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youtube-downloader

Download videos, audio, playlists, and channels from YouTube and 1000+ websites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection, format conversion, subtitle download, playlist filtering, metadata extraction, thumbnail download, and batch operations. Use when downloading YouTube videos in any quality (4K, 8K, HDR), extracting audio as MP3/M4A/FLAC, downloading entire playlists/channels, getting subtitles in multiple languages, converting to specific formats, downloading live streams, archiving content, or batch processing multiple URLs. Optimized for reliability with automatic retries, rate limiting, and error handling.

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Updated 11/20/2025
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quick start

Installation and usage

Download videos, audio, playlists, and channels from YouTube and 1000+ websites using yt-dlp. Supports quality selection, format conversion, subtitle download, playlist filtering, metadata extraction, thumbnail download, and batch operations. Use when downloading YouTube videos in any quality (4K, 8K, HDR), extracting audio as MP3/M4A/FLAC, downloading entire playlists/channels, getting subtitles in multiple languages, converting to specific formats, downloading live streams, archiving content, or batch processing multiple URLs. Optimized for reliability with automatic retries, rate limiting, and error handling.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use youtube-downloader