Shouldn't download all youtube videos in playlist when a single video is selected... #1225

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opened 2026-02-20 23:23:34 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:23:34 -05:00

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Originally created by @epitron on GitHub (Oct 16, 2013).

Some videos are part of a playlist... if you copy the link to a video that's in a playlist, and pass it to youtube-dl, youtube-dl thinks you want the entire playlist, and downloads everything.

Here's an example link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4rmm0l4PU&list=UUQWmgQT_XEoiWOj5CILdX_A&feature=player_embedded

(Notice that there's both "v=" and a "list=" parameters.)

In this case, it would make more sense for youtube-dl to only downloaded the video specified by the "v=" option, and ignore the "list=".

Originally created by @epitron on GitHub (Oct 16, 2013). Some videos are part of a playlist... if you copy the link to a video that's in a playlist, and pass it to youtube-dl, youtube-dl thinks you want the entire playlist, and downloads everything. Here's an example link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4rmm0l4PU&list=UUQWmgQT_XEoiWOj5CILdX_A&feature=player_embedded (Notice that there's both "v=" and a "list=" parameters.) In this case, it would make more sense for youtube-dl to only downloaded the video specified by the "v=" option, and ignore the "list=".

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2026-02-20 23:23:36 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:23:37 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2013):

Duplicate of #755, we decided to extract the playlist and to add an option for downloading only the video: youtube-dl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4rmm0l4PU&list=UUQWmgQT_XEoiWOj5CILdX_A&feature=player_embedded' --no-playlist, you'll need a recent version for using it.
Thanks for the report.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2013): Duplicate of #755, we decided to extract the playlist and to add an option for downloading only the video: `youtube-dl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4rmm0l4PU&list=UUQWmgQT_XEoiWOj5CILdX_A&feature=player_embedded' --no-playlist`, you'll need a recent version for using it. Thanks for the report.

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