This JSON output is then passed to jq JSON processor (you have to install it before see JQ website) searching for all the 'id' keys contained in the JSON output (0gvUCLL-UGE,CPV7zcUy4J0,4wyZNwIrH9I.). With the -j option youtube-dl will produce a JSON output which contains all the information about the link you pass (a playlist in this case). Which should be what you need (a list of discrete links to YT videos).

This will produce an output similar to this in result.log: Try using this command: youtube-dl -j -flat-playlist ' | jq -r '.id' | sed 's_^_' > result.log Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/bestĭid u read the page wysiwig suggested in his comment? ( thanks Youtube playlist with youtube-dlĪnyway, here I'll try to explain what you could do (extracted from the previous web site) CNotezuR73g: Downloading video info webpage exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.1, ffprobe 4.0.1, rtmpdump 2.4 Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 Instead it hangs, after producing this output: ~ $ youtube-dl -i -v -flat-playlist -skip-download Which according to the man page should list playlist entries while preventing file download. In youtube-dl, I'm trying to get only the playlist content (should be 600+ entries) from a URL, thus: youtube-dl -i -v -flat-playlist -skip-download

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