lk/sound/youtube-dl.md

youtube-dl --write-auto-sub

It will default to English, but you can specify another language with the flag --sub-lang:

youtube-dl --sub-lang sv --write-auto-sub

You can list all available subtitles with:

youtube-dl --list-subs

It’s also possible to skip the video and only download the subtitle if you add the flag --skip-download:

youtube-dl --sub-lang sv --write-auto-sub --skip-download