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		alpaca128 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube DRM added on ALL videos with TV (TVHTML5) ... Yes, the -x flag does that. It saves the audio as opus and not mp3 though, maybe that’s what GP meant?

account42 10 months ago [–]

It saves it in the format it downloaded in (possibly in a different container if sent a raw stream). You can also change the format to directly download the one you want.

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