EdgeSpeak YT Download

Acquire a YouTube source deliberately and leave a verifiable local artifact. Use only for content the user is authorized to access and download. Do not bypass DRM, access controls, payment, private-video permissions, geographic restrictions, or account restrictions.

YouTube and yt-dlp behavior changes frequently. Check the installed yt-dlp --help before using a documented flag, and update yt-dlp rather than inventing extractor/client/PO-token workarounds when YouTube changes.

Inputs to confirm

• The exact video URL.
• What is needed: public metadata only, captions only, best audio, or full video.
• Output directory and any quality/container constraint.
• Caption languages, if captions are requested.
• Single video or playlist. Default to one video with --no-playlist; never expand a watch URL into a playlist unless the user explicitly asks.
• Whether an existing output may be reused. Default to no overwrite.

If media already exists and the URL is only needed to identify speakers, fetch metadata rather than downloading the media again.

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