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Get total number of items in playlist #10536

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opened 2026-02-21 05:34:45 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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Originally created by @Rudloff on GitHub (Apr 25, 2017).

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I'm trying to paginate playlists.
But when using --dump-single-json --playlist-end 5 on a long playlist, I don't have a way to know from the JSON if there are more videos in the playlist.
It would be useful to get either:

The total number of videos in the playlist.
A boolean that indicates if there are videos coming next in the playlist.

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2026-02-21 05:34:49 -05:00

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@Tithen-Firion commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2017):

I doubt this will be added. You are generating unnecessary traffic by loading playlist URL each time you download 5 more videos.

Use --flat-playlist --dump-single-json, this way you load playlist URL only once and you can easily count all the videos.

@Tithen-Firion commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2017): I doubt this will be added. You are generating unnecessary traffic by loading playlist URL each time you download 5 more videos. Use `--flat-playlist --dump-single-json`, this way you load playlist URL only once and you can easily count all the videos.

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@Rudloff commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2017):

Hum, you're right. I guess I can use --flat-playlist.
I thought it was gonna be slow for large playlists but turns out it's not.

@Rudloff commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2017): Hum, you're right. I guess I can use `--flat-playlist`. I thought it was gonna be slow for large playlists but turns out it's not.

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.04.17. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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