mp4 format.' youtube-dl -format mp4 $vid -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' if then # from which point to which point you want to trim # start e.g. The script is as follow #!/bin/bash # youtube video id vid='$1' echo ' download video from youtube in. Now that we have downloaded the YouTube video and cut out the section we need from it, let’s combine the above commands into a shell script. I will cut out that section using ffmpeg, it’s between the 3rd and 6th minute. The pinnacle of the speech for me was the part he spoke about when he dropped out of college, the way he coped with it, his interest calligraphy and how windows copied Mac… haha. Next, get a clip from the downloaded video file The file should be named something like “ Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address-UF8uR6Z6KLc.mp4”. mp4 file downloaded in the directory in which the command was executed. Once the above command is executed successfully, you should get the. You can also specify the output format of the video. To download a video, get the video id and run the below command. Steve Jobs Download a Video with Youtube-dl

They somehow already know what you truly want to become. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Let’s download a video clip, I will use Steve Jobs famous 2005 Stanford Commencement Address… we all loved it.

FFmpegis a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

Youtube-dlis a command-line program to download videos from and a few more sites.

Download and install them into your device… it is quite straightforward. To achieve the above tasks, I will be using two command-line programs which are youtube-dl and ffmpeg. If you are a developer, you can give back by either contributing to open source communities or supporting those who do ( buy them a coffee… it goes a long way).

There are plethora of developers contributing to open source platforms, kudos to our heroes (not all wear capes). It turned out be a piece of a cake, thanks to open source community. Like many software developers out there, I love the Terminal (command line), it didn’t take long before I decided to write a script to do the job for me.

Ffmpeg command line generator