youtube-dl quick helper script (defaults to 1080p)

ytdl.sh

#!/bin/bash
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
RED='\033[0;31m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color

DEFAULT_RES=1080

usage()
{
   # Display Help
   echo "Usage: ytdl [2160|1440|1080|720] YOUTUBE-URL [YOUTUBE-URL2]..."
   echo "	defaults to ${DEFAULT_RES}p"
}

YTDL_PATH=$HOME/Videos/ytdl
CHOSEN_RES=''

case $1 in
	"" )
		usage
		exit ;;
    2160 | 1440 | 1080 | 720 )
		CHOSEN_RES=$1
		shift ;;
    -h|--help )
    	usage
		exit ;;
	* )
esac
shift

#check for ytdl dir
if [[ ! -d ${YTDL_PATH} ]]; then
	echo -e "${RED}Temp dir not found, creating...${NC}"
	mkdir -p $YTDL_PATH
fi

if [[ $CHOSEN_RES == '' ]]; then
	VIDEO_RES=DEFAULT_RES
	echo -e "${RED}No video resolution arg found, defaulting to ${VIDEO_RES}p.${NC}"
else
	VIDEO_RES=$CHOSEN_RES
	echo -e "${GREEN}Setting video resolution to ${VIDEO_RES}p.${NC}"
fi


echo -e "${GREEN}Downloading $1 at ${VIDEO_RES}p resolution.${NC}"
echo -e "${GREEN}===========================================================${NC}"

youtube-dl                                                                     \
-f "bestvideo[height<=?$VIDEO_RES]+bestaudio/best"                                   \
-o $YTDL_PATH'/%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s - %(upload_date)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s'   \
--write-description --write-info-json --write-annotations   \
--write-all-thumbnails --all-subs --embed-subs --merge-output-format mkv       \
--retries 20 --download-archive archive.txt $@

#--limit-rate 12M 

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	echo -e "${GREEN}youtube-dl done!${NC}"
else
  echo -e "${RED}youtube-dl failed!${NC}"
fi