youtube-dl -i -f mp4 --yes-playlist 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vy8970q0Xc&list=PLwJ2VKmefmxpUJEGB1ff6yUZ5Zd7Gegn2'.
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Iamtryingtodownloadallthevideosfromtheplaylist:
Iamusingyoutube-dlforthisandthecommandis:
youtube-dl-citk–formatmp4–yes-playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vy8970q0Xc&list=PLwJ2VKmefmxpUJEGB1ff6yUZ5Zd7Gegn2
Butthisonlydownloadsthefirstvideo.NotsurewhatIamdoingwrong.
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Inashell,&isaspecialcharacter,advisingtheshelltostarteverythinguptothe&asaprocessinthebackground.Toavoidthisbehavior,youcanputtheURLinquotes.Seetheyoutube-dlFAQformoreinformation.
Alsobewareof-citk.Withtheexceptionof-i,theseoptionsmakelittlesense.Seetheyoutube-dlFAQformoreinformation.Even-fmp4looksverystrange.
Sowhatyouwantis:
youtube-dl-i-fmp4--yes-playlist'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vy8970q0Xc&list=PLwJ2VKmefmxpUJEGB1ff6yUZ5Zd7Gegn2'
Alternatively,youcanjustusetheplaylistID:
youtube-dl-iPLwJ2VKmefmxpUJEGB1ff6yUZ5Zd7Gegn2
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whataboutthisC:\Users\lenovo\Desktop\Newfolder>youtube-dl-iPLD07B2225BB40E582[youtube:playlist]PLD07B2225BB40E582:Downloadingwebpage[download]Downloadingplaylist:PLD07B2225BB40E582[youtube:playlist]playlistPLD07B2225BB40E582:Downloading0videos[download]Finisheddownloadingplaylist:PLD07B2225BB40E582//saysfinisheddownadingbutnothingisdownloaded.
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@userqrqh123Thatsoundslikeadifferentquestion.Goaheadandaskit!Don'tforgettoincludetheoutputwhenyouaddthe-voption,becausethatwillbevitalinidentifyingwhereyourproblemis.youtube-dl-iPLD07B2225BB40E582worksfineforme.
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@userqrqh123AsIsaid,acommentisnottheplacetodiscussyourunrelatedproblem.Pleaseaskaquestioninstead.Inthatquestion,pleasedoincludetheoutputyougetwhenyouadd-v.Also,youshouldprobablydecidewhichofthetwooutputsyouareseeingrightnow-theyaremarkedlydifferent.
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youtube-dl-x-iworkedformetoconvertaplaylistintoaudio!
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Ialsoused--no-check-certificate
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Ifoundthebestsolutionaftermanyattemptsatsolvingthisproblem.
Installationandusage;
ForWindowsusers:
Script:
youtube-dl--ignore-errors--formatbestaudio--extract-audio--audio-formatmp3--audio-quality160K--output"%(title)s.%(ext)s"--yes-playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={your-youtube-playlist-id}
Downloadyoutube-dl.exefilefromtheofficalsite.
DowloadffmpegfromtheofficalsiteforconvertWebMtoMP3(Recomendedbuildversion)
Exctractallzipfilesandmoveyoutube-dl.exe,ffmpeg.exeandffprobe.exefilestothefolderthatwhereyouwantthedownloadedMP3files.
Opencmd(Windowsterminal)insamefolder.
Replacethescript{your-youtube-playlist-id}parameterwithyourYouTubeplaylistid.
Runthescript.
FormacOS/Linuxusers:
Script:
youtube-dl--ignore-errors--formatbestaudio--extract-audio--audio-formatmp3--audio-quality160K--output"%(title)s.%(ext)s"--yes-playlist'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={your-youtube-playlist-id}'
Openterminalandifyoudon'thaveHomebrew,installit.(Linuxuserscanskipthisstep.)
Runbrewinstallyoutube-dlffmpegandinstallyoutube-dlandffmpegforconvertWebMtoMP3.(Installationmaytakelongertoinstallotherdependencies.)(ForLinuxusers:sudoapt-getinstallyoutube-dlffmpeg)
OpenaterminalinthefolderwhereyouwanttodownloadtheMP3files.
Replacethescript{your-youtube-playlist-id}parameterwithyourYouTubeplaylistid.
Runthescript.
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Didthetrick.ButhadtopassinonlytheplaylistID
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Ihavetriedeverythingabove,butnonecouldsolvemyproblem.Ifixeditbyupdatingtheoldversionofyoutube-dltodownloadplaylist.
Toupdateit
sudoyoutube-dl-U
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youtube-dl-U
afteryouhavesuccessfullyupdatedusingtheabovecommand
youtube-dl-cithttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLttJ4RON7sleuL8wDpxbKHbSJ7BH4vvCk
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Ifnoautoupdateallowed(afterremovinginstalledone)use:sudocurl-Lhttps://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl-o/usr/local/bin/youtube-dlandsudochmoda+rx/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
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Yourlinkisnotaplaylist.
AproperplaylistURLlookslikethis:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSdFJ8BDqEyvUUzm6R0HxawSWniP2c9K
YourURLisjustthefirstvideoOFacertainplaylist.Itcontainshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?insteadofhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?.
PicktheplaylistbyclickingonthetitleoftheplaylistontherightsideinthelistofvideosandusethisURL.
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Somecommandswhichyoumayfindusefulwhiledownloadingaplaylist
Downloadaplaylist
youtube-dl
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudio(merged)+preferredresolution
youtube-dl-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
Thiscommandwilldownloadvideosin1080presolutionif1080pisavailableotherwiseitwilldownloadthenextbest(lessthan1080p)resolution.Here,Youcanuse480or720,etcinsteadof1080.
Note:Makesurethat‘FFmpeg’isinstalled,otherwisevideoandaudiowillnotbemerged.
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudio(merged)+preferredresolution+Addvideouploaddateonthefilename
youtube-dl-o"[%(upload_date)s]%(title)s.%(ext)s"-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudio(merged)+Preferredresolution+Addvideouploaddateonthefilename+Adduploadernameonthefilename
youtube-dl-o"[%(upload_date)s]%(title)s[%(uploader)s].%(ext)s"-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
Subtitle
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudio(merged)+Preferredresolution+Downloadauto-generatedSubtitle
youtube-dl--write-auto-sub-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudio(merged)+Preferredresolution+Downloadvideocreator’suploadedsubtitle
youtube-dl--write-sub-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
Bestqualityvideoandbestqualityaudiomerged+Preferredresolution+DownloadvideoCreator’suploadedspecificlanguage’ssubtitle
youtube-dl--write-sub--sub-langen-f'bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]'
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Removingthev=...&partfromtheurl,andonlykeepthelist=...part.Themainproblembeingthespecialcharacter&,interpretedbytheshell.
Youcanalsoquoteyour'url'inyourcommand.
Moreinformationhere(forinstance):
https://askubuntu.com/questions/564567/how-to-download-playlist-from-youtube-dl
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Theeasiestthingtodoistocreateafile.txtfileandpassthelinkurllinkso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lj1BF0Kn8c&list=PL9YFoJnn53xyf9GNZrtiraspAIKc80s1i
makesuretoincludethe-aparameterinterminal:
youtube-dl-afile.txt
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Basically,workaroundforthisproblemcouldbesimplereplacing&symbolwithit'sencodedversion%26
ForthosewhoarestrugglingwiththisproblemwhiledoingitthroughPHP(e.g.shell_exec()),solutioncouldbe
str_replace("&","%26",$shell_command);
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