JDownloader 2 will also do this.
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Yt-dlp does pretty much everything. It can do a channels playlists, not sure about a custom saved one, but try feeding it a link to it? Then you can just keep re-running it to download any new additions
Like plunki said, YT-DLP will work. All you have to do is feed YT-DLP your playlist URL (if it’s private, I believe you’ll need cookies but if it’s set to unlisted, you won’t need them) and it’ll begin to download your videos.
I’d also highly recommend adding the argument “—download-archive archive.txt”; this will create a text file and log the videos you download so that when you run the command again later, it’ll skip all the videos that it’s previously downloaded and just download the new additions.
Only issue is that it isn’t automatic by default* so you’ll have to run the command every few days/week.
*While it may not be automatic by default, you could whip up a script that runs the command every few days or week w/o your input.