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Youtube-dl - downloading several youtube videos at once in one command

I know how to download 1 youtube video command, 1 youtube playlist command but I don't know how to download several youtube videos at once in one command. How can I do it?

Solution

  • Just add all the URLs after the call to youtube-dl, like this:

    youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc" http://vimeo.com/56015672 "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBDE1E42B3A9BC37" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEge830cgHs"

    Most shells also allow multi-line commands, like this:

    youtube-dl \
  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc" \
  http://vimeo.com/56015672 \
  "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBDE1E42B3A9BC37" \
  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEge830cgHs"

    Don't forget to quote URLs that contain an ampersand (&) or - on some shells - a question mark (?). How you quote depends on your shell - on most shells, including the URL in ' or " should be sufficient.