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0 pointsmajewsky5y ago0 comments

I have this in my shellrc, so that `youtube-dl` without arguments takes the URL from the clipboard:

  youtube-dl() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
      if [ "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}" != "" ]; then
        env youtube-dl -f best "$(wl-paste --type text/plain)"
      else
        env youtube-dl -f best "$(xsel -b)"
      fi
    else
      env youtube-dl "$@"
    fi
  }

(Replace "-f best" if you just want audio.)

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Liskni_si5y ago

I took this "shell wrapper around youtube-dl" thing a bit further: I have a script that uses youtube-dl to download and enqueue music to mpd. I mainly use it to listen to bandcamp albums that I don't know yet so I can decide whether to buy them or stop listening to them. The script also automatically deletes stuff after a while so I don't accidentally keep listening to albums I haven't bought.

Source here if anyone's interested: https://github.com/liskin/dotfiles/blob/home/bin/youtube-dl-...

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