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Some questions about yt-dlp (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by jaagruk@mander.xyz to c/foss@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/14609590

Can I have some help regarding using yt-dlp.

  1. How to select a specific duration of video to be downloaded like from 00 to 600 seconds in video of 8 hours.
  2. When downloading songs from youtube with metadata and thumbnail I get thumbnails in rectangular shape instead of square. How to turn them square?

Asking it here cause, Discussion on repository is closed and it is FOSS software.

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[โ€“] PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

First question: You use

--download-sections "*00:00-10:00"

as an option to download the first 10 minutes. The asterisk means the numbers are treated as a timestamp instead of looking for a chapter with that title.

Second question I don't know.

[โ€“] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well that's a game changer, because I've been using ffmpeg directly to trim the files and it's very clunky by comparison.