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[yt-dlp or compatible] What are your favorite/best configuration tweaks? (piefed.zip)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip to c/foss@beehaw.org

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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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[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

I use Nushell as my CLI shell, and I set up aliases/commands, so now I use dl, dl firefox, dl opus firefox etc.

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.