yt-dlp & ffmpeg | Sarab.me

Prepare:

tubefork.zip – check with virustotal.com OR yt-dlp.zip – check with virustotal.com
VLC: https://www.videolan.org
If you get MSVCR100 DLL is missing from your computer:
- Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1
  - If using a 32bit (x86) install the 32bit (x86)
  - If using a 64bit (x64) install both the 32bit (x86), and the 64bit (x64)
  - Available for download from Microsoft Download Center
- Or download and install from here:
  - vcredist_x64.exe – check with virustotal.com
  - vcredist_x86.exe – check with virustotal.com

yt-dlp:

Open CMD and change to tubefork directory

Make sure you have the latest updated version

yt-dlp -U

Download video or playlist

Single Video:

yt-dlp youtube-url

All Playlist:

yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/user/PUT USER HERE/playlists

Multiple Videos:

Multi_YouTube_URLS.zip - check with virustotal.com

Check different format

yt-dlp -F youtube-url

Download the format you want

yt-dlp -f 136 youtube-url

Download and extract audio

yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 youtube-url

yt-dlp -f bestaudio youtube-url

Extract thumbnail

yt-dlp --write-thumbnail --skip-download youtube-url

Download Comments

Single Video:

yt-dlp --write-comments --no-download youtube-url

Then: 
1. Upload JSON file here: Convert to CSV
2. Download CSV file
3. Copy Comments in text file
4. Upload to analyze text in Voyant-Tools

Multiple Videos:

Combine_Comments.zip - check with virustotal.com

Then:
1. Update Youtube.txt with your own YouTube URL's
2. Click: Multi_Comments.bat
3. Click: Combine_Comments.bat

Then repeat 1-4 above.

Extract metadata

yt-dlp --add-metadata youtube-url

yt-dlp --write-info-json youtube-url

Download multiple videos

yt-dlp youtube-url1 youtube-url2 youtube-url3

yt-dlp -a url.txt

Download videos by date

yt-dlp --date 20231207 youtube-url

yt-dlp --datebefore  20231207 youtube-url

yt-dlp --dateafter 20231207 youtube-url

yt-dlp --dateafter now-6months youtube-url

yt-dlp --dateafter 20180501 --datebefore 20231207

Download specific videos from playlist

yt-dlp --playlist-items 10 playlist_url

yt-dlp --playlist-items 2,3,7,10 playlist_url

yt-dlp --playlist-start 10 playlist_url

yt-dlp --playlist-start 2 --playlist-end 5 playlist_url

Help

yt-dlp --help

ffmpeg:

Capture all frames from a video – 25 frames per second

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 img%06d.png -hide_banner

Capture all Frames from a video – 1 frame per second

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 1 img%06d.png -hide_banner

Get Video File Information

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -hide_banner

Extract audio from video file

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 192 -f mp3 audio.mp3

Extract small segment in the middle of a video – Uncompressed

ffmpeg -i FILENAME.mp4 -ss 00:00:03 -t 00:00:08 -async 1 cut.mp4

Remove audio from video file

ffmpeg -i cut.mp4 -c copy -an output.mp4

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Updated: February 22, 2024