Youtube-dl supports a myriad of video formats, e.g Mp4, mkv, webm, FLV e.t.c. To download a video from YouTube, the syntax will be # youtube-dl įor example # youtube-dl Checking available video formats Upon successful installation of Youtube-dl, You can now begin downloading videos.
Output youtube-dl is up-to-date (2018.09.26) How to Use youtube-dl You can always update youtube-dl to the latest release by running # youtube-dl -U Next, assign execute permission to the file # chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Successfully installed youtube-dl-2018.9.26 To accomplish this run the command below # wget -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Installing collected packages: youtube-dl Ability to set the maximum download rate.Ability to download videos of varying resolutions e.g 4K, 1080p, 720 p.Ability to convert video files into MP3 files.Ability to resume interrupted downloads.Downloading all video files from a playlist.Some of the notable features of Youtube-dl include By default, Youtube-dl will download the highest quality of the videos being downloaded but in case of a slow internet connection, a lower quality can be downloaded by passing some arguments. Youtube-dl supports download of videos in different file formats as well as audio from Youtube and other sites. Read and know how to install each on your Linux machine. In this tutorial, we will see the different tools that you can use to download YouTube videos in Ubuntu 18.04. What's more is that it gives you the convenience of watching your videos without interference should the internet connection suffer some degradation. Downloading videos from Youtube to your PC comes in handy especially when you know you are going to be offline for long periods of time, for instance when you are catching a flight or a train.