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~/.config/youtube-dl.conf
### Configuration for youtube-dl
### See: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/documentation.html
## Video Selection:
# skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
#--reject-title FistShark
# Try to download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos (experimental)
--youtube-include-dash-manifest
## Filesystem Options:
# output filename template
--output '%(uploader)s - %(upload_date)s - %(title)s - %(extractor)s.%(ext)s'
# write video description to a .description file
#--write-description
## Video Format Options:
# video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes:
--format bestvideo+bestaudio
# prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
--prefer-free-formats
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