yt-dlp is a command-line program, written in Python, that lets you easily download videos and audio from more than a thousand websites. It is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.
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how can I use multi functions in one page without change the URL using Django?
I'm trying to use Django to build my yt-dlp app, I want to create one page with had toggle list or multi buttons, when I use the first action on the toggle list or button the yt-dlp will download the video file or best quality the video, and when I…

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How can I get m3u8 url by using a python code
I'm using a yt-dlp but sometimes the video couldn't download by the url of the video page, it needs the m3u8 url, I know that I can find the m3u8 in the browser inspect but I want to get it by using a Python code or library, to get more than m3u8…

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How do I download section of video from same URL using yt-dlp (different start and end times) bash script
I am trying to download short portions from same youtube video URL but some how many videos are getting skipped from downloading as it was already downloaded.
#!/bin/bash
missing=false
while IFS=, read -r url start_time_z end_time_z
do
if […

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How to convert webm to mp3 using external command youtube-dl?
Today i've got some issue when find all format in Json's files like this :
{
"title": "ホットハウス 宮本大路 和泉宏隆 HOT HOUSE JAZZ LIVE 2011/07/23",
"formats": [
{
"extension": "webm",
"format_name": "249-0 - audio only (tiny)",
"url":…

warstha
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Is it possible running well in my Hosting use Youtube-DL (Python)?
i've some python code to convert audio/video like this :
import os
import json
def extract_format_data(format_data:)
extension = format_data["ext"]
format_name = format_data["format"]
url = format_data["url"]
return { "extension": extension,…

warstha
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yt-dlp : How can I have separate file format for playlists and single videos
I have an urls file where I store all links I want to download. I download from it using yt-dlp -a urls.
For playlists I'd like to put videos into a folder, like it's shown in documentation examples, while for single videos I'd like to keep the…

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How to download video from facebook comment using yt-dlp using python?
I am trying to download a public video posted in comment replying to another video post using yt-dlp. I opened the commented video by right clicking on date and opening it in new fb tab. Here is my code but it downloads the posted video not the…

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"Invalid argument" While executing a command from python using subprocess
I want to execute a command from python. This is the original command:
yt-dlp -f bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best --downloader ffmpeg --downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 00:19:10.00 -to 00:19:40.00" --no-check-certificate…

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PHP shell_exec not working with youtube-dl but the same command working fine on terminal
When I run the same command "youtube-dl -J https://youtu.be/xbYw_WhrlRc" in the windows terminal it works fine but in PHP it doesn't work. I am using laravel & I am not getting any errors while running the codes. But it doesn't return…

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Searching for multiple Youtube videos using yt-dlp in python
I'm trying to make a Discord bot in Python that plays Youtube videos as audios in a voice channel. Right now, my bot uses a combination using yt_dlp and youtube_search. It firstly uses youtube_search to get the URL of the video searched by keyword.…

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how do I skip a private video, with this python code
the Package
how do I skip a private video with this code I tried the optons (rejecttitle ignore-errors)
I looked at YoutubeDL.py at github for option and i have no access to the video is of a Playlist
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from…

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How to prevent "yt-dlp" file from being overwritten while playing VRChat?
Windows 7 64bit on desktop (no headset) and with VIVE Pro 1 (headset)
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Everytime I enter a world in the game VRChat, videoplayers cause the "A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches has stopped working" error. I've tried…

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How easy is it to create a YouTube to MP3 application using yt-dlp and ffmpeg?
I was thinking I could automate the process of downloading a video and converting it to mp3 (or other formats).
Instead of doing the process myself (which doesn't take that long and isn't too much hassle), which looks something like this:
• yt-dlp…

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Can't run help(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL) in python
I am trying to use yt_dlp on python, and wanting to check out all the function for yt_dlp.YoutubeDL. help(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL) just didn't work.
Below is the error message:
File "c:\Users\user\Desktop\youtube playlist…

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Problem in setting video thumbnail with ffmpeg
I'm trying to add thumbnail to a mkv video with the following command: ffmpeg -y -i video.mkv -i image.jpg -map 1 -map 0 -c copy -disposition:0 attached_pic out.mkv. However this command replaces all frames in the video with that image and no sound.…

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