YT-DLP Quick Reference

published: 1st of November 2025

Not alot to see here, just a quick reference guide to using yt-dlp

I will update this post with new findings as I find them.

Download a video, re-encoding the video into `mkv` format.

    cmd
  

    yt-dlp \
  --remux-video mkv
  --output "<filename>.%(ext)s" \
  <url>
  

Download a video, extract the audio and convert the audio to an `mp3`.

    cmd
  

    yt-dlp \
  --extract-audio \
  --audio-format mp3 \
  --output "<filename>.%(ext)s" \
  <url>
  

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