Fix yt-dlp issues with youtube and embed thumbnails/metadata in video downloads

.aliases

@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ download_youtube_vid() {
         return
     fi
 
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}USING TEMP FIX FOR YOUTUBE FORMAT ISSUES BY SETTING THE CLIENT TO tv_simply. SEE https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13930\n\n${NORMAL}"
+    opts+=" --extractor-args youtube:player-client=default,tv_simply"
+
     if [[ $shortname == "1" || $transcribe == "1" ]]; then
         printf "${BOLD}Downloading Youtube vid "
         if [[ $shortname == "1" ]];  then printf "| ${YELLOW}using short name${NORMAL}${BOLD} "; fi
@@ -448,13 +451,10 @@ download_youtube_vid() {
 
     if [[ $format == "" ]]; then
         printf "${BOLD}No format given; using best available.${NORMAL}\n"
-        # Download best mp4 video.
+        # Download best mp4 video, best audio then merge.
-        format="bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
+        format="bv[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
     fi
 
-    # We're assuming we'll always have an mp4 video only and audio track to merge.
-    opts+=" --merge-output-format mp4 --write-subs --sub-lang en --embed-subs"
-
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then
         make_vid_dir_and_cd_into $url ""
         if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ download_youtube_vid() {
     printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
     # Download the video.
+    # We're assuming we'll always have an mp4 video only and audio track to merge.
+    opts+=" --merge-output-format mp4 --write-subs --sub-lang en --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
+
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
     error=$?
@@ -508,20 +511,22 @@ download_youtube_playlist() {
     local url="$2"
     local dir_name="$3"
     shift 3
-    local opts="$@ --write-sub --sub-lang en --embed-subs"
+    local opts="$@"
 
     if [[ $url == "" || $dir_name == "" ]]; then
         error "Usage: <url> <directory name> <optional args>"
         return
     fi
 
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}USING TEMP FIX FOR YOUTUBE FORMAT ISSUES BY SETTING THE CLIENT TO tv_simply. SEE https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13930\n\n${NORMAL}"
+    opts+=" --extractor-args youtube:player-client=default,tv_simply"
+
     printf "${BOLD}Downloading Youtube playlist\n\n${NORMAL}"
 
     if [[ $format == "" ]]; then
         printf "${BOLD}No format given; using best available.${NORMAL}\n"
-        # Download best mp4 video and best m4a audio, then merge.
+        # Download best mp4 video, best audio then merge.
-        format="bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
+        format="bv[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
-        opts+=" --merge-output-format mp4"
     fi
 
     make_vid_dir_and_cd_into $url "$dir_name"
@@ -529,6 +534,9 @@ download_youtube_playlist() {
         return
     fi
 
+    # We're assuming we'll always have an mp4 video only and audio track to merge.
+    opts+=" --merge-output-format mp4 --write-subs --sub-lang en --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
+
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"%(playlist_index)03d--%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s-%(title)s-yt-%(id)s.%(ext)s\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
@@ -598,6 +606,9 @@ function download_youtube_audio() {
         return
     fi
 
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}USING TEMP FIX FOR YOUTUBE FORMAT ISSUES BY SETTING THE CLIENT TO tv_simply. SEE https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13930\n\n${NORMAL}"
+    opts+=" --extractor-args youtube:player-client=default,tv_simply"
+
     printf "${BOLD}Downloading Youtube audio\n\n${NORMAL}"
 
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then
@@ -680,7 +691,7 @@ download_twitch_chat() {
 #   `tw-1080p60 <url> --cookies /c/<cookie_path>/twitch_cookies.txt`
 #
 # To extract a portion of a video, you have to first download the entire file and then use the
-# `trim-video` or `compress-video-and-trim` scripts.
+# `trim-video` or `compress-video' with a time range.
 #
 download_twitch_vid() {
     local format="$1"
@@ -758,6 +769,8 @@ download_twitch_vid() {
         local cmd="streamlink.exe --twitch-low-latency --twitch-disable-ads --twitch-disable-hosting --force --progress=force $opts $url $streamlink_format -O | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -c copy \"$filename\""
     else
         printf "${YELLOW}${BOLD}\nUsing yt-dlp to download...${NORMAL}\n"
+        opts+=" --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
+
         local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $yt_dlp_format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     fi
 
@@ -810,10 +823,13 @@ download_vimeo_vid() {
 
     if [[ $format == "" ]]; then
         printf "${BOLD}No format given; using best available.${NORMAL}\n"
-        # Download best mp4 video.
+        # Download best mp4 video, best audio then merge.
-        format="bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
+        format="bv[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]"
     fi
 
+    # We're assuming we'll always have an mp4 video only and audio track to merge.
+    opts+=" --merge-output-format mp4 --write-subs --sub-lang en --embed-subs --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
+
     if [[ $shortname == "1" || $compress == "1" || $transcribe == "1" ]]; then
         printf "${BOLD}Downloading Vimeo vid "
         if [[ $shortname == "1" ]];  then printf "| ${YELLOW}using short name${NORMAL}${BOLD} "; fi
@@ -926,6 +942,7 @@ download_twitter_vid() {
     printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
     # Download the video.
+    opts+=" --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
@@ -990,6 +1007,7 @@ download_instagram_vid() {
     printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
     # Download the video.
+    opts+=" --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata"
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
@@ -1247,28 +1265,13 @@ alias download-audio-from-m3u8='echo Use download-audio-from-stream instead.'
 # Video Compression
 ####################################################################################################
 
-function _compress_video_hard() {
-    local crf=35
-    local name="$1"
-    local out="$2"
-    if [[ name == "" || out == "" ]]; then
-        error "Usage: cmd <source> <dest>"
-        return
-    fi
-    # 0=cpu, 1=gpu
-    compress-video-with-crf $crf "$name" "$out" 0
-}
-
-alias compress-video-hard='_compress_video_hard'
-
 alias cv='compress-video'
-alias cvh='compress-video-hard'
 alias jv='join-video'
 alias av='analyze-volume'
 alias aa='analyze-volume'
 alias nv='normalize-volume'
 alias na='normalize-volume'
-alias tv='trim-video-vbr'
+alias tv='echo can just do a cv with a time range...' #trim-video-vbr'
 
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