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yt-dlp

Common commands for downloading media, selecting formats, extracting audio, subtitles, and output templates.

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Common Commands

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Common yt-dlp Commands

Quick commands for listing formats, downloading video, extracting audio, and naming output files with yt-dlp.

List available formats
Download the best quality
Extract audio and set output names

Use Cases

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Check if a YouTube Video Has Uploaded Subtitles

Use yt-dlp to distinguish between uploaded subtitles and auto-generated captions on YouTube videos, and quickly determine subtitle status via jq, grep, or custom commands.

User-uploaded subtitles are located in the `subtitles` field, and auto-generated captions are located in the `automatic_captions` field;