Naked self-interest disclaimer: I want the best config for the --output option, one that sorts downloads into folders, respects playlist order etc., and never ever displays the string NA, no matter which extractor is used (I mostly use youtube and bandcamp).
edit: here’s my own:
-S res:720
--embed-metadata
--embed-thumbnail
# maybe that'll speed things up
--concurrent-fragments 3
--buffer-size 16k
#
--output "%(channel,playlist_channel,uploader,creator)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index,playlist_autonumber,video_autonumber,autonumber)03d %(display_id,title,id)s (%(duration_string|_)s).%(ext)s"
--sleep-subtitles 1
--sub-langs "en.*,de.*,fi.*"
--embed-subs
Any suggestions on improving --output…
Used in converting videos to podcast episodes using dir2cast:
--force-ipv6 #use with net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr = 2 --ffmpeg-location "~/src/FFmpeg" #selfcompiled ffmpeg with he-aac support #convert to he-aac (v1, for music bed compatibility) and filter mic noise: --exec "~/src/FFmpeg/ffmpeg -y -i %(filepath)q -af afftdn=nf=-25,highpass=f=100 -c:a libfdk_aac -profile:a aac_he -b:a 64k -ar 44100 -c:v copy -disposition:v attached_pic -map_metadata 0 -map_chapters 0 %(filepath)q.filtered.m4a && mv %(filepath)q.filtered.m4a %(filepath)q" --js-runtimes quickjs #for solving challenges --remote-components ejs:github #for updates on how to solve the challenges --extract-audio --audio-format m4a #best compatibility with dir2cast & overcast --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --no-progress #this thing runs as a systemd timer service, prevent logspam --paths /tmp/ytdlp #no unnecessary writes to storage --sponsorblock-remove default #remove in-video ads #only download the newest video from a channel at most 1 month old: --break-on-existing --break-on-reject --dateafter now-1month --download-archive ~/var/downloaded.ytdlpNice. It’s basically a podcast app now.
FWIW
- remote-components ejs:github is the default anyhow (unless you obtain your ty-dlp in weird ways)
- embed-chapters is already contained in embed-metadata
--cookies /path/to/cookies.txt --js-runtimes quickjs--cookies FILE Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar inDoes that mean this file will populate itself? Is there any advantage to storing that?
It’s useful for
--mark-watched, you’d populate it with--cookies-from-browser firefox --cookies /tmp/cookies.txt. I managed to get an account banned for doing that, so use with caution.All this is about being logged into a (youtube) account, yes?
Any benefits of using quickjs as runtime?
It doesn’t contain AI-generated code (unlike deno, Node, and bun); or at least, it didn’t the last time I checked.
I use Nushell as my CLI shell, and I set up aliases/commands, so now I use
dl,dl firefox,dl opus firefoxetc.It also helps in remembering or looking up what the syntax to include chapters, sponsorblock sections, or for downloading only a timeframe arguments and synax is.
