youtube-dl:tldr:68be5

youtube-dl: Download a playlist and extract MP3s from it.

youtube-dl

$ youtube-dl -f "bestaudio" --continue --no-overwrites --ignore-errors --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" ${url_to_playlist}

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This command is using the command-line tool called "youtube-dl" to download audio from a YouTube playlist and save it as MP3 files.

Let's break down the different options used in the command:

-f "bestaudio": This option specifies that the best audio quality available should be downloaded.
--continue: This option tells youtube-dl to resume the download if it was previously interrupted or stopped.
--no-overwrites: This option prevents the existing files from being overwritten.
--ignore-errors: This option allows youtube-dl to continue downloading other videos even if it encounters any errors during the process.
--extract-audio: This option instructs youtube-dl to extract only the audio from the videos.
--audio-format mp3: This option sets the audio format to MP3.
-o "%(title)s.%(ext)s": This option specifies the output filename template. In this case, it will name each file with the video's title and file extension.
${url_to_playlist}: This is where you would substitute the actual URL of the YouTube playlist you want to download.

When you run this command with the appropriate URL, the tool will start downloading the audio files from the playlist, converting them to MP3, and saving them with their respective titles.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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