# youtube-dl
> Download videos from YouTube and hundreds of other sites

## Summary
Download videos and audio from YouTube and hundreds of other sites

## Capabilities
- Download videos from YouTube and 1000+ sites
- Extract audio from videos
- Select video quality and format
- Support playlists and channels
- Resume interrupted downloads

## When to Use
- You need to download videos from YouTube or other sites
- You want to extract audio from online videos

## When NOT to Use
- Consider using yt-dlp (the maintained fork) instead

## Related Tools
- [mps-youtube](/tools/mps-youtube) (complementary)
- [ytmdl](/tools/ytmdl) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/youtube-dl
