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YouTube Video & Audio Downloader

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Downloads YouTube videos as MP4 (up to 1080p) or extracts audio as MP3, with video metadata and optional SRT subtitles. Built on yt-dlp with residential proxies for archiving, repurposing, and dataset pipelines.

Pricing

$50.00 / 1,000 successful downloads

Rating

5.0

(2)

Developer

Dami's Studio

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Monthly active users

9 hours ago

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You can access the YouTube Video & Audio Downloader programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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YouTube Video & Audio Downloader - MP4, MP3, 4K OpenAPI definition

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