Use youtube-dl to download new videos from channel

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I need to use youtube-dl to download new videos from a channel, but remember not to download them next time and only download videos that have not been downloaded yet. How can I do so?

who ever voted this as a general question needs to go and get a life. — DeerSpotter, Aug 16 '17 at 00:48
I suspect that the persons that closed this question don't even know what youtube-dl is and what the question implies. — Alex M.M., Jun 20 '20 at 21:06

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '14 at 22:43

Use the --download-archive option:

youtube-dl --download-archive ~/.mydownloads http://youtube.com/CHANNEL

The IDs of all downloaded videos will be recorded in the .mydownloads file, and these videos will not be downloaded again.

Use youtube-dl to download new videos from channel

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