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Custom yt‐dlp options

Andrew edited this page Nov 17, 2025 · 3 revisions

Using custom yt-dlp options

ytDownloader uses yt-dlp (a command-line tool) to download video and audio files. When you click on 'Download', ytDownloader starts yt-dlp with the necessary options. For example, the program adds the option --embed-thumbnail to embed thumbnails. Here is an example command:

yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 https://youtu.be/aqz-KE-bpKQ

The following command downloads an mp3 file from the video.

yt-dlp supports lots of options. The supported options are listed here.

You can add your custom options, which will be used when downloading files. They will override the options set by the program.

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