snippets for YouTube downloader(yt-dlp)

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YouTube downloader(yt-dlp) snippets

youtube download list

batch download links saved in a file seperated by new line

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --batch-file links.txt

skip already downloaded videos

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --download-archive progress-downloaded.txt --batch-file links.txt

youtube download link

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters "LINK"

skip already downloaded videos

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --download-archive progress-downloaded.txt --embed-chapters "LINK"

youtube download links

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters "LINK" "LINK"

skip already downloaded videos

yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --audio-multistreams --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --download-archive progress-downloaded.txt --embed-chapters "LINK" "LINK"

terminal alias

download list of links from a file with download progress tracking

alias youtube-download-list="yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --download-archive progress-downloaded.txt -a"

download from a link with download progress tracking

alias youtube-download-link="yt-dlp --prefer-free-formats --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --download-archive progress-downloaded.txt"