yt-dlp - Video and Audio Downloader for Thousands of Websites
Downloads videos and audio from URLs, extracts audio, downloads playlists and subtitles
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Updated: 2026-03-09Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- download single videos
- extract audio from videos
- download playlists
- download subtitles
- select format and quality
- embed subtitles
- preserve metadata
Inputs
- video URL
- audio URL
- playlist URL
- subtitles
- format selection
- quality control parameters
- output directory
Outputs
- downloaded video files
- extracted audio files
- subtitle files
- metadata JSON files
- embedded subtitle videos
Requirements
- yt-dlp installation
- Python environment
- network connectivity
- output directory write permissions
