Yt-dlp
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yt-dlp
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.
FFmpeg is a crucial dependency. yt-dlp does provide it's own FFmpeg-Builds that patches some of the issues the standard FFmpeg has that affects yt-dlp.
yt-dlp script
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%
:: 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
Parabolic
Parabolic is a powerful frontend for yt-dlp.
yt-dlp-gui
yt-dl-gui is a frontend for yt-dlp.
