Download YouTube videos with customizable quality and format options. Use this skill when the user asks to download, save, or grab YouTube videos. Supports various quality settings (best, 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p), multiple formats (mp4, webm, mkv), and audio-only downloads as MP3.
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Download YouTube videos with full control over quality and format settings.
The simplest way to download a video:
python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
This downloads the video in best available quality as MP4 to /mnt/user-data/outputs/.
Use -q or --quality to specify video quality:
best (default): Highest quality available1080p: Full HD720p: HD480p: Standard definition360p: Lower qualityworst: Lowest quality availableExample:
python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -q 720p
Use -f or --format to specify output format (video downloads only):
mp4 (default): Most compatiblewebm: Modern formatmkv: Matroska containerExample:
python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -f webm
Use -a or --audio-only to download only audio as MP3:
python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -a
Use -o or --output to specify a different output directory:
python scripts/download_video.py "URL" -o /path/to/directory
python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -q 1080p
python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -a
python scripts/download_video.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -q 720p -f webm -o /custom/path
The skill uses yt-dlp, a robust YouTube downloader that:
/mnt/user-data/outputs/ by default
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