# install yt-dpl ```console python3 -m pip install --force-reinstall https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/archive/master.tar.gz ``` # for more convenient, install the yt-dlp to /usr/bin/ example: ```console sudo cp /home/foo/.local/bin/yt-dlp /usr/bin/ ``` ## Example download with subtitle ```console yt-dlp --write-auto-subs en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCZ24kdcs6E ```

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#subtitle-options

Convert VTT format into SRT subtitle format ``` ffmpeg -i *.vtt lilith.srt ``` 29.05.23

https://superuser.com/questions/117929/open-source-command-line-subtitle-converter

In Debian bookworm, you can install yt-dpl via ```console apt-get install yt-dpl ``` 29.05.23

https://packages.debian.org/sid/yt-dlp

yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --write-sub --sub-lang th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ozNM-Hb0w&ab_channel=DiscoverPermaculturewithGeoffLawton 29.05.23 working on 2.1.25 ``` yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --write-sub --sub-lang th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ozNM-Hb0w&ab_channel=DiscoverPermaculturewithGeoffLawton ``` 29.05.23 update to the latest ``` yt-dlp --update-to nightly ``` 29.05.23 use with cookies ``` yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --write-auto-sub --write-sub --sub-lang th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9_d3rlqu8&list=RD6U9_d3rlqu8&start_radio=1 ``` 29.05.23

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