ytpl-sync (YoutubePlaylist-Sync)

Sync a Youtube playlist to a directory, optionally remove videos/audios that aren't in the playlist.

Dependencies

youtube-dl or yt-dlp
ffmpeg

Installation

Since ytpl-sync is just a shell script, installing is as easy as downloading ytpl-sync into somewhere in your $PATH.

If, for example, ~/.local/bin is in your $PATH

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smeueg/ytpl-sync/main/ytpl-sync -o ~/.local/bin/ytpl-sync

or if you want to install it system-wide

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smeueg/ytpl-sync/main/ytpl-sync -o /usr/bin/ytpl-sync

If you don't want to download the script to your filesystem and depending on how comfortable you are directly piping a script you "curl-d", you can also do this. Do note that this is unsafe, and should be used at your own risk:

sh <(curl -sNL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smeueg/ytpl-sync/main/ytpl-sync)

or with options:

sh <(curl -sNL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smeueg/ytpl-sync/main/ytpl-sync) --format mp3

Usage

ytpl-sync can be run interactively but there are options that can be used to further automate the process. Example:

ytpl-sync

ytpl-sync --url "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRV1hc8TIW-7znQIWaVarxdUxf7lskmBc"

Options include:

--help, display the help information
--url URL, use this url instead of prompting the user
--format FORMAT, use this url instead of prompting the user
--dir DIR, sync to this directory instead of prompting the user
--remove, remove media that aren't in the playlist (Use with caution)