#Trim and download youtube mp3 download
Parts of videos can be downloaded by using the output of youtube-dl -g -f format URL as ffmpeg input with the -ss (for input), -t and -c copy options.Ī shell alias, a desktop launcher or a keyboard shortcut can be set to download a video (or audio) of a selected (or copied) URL by outputting it from the X selection. If you are archiving, add the usual -write-xxx and -embed-xxx options you may have. This set of options allow for the download to effectively continue even after interruption. Editors can use a similar link to import the YouTube videos, trim them, convert them into MP3 format and save. $ youtube-dl -ignore-errors -continue -no-overwrites -download-archive progress.txt usual options URL Several users think that YouTube videos themselves and converting them into MP3 format are two separate tasks, meaning that they need to find a video editor and another converter to assist them in finishing a job. Using youtube-dl for a playlist usually boils down to the following options: $ youtube-dl -external-downloader aria2c -external-downloader-args '-c -j 3 -x 3 -s 3 -k 1M' URL Playlist You can often get around this by choosing non DASH streams or by using aria2, an external downloader which supports multi-connection downloads. $ youtube-dl -write-auto-sub -sub-lang LANG URLĪdd -skip-download to get only subtitles. $ youtube-dl -write-sub -sub-lang LANG URL To download a video with selected subtitles (comma separated): $ youtube-dl -x -f bestaudio -add-metadata -embed-thumbnail URL Subtitles To also include album art (requires atomicparsley): By default this will remove the downloaded video, include -k to keep it. This will download the video and copy its audio as post process. If an audio-only stream is not available, exclude -f bestaudio from the example above. Use -x for audio-only downloads (requires FFmpeg):ĭepending on the available source streams, this will often correct the audio-only container. When multiple formats of a video are available, youtube-dl will download the best ones by default. Tip: In some cases (like YouTube) URL can be substituted with the video ID. f bestvideo+bestaudio/bestvideo+bestaudio/bestvideo+bestaudio/best/best
The syntax is simply one command-line option per line. The system-wide configuration file is /etc/nf and the user-specific configuration file is ~/.config/youtube-dl/config. There are also various graphical frontends to youtube-dl and/or yt-dlp, such as tartube AUR and yt-dlg ( youtube-dl-gui-git AUR). Replace youtube-dl with yt-dlp in the commands below when using it. The yt-dlp fork is generally recommended instead by many users as it contains far more features and frequent updates, in particular it adds support for more sites, downloading comments, better format preferences, and other changes.
#Trim and download youtube mp3 install
It is recommended to also install FFmpeg as it is used for muxing for some sites.
Install the youtube-dl package, or youtube-dl-git AUR for the development version.