Toggleable yt-dlp info json

Author: jmbannon

lidarr/Video.service.bash

@@ -222,25 +222,27 @@ DownloadVideo () {
         chmod 777 "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete"
     fi 
 
+    ytdlpConfigurableArgs=""
+    if [ ! -z "$cookiesFile" ]; then
+      ytdlpConfigurableArgs='${ytdlpConfigurableArgs} --cookies "$cookiesFile '
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$videoInfoJson" == "true" ]; then
+      ytdlpConfigurableArgs='${ytdlpConfigurableArgs} --write-info-json '
+    fi
+
+
     if echo "$1" | grep -i "youtube" | read; then
         if [ $videoContainer = mkv ]; then
-            if [ ! -z "$cookiesFile" ]; then
-                yt-dlp -f "$videoFormat" --no-video-multistreams --cookies "$cookiesFile" -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --merge-output-format mkv --remux-video mkv --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
-            else
-                yt-dlp -f "$videoFormat" --no-video-multistreams -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --merge-output-format mkv --remux-video mkv --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
-            fi
+            yt-dlp -f "$videoFormat" --no-video-multistreams -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" $ytdlpConfigurableArgs --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --merge-output-format mkv --remux-video mkv --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
             if [ -f "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}.mkv" ]; then
                 chmod 666 "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}.mkv"
                 downloadFailed=false
             else
                 downloadFailed=true
             fi
         else
-            if [ ! -z "$cookiesFile" ]; then
-                yt-dlp --format-sort ext:mp4:m4a --merge-output-format mp4 --no-video-multistreams --cookies "$cookiesFile" -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
-            else
-                yt-dlp --format-sort ext:mp4:m4a --merge-output-format mp4 --no-video-multistreams -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
-            fi
+            yt-dlp --format-sort ext:mp4:m4a --merge-output-format mp4 --no-video-multistreams -o "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}" $ytdlpConfigurableArgs --embed-subs --sub-lang $youtubeSubtitleLanguage --no-mtime --geo-bypass "$1"
             if [ -f "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}.mp4" ]; then
                 chmod 666 "$videoDownloadPath/incomplete/${2}${3}.mp4"
                 downloadFailed=false

lidarr/extended.conf

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ preventRelatedArtistsLoop="true"         # true = enabled :: This will prevent a
 ##### VIDEO SCRIPT
 addFeaturedVideoArtists="false"  # true = enabled :: WARNING !!! WARNING !!! Enabling this can cause an endless loop of additional artists.... Enabling this will enable the extended Video script to automatically add Music Video Featured Artists to your existing Lidarr artists from IMVDB
 videoFormat="bv[width>=1920]+ba" # ONLY CHANGE if you know what your doing, for guidence, please see yt-dlp documentation.
+videoInfoJson="false"            # true = enabled :: Stores yt-dlp info-json files alongside video files.
 youtubeSubtitleLanguage="en"     # Desired Language Code :: For guidence, please see yt-dlp documentation.
 disableImvd="false"              # true = enabled :: Use this to disable IMVDB as a source, will result in only tidal videos