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yt-audio-cli
A command-line tool for downloading audio from YouTube and other sites, built as a focused wrapper around yt-dlp and FFmpeg.
Python / CLI / yt-dlp / FFmpeg· 2025
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A command-line tool for downloading audio from YouTube and other sites. It wraps yt-dlp and FFmpeg with sensible defaults for audio-only downloads. For video downloads or advanced format control, use yt-dlp directly instead.
Usage
pip install yt-audio-cli
yt-audio-cli https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDFeatures
- Downloads single videos, multiple videos in parallel, entire playlists, or a batch file of URLs.
- Supports MP3, AAC, Opus, and WAV output formats.
- Offers quality presets, or an exact bitrate between 32 and 320 kbps.
- Retries failed downloads, with a configurable retry count.
FFmpeg must already be installed on your system for audio conversion.