yt-dlp Notes Revision as of Monday, 2 June 2025 at 21:06 UTC

Download the Best Quality Audio and Video

yt-dlp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio" URL

You can add --merge-output-format mkv for a container. Make sure ffmpeg is installed.

Only Download Subtitles

If explicit subtitles are not supplied, will download auto-generated subs.

yt-dlp \
  --write-subs \
  --write-auto-subs \
  --sub-langs "en,es" \
  --sub-format "srt" \
  --skip-download \
  URL