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Dénes Türei how to download a video from youtube

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youtube-dl-basic.sh
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#!/bin/bash

# from https://askubuntu.com/a/486298/341752

# show available formats
youtube-dl -F "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY"

# format #22
youtube-dl -f 22 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY"

# to select the best quality
youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY"

# alternatively
youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio' --merge-output-format mp4 "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzm5b6FFY"

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