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Drag & drop URL from address bar into folder = automagically convert + download #24468

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opened 2026-02-21 12:02:26 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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Originally created by @grand-lotus-iroh on GitHub (Sep 20, 2021).

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How would I go about finding out how to drag & drop shortcut URL from browser address bar into folder to auto download / convert to audio mp3? It would work something like this:

Originally created by @grand-lotus-iroh on GitHub (Sep 20, 2021).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm asking a question - [x] I've looked through the README and FAQ for similar questions - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones ## Question  How would I go about finding out how to drag & drop shortcut URL from browser address bar into folder to auto download / convert to audio mp3? It would work something like this: ![8t9-514](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1291364/134059471-028a7be9-c1f2-4c5f-a179-5a9430cd304a.gif)

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2026-02-21 12:02:31 -05:00

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@zulc22 commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021):

that would be very complex to make possible, but I don't quite think this question belongs here (because this goes into the territory of making an entirely new application powered by youtube-dl, instead of being a feature that could be "just" be added)

@zulc22 commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021): that would be very complex to make possible, but I don't quite think this question belongs here (because this goes into the territory of making an entirely new application powered by youtube-dl, instead of being a feature that could be "just" be added)

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2026-02-21 12:02:32 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021):

But, as a hint, a simple solution for Windows might be to make a script that accepts a URL as its parameter and runs yt-dl on the URL to convert the URL's media to an MP3 file or files in the same directory as the script.

Place a copy of this script in each folder that you want to use. Then drag and drop the URL from the browser's address bar on to the script in one of the folders to extract the URL's media into that folder.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021): But, as a hint, a simple solution for Windows might be to make a script that accepts a URL as its parameter and runs yt-dl on the URL to convert the URL's media to an MP3 file or files in the same directory as the script. Place a copy of this script in each folder that you want to use. Then drag and drop the URL from the browser's address bar on to the script in one of the folders to extract the URL's media into that folder.

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2026-02-21 12:02:32 -05:00

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@AyrA commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021):

URL links are simple text files in INI file format. A simple powershell script could be used to extract the link and feed into youtube-dl

@AyrA commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2021): URL links are simple text files in INI file format. A simple powershell script could be used to extract the link and feed into youtube-dl

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Cannot download subs on tlc.com #24688

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