video-download

Download video and audio from URLs using yt-dlp directly. No wrapper scripts needed.

Prerequisites

• yt-dlp: brew install yt-dlp or pip install yt-dlp
• ffmpeg: brew install ffmpeg or apt install ffmpeg (required for merging video+audio streams)

Update yt-dlp periodically to keep up with site changes: yt-dlp -U or pip install -U yt-dlp.

Commands

Download best quality

yt-dlp "URL" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" --merge-output-format mp4