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Open YouTube video in current tab with QuickTime
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youtube.applescript
tell application "Safari"
set youtubeURL to URL of current tab of window 1
end tell
-- set format to item 1 of (choose from list {"22/18", "18"})
set format to "22/18"
set youtubeCmd to "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -g -f " & format & " --no-playlist '" & youtubeURL & "'"
set videoURL to do shell script youtubeCmd
tell application "QuickTime Player" to open URL videoURL
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