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youtube-dl -f bestaudio https://youtu.be/YT0k99hCY5I Or if you want to listen to it straight away mpv --ytdl-format=bestaudio https://youtu.be/YT0k99hCY5I

• dredmorbius 7y ago
  mpv is absolutely transformative for Youtube (and a huge number of other platforms, services, & urls). youtube-dl can directly stream as well, e.g., youtube-dl -o - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc - (from the manpage). And there's mps-youtube as well.
• Zhyl 7y ago
  if you want to search for a song: mpv --ytdl-format=bestaudio 'ytdl://ytsearch1:John Butler Trio Ocean' As a function: !#/bin/bash yt(){ mpv --ytdl-format=bestaudio "ytdl://ytsearch1:$*" } Edit: as per comment below, swapped '--no-video' for '--ytdl-format=bestaudio'
  • Hamuko 7y ago
    --no-video is not relevant to this conversation since it still fetches the video stream.
    • Zhyl 7y ago
      Interesting, I was not aware of that! Shall amend my scripts immediately.