Yt-dlp Portable [99% UPDATED]
yt-dlp.exe "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..." Add your portable folder to system PATH temporarily:
cd D:\MyTools\yt-dlp
set PATH=%PATH%;D:\MyTools\yt-dlp Create run.bat in the same folder: yt-dlp portable
mkdir ~/yt-dlp-portable cd ~/yt-dlp-portable wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp chmod +x yt-dlp ./yt-dlp --version yt-dlp.exe alone is already portable. Add ffmpeg.exe and a yt-dlp.conf file in the same folder to make a complete, self-contained download toolkit. yt-dlp
@echo off setlocal cd /d "%~dp0" cmd /k "title yt-dlp Portable && echo Ready to download..." Now double-clicking run.bat opens a command prompt ready in your portable environment. Run this command from your portable folder: Run this command from your portable folder: #
# Portable config for yt-dlp -o ".\Downloads%(title)s.%(ext)s" Use ffmpeg from same folder --ffmpeg-location . Embed metadata --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata Best quality -f bestvideo+bestaudio Subtitle options --write-subs --sub-lang en Rate limit (optional, be nice) --limit-rate 5M How to Use (Portable Workflow) Open terminal in your portable folder: