Ross Patterson

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From [my grab-bag docs issue](https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1270#issue-3308234336). Now that I'm more familiar, I'm guessing the reason I didn't find anything in the ytdl-sub docs about how this passthrough is useful is because...

Oh, also [if my guess is right](https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1274#issuecomment-3190492052), we should include some examples of preset configuration for which this passthrough is useful. Got any hints for me?

> output_options.maintain_download_archive False > > should be incorporated to prevent any archive creation How does ytdl-sub behave with this option when there are successful downloads in the archive? In my...

What about this from the description?: > > Better to use the throttle protection max downloads here > > A better approach would be great. Got an example of that?

> That could work too but requires a full scrape of metadata which can be time consuming. I'm not following, can you elaborate?

Another use case is... I dunno... "phased" downloading: 1. download everything you can at good resolution quality without cookies 2. fill in the age restricted and/or private holes with cookies...

> Though I wonder if we should instead create prebuilt dl aliases I haven't used the `dl` sub-command yet or read up on aliases, but presets seem like they're a...

> Setting a --preset arg poses a risk currently because that key in particular supports both single strings and lists. I just used `--preset` as an example. If that clashes...

LMK if you agree and I can submit a PR for this.

> I'm not opposed but let's conjure some ideas for naming first. I think just following the `TV Show ...` precedent works, so all names for presets that are specific...