Re: yt-dlp search syntax?

[Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com>]

On 2025-03-12, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>
> That's the way I normally look for videos, and ytsearch was also
> news to me. Is ytsearch limited to finding youtube videos, or more
> wideranging? One of the benefits of yt-dlp is that I can grab videos
> off news outlets (print and TV), facebook, tiktok, etc. (BTW I'm not
> subscribed to social media sites.)

Apparently, ytsearch is more wide-ranging.

 yt-dlp --list-extractors 

Extractors?

Anyway, it seems there's only 9 "extractors."

 yt-dlp "site_searchN:SITE_NAME:QUERY"

So:

 yt-dlp "ytsearch5:soundcloud:ambient music"

Somewhere yesterday, I saw another syntax:

 yt-dlp "scsearch5:ambient music"

would search soundcloud.

I haven't tested any of this.