yt-snip

Fast YouTube video/audio downloader and trimmer - a yt-dlp wrapper.

Install

From AUR:

yay -S yt-snip

From source:

git clone https://github.com/melqtx/yt-snip.git
cd yt-snip
make
sudo make install

Usage

# Download full video
yt-snip video "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Download audio only
yt-snip audio "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Download all videos from a playlist
yt-snip playlist-video "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID"

# Download all audio from a playlist (works with YouTube Music)
yt-snip playlist-audio "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID"

# Download and trim video (1:30 to 3:45)
yt-snip trim-video "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" "00:01:30" "00:03:45"

# Download and trim audio (90s to 180s)
yt-snip trim-audio "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" "90" "180"

Features

• Download videos and audio from YouTube and YouTube Music
• Download entire playlists with automatic indexing
• Extract audio in opus format
• Trim videos and audio using timestamps
• Handles errors gracefully during playlist downloads
• Organized file storage in dedicated folders

Dependencies

• yt-dlp
• ffmpeg

Output Organization

Downloads are automatically organized in the following directory structure:

.
├── video/
│   ├── singles/     # Individual video downloads
│   └── playlists/   # Playlist video downloads
└── audio/
    ├── singles/     # Individual audio downloads
    └── playlists/   # Playlist audio downloads

File Naming

• Individual videos: ./video/singles/[Title].webm
• Individual audio: ./audio/singles/[Title].opus
• Playlist videos: ./video/playlists/[Title][Playlist_Index].webm
• Playlist audio: ./audio/playlists/[Title][Playlist_Index].opus
• Trimmed videos: ./video/singles/trimmed_[Title].webm
• Trimmed audio: ./audio/singles/trimmed_[Title].opus

Supported URLs

• YouTube (youtube.com, youtu.be)
• YouTube Music (music.youtube.com)