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#!/bin/bash
# download youtube playlist in multithreaded fashion
YOUTUBE_DL=yt-dlp
YOUTUBE_DL_ARGS="-x --audio-format mp3 --add-metadata"
JOBS=10
tempfile=$(mktemp)
[ $# -gt 0 ] || exit 0
url=$1
echo "getting ids for the playlist"
$YOUTUBE_DL --get-id ${url} > $tempfile
parallel -j $JOBS -a $tempfile $YOUTUBE_DL $YOUTUBE_DL_ARGS
rm $tempfile
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