My personal wrapper for youtube-dl

ytdl-wrapper.ps1

[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $True)]
Param (
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
  [string]$URL,
  [Switch]$audio,
  [Switch]$ignoreErrors
)
$command = $URL, '-o', '%(title)s.%(ext)s'
if ($audio) {
  $command += "-x", "--postprocessor-args", "`"-threads 2`""
}
if ($ignoreErrors) {
  $command += "--ignore-errors"
}
Write-Information "Executing Command..."
Write-Information ("youtube-dl " + ($command -join " "))
Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "youtube-dl" -ArgumentList $command 

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Downloads a file using youtube-dl.

.DESCRIPTION
Takes as input a URL, and a switch to download as MP3
Uses youtube-dl (a Python extension) to download the files

.PARAMETER URL
Specifies the URL. Mandatory.

.PARAMETER audio
Switch, specifying if the video should be downloaded as an audio file
Note that this does not necessarily download an mp3 file, it might
download an .opus file

.PARAMETER ignoreErrors
Switch, specifying whether ytdl should Continue on download errors,
for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist

.LINK
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl

.EXAMPLE
PS> ./ytdl-wrapper -URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDOtENyOxyA -audio

.EXAMPLE
PS> ./ytdl-wrapper https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD6GNPaln5zKG4XKdMCN5YrgkIivJnkYd -ignoreErrors

.EXAMPLE
PS> ./ytdl-wrapper -URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDOtENyOxyA -WhatIf
#>