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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...

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[–] heliotrope@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)
--cookies /path/to/cookies.txt
--js-runtimes quickjs
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
--cookies FILE
            Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in

Does that mean this file will populate itself? Is there any advantage to storing that?

[–] alanceil@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 4 days ago

All this is about being logged into a (youtube) account, yes?

[–] heisenberg@beehaw.org 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Any benefits of using quickjs as runtime?

[–] heliotrope@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago

It doesn't contain AI-generated code (unlike deno, Node, and bun); or at least, it didn't the last time I checked.