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ytfzf — Find and download videos and music. Written in POSIX shell. See also: `youtube-dl`, `yt-dlp`, `insta

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commandytfzffindandclivideosdownload

linux

Problem

How to use the ytfzf command: Find and download videos and music. Written in POSIX shell. See also: youtube-dl, yt-dlp, instaloader. More information: <https://manned.org/ytfzf>.

Solution

ytfzf — Find and download videos and music. Written in POSIX shell. See also: youtube-dl, yt-dlp, instaloader. More information: <https://manned.org/ytfzf>.

Search for videos on YouTube with thumbnail previews:

ytfzf {{[-t|--show-thumbnails]}} {{search_pattern}}

Play only the audio of the first item in a loop:

ytfzf {{[-m|--audio-only]}} {{[-a|--auto-select]}} {{[-l|--loop]}} {{search_pattern}}

Download a video from the history:

ytfzf {{[-d|--download]}} --choose-from-history

Play all the music found in a search:

ytfzf {{[-m|--audio-only]}} {{[-A|--select-all]}} {{search_pattern}}

See the trending videos in an external menu:

ytfzf --trending --ext-menu {{search_pattern}}

Search on PeerTube instead of YouTube:

ytfzf --peertube {{search_pattern}}

Code Snippets

Search for videos on YouTube with thumbnail previews

ytfzf {{[-t|--show-thumbnails]}} {{search_pattern}}

Play only the audio of the first item in a loop

ytfzf {{[-m|--audio-only]}} {{[-a|--auto-select]}} {{[-l|--loop]}} {{search_pattern}}

Download a video from the history

ytfzf {{[-d|--download]}} --choose-from-history

Play all the music found in a search

ytfzf {{[-m|--audio-only]}} {{[-A|--select-all]}} {{search_pattern}}

See the trending videos in an external menu

ytfzf --trending --ext-menu {{search_pattern}}

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