You can use it like this: youtube-dl -x -audio-format mp3 video_URL Say you want to extract the audio in MP3 format. You may specify the audio format to something of your choice. Post-process file Zorin OS 16 Review - It's a Visual Masterpiece-m_PmLG7HqbQ.m4a exists, skippingĭid you notice the audio format? It is in. Correcting container in 'Zorin OS 16 Review - It's a Visual Masterpiece-m_PmLG7HqbQ.m4a' Destination: Zorin OS 16 Review - It's a Visual Masterpiece-m_PmLG7HqbQ.m4a Here’s an example where I downloaded the voice-over of our Zorin OS 16 review video. The file is saved in the same directory from where you ran the youtube-dl command. This extract-audio option converts the video files to audio-only files. If you only want to download audio from a YouTube video, you can use the -x option with youtube-dl. Please make sure that you have installed youtube-dl on your Linux distribution first. It’s up to you if you choose to download videos or audio. Downloading videos from websites could be against their policies.

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