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macosserviceautomatoryoutube-dl

Youtube-dl Automator service in Yosemite

Automator service Service receives selected:URLs in Safari

Run Shell Script Shell: /bin/bash Pass input:to stdin

cd ~/Downloads
for f in "$@"
do
youtube-dl -x "%(title)s.%(ext)s" --all-subs --max-quality "$f"
done

youtube-dl and ffdshow installed via curl

Working in Mavericks but after I upgraded into Yosemite its putting a Shell Script error.

Solution

  • Your invocation of youtube-dl is extremely strange and almost certainly erroneous. As it stands, you're always downloading the URL "%(title)s.%(ext)s". You want

    youtube-dl -x -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" --all-subs -- "$f"