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Hello, the -sleep options seem to be exactly what I am looking for. I want to have yt-dlp to "sleep" after each segment download as long as the fragment playback would be, so that YouTube thinks I am watching a video, rather than downloading nonstop.

Could anyone help me with the best option for this? As I guess segments duration might differ from format to format, I think it would be the best for me, to use the longest pause between each segment so that I just run my downloads during the night.

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