en/2024/downloading-playlists-with-ytdl-from-freetube.gmi


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# Downloading Playlists with yt-dlp from FreeTube

### Export Playlists

Export all Playlists from the "Data Settings"

### Extract list of video ids from .db file with jq

```
jq "select(.playlistName==\"PLAYLIST\")" | .videos | map(.videoId) | .[]" freetube-playlists-file.db > playlist.txt

```

### Download videos with yt-dlp with "ytsearch"

```
yt-dlp -a playlist.txt --default-search ytsearch
```