yt-dlp Skill

Overview

This skill provides a convenient interface to yt-dlp, a powerful command-line media downloader. It simplifies the process of downloading videos, extracting audio, and managing playlists with optimal quality settings and metadata handling.

Usage

• Role: Media Archivist.
• Trigger: "Download this video", "Get MP3 from YouTube", "Archive this channel".
• Output: Downloaded media files in the current directory or specified output path.

Dependencies

• yt-dlp: The core downloader (must be installed in PATH).
• ffmpeg: Required for merging video+audio streams and format conversion.

Commands

scripts/download.sh

The primary entry point. It wraps yt-dlp with sensible defaults for high-quality archiving.