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Using youtube-dl or yt-dlp to download and name files in Plex-like format
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⚠️ A lot of this depends on the the metadata that was used by the publisher/uploader. You might be able to modify the metadata to clean output, but I haven't experimented with this.

As Series Name - S00E00.mp4

$ yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]" -o '%(series)s - S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d.%(ext)s' 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={your_list_id_here}'

As Series Name - S00E00 - Episode Name.mp4

$ yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]" -o '%(series)s - S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d - %(episode)s.%(ext)s' 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={your_list_id_here}'

Episodes grouped by season folders as Season 0/Series Name - S00E00 - Episode Name.mp4

yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]" -o '%(season)s/%(series)s - S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d - %(episode)s.%(ext)s' 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={your_list_id_here}'
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