YouTube Downloader

You may notice, a number of my posts make use of the youtube-dl utility.  Specifically, I used this to download source videos to show FFMpeg video conversion.

I normally install youtube-dl via the Ubuntu package manager:

$ sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

But, this version is typically 'well seasoned', read that as old.

Alternatively, since the utility is authored in Python, you can install it via Python PIP:

$ sudo pip install youtube-dl

The PIP version is often a bit dated as well, so occasionally it doesn't work with YouTube.

An alternative means is to install the latest version, directly from http://yt-dl.org/update

$ sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
$ sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
$ hash -r

Test it with your favorite YouTube video:

$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xUFQKxdlxE -o input.mp4

Happy Hunting!