Download YouTube Video and Audio

The tool:

• https://yt-dl.org/

A Guide:

• https://acceptdefaults.com/2021/10/12/youtube-to-mp3-with-youtube-dl/

A fork with many useful improvements (for example a fix for slow download speed/throttling):

• https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files

MS VC++ 2010 x86 Redistributable (needed for Windows)

• https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe

For additional encoding formats: ffmpeg.exe (in the subfolder 'essentials'):

• https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/latest/

Some of the many options:

extract-audio		Audio only
audio-format	mp3	ffmpeg.exe required
audio-quality	0	Best quality
output	%%(title)s.%%(ext)s	Filename
write-thumbnail		Create a thumbnail from the video
embed-thumbnail		Embed the thumbnail in the mp3
default-search	ytsearch	Example

Example batch file:

set /p Search="Type query and press ENTER: "
yt-dlp.exe 
  --extract-audio 
  --audio-format mp3 
  --audio-quality 0 
  --write-thumbnail 
  --embed-thumbnail 
  --output %%(title)s.%%(ext)s 
  --default-search ytsearch "%Search%"

Mp3Gain to normalize volume level:

• http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php

Example batch file:

MP3Gain\mp3gain.exe /r *.mp3