The best ytdl config I have.

ytdlBest.bat

@ECHO OFF
color 0A

REM dependencies of the watermark remover
REM python -m pip install numpy scipy imageio
REM apt install python3-scipy python3-numpy python3-imageio

REM set paths
SET YOUTUBE_DL_PATH=A:\VideoDownloader\youtube-dl-nightly.exe
SET FFMPEG_PATH=C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\ffmpeg\tools\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe
SET OUTPUT_PATH=D:\Downloads

ECHO ======================================================================================================================
ECHO.
SET /P URL="[Enter video URL] "
ECHO.
ECHO ======================================================================================================================
ECHO.

REM download video
%YOUTUBE_DL_PATH% -f "(bestvideo[height>2160][vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[height>2160][vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo[height>1440][vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[height>1440][vcodec^=vp9][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>1440][vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo[height>1080][vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[height>1080][vcodec^=vp9][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>1080][vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo[height>720][vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[height>720][vcodec^=vp9][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>720][vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo[height>240][vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9][fps>30]/bestvideo[height>240][vcodec^=vp9]/best[height>240]/bestvideo[vcodec^=av01]/bestvideo[vcodec^=vp9]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[asr=48000]/bestaudio)/bestaudio[ext=opus]/best" --verbose --write-sub --all-subs --embed-subs --add-metadata --ffmpeg-location "%FFMPEG_PATH%" --external-downloader ffmpeg --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)" --merge-output-format mkv --output "%OUTPUT_PATH%\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s" %URL%

REM create mp4 version(s)
for %%I in ("%OUTPUT_PATH%\*.mkv") do (
    SET "INPUT_FILE=%%I"
    CALL :PROCESS_FILE "%%I"
)

GOTO :EOF

:PROCESS_FILE
SET "INPUT_FILE=%~1"
SET "FILE_NAME=%~n1"
%FFMPEG_PATH% -i "%INPUT_FILE%" -c:v libx264 -crf 28 "%OUTPUT_PATH%\%FILE_NAME%.mp4"

REM Check if watermark removal is needed
SET /P REMOVE_WATERMARK="Remove watermark (yes/no)? "

IF /I "%REMOVE_WATERMARK%"=="yes" (
    REM Call the watermark removal script
    start cmd /k remove_watermark.bat "%OUTPUT_PATH%\%FILE_NAME%.mp4"
)

GOTO :EOF

ECHO.
ECHO ======================================================================================================================
ECHO.
ECHO Done!

REM links
REM https://github.com/ytdl-org/ytdl-nightly/releases, https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases
REM https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl?tab=readme-ov-file, https://github.com/edinsuta/youtube-dl-batch/tree/master
REM https://askubuntu.com/questions/486297/how-to-select-video-quality-from-youtube-dl, https://superuser.com/questions/1669750/download-specific-resolution-with-youtube-dl, 
REM https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19752533/how-do-i-set-chocolatey-to-install-applications-onto-another-drive
REM godlike base config source: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/hy8vnp/the_ultimate_youtubedl_config_to_always_get_the/
REM other configs: https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-Ultimate-YouTube-DL-Scripts-Collection/blob/master/scripts/Watch%20Scripts/Watch%20on%20PC%20Script/Watch%20on%20PC.sh

PAUSE
EXIT

remove_watermark.bat: https://gist.github.com/jonasfroeller/5b08c148ab2192452e555afe0e840283