yt-dlp --download-archive archive.txt 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'

Category: Media & Conversion

yt-dlp --download-archive archive.txt 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'

Skip videos already downloaded

Records downloaded video IDs in archive.txt and skips them on future runs. This makes re-running a download job idempotent, so only new videos get fetched. Combine with a playlist URL to maintain a mirror.
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