Simple tool to automate fetching videos on MacOSX from YouTube

youtube_autodl.sh

#!/bin/bash

#  Simple tool to automate fetching videos on MacOSX from YouTube

#  Installing dependencies:
#     pip install youtube-dl
#     brew install libav

echo "Resetting clipboard ..."
echo "-" | pbcopy

while [ true ]; do

    echo -n "Waiting for URL ..."
    url="-"
    while [ "${url}" == "-" ]; do

        echo -n "."
        sleep 1
        url=$(pbpaste)
    done

    echo "!"

    # calling youtube-dl
    youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio' --merge-output-format mp4 ${url}

    # resetting clipboard
    echo "-" | pbcopy
done