Next you need to copy that file name and then put it in an ffmpg command like ffmpeg -i. What you should see is a flv file with the same name as the 'v' component of the youtube url you downloaded.Į.g if you downloaded then you should have a file called _z-hEyVQDRA.flv This will list all the flv files you have. Next have a look to make sure the flv file has downloaded from youtube by typing ls *flv Now install ffmpeg from the official repo. c Resume download of a video which was interrupted beforeįor complete list of switches execute man youtube-dl in terminal.
You can also specify other options -b Best quality To download a video execute the following: youtube-dl This will let you upgrade with sudo youtube-dl -U
Or as official readme suggest using curl or wget. Install youtube-dl from the official repository in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
