Download YouTube videos or only audios through this library
Installation
$ brew install youtube-dl
Download videos
$ youtube-dl <youtube-link>
Download only audio
- you need to install
ffmpeg before trying this operation
$ brew install ffmpeg
$ youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 <youtube-link>
Example
$ youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlPhMPnQ58k
[youtube] SlPhMPnQ58k: Downloading webpage
[download] Destination: Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)-SlPhMPnQ58k.webm
[download] 100% of 3.11MiB in 00:09
[ffmpeg] Destination: Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)-SlPhMPnQ58k.mp3
Deleting original file Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)-SlPhMPnQ58k.webm (pass -k to keep)
Further reading
- https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
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