[FFmpeg-user] How to check if a youtube URL is valid before starting download?

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:00:47 +0200, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>Can this be done using youtube-dl or straight ffmpeg?

Self-answer:

It seems like this will do what I need:

eval "youtube-dl -F $VIDEOURL"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  exit 0
else
  exit 1
fi


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden