2024-11-26

How to install Yt-dlp on Windows

11/26/2024 03:00:00 PM Posted by Hoàng Dũng No comments

 Assuming you are using windows

  • Download https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe
  • Install ffmpeg (can skip if you only need 720p videos): https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip
  • Extract the files and find ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe inside the bin folder
  • Copy those two files to the same folder as yt-dlp.exe

Download a video

  • Open windows explorer to the folder where you downloaded yt-dlp.exe
  • In the address bar of the the folder that yt-dlp.exe is in, type cmd and press enter
  • Then in the terminal window that opens, type yt-dlp "URL" replacing URL with the link u want to download.
  • Wait for your video to finish downloading
  • Skim through the documentation https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme to learn about more features.
  • (OPTIONAL) Add the yt-dlp folder to PATH https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.html



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