How do I download youtube videos for a specified time period #26647

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opened 2026-02-21 13:16:17 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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Originally created by @GuanghuiSong on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023).

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Originally created by @GuanghuiSong on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023).  ## Checklist  - [ x] I'm asking a question - [x] I've looked through the README and FAQ for similar questions - [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones ## Question  Can someone help me, please

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@GuanghuiSong commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023):

I have used the following two forms of parameters, neither of which worked
ydl_opts = {
'path':"/home/sgh/code/Text-To-Video-Finetuning/datasets/download_videos",
'outtmpl':caption,
'merge_output_format':'mp4',
'format':format_id,
'skip_download':False,
'quiet':True,
"download_ranges": download_range_func(None, start_time, end_time ),
"force_keyframes_at_cuts": True
}
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ydl_opts = {
'path':"/home/sgh/code/Text-To-Video-Finetuning/datasets/download_videos",
'outtmpl':caption,
'merge_output_format':'mp4',
'format':format_id,
'skip_download':False,
'quiet':True,
"external_downloader": "ffmpeg",
"external_downloader_args": {"ffmpeg_i": ["-ss", str(start_time)."-to", str(end_time)]},
}

@GuanghuiSong commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023): I have used the following two forms of parameters, neither of which worked ydl_opts = { 'path':"/home/sgh/code/Text-To-Video-Finetuning/datasets/download_videos", 'outtmpl':caption, 'merge_output_format':'mp4', 'format':format_id, 'skip_download':False, 'quiet':True, "download_ranges": download_range_func(None, [[start_time, end_time]] ), "force_keyframes_at_cuts": True } and ydl_opts = { 'path':"/home/sgh/code/Text-To-Video-Finetuning/datasets/download_videos", 'outtmpl':caption, 'merge_output_format':'mp4', 'format':format_id, 'skip_download':False, 'quiet':True, "external_downloader": "ffmpeg", "external_downloader_args": {"ffmpeg_i": ["-ss", str(start_time)."-to", str(end_time)]}, }

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023):

[ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones

Why do you think this checklist item is there? #30839, #4821, https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31448#issuecomment-1379700151.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023): >[ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones Why do you think this checklist item is there? #30839, #4821, https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31448#issuecomment-1379700151.

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