youtube-dl

"Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites" - https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/

Examples

Show available media formats

youtube-dl -F 'https://youtu.be/LdCq6y1Uu5Y'

Download the best quality within resolution bounds

youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio' 'https://youtu.be/-kgTCpv_W64'

Download the best quality m4a version

youtube-dl -f 'bestaudio[ext=m4a]' 'https://youtu.be/0ZII3Cu_Uo4'

Download songs longer than 30 minutes

The --match-filter only alters what gets downloaded, not what is displayed when using options like -j

youtube-dl -f bestaudio --match-filter 'duration > 1800' 'https://www.youtube.com/user/boyceavenue'

Reformat a youtube channel into lines as "URL - Title"

youtube-dl -j --flat-playlist 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMZW9kLpg0&list=PL1B627337ED6F55F0' |
  jq -S -r '"https://youtu.be/" + .id + " - " + .title'