YT-DLP Learning To Batch Download

[Tom Saurus]

I am starting to learn how to batch load with yt-dlp. So far I am getting a grasp on making a .txt file in notepad. I know to put a list of urls in the notepad file. I know how to do this much:

yt-dlp --batch-download name of text document.txt

This selects the best quality and depending on what you are downloading and what is available that can be 720p and higher. I have tended to be satisfied with 360p but now I am starting to like 480p as long as it isn't much bigger in file size.

How to do I set about instructing yt-dlp to go for 480p resolution if the file has higher resolutions that I don't want to download to save hard drive space and since I don't have super fast internet to get things done quicker?

Thank you in advance. I also have other things I want to learn about batch downloading but I want to be able to jump this hurdle first.

[jagabo]

yt-dlp --batch-download -f "bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio" "name of text document.txt"

[Tom Saurus]

jagabo: I will give that a try and report on how it works out. Thank you for the help you have given me and other posters here at videohelp.

[jagabo]

You can also use the -S option:

yt-dlp --batch-download -S 'res:480' "name of text document.txt"

[Tom Saurus]

jagabo: I don't know why but I made an error it should be

yt-dlp --batch-file name of text document.txt

I did give it a try what you wrote and substituted batch file for batch download and I am getting:

error: batch file -f could not be read

I will keep trying different combinations to try to figure it out.

[jagabo]

Sorry, I didn't notice you had the wrong command for batches. And the name of the batchfile must immediately follow "--batch-file". Here's a bath file I used this morning to download some videos:

yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[width<1280]+audio-English" --batch-file batchlist.txt

"bestaudio" wasn't right for that site because it delivered a descriptive audio track for the blind.

[Tom Saurus]

jagabo: I am sorry I couldn't get either method to work. Is there perhaps an different way of achieving this. For example could one have a list of videos, having figured out what to type after looking at the -F command for a video url. Have a line written for each video, then somehow instruct yt-dlp to do the next video without needing a .txt file?

Thankfully videodownloadhelper can get me what I want; but with my computer easily getting bogged down with such programs I prefer yt-dlp because it doesn't seem to take as much resources by bypassing the browser.

[codehound]

jagabo: I am sorry I couldn't get either method to work. Is there perhaps an different way of achieving this. .

Playlist ? This is native rather than an external command.

Easy to make a list of urls into an m3u8 in Notepad

[jagabo]

could one have a list of videos, having figured out what to type after looking at the -F command for a video url. Have a line written for each video, then somehow instruct yt-dlp to do the next video without needing a .txt file?

Sure. Just create a batch file with a yt-dlp command for each video:

yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "first URL"
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "second URL"
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "third URL"

Or, if you know exactly which streams you want just use their names (sometimes numbers):

yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname "first URL"
yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname  "second URL"
yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname "third URL"

[Tom Saurus]

could one have a list of videos, having figured out what to type after looking at the -F command for a video url. Have a line written for each video, then somehow instruct yt-dlp to do the next video without needing a .txt file?

Sure. Just create a batch file with a yt-dlp command for each video:

yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "first URL"
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "second URL"
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[height<-480]+bestaudio" "third URL"

Or, if you know exactly which streams you want just use their names (sometimes numbers):

yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname "first URL"
yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname  "second URL"
yt-dlp -f videoname+audioname "third URL"

I made out a list and it worked. I just copy and pasted the lines all at once and I waited to see if the second download would start after the first and it did. It is not so hard to make up a list as other than the url it is just knowing a certain number and that number sometimes is quite similar to the previous number so it doesn't take long to change. Thank you this will make a big difference for me not having to input them one at a time. yt-dlp doesn't run up my system resources as much as a browser addon such as videodownloadhelper. My old Windows 7 computer has been wonderful all these years but it seems web browsing is more taxing as time goes on. Other things can bog down a computer to the point you have to press the power button because things have froze but quite often it is some script or something akin to that which just won't let go.

[whs912km]

hi everybody,

i have a txt file with list of various link from soundcloud like this:
https://soundcloud.com/dj-serginho-ptc/kate-perry-dark-horse-funk-dj
https://soundcloud.com/teamrcklss/katy-perry-black-horse-stevie

i want download batch all mp3 audio file. how to?
i have try with:

yt-dlp --download-archive "filename.txt"
yt-dlp --batch-download "filename.txt"

and also other string but nothing work for me

[[ss]vegeta]

how to?

Update ytdlp to the latest version and just use

yt-dlp.exe -a filename.txt

[whs912km]

wow very fast reply! thanks so much. it work fine

and you know how rip live audio from here? it's a free web radio. i need to download about 20-30 minutes ...

https://www.radiomontecarlo.net/sezioni/11020/rmc-buddha-bar-monte-carlo-radio

[jagabo]

you know how rip live audio from here? it's a free web radio. i need to download about 20-30 minutes ...

https://www.radiomontecarlo.net/sezioni/11020/rmc-buddha-bar-monte-carlo-radio

30 minutes:

ffmpeg -i https://icy.unitedradio.it/rmcweb002 -to 00:30:00 -c copy output.mp3

[whs912km]

cool jagabo, thanks a lot !

and it's possible delegate to aria2 ?

[jagabo]

and it's possible delegate to aria2 ?

It's a live stream so you can't download faster than it's being broadcast. But yes, you can use it like this:

aria2c --stop=1800 -o output.mp3 https://icy.unitedradio.it/rmcweb002

[whs912km]

wow jagabo, nice one

anyway you'right, same speed as ffmpeg. but thanks a lot for your post

[lomero]

play your radio
open dev tool network
filter for Media (right side from search field)
copy link address and download with your preferred download manager (like IDM or yt-dlp)
when your are satisfy, stop download and rename dowloaded file as .mp3

[whs912km]

wow, another way ...! thanks lomero

it seems that this site has many methods for downloading the stream, only i could not find any!

thank you very much to all guys here

[whs912km]

hi there,

i've rip some audio track with ffmpeg, follow jagabo post
now i need to join this tracks to one file only

with ffmpeg i have used

ffmpeg -f concat -i file.txt -c copy full.mp3

and on file.txt i have put a list with all my mp3 tracks

but i have this error:

[concat @ 0000000000474880] Line 1: unknown keyword 'C:\webradio\rip'
file.txt: Invalid data found when processing input

from txt file i've put mp3 name only (like audio-01.mp3) but also tried with path (C:\webradio\rip\audio-01.mp3)

but seem nothing work ... suggestion?

[[ss]vegeta]

from txt file i've put mp3 name only (like audio-01.mp3) but also tried with path (C:\webradio\rip\audio-01.mp3)

but seem nothing work ... suggestion?

Just add "file" before the names in your file.txt.

file audio-01.mp3
file audio-02.mp3

[jagabo]

I think you also need to surround the filenames with ' marks:

file 'audio-01.mp3'
file 'audio-02.mp3'

Maybe it's only necessary when there are spaces in the file names.

[whs912km]

thanks vegeta, it work !

and thanks jagabo about for your clarification

[whs912km]

for the guys here that i want to listen to this wonderful radio, i want to post here 2 simple soltions that discovered:

1) with VLC: open VLC - media - open network stream - add link https://icy.unitedradio.it/rmcweb020
then from Media save playlist to file. now with simply double click start VLC and play the stream. wonderful

2) with mpv (now my preferred player): make a new txt file. open it and add https://icy.unitedradio.it/rmcweb020
save. rename as plist.m3u
make a shortcut to mpv.exe - right click and go to property. on destination field add path to file plist.m3u
like C:\mpv_folder\mpv.exe C:\plist.m3u
now with simply double click start mpv and play the stream

a special thanks to lomero for help to find these tricks

i hope this guide may be useful to someone! enjoy guys