# yt-dlp Snippets

## Best Video & Audio
To grab the best quality audio and video and merge them automatically into a single file.

```shell
yt-dlp -f "bestvideo+bestaudio" <url>
```

## Best Video in MP4
Download the best quality video in .mp4 format.

```shell
yt-dlp -f "best[ext=mp4]" <url>
```

## Best Video in MP4 w/ English Subtitles
Download the best quality video in .mp4 format, along with English subtitles (if available), from the given URL.

```shell
yt-dlp -f "best[ext=mp4]" --write-sub --sub-lang en <url>
```

## Extract Audio in MP3
The command will extract the audio from the video at the given URL and save it in the MP3 format.
```shell
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 <url>
```

## Extract Audio in MP3, Block Ads
The command will extract the audio from the video at the given URL, remove all sponsor segments using SponsorBlock, and save the audio in MP3 format.
```shell
yt-dlp --sponsorblock-remove all -x --audio-format mp3 <url>
```