Comment Comment by Cyberdog You'll want to surround the pasted URL with quotes, or else the question mark in all non-shortened YouTube video URLs will confuse the shell.Also, I suggest adding `-f mp4` to avoid getting a video in Google's proprietary video format. (Yes, I know, but basically…)yt-dlp -f mp4 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' parent Cyberdog 4 years ago
Also, I suggest adding `-f mp4` to avoid getting a video in Google's proprietary video format. (Yes, I know, but basically…)
yt-dlp -f mp4 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'