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smithery.ai

youtube-video-to-audio

Download YouTube videos as audio files using yt-dlp

First seen Jun 22, 2026

Installation

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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,213 B
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  1. First seen on skills.sh
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SKILL.md

YouTube Video to Audio

Extract and download audio from YouTube videos.

Usage

python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Options

  • --video-url (required) - YouTube video URL to download
  • --quality - Quality selector (default: "bestaudio[abr<=64]/worstaudio")
  • --audio-format - Output format: mp3, aac, wav (default: mp3)
  • --bitrate - Audio bitrate: 64K, 128K, 192K, 320K (default: 64K)
  • --output - Custom output path (default: ~/tmp/downloadaudioresult.mp3)

Examples

# Basic usage (default: 64K bitrate MP3 to ~/tmp/download_audio_result.mp3)
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rZtgHcbWA"

# High quality with custom bitrate
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://youtu.be/xyz" --quality "bestaudio" --bitrate "128K"

# Custom output location
python scripts/download_audio.py --video-url "https://youtu.be/xyz" --output "/path/to/output.mp3"

Requirements

  • Python 3.11+
  • ffmpeg installed at ~/ffmpeg
  • yt-dlp (auto-downloaded on first run)