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title: "How to Download a YouTube Video or Channel"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-download-a-youtube-video-or-channel-xyncubtt6
source_url: https://davidwalsh.name/download-youtube-mp3
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source: "David Walsh"
published: 2024-09-04T04:43:38.613Z
updated: 2024-11-08T10:08:20.958Z
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upvotes: 7
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# How to Download a YouTube Video or Channel

**[David Walsh](https://daily.dev/sources/dwb)** · 1 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Downloading media has evolved from the days of Napster and LimeWire to modern tools like yt-dlp. This tool allows users to download YouTube videos or entire channels, and even convert videos to audio formats like mp3. YouTube-dl was the previous standard, but yt-dlp now leads in functionality.

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