Downloading from youtube is getting more easier

Welcome to youtube-dl.

For me, downloading a video or audio from youtube was a streanous job until I met youtube-dl in the repostiory of Arch Linux. Now it's as easy as drinking a cup of milk. I had been a regular visitor of third party sites like keepvid.com and savefromnet.com etc, but not anymore - youtube-dl is with me now.

Even with keepvid.com, I could only download a single video at a time. If I wanted to download an entire playlist, I had to purchase the pro version of keepvid.com. And why should I pay for it, while I have a very simpler option before me!

YOUTUBE-DL is a tiny command-line program in Gnu/Linux systems. If you're using Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Debian or Arch Linux, it is so easy to use. Here is the way to install the program.

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

Give the command and sit bak, the installation will be done automatically. Or if you are an Arch user, just give the following command

sudo pacman -Ss youtube-dl
 
Ok. Done. Now you want to download a silly single video from youtube as it is. Please provide the following command.

youtube-dl https://youtu.be/DW5jfjN-5RI

And if you want to download an entire video under a playlist as mp3 audio, what command to give? Here is the command.

youtube-dl -i --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_rXc1ssylNdm6ywGuUoFDceN7RokajID


Just rename the playlist url as you like. And just relax, the entire playlist will be downloaded as mp3 file in the folder where you have executed the command.