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β‡’ Developer:Youtube-dl Developers

πŸ“Œ In accustomed situations, the .DESCRIPTION format layout includes the official description of a published YouTube video. Youtube-dl service initiates and generates custom .DESCRIPTION file instances when a user manages to download a certain video-clip from the YouTube.com platform. Basically, the .DESCRIPTION entries are distinguished as plain text elements that can be freely and precisely opened by a typical text editor or viewer. Youtube-dl term suggests an implementation of a command-line console utility that can be effortlessly exploited to download requested video-clips and tracks from the YouTube.com server. When a particular user decides to apply the youtube-dl package to download a file video on demand, the bundle initiates and builds an .MKV or .MP4 video track that includes the video downloaded by request, in addition to several miscellaneous data entities. One of the newly created resources is a .DESCRIPTION entry. As a matter of fact, the .DESCRIPTION structure maintains an embedded official YouTube description of the video sequence at the time of download. Users are recommended and suggested to maintain .DESCRIPTION file resources stored on local hard disk in order to keep in mind what content precisely a formerly downloaded video included.

How to open an .DESCRIPTION file?

πŸ“Œ The .DESCRIPTION object hierarchy and composition can be fluently reviewed, adjusted and configured by a plain text editor, remaining in your possession. The .DESCRIPTION extension constitution is readable and monitored by any default, pre-installed tool such as Microsoft Notepad, Apple TextEdit, Vim, WordPad products, or can be visualized with the involvement of a third-party solutions, downloadable from the external repositories, i.e., Sublime Text, Notepad++, MacroMates TextMate or any other competitive projects, adapted and oriented for text review, monitoring and handling. Besides, it should be explicitly specified that the .DESCRIPTION format logic is comprehended and recognized by all common desktop operating systems, including Linux and all of their up-to-date forks. Hereby, regardless of the operating system your computer is equipped with, you may be assured that proper .DESCRIPTION text file structure would be effortlessly discovered and explored without excessive efforts and manipulation with system parameters or picking the desired tools for proper file utilization.

Programs to open .DESCRIPTION file - Youtube-dl Video Description

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  • Mac OS
  • Linux
  • 🌐 Software
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  • Microsoft Corporation
    FREE
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  • Apple Inc.
    FREE
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  • Bram Moolenaar
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