My usual youtube-dl line is as follows yt-dlp -ciw -x --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <video-link> This names the file as title.mp3 ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 17:19:23 -0500 Subject: Re: Help with YT-DLP > Thank you Chrys, That fixed it. Now I need to find out how to have the video named, instead of just letters and numbers. Thanks, Rob On 2/4/22 16:57, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Howdy Rob, > > Well there is an open single tick but missing the closing one in -o parameter. So the string is not terminated. > > Cheers chrys > >> Am 04.02.2022 um 22:40 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> ?Hi, >> >> I am trying to use yt-dlp to convert YouTube video to mp3. >> >> I installed the latest version of yt-dlp using the info below. >> >> sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp >> >> sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp >> >> update command >> yt-dlp -U >> >> When I use the below command, I get nothing but a greater than sign. >> >> yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ -o '%(id)s.mp3 >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list