yt-dlp archiver with resolution limit, thumbnail and metadata embeds

ytdl.sh

#!/bin/sh

#Youtube playlist/video archiver, downloads changes on subsequent run, keeps track in archive.txt file.

#Install yt-dlp from pip: pip install yt-dlp --break-system-packages
#Reopen terminal, run `sh ytdl.sh https://playlistvideourlhere <optional command>`
#Use cookies and remove sleep-interval max-sleep-interval for much faster playlist parsing and speeds.
# --cookies ${COOKIES} \
#https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/get-cookiestxt-locally/cclelndahbckbenkjhflpdbgdldlbecc

QUALITY="bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio"
ARCHIVE_LIST="archive.txt"
LOG=log.txt
#COOKIES=cookies.txt

yt-dlp \
        --download-archive ${ARCHIVE_LIST} \
        --embed-metadata \
        --embed-subs \
        --buffer-size 2048K \
        --sleep-interval 17 \
        --max-sleep-interval 135 \
        --no-call-home \
        --merge-output-format mkv \
        --format ${QUALITY} \
        -ciw --restrict-filenames \
        --convert-thumbnails jpg \
        --embed-thumbnail \
        -o "thumbnail:%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
        -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
        -v $1 $2 > ${LOG}