By name: yt-dlp description: Use this skill when the user wants to download videos/audio, extract metadata, or work with media from YouTube and 1000+ other sites using yt-dlp.
yt-dlp Plugin
Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. Fork of youtube-dl with active development and enhanced features.
Commands
yt-dlp self version— Print yt-dlp versionyt-dlp download video <args>— Download video (passthrough: yt-dlp --quiet --no-warnings[options]) yt-dlp info video <args>— Get video metadata as JSON (passthrough: yt-dlp -j --no-warnings)
Installation
curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
Alternative methods:
pip install yt-dlpbrew install yt-dlp
Usage Examples
# Get video metadata as JSON
sc yt-dlp info video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx"
# Download video (quiet mode)
sc yt-dlp download video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx"
# Download with specific format
sc yt-dlp download video "-f best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx"
# Download audio only
sc yt-dlp download video "-x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx"
Key Features
- Supports 1000+ sites (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, etc.)
- JSON output for metadata extraction
- Format selection and conversion
- Subtitle and metadata download
- Playlist handling
- Non-interactive, scriptable operation
Common yt-dlp Options
-j/--dump-json- Print JSON for each video-J/--dump-single-json- Print JSON for playlist--quiet- Silent mode--no-warnings- Suppress warnings-f FORMAT- Select format-x- Extract audio--write-subs- Download subtitles