yt_dlp

Descrizione

A fork of youtube-dl with additional features and fixes. The program is usually invoked as youtube-dl followed by options and the video URL. Run 'yt-dlp --help' and get a summary of all options.

As of October/November of 2025, to be able to download from YouTube, yt-dlp requires a Javascript engine. Of the ones it supports, only a couple are available on Haiku at the moment (and only one on x86_32 bits: "quickjs").

So, for that use case, you'll need to:

* Install either the "quickjs" or "node" packages: "> pkgman install cmd:qjs" or "> pkgman install cmd:node"

* Let yt-dlp know which one to use, for example: "> yt-dlp --js-runtime quickjs <youtube_url>"

Note: you might also need to pass appropiate cookies (with "--cookies-from-browser firefox" and/or, "--cookies <cookies_filename.txt>". Consult the documentation for more details.