yt-dlp Video Link Extractor - Any URL to Links, 1000+ Sites MCP server

yt-dlp Video Link Extractor - Any URL to Links, 1000+ Sites

Paste any video URL and get back the direct stream and download links plus full metadata. No files are stored, no RAM is burned - it resolves the links, it does not host the bytes.

Available as an Apify Actor. $0.002 per run + $0.003 per URL processed + $0.04 per video resolved.

What does it do?

Give it one or more video URLs. For each one it returns the direct media links (a single combined audio+video file when one exists, plus the best video-only and audio-only streams), every available format with its own URL, thumbnails, subtitles, and the metadata: title, uploader, duration, view count, upload date.

It is powered by yt-dlp, so it works on 1,872 sites (verified at build time) - YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitch, Dailymotion, Reddit, Rumble, Bilibili and far more - not just YouTube. You paste a URL, you get the links. That is the whole tool.

It never downloads the actual file. That is deliberate: downloading large videos into cloud storage is slow, expensive, and memory-heavy. Resolving the link is instant and lets you fetch, stream, or transcode the media yourself.

How is it different from a YouTube downloader?

Most actors in this space stop at YouTube. This one hands you the raw links for almost any video site, so you can build your own download, archive, or analysis pipeline on top.

When should I use it?

• Get a direct, playable/downloadable link for a video on almost any site
• Pull metadata (title, duration, views, upload date, uploader) in bulk
• Feed stream URLs into your own downloader, transcoder, or player
• Grab subtitle and caption track URLs across languages
• Resolve every video in a playlist or channel to its links in one run

What does it cost?

Pay-per-event:

• $0.002 per run
• $0.003 per URL processed (covers the resolve attempt for any URL)
• $0.04 per video successfully resolved

A single video costs about $0.045. A failed URL costs only $0.005 (run + URL fee, never the $0.04 resolution fee). Resolving a 50-video playlist costs about $2.00.

Which inputs does it take?

What does the output look like?

One record per resolved video. The link-first fields:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.