Download Videos and MP3s from YouTube
Requirements
Make sure you have yt-dlp and ffmpeg installed before executing the commands.
yt-dlp is a powerful command-line tool that offers additional features compared to the traditional YouTube downloader.
ffmpeg is required for the audio extraction and conversion process.
Download a video from YouTube
To download a video from YouTube, use the following command:
yt-dlp <YouTube video URL>Download an MP3 from YouTube
To download an MP3 from YouTube, use the following command:
yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 <YouTube video URL>💡
Replace <YouTube video URL> with the URL of the YouTube video you want to download the MP3 from.
Once the download is complete, you will find the video or MP3 file in your current directory or the default download directory set by yt-dlp.