Convert yt-dlp command line arguments to dict for easier handling.

cli_to_dict.py

def arg_converter(cli_args: str) -> dict:
    """
    Convert yt-dlp options to a dict.

    Args:
        cli_args (str): yt-dlp options string.

    Returns:
        dict: yt-dlp options dictionary.

    """
    import shlex

    import yt_dlp.options

    create_parser = yt_dlp.options.create_parser

    def _default_opts(args: str):
        patched_parser = create_parser()
        try:
            yt_dlp.options.create_parser = lambda: patched_parser
            return yt_dlp.parse_options(args)
        finally:
            yt_dlp.options.create_parser = create_parser

    default_opts = _default_opts([]).ydl_opts

    opts = yt_dlp.parse_options(shlex.split(cli_args)).ydl_opts

    diff = {k: v for k, v in opts.items() if default_opts[k] != v}
    if "postprocessors" in diff:
        diff["postprocessors"] = [pp for pp in diff["postprocessors"] if pp not in default_opts["postprocessors"]]

    if "_warnings" in diff:
        diff.pop("_warnings", None)

    return diff