yt-dlp one-liners

 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:13 UTC

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My cheat sheet of yt-dlp one-liners.

# Download the video

yt-dlp <url>

# Download subs only

yt-dlp --sub-lang en --write-subs --skip-download <url>

# Download audio only

yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 <url> -o '%(id)s.%(ext)s'

# List available formats

yt-dlp -F <url>

# Download specific format

yt-dlp -f <format_id> <url>

# Upgrade yt-dlp

pip install --upgrade yt-dlp