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[command]
youtube-dl --write-description --add-metadata --write-thumbnail --prefer-ffmpeg --sleep-interval 1 --max-sleep-interval 4 -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4' --download-archive /mnt/raid/plex/youtube/archive.txt --batch-file /mnt/raid/plex/youtube/users.txt --output "/mnt/raid/plex/youtube/video/%(uploader)s/%(playlist_title)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s - %(id)s"

[users.txt]
https://www.youtube.com/user/pushinguproses/playlists

I'm attempting to archive some youtube channels following the playlist structure of the uploader. The issue here, is that a video might be in multiple playlists. I'd not like to download the video again, but I'd like to maintain the structure.

I'm using --download-archive to prevent the redownloading of content. This is working as described.
If the file does not exist at the destination as prescribed in the output field, I'd like to create a symbolic link from the already downloaded file to the output file instead. I realize that this means youtube-dl needs to know about the file that downloaded previously, it's location would need to be logged in the file for --download-archive