Run latest youtube-dl in docker on Windows 10

This repo provides a way to run the latest version of youtube-dl on Windows 10 using docker.

Requirements

• Windows 10
• Docker desktop

Setup instructions

As a prerequisite you must install Docker for windows.

Then, clone the repo and run build.cmd:

git clone https://github.com/paviad/youtube-dl-docker.git
cd youtube-dl-docker
git submodule update --init
update
build

Downloading a video

Running dlv.cmd will simply run youtube-dl and give you the output, you may run dlv --help to get command line options.

To download a video run dlv.cmd and surround the url with quotes, e.g.

dlv "<youtube link>"

The file will be saved in the out/ directory.

There is a shortcut batch file that only extracts audio in mp3 format called dla.cmd, usage e.g.

dla "<youtube link>"

It simply adds -x --audio-format mp3 to the command line arguments.

Pulling the latest youtube-dl version

Just run update followed by build:

update
build