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yt-dlp helper script
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -o errexit | |
| set -o nounset | |
| set -o pipefail | |
| shopt -s inherit_errexit | |
| arg_count="${#@}" | |
| # script assumes the url is passed as last argument | |
| url="${!#}" | |
| if test "${arg_count}" -eq 0 | |
| then | |
| printf "Usage:\n\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n\n%s\n" \ | |
| 'yt-dlp.sh "https://youtu.be/xxx"' \ | |
| 'yt-dlp.sh "https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxx"' \ | |
| 'yt-dlp.sh "https://youtu.be/xxx?list=xxx"' \ | |
| 'yt-dlp.sh "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=xxx"' \ | |
| "always pass the download url as the last argument" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if grep -Eiq "[?&]list=" <<< "${url}" | |
| then | |
| output_template="%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" | |
| else | |
| output_template="%(title)s.%(ext)s" | |
| fi | |
| yt-dlp \ | |
| --format-sort "quality, res, fps, hdr, vcodec:av1, channels, acodec" \ | |
| --merge-output-format "mkv" \ | |
| --no-overwrites \ | |
| --output "${output_template}" \ | |
| --prefer-free-formats \ | |
| --remux-video "mkv" \ | |
| --restrict-filenames \ | |
| "${@}" |
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