Listing all Youtube thumbnail images on a Youtube channel is actually not too hard. The example below will do this just fine.
╭──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Desktop] ╰───────────────────────────╾┋ yt-dlp --list-thumbnails "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjyq_K1Xwfg8Lndy7lKMpA" |
This will return a lot of information though. But it does work.
These are all of the different thumbnail images for one Youtube video.
ID Width Height URL 0 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/3.jpg 1 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/3.webp 2 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/2.jpg 3 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/2.webp 4 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/1.jpg 5 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/1.webp 6 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/mq3.jpg 7 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/mq3.webp 8 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/mq2.jpg 9 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/mq2.webp 10 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/mq1.jpg 11 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/mq1.webp 12 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hq3.jpg 13 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/hq3.webp 14 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hq2.jpg 15 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/hq2.webp 16 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hq1.jpg 17 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/hq1.webp 18 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/sd3.jpg 19 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/sd3.webp 20 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/sd2.jpg 21 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/sd2.webp 22 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/sd1.jpg 23 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/sd1.webp 24 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/default.jpg 25 120 90 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/default.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEkCHgQWvKriqkDGvABAfgB_gmAAtAFigIMCAAQARgiIEoofzAP&rs=AOn4CLC-HaQdBDNalpN2qQ3GM1F0F2pAzQ 26 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/default.webp 27 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/mqdefault.jpg 28 320 180 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/mqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCMACELQB8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBkFxeEkBGP5FGXsm6RbDbT2uFyFQ 29 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/mqdefault.webp 30 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/0.jpg 31 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/0.webp 32 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg 33 168 94 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE1CKgBEF5IVfKriqkDKAgBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCFOTkYyTsecT4QhzznaEK_RAFvBg 34 196 110 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE1CMQBEG5IVfKriqkDKAgBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBWfNKluLHOUhf2MwKxI46Qi_PVgw 35 246 138 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBvABAfgB_gmAAtAFigIMCAAQARgiIEoofzAP&rs=AOn4CLB9RvdFO4WWUoel4nHRg_2xfr9b_w 36 336 188 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CNACELwBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBvABAfgB_gmAAtAFigIMCAAQARgiIEoofzAP&rs=AOn4CLAGjy9Mmy6QmdoUoytuiEf4K_kgug 37 480 360 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBLwLDEdyONwAvGu1FU-1WU0tgfVg 38 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/hqdefault.webp 39 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/sddefault.jpg 40 640 480 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/sddefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAFEOAD8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBQv3TjUirJnQdqcXAnGb-QvN-G7Q 41 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/sddefault.webp 42 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/hq720.jpg 43 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/hq720.webp 44 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAKENAF8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDIvIfpAAVBhZS7juzLZThkVww_kw 45 1920 1080 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxX619SGz4k/maxresdefault.jpg 46 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qxX619SGz4k/maxresdefault.webp |
This is a neat trick to use for Youtube.
It may also get all the thumbnails for a certain video as well.
┏jcartwright@localhost┋ ~/Videos━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛[07:17] ▓▒░┋ yt-dlp --list-thumbnails "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUM6rzhfowQ" [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUM6rzhfowQ [youtube] bUM6rzhfowQ: Downloading webpage [youtube] bUM6rzhfowQ: Downloading android player API JSON [info] Available thumbnails for bUM6rzhfowQ: ID Width Height URL 0 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/3.jpg 1 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/3.webp 2 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/2.jpg 3 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/2.webp 4 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/1.jpg 5 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/1.webp 6 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq3.jpg 7 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq3.webp 8 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq2.jpg 9 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq2.webp 10 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq1.jpg 11 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/mq1.webp 12 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq3.jpg 13 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq3.webp 14 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq2.jpg 15 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq2.webp 16 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq1.jpg 17 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq1.webp 18 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd3.jpg 19 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd3.webp 20 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd2.jpg 21 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd2.webp 22 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd1.jpg 23 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/sd1.webp 24 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/default.jpg 25 120 90 https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/default.webp 26 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/mqdefault.jpg 27 320 180 https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/mqdefault.webp 28 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/0.jpg 29 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/0.webp 30 168 94 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLD1H7OX9dSpZe0rRMTc_aEHJLg8LA 31 196 110 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCMQBEG5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLCPzuZLK8uf49DiwihsjSzc2m_zew 32 246 138 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLByzSmX5L3lEXH8if5KadKx9LGz0A 33 336 188 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLCJpjAKMol-dWsZMYnMoS7Zw8cz5Q 34 480 360 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.jpg 35 480 360 https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/hqdefault.webp 36 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/sddefault.jpg 37 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/sddefault.webp 38 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq720.jpg 39 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/hq720.webp 40 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUM6rzhfowQ/maxresdefault.jpg 41 unknown unknown https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bUM6rzhfowQ/maxresdefault.webp |
And to get all available video and audio formats for a Youtube video, use the -F parameter for yt-dlp.
┏jcartwright@localhost┋ ~/Videos━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛[07:17] ▓▒░┋ yt-dlp -F "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUM6rzhfowQ" [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUM6rzhfowQ [youtube] bUM6rzhfowQ: Downloading webpage [youtube] bUM6rzhfowQ: Downloading android player API JSON [info] Available formats for bUM6rzhfowQ: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── sb2 mhtml 48x27 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard sb1 mhtml 80x45 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard sb0 mhtml 160x90 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard 139 m4a audio only 2 │ 24.87MiB 48k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 48k 22k low, m4a_dash 249 webm audio only 2 │ 25.23MiB 48k https │ audio only opus 48k 48k low, webm_dash 250 webm audio only 2 │ 31.71MiB 61k https │ audio only opus 61k 48k low, webm_dash 140 m4a audio only 2 │ 66.41MiB 127k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 127k 44k medium, m4a_dash 251 webm audio only 2 │ 63.13MiB 121k https │ audio only opus 121k 48k medium, webm_dash 17 3gp 176x144 8 1 │ 42.08MiB 81k https │ mp4v.20.3 81k mp4a.40.2 0k 22k 144p 160 mp4 256x144 30 │ 29.02MiB 56k https │ avc1.4d400c 56k video only 144p, mp4_dash 278 webm 256x144 30 │ 45.25MiB 87k https │ vp9 87k video only 144p, webm_dash 133 mp4 426x240 30 │ 59.57MiB 114k https │ avc1.4d4015 114k video only 240p, mp4_dash 242 webm 426x240 30 │ 76.30MiB 146k https │ vp9 146k video only 240p, webm_dash 134 mp4 640x360 30 │ 102.18MiB 196k https │ avc1.4d401e 196k video only 360p, mp4_dash 18 mp4 640x360 30 2 │ ~171.94MiB 321k https │ avc1.42001E 321k mp4a.40.2 0k 44k 360p 243 webm 640x360 30 │ 162.85MiB 312k https │ vp9 312k video only 360p, webm_dash
This is how to download audio only if you wish. Very nice to download music easily.
For example, this command will download the highest-quality audio-only file.
┏jcartwright@localhost┋ ~/Music━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛[07:17] ▓▒░┋ yt-dlp -f 251 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsLk04F_byE |