ytdl — rockcampbell.com

Quality & Format

Quality / Mode Container Video codec

Filename template

Subtitles

Download subtitles Auto-generated captions Embed in video Save as separate .srt file

Metadata & Extras

Embed thumbnail Save thumbnail as file Embed metadata (title, artist…) Add chapter markers Write description to file Write full metadata JSON

SponsorBlock

Remove segments (SponsorBlock)

Playlist

Playlist handling

Start item End item

Download Behaviour

Rate limit Custom rate limit

Geo-bypass (try alternate routing) Skip file if it already exists

Transcription (Whisper AI)

Transcribe audio with Whisper after download

Transcription runs on CPU after download completes. Base model: ~1× real-time speed. Saves a .txt file alongside the video.