#SAVE AN ENTIRE YOUTUBE PLAYLIST 360P#

When you use the -F flag to list the possible file formats, sometimes it lists a 360p format as 'best', for example: youtube-dl -F Here is why -f best might not give you the highest resolution. Youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best' -ciw -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' -v TL DR use the -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best' flag to get a higher resolution. Output filename template, this example functions similarly to the old -title option

The special name 'best' will pick the best quality.ДЇorce resume of partially downloaded filesД¬ontinue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a channel Note: If you are downloading a lot of videos, you should change directories to the directory where you want to save the videos before you start downloading them. where is replaced by the URL of the channel. Open the terminal and type: youtube-dl -f best -ciw -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' -v To install it type: sudo snap install youtube-dl # launch it with snap run youtube-dl

You can either install the latest version of youtube-dl locally inside a Python virtual environment ( virtualenv), or you can download the latest version of youtube-dl and install it with pip ( sudo apt remove youtube-dl & sudo apt install python-pip & pip install -user youtube-dl). You need to update youtube-dl to the latest version. This answer won't work on older versions of youtube-dl.

Save an entire youtube playlist