youtube-downloader
Download YouTube and HLS (m3u8) streams via yt-dlp and ffmpeg, including authenticated streams.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for youtube-downloader, derived from its capabilities.
AIVSS 9.2 · Critical
View MAESTRO 7-layer threat model →Overview
Community Agent Skill that downloads videos and HLS streams from YouTube, Mux, Vimeo and similar using yt-dlp and ffmpeg. Handles protected streams with auth headers, audio extraction, and troubleshooting of failures like nsig extraction. Invokes external CLI binaries and writes media files on the host.
Key features
- yt-dlp + ffmpeg pipeline
- HLS/m3u8 and authenticated streams
- Audio extraction and error recovery
Use cases
- Downloading a protected HLS video
- Extracting audio from a YouTube video