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diff --git a/devscripts/cli_to_api.py b/devscripts/cli_to_api.py
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+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import yt_dlp
+import yt_dlp.options
+
+create_parser = yt_dlp.options.create_parser
+
+
+def parse_patched_options(opts):
+    patched_parser = create_parser()
+    patched_parser.defaults.update({
+        'ignoreerrors': False,
+        'retries': 0,
+        'fragment_retries': 0,
+        'extract_flat': False,
+        'concat_playlist': 'never',
+    })
+    yt_dlp.options.create_parser = lambda: patched_parser
+    try:
+        return yt_dlp.parse_options(opts)
+    finally:
+        yt_dlp.options.create_parser = create_parser
+
+
+default_opts = parse_patched_options([]).ydl_opts
+
+
+def cli_to_api(opts, cli_defaults=False):
+    opts = (yt_dlp.parse_options if cli_defaults else parse_patched_options)(opts).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']]
+    return diff
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from pprint import pprint
+
+    print('\nThe arguments passed translate to:\n')
+    pprint(cli_to_api(sys.argv[1:]))
+    print('\nCombining these with the CLI defaults gives:\n')
+    pprint(cli_to_api(sys.argv[1:], True))