Downloading a Reddit video with sound using the yt-dlp script from a post is easy with the aforementioned script. There are other ways to do this, but this solution is the best. The Swiss Army Knife script yt-dlp is very useful to download just about any online video.
┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Videos] └─$ yt-dlp https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/u78y2q/karen_in_china_telling_a_chinese_bus_driver_to_go/ [Reddit] u78y2q: Downloading JSON metadata [Reddit] u78y2q: Downloading m3u8 information [Reddit] u78y2q: Downloading MPD manifest [info] 4aw9n81kgiu81: Downloading 1 format(s): dash-video_4809655+dash-audio_0_131613 [download] Destination: Karen in CHINA telling a CHINESE bus driver to go back to CHINA [4aw9n81kgiu81].fdash-video_4809655.mp4 [download] 100% of 45.30MiB in 00:13 [download] Destination: Karen in CHINA telling a CHINESE bus driver to go back to CHINA [4aw9n81kgiu81].fdash-audio_0_131613.m4a [download] 100% of 1.24MiB in 00:00 [Merger] Merging formats into "Karen in CHINA telling a CHINESE bus driver to go back to CHINA [4aw9n81kgiu81].mp4" Deleting original file Karen in CHINA telling a CHINESE bus driver to go back to CHINA [4aw9n81kgiu81].fdash-audio_0_131613.m4a (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Karen in CHINA telling a CHINESE bus driver to go back to CHINA [4aw9n81kgiu81].fdash-video_4809655.mp4 (pass -k to keep) |
But it can download Reddit videos as well. Most useful indeed, it can even download TikTok videos.
https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/download-any-online-video-with-yt-dlp-on-linux/. Make sure you open the single post and then you may get the proper URL to feed into yt-dlp.