For a professional-grade archive, you can add flags to capture metadata, subtitles, and the best possible quality. Command Flag -f "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" (requires FFmpeg) Metadata --add-metadata --write-info-json Subtitles --write-sub --all-subs --embed-subs Thumbnails --write-thumbnail Organize by Date -o "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" Important: Use yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl using youtube-dl to download entire youtube channel
youtube-dl -i --download-archive archive.txt -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://youtube.com Use code with caution. youtube-dl download all videos from channel
To download every video from a channel, simply provide the channel's URL to the command-line tool. youtube-dl -i https://youtube.com Use code with caution. For a professional-grade archive, you can add flags