio only
:: -o actually gets the media
:: Add this for Mixcloud captures: --no-check-certificate
:: ** AMEND AS APPROPRIATE **
%vyt-dlp% -F --no-check-certificate %vStream%
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% %vStream%
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% --no-check-certificate %vStream%
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% --all-formats %vStream%

:: Capture HQ YouTube OPUS file in an WEBM container
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% -f 140 %vStream%

:: Capture HQ Mixcloud OPUS file in an WEBM container
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% -f dash-f2-a1-x3 --no-check-certificate %vStream%

:: Capture HQ Mixcloud AAC file in M4A container
::%vyt-dlp% -o %vOutput% -f hls-192 --no-check-certificate %vStream%

:: YouTube Videos: might need to use this to merge the output and get MP4 files.
::%vyt-dlp% -v -f bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a] --merge-output-format mp4 %vStream% -o %vOutput%

:: Finish
ECHO Finished recording

:: pause to see output
PAUSE

:END
ENDLOCAL
ECHO ON
@EXIT /B 0</nowiki>

[[category:Audio Tools]]

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 ==yt-dlp==
-'''yt-dlp''' is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites.
+'''yt-dlp''' is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. It can grab the actual media on the site, which allows us to get the highest quality version without any [[transcoding]] occurring.
 *https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
-[[FFmpeg]] is a crucial dependency. yt-dlp does provide it's own [https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds FFmpeg-Builds] that patches some of the issues the standard FFmpeg has that affects yt-dlp.
+[[FFmpeg]] is a crucial dependency.
 Copy and paste the below text into a text file and rename it '''yt-dlp.cmd'''
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 '''Parabolic''' is a powerful frontend for yt-dlp.
 *https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.nickvision.tubeconverter
 ==yt-dlp-gui==

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 '''yt-dlp''' is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites.
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 ECHO ON
 @EXIT /B 0</nowiki>
 [[category:Audio Tools]]