Notes on youtube-dl
Some settings on using youtube-dl for Mac.
Dependencies
youtube-dl
brew install youtube-dl
ffmpeg
brew install ffmpeg
Best Video+Audio Quality
youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best' `[URL]`
Authentication for Private Videos Using Cookies (HTTP Error 400)
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/21313
Example for Downloading a Private Video from Youtube (with authentication through cookies)
youtube-dl --cookies=/Users/anti/Documents/cookies.txt -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best' [URL]