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Prevent the youtube-dl process fork when downloading metadata for a video in a playlist
Storing the metadata for a video using in a file using youtube-dl can be done in bash by calling
youtube-dl -j https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${video_id} > metadata.json
However, when the video ...
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Is there a way to download the auto generated subtitles of videos in a private / public YouTube playlist?
I found this cool Reddit link here which basically does what the title says, but this stuff felt a bit confusing to me. Can somebody please suggest if there's a better way to download the ...
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Using youtube-dl, how do I get the length of an extremely long playlist
Using youtube-dl:s json capabilities together with jq like so:
youtube-dl -J --flat-playlist [playlist_url] | jq '.entries | length'
I can get the number of videos in a playlist. This does consume an ...
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Formatting output from playlist-only download from youtube-dl
In reference to question youtube-dl; How download ONLY the playlist, NOT the files therein
Can i get output like the following :
https://youtu.be/0gvUCLL-UGE | video title
https://youtu.be/...
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How do I download ONLY the YouTube playlist, NOT the files therein?
In youtube-dl, I'm trying to get only the playlist content (should be 600+ entries) from a URL, thus:
youtube-dl -i -v --flat-playlist --skip-download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNotezuR73g&...
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Youtube-dl viewster playlist language selection
I am trying to download a playlist (http://www.viewster.com/serie/1291-19458-000/) using youtube-dl but If I download -f best it gives me a 720p video in japanese dub with Spanish or French subtitles ...
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