youtube-dl

youtube-dl

Some handy commands.

Download a specific video

youtube-dl.exe -f best -v -o "%(title)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<ID>"

Download a whole channel

youtube-dl.exe -f best -v -o "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/user/<user_id>"

Throttle a bit

youtube-dl.exe -f best -v -o "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s" --rate-limit 5M --sleep-interval 60 --max-sleep-interval 120 --playlist-random "https://www.youtube.com/user/<user_id>"

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