How to use yt-dlp to download videos

    This is a very simple, stripped down, basic-as-it-gets video downloading tutorial for people new to yt-dlp.


  • Download yt-dlp

  • Make a folder, put the file you have downloaded in there, then doubleclick the file so you run it in that folder.

  • In this folder, create a textfile called list.

  • Your folder should look like this now:



  • Open the list.txt and add links of videos you want to download. You can add as many links as you want, from different websites too.



  • Ctrl + S to save the list.txt.

  • Type cmd into the address bar and press enter.



  • A command prompt should pop up now:



  • Paste the following line into the command prompt and press enter: yt-dlp -a list.txt -v -S ext:mp4:m4a --fragment-retries infinite

  • Done. Your video(s) will download now.