How to Download YouTube Videos Using Youtube-dl

When you are looking for a way to download YouTube videos, you can find many answers on Google or Quora, and there are also multitude of YouTube downloader, it’s definitely difficult for a novice to choose from. So here in this post, I’m going to introduce you a practical way to download videos from YouTube, all the tool you need is youtube-dl.

Compared with other YouTube downloader, youtube-dl seems a little technical to some extent, since you have to know the basic knowledge of command prompt(cmd) before you want to use it. When you finish downloading youtube-dl, you should put it in your personal folder in the Users directory. Now you go to YouTube and copy the URL of the videos you want to download, then just press “WIN + R” and input “cmd” in the search bar to open the command prompt, here it comes to the most crucial step. Type this following command: “youtube-dl video-link”, or “youtube-dl playlist-link” if you want to download a playlist, then press “Enter”, and the video starts to download, when it finishes downloading, you will find the video in the same location as the youtube-dl software.

You can type the command of “youtube-dl -help” to reveal some extra features such as to download from a particular number or to download in reverse order, etc. To select the video quality, you can use command “youtube-dl -F video-link”, here’s an example:

The best quality is 22, if you want to download it, just type the command “youtube-dl -F 22 video-link”, in this way you can download any resolution this video supports. If you have enough computer space and desire to download the video of best quality, then you should use this command ”youtube-dl -F bestvideo+bestaudio video-link”.

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How to Download and Convert YouTube Playlist Videos to MP3 Audio

Sometimes when you want to watch a whole TV series on YouTube, perhaps tutorials of a new language or a hobby, it’s a good idea to download the whole videos as a playlist so that we can watch them whenever we like. But if we only want to listen to the whole audio of some relaxing music, it makes sense to convert the video playlist to audio so that we can just close our eyes and listen the melody comfortably.

So how to download and convert YouTube playlist videos to audio? All you need is a software named Gihosoft TubeGet. In this article, I will introduce you how to use it to convert YouTube playlist videos in MP3 audio.

Step-by-step guide on how to utilize Gihosoft TubeGet to download playlist to audio

1. Download Gihosoft TubeGet. Go to the official website of Gihosoft TubeGet to download and install the software. The good news is that is doesn’t have any plugin or bundled software, so you can install it at ease.

2. Copy and paste the URL of the playlist. Find the playlist you want to download on YouTube, then copy the link of the playlist in the address line. Open Gihosoft TubeGet and click “+Paste URL”, the software will analyze the URL shortly. After it parse successfully, a new interface will appear.

3. Select resolution and download type. In the new interface, select the video resolution you want to download, and don’t forget to tick “YouTube to MP3” since you want to keep the audio.

4. Download. Now you just click the “Download” to start the downloading process.