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youtube-dl Cheatsheet

List available quality formats

youtube-dl -F <URL>

Download specific quality format

youtube-dl -f 18 <URL>

Download and combine two specific quality formats

youtube-dl -f 137+140 <URL>

Rip highest quality mp3 audio from video and use thumbnail as album art and transfer metadata

youtube-dl --extract-audio --add-metadata --xattrs --embed-thumbnail --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3 <URL>