The ability to download media from the Internet seems almost like a lost art. When I was a teenager, piracy of MP3s, movies, and pretty much anything else through torrents and apps like Kazaa, LimeWire, Napster, etc. was all the rage. Nowadays, sites use blob URLs and other means to prevent downloads. Fortunately, we have tools like yt-dlp to download individual YouTube videos or entire channels of content.
To download a full channel, you can use yt-dlp:
yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/@beetlejuicearchives3490
If you’re like me and only care about the audio, you can use a few more arguments:
yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/@beetlejuicearchives3490
youtube-dl It used to be the standard for downloading YouTube videos, but yt-dlp It seems to have taken the throne. YouTube has a wealth of information on just about anything, so be sure to download some content for traveling, long walks, or any other reason!
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