--- title: "EDM115 - Project EDM115/bulk-youtube-download" canonical_url: "https://edm115.github.io/website/website/projects/bulk-youtube-download" last_updated: "2026-08-20T22:18:02.863Z" meta: description: "Download multiple videos at once with one simple script. Works with Youtube and all other sites supported by yt-dlp." "og:description": "Download multiple videos at once with one simple script. Works with Youtube and all other sites supported by yt-dlp." "og:title": "EDM115 - Project EDM115/bulk-youtube-download" --- Home # Bulk `/(YouTube|Video)/` Downloader ## Download multiple videos at once with one simple script Works with Youtube and [all other sites supported by `yt-dlp`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md). ![Total downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/EDM115/bulk-youtube-download/total?style=for-the-badge&label=Total%20downloads) ## Prerequisites - Download `yt-dlp` - For Linux-based systems, [`apt`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation#apt) is probably the easiest way - For Windows, [`winget`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation#winget) might be the easiest, although if you don’t have winget, just download the [`.exe`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe) and put it somewhere in your PATH (if you don’t know what that is, create a folder called `yt-dlp` in `%APPDATA%`, put the exe there, do `Win` + `R`, `systempropertiesadvanced`, Environment Variables, in System variables double click on `Path`, new, `%APPDATA%\yt-dlp` and OK all the way out), in that case use `yt-dlp -U` to update it later - If you have it installed with `pip`, make sure to update it to the latest version that has `ejs` support by running `pip install -U yt-dlp[default]` - Download `FFmpeg` - For Linux-based systems, it should already be installed, otherwise check [this](https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-linux) - For Windows, either run `winget install Gyan.FFmpeg` or download [this](https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-full.7z) and follow the same instructions as above to add it to your PATH - Download `Deno` (required to support YouTube download with the latest `yt-dlp` versions) - For Linux-based systems, run `curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh` - For Windows, either run `winget install DenoLand.Deno` or `irm https://deno.land/install.ps1 | iex` in Powershell ## Usage - Download the script file [`bulk-youtube-download.bat`](https://github.com/EDM115/bulk-youtube-download/releases/latest/download/bulk-youtube-download.bat) (or [`bulk-youtube-download.sh`](https://github.com/EDM115/bulk-youtube-download/releases/latest/download/bulk-youtube-download.sh) for Linux/Mac) and put it somewhere you want - Create a text file called `links.txt` in the same folder as the script - Put your links in the `links.txt` file as a JSON array, for example :json ``` [ "https://youtu.be/7ssVNgOK_MM", "https://youtu.be/xyLWY2wXbho", "https://youtu.be/p0dw-276t7w", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVoZJXuhxk", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TwBc7B46X0", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2csePLbahQ", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1EzV-i3WI", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JdZsKzYWhI", "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLliBvQE3gg9doyZ2XgGOFMn4FHzdZquuZ", "https://www.youtube.com/@snaptic.3d/videos", "https://www.youtube.com/@snaptic.3d/shorts" ] ``` NOTE Supported URL types : - Single videos - Playlists - Channel `/videos` pages - Mixed URLs together - Open a terminal/command prompt in the folder where you put the script and the `links.txt` file - Run the script : - On Windows : `.\bulk-youtube-download.bat` - On Linux/Mac : `./bulk-youtube-download.sh` - Congrats, the videos are now in the `downloads` folder ! ## Default download options and how to change them By default, the script uses the following options : - Format : best video + best audio, fallback to best if not available - Embed subtitles (if available) - Embed thumbnail - Embed metadata - Embed chapters (if available) - Playlist support in addition to single videos - Resume interrupted downloads - Parallel fragment downloading for faster downloads - Retry failed downloads automatically - Output folder : `downloads` (created if it doesn’t exist), filename format : `Video Title [Video ID].ext`, in a subfolder named after the playlist if the video is part of a playlist Downloads are automatically organized like this :text ``` downloads/ ├── Video title [VideoID].mp4 └── Channel name/ ├── 1 - Video title [VideoID].mp4 └── 2 - Video title [VideoID].mp4 └── Playlist name/ ├── 1 - Video title [VideoID].mp4 └── 2 - Video title [VideoID].mp4 ``` To change these options, just pass what you want after the script name, for example `.\bulk-youtube-download.bat -f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best" --no-embed-subs -o "downloads/%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"`. A list of options can be found [here](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#usage-and-options). Here are some options that might be worth using : - `no-playlist` if you want to skip playlist links - `--cookies-from-browser chrome` for private/age restricted videos - `-s -F` to see the available formats for each video without downloading - `-f "format"` to specify the format to download, see [this](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#format-selection) - `-o "downloads/output_template"` : change the output folder and/or filename format, see [this](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#output-template) ⚠️ **WARNING** : on Windows, make sure to double the `%` signs in the output template (example : use `%%(title)s` instead of `%(title)s`). Also it’s best to keep the `downloads/` part to avoid cluttering the script folder with all the downloaded videos - `--sub-langs` to specify which subtitles to download, use `--list-subs` before to see available languages - `-x` to extract audio only for videos that don’t provide separate audio and video streams - `--force-keyframes-at-cuts --sponsorblock-remove sponsor,selfpromo` to remove segments of the video, see [this](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#sponsorblock-options) for available categories. The `--force-keyframes-at-cuts` option is recommended to have better results when cutting the video, although it takes longer to process --- ## How to download all videos from a channel ? 1. Go on the Youtube channel, go on the Videos tab, reload the page and scroll down until no new video pops out (yes it can take some time) 2. Open the console (`F12` -> Console) paste the following line and hit enter :js ``` copy(Array.from(new Set(Array.from(document.links).filter((l) => l.href?.includes("watch?v=")).map((x) => x.href.split("&")[0])))) ``` 3. Open the `links.txt` file, delete everything, paste (`Ctrl` + `V`) and save the file TIP if you see no link, run the following command instead : js ``` copy(Array.from(new Set(Array.from(document.links).filter((l) => l.href?.includes(".be/")).map((x) => x.href.split("&")[0])))) ``` ## Demo # You have an error ? - The video may be geo-restricted - The video may be private - The video may be age-restricted and require cookies - Youtube is rate limiting you - Missing cookies (in some cases) - [Outdated `yt-dlp`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update) - If you have any special error message, [open an issue **here first**](https://github.com/EDM115/bulk-youtube-download/issues/new/choose) to not bloat yt-dlp’s repo --- ## Credits - Script created by myself ([@EDM115](https://github.com/EDM115)) - Inspired by a request of [Crystal](https://t.me/Cris_admin) - With improvements from [@Abhijithsp](https://github.com/Abhijithsp)