I'm dealing with an external subrip srt file and an old AVI/XviD video encoded with MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.4.2. The above command will immediately start downloading the specified video file in the best available format.I'm really not sure which forum to post this question to, as it seems to involve video corruption, and not a problem with the subtitle file. To download any video without sub-titles, just mention the URL without any options like below. Download Youtube videos without subtitles Great! As you see in the above video, the subtitle has been downloaded. Now, play the downloaded video to verify whether the subtitle has been downloaded or not. APJ Abdul Kalam's speech at European (pass -k to keep)Īs you see in the above output, the command displays that there is no subtitle files for the specific video. APJ Abdul Kalam's speech at European (pass -k to keep)ĭeleting original file Memories - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's speech at European Union-smjfGmCn7x0.webm'ĭeleting original file Memories - Dr. smjfGmCn7x0: Downloading video info webpage Sample output: smjfGmCn7x0: Downloading webpage Else, the following error message will appear. If you the video has subtitles, it be downloaded along with its sub-titles. To download the videos with actual sub-titles uploaded by the owner, run: $ youtube-dl -write-srt -sub-lang en Destination: Dr Wayne Dyer - Improve Your Life Using The Wisdom Of The Writing video subtitles to: Dr Wayne Dyer - Improve Your Life Using The Wisdom Of The Age-2hsWBXsNHnQ.en.vtt 2hsWBXsNHnQ: Looking for automatic captions 2hsWBXsNHnQ: Extracting video information 2hsWBXsNHnQ: Downloading video info webpage Sample output: 2hsWBXsNHnQ: Downloading webpage Let us download the following YouTube video with automatically generated subtitle files. Let us go ahead and see how to download videos. Youtube-dl downloader has been installed now. $ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Or, $ sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlĪfter downloading youtube-dl program, run the following command to install it. $ sudo curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl First download the youtube-dl script using curl or wget as shown below.

Subtitles garbled on smplayer