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Best way to Download YouTube Content

Sept. 3, 2024, 7:42 p.m.

This is something that Google is constantly trying to stop from working, so things I put here may stop working tomorrow or not.

And you can't show this on Youtube of course, so it'll be here..

Easy way

cobalt - just paste the link, select auto for video or select audio, and press enter.

Android way

NewPipe - install the app, select video, and hit download. Works well as youtube app alternative, but it could be unstable.

Command line (most reliable)

Harder way but efficient.

A easy way to install on windows: open cmd/powershell without admin and execute below:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
scoop install yt-dlp

After install, get content formats available for download:

yt-dlp -F "[LINK]"

Usually 18 is a video with audio in a regular quality and 140 for audio only. After finding the best download format, run the next command to download

yt-dlp -f 18 "[LINK]"

Check it's documentation for more useful configuration.