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title: "yt-dlp Video Download"
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# yt-dlp Video Download

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This feature requires the yt-dlp command-line tool installed on your system.
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Use the `/ytdlp` command to download videos and audio from supported video websites, including YouTube, Bilibili, Twitter, and 1000+ other sites.

```bash
/ytdlp <url1> [url2] [flags...]
```

Examples:

```bash
# Basic download
/ytdlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

# Download multiple videos
/ytdlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video2

# Use custom parameters
/ytdlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ -f best
/ytdlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ --extract-audio --audio-format mp3
```

Common parameters:

- `-f <format>`: Specify download format (e.g., `best`, `worst`, `bestvideo+bestaudio`)
- `--extract-audio`: Extract audio
- `--audio-format <format>`: Audio format (e.g., `mp3`, `m4a`, `wav`)
- `--write-sub`: Download subtitles
- `--write-thumbnail`: Download thumbnail

For more parameters, see [yt-dlp documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#usage-and-options).