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 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER          Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            Playlist video to end at (default is last)
-    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
+    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
                                      if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
                                      download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
     --match-title REGEX              Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)