dropbox_youtube_dl.sh

#!/bin/sh

### Run this script via a cronjob every (every minute or so) on a server that has access to your dropbox.
### You must install youtube-dl (http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/) for this to work.

queue_files_dir=~/Dropbox/IFTTT/youtube-dl
queue_files="$queue_files_dir"/*.txt
output_dir=/Volumes/Internal\ HD/Files/Videos/YouTube

shopt -s nullglob

for queue_file in $queue_files; do
  video_url=`cat "$queue_file"`
  echo "processing $queue_file: $video_url"
  mv "$queue_file" "$queue_files_dir/processed"
  youtube-dl -f 18 -o "$output_dir/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" "$video_url"
# youtube-dl -q -o "$output_dir%(stitle)s.%(ext)s" "$video_url"
done