Video downloader

Skill ComeOnOliver/skillshub/skills/aiskillstore/marketplace/dyai2025/video-downloader

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Install

npx -y skills add ComeOnOliver/skillshub --skill video-downloader

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Downloads videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival. Handles various formats and quality options.

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Video Downloader

This skill downloads videos from YouTube and other platforms directly to your computer.

When to Use This Skill

Downloading YouTube videos for offline viewing
Saving educational content for reference
Archiving important videos
Getting video files for editing or repurposing
Downloading your own content from platforms
Saving conference talks or webinars

What This Skill Does

Downloads Videos: Fetches videos from YouTube and other platforms
Quality Selection: Lets you choose resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K)
Format Options: Downloads in various formats (MP4, WebM, audio-only)
Batch Downloads: Can download multiple videos or playlists
Metadata Preservation: Saves title, description, and thumbnail

How to Use

Basic Download

Download this YouTube video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=...

Download this video in 1080p quality

Audio Only

Download the audio from this YouTube video as MP3

Playlist Download

Download all videos from this YouTube playlist: [URL]

Batch Download

Download these 5 YouTube videos:
1. [URL]
2. [URL]
...

Example

User: "Download this YouTube video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123"

Output:

Downloading from YouTube...

Video: "How to Build Products Users Love"
Channel: Lenny's Podcast
Duration: 45:32
Quality: 1080p

Progress: ████████████████████ 100%

✓ Downloaded: how-to-build-products-users-love.mp4
✓ Saved thumbnail: how-to-build-products-users-love.jpg
✓ Size: 342 MB

Saved to: ~/Downloads/

Inspired by: Lenny's workflow from his newsletter

Important Notes

⚠️ Copyright & Fair Use

Only download videos you have permission to download
Respect copyright laws and platform terms of service
Use for personal, educational, or fair use purposes
Don't redistribute copyrighted content

Tips

Specify quality if you need lower file size (720p vs 1080p)
Use audio-only for podcasts or music to save space
Download to a dedicated folder to stay organized
Check file size before downloading on slow connections

Common Use Cases

Education: Save tutorials and courses for offline learning
Research: Archive videos for reference
Content Creation: Download your own content from platforms
Backup: Save important videos before they're removed
Offline Viewing: Watch videos without internet access

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most video audio skills give

Counted across 621 of the 795 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-06

read individual rule files for detailed explanationsin 21 of 621, across 9 files
Use WAV PCM 16kHz mono audio formatin 13 of 621, across 4 files
render final videoin 13 of 621, across 6 files
use this skill when dealing with Remotion codein 11 of 621, across 4 files
save generated audio to a WAV filein 11 of 621, across 4 files
handle conversion errors gracefullyin 10 of 621, across 6 files
add captions to videos alwaysin 10 of 621, across 4 files
generate music from text descriptions using MusicGenin 9 of 621, across 2 files
do not skip pipeline layersin 9 of 621, across 3 files
do not make one tool do everythingin 9 of 621, across 3 files
never ask the user to paste their full API keyin 9 of 621, across 3 files
use azure document intelligence for complex pdfsin 9 of 621, across 4 files

Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once.