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[HorsePin]

@HorsePin,
Thanks a bunch, matey.

I haven't looked in to this stuff closely for years, but it's always great to have options and more control. Indeed, some years back @mrschultz posted an all-in-on software suite popular with the science staff at Widener U, but I forget what it was called at the moment.

I used to use that suite on my old rig, but somehow forgot about it over the years.
But now, I wouldn't be surprised if the one you mentioned wasn't integrated in there.

Hmm..

I don't know why I had just thought of it but there is a

--write-thumbnail

option. This will put a webp, but you can go one better, I will update that post.

You can view the whole list of commands here https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl

 

[GeorgeH]

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