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Generating commands for youtube playlist downloading in reverse with index in file name using youtube-dl
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youtube-playlist-reverse.py
import os
playlist = "https://www.youtube.com/user/..."
command = f"youtube-dl -j --flat-playlist --playlist-reverse {playlist} | jq -r '.id' | sed 's_^_https://youtu.be/_'"
output = os.popen(command).read()
print(output)
ytUrls = []
for count, urls in zip(range(1, 1000), output.strip().split("\n")):
count = str(count).zfill(3)
cmd = f'youtube-dl -f mp4 -i -v -R 3 --fragment-retries 3 -c -o "{count} - %(title)s.%(ext)s" {urls} --external-downloader "aria2c" --external-downloader-args "-j 10 -s 10 -x 16 --file-allocation=none -c"'
print(cmd)
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Listing all the video titles in a playlist:

youtube-dl -j --flat-playlist --ignore-errors --playlist-reverse https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... | jq -r '.title'

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