<h3 id="installation">Installation</h3>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">$ brew install youtube-dl
</code></pre>
<h3 id="download-videos">Download videos</h3>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">$ youtube-dl &lt;youtube-link&gt;
</code></pre>
<h3 id="download-only-audio">Download only audio</h3>
<ul>
<li>you need to install <code>ffmpeg</code> before trying this operation</li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">$ brew install ffmpeg
$ youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 &lt;youtube-link&gt;
</code></pre>
<h3 id="example">Example</h3>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">$ 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 <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> 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)
</code></pre>
<h3 id="further-reading">Further reading</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl</a></li>
</ul>
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### Installation

``` bash
$ brew install youtube-dl
```

### Download videos

``` bash
$ youtube-dl <youtube-link>

```

### Download only audio

- you need to install `ffmpeg` before trying this operation

``` bash
$ brew install ffmpeg
$ youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 <youtube-link>
```

### Example

``` bash
$ 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

- http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/

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Open source youtube-dl library of Python

Download YouTube videos or only audios through this library

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Download YouTube videos or only audios through this library

Open source youtube-dl library of Python

Installation

Download videos

Download only audio

Example

Further reading