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Just wanted to share my yt-dlp alias (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by muhyb@programming.dev to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

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I'm sure some of you already using it like this but if not, this could be useful for you.

It creates a directory with the channel's name, create sub-directories with the playlist name, it gives them a number and put them in an order, it can continue to download if you have to cancel it midway.

You can modify it to your needs.

Add this to your ~/.bashrc or your favourite shell config.

alias yt='yt-dlp --yes-playlist --no-overwrites --download-archive ~/Downloads/yt-dlp/archive.txt -f "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]" -o "~/Downloads/yt-dlp/%(uploader)s/%(playlist_title,single_playlist)s/%(playlist_index,00)s - %(title)s - [%(id)s].%(ext)s"'

You can even limit the download speed by adding this parameter: --limit-rate 640K This example is for 5 Mb/s.

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You really shouldn't build these from scratch, but use existing time-tested configs, like

https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-Ultimate-YouTube-DL-Scripts-Collection/

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why not? Why not learn how to use a tool??

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because other people in the datahoarding community already spent a lot of time collaborating and finding the best config.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

And now you think we have enough and don't need more?
Strange way of thinking.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Actually I'm quite proud of my version but didn't know about these at all. If I knew about this prior, I most likely wouldn't try to build from scratch. Thanks for sharing.