Media download

Skill radustefandumitru/overdrive/skills/media-download

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Install

npx -y skills add radustefandumitru/overdrive --skill media-download

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Use when the user asks to download, save, extract audio from, or convert a video/media URL using yt-dlp, including MP3 audio and highest-quality MP4 downloads. Supports YouTube and many other yt-dlp-supported sites. Ask for or choose a target folder, defaulting to ~/Downloads when reasonable.

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Media Download

Use this for local, user-requested media downloads through yt-dlp. Respect platform terms and the user's rights to the media.

Preflight

Confirm the URL and desired output format if either is unclear.
Choose a target folder:
- Use a user-provided folder when given.
- Otherwise default to ~/Downloads.
Check whether yt-dlp is available:

command -v yt-dlp

If missing, suggest:

brew install yt-dlp

Common Commands

MP3 audio:

yt-dlp -P "$HOME/Downloads" -x --audio-format mp3 "<url>"

Highest-quality MP4 with broadly compatible codecs:

yt-dlp -P "$HOME/Downloads" -S vcodec:h264,fps,res,acodec:m4a "<url>"

Specific target folder:

yt-dlp -P "/path/to/folder" -x --audio-format mp3 "<url>"
yt-dlp -P "/path/to/folder" -S vcodec:h264,fps,res,acodec:m4a "<url>"

Output

After running, report:

The format downloaded.
The output folder.
Any warnings from yt-dlp that affect the result.

Do not paste long download logs unless they are needed for debugging.

Notes

yt-dlp supports many sites beyond YouTube. If a site fails, update yt-dlp first, then retry.
For copyrighted or restricted material, ask the user to confirm they have permission before proceeding.
This skill replaces the previous upstream video-downloader skill with a smaller local wrapper.

Attribution

Built around the open-source yt-dlp project: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp