YT-DLP Quick Reference
Published: 2025-11-01
Intro
Not alot to see here, just a quick reference guide to using yt-dlp
I will update this post with new findings as I find them.
Video
Download a video, re-encoding the video into `mkv` format.
cmd
yt-dlp \
--remux-video mkv
--output "<filename>.%(ext)s" \
<url>Audio
Download a video, extract the audio and convert the audio to an `mp3`.
cmd
yt-dlp \
--extract-audio \
--audio-format mp3 \
--output "<filename>.%(ext)s" \
<url>