How to specify a filename while extracting audio using youtube-dl?

Question

I can create an mp3 of a YouTube video with the following command:

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00

It creates an mp3 with the following filename:

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years [Official Music Video]-rtOvBOTyX00.mp3

I don't need the video ID part (rtOvBOTyX00) at the end and would like to have just the following:

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years [Official Music Video].mp3

Is this achievable with youtube-dl's options? If not, what's the next best solution?

Maythux · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-30T07:58:39.033

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Try the command

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --output "%(uploader)s%(title)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00

edited May 30 '15 at 07:58

answered May 30 '15 at 07:33

Maythux

Ben · Answer 2 · 2015-05-30T07:40:21.663

27

As you could reed in the youtube-dl manpage the corresponding option would be -o :

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00

edited May 30 '15 at 07:40

answered May 30 '15 at 07:34

Ben

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '20 at 05:38

3

You can specify name by using argument --output and then specifying the name in the following syntax in place of specific_name

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJDhFRDx9M -x --audio-format mp3 --output "specific_name.%(ext)s"

answered Mar 08 '20 at 05:38

Ambesh Shekhar

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 08 '17 at 18:30

0

Escape your percent signs, so %(title)s becomes %%(title)s. I had this issue myself.

answered Aug 08 '17 at 18:30

FluxCapacitor

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