Youtube-dl [work] Download Multiple Videos «WORKING - Tricks»

Use the -a or --batch-file flag to point to your list. youtube-dl -a links.txt Use code with caution.

Open any text editor (like Notepad or TextEdit) and paste your URLs, one per line. Save it as links.txt . youtube-dl download multiple videos

For just a few videos, you can skip the text file and paste multiple URLs directly into your terminal, separated by spaces: youtube-dl Use code with caution. 4. Advanced: Speeding Up with Parallel Downloads Use the -a or --batch-file flag to point to your list

This tells the system to take 1 URL at a time and run up to 5 processes at once. 5. Managing Your Archive Save it as links

If you only want specific videos from a long playlist, use the --playlist-items flag. For example, to download the 1st, 2nd, and 5th through 8th videos: youtube-dl --playlist-items 1,2,5-8 "PLAYLIST_URL" Use code with caution. 3. Downloading Multiple URLs Directly