Add options for --match-title #1735

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opened 2026-02-21 00:04:54 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:04:54 -05:00

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Originally created by @davidhedlund on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014).

-o have options like %(playlist)s, %(id)s and so on but --match-title does not have them. Can you please add them?

Originally created by @davidhedlund on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014). -o have options like %(playlist)s, %(id)s and so on but --match-title does not have them. Can you please add them?

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deekerman commented

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@davidhedlund commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014):

Example:

title="Afgin - Old is Gold";
youtube-dl "ytsearch10:$title" -f 172/171/43/webm/ogg --extract-audio --no-overwrites --match-title ^"%(playlist)s"$ --verbose --ignore-errors --max-downloads 1

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['ytsearch10:Afgin - Old is Gold', '-f', '172/171/43/webm/ogg', '--extract-audio', '--no-overwrites', '--match-title', '^%(playlist)s$', '--verbose', '--ignore-errors', '--max-downloads', '1']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-58-generic-x86_64-with-Trisquel-6.0-toutatis
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:search] query "Afgin - Old is Gold": Downloading page 1
[download] Downloading playlist: Afgin - Old is Gold
[youtube:search] playlist Afgin - Old is Gold: Collected 10 video ids (downloading 10 of them)
[download] Downloading video #1 of 10
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Downloading webpage
[youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Old Is Gold [FULL ALBUM]" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #2 of 10
[youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #3 of 10
[youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Old is Gold (Part 2) -2009-" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #4 of 10
[youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Downloading webpage
[youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Extracting video information
[download] "AFGIN - OLD IS GOLD" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #5 of 10
[youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Extracting video information
[download] "AFGIN - Old Is Gold (part 2) VIDEO CLIP" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #6 of 10
[youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Downloading webpage
[youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #7 of 10
[youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Downloading webpage
[youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin @ Old Is Gold party" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #8 of 10
[youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"
[download] Downloading video #9 of 10
[youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Extracting video information
ERROR: requested format not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 510, in extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 539, in process_ie_result
return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 755, in process_video_result
expected=True)
ExtractorError: requested format not available

[download] Downloading video #10 of 10
[youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Downloading webpage
[youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Extracting video information
[download] "Afgin - Return to the Source" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"

@davidhedlund commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014): Example: title="Afgin - Old is Gold"; youtube-dl "ytsearch10:$title" -f 172/171/43/webm/ogg --extract-audio --no-overwrites --match-title ^"%(playlist)s"$ --verbose --ignore-errors --max-downloads 1 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['ytsearch10:Afgin - Old is Gold', '-f', '172/171/43/webm/ogg', '--extract-audio', '--no-overwrites', '--match-title', '^%(playlist)s$', '--verbose', '--ignore-errors', '--max-downloads', '1'] [debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8' [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23.4 [debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-58-generic-x86_64-with-Trisquel-6.0-toutatis [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:search] query "Afgin - Old is Gold": Downloading page 1 [download] Downloading playlist: Afgin - Old is Gold [youtube:search] playlist Afgin - Old is Gold: Collected 10 video ids (downloading 10 of them) [download] Downloading video #1 of 10 [youtube] Setting language [youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Downloading webpage [youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] XCHrWyMpPhM: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Old Is Gold [FULL ALBUM]" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #2 of 10 [youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Downloading webpage [youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] 65MQ5ZAmusI: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #3 of 10 [youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Downloading webpage [youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] T4dVlDdZXJQ: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Old is Gold (Part 2) -2009-" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #4 of 10 [youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Downloading webpage [youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] LB4QKvDCW1A: Extracting video information [download] "AFGIN - OLD IS GOLD" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #5 of 10 [youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Downloading webpage [youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] BnGhelyzUtE: Extracting video information [download] "AFGIN - Old Is Gold (part 2) VIDEO CLIP" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #6 of 10 [youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Downloading webpage [youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] GtYD_YzdFGs: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #7 of 10 [youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Downloading webpage [youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] oKAkE5-9e4E: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin @ Old Is Gold party" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #8 of 10 [youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Downloading webpage [youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] qZvtGRbM7y8: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Old is Gold" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$" [download] Downloading video #9 of 10 [youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Downloading webpage [youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] E6WiBmYnfsE: Extracting video information ERROR: requested format not available Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 510, in extract_info return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 539, in process_ie_result return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download) File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 755, in process_video_result expected=True) ExtractorError: requested format not available [download] Downloading video #10 of 10 [youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Downloading webpage [youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] JoqG2B2GvYM: Extracting video information [download] "Afgin - Return to the Source" title did not match pattern "^%(playlist)s$"

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 00:04:58 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014):

Some people want their filenames or directories to include uploaders, format IDs, duration, video service, playlist etc. Therefore, -o supports a wide variety of string replacements.

--match-title is intended for people who want to download just one video from a playlist. You are using it as a hack in order to get the video with the search term you are using, but that's very exceptional and - as I wrote before - more appropriate in a script. To boot, since you are invoking youtube-dl from a script, you already have a better representation of the title in a variable, so this feature wouldn't be needed anyway.

Therefore, the proposed change falls out of the scope of youtube-dl.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2014): Some people want their filenames or directories to include uploaders, format IDs, duration, video service, playlist etc. Therefore, `-o` supports a wide variety of string replacements. `--match-title` is intended for people who want to download just one video from a playlist. You are using it as a hack in order to get the video with the search term you are using, but that's very exceptional and - as I wrote before - more appropriate in a script. To boot, since you are invoking youtube-dl from a script, you already have a better representation of the title in a variable, so this feature wouldn't be needed anyway. Therefore, the proposed change falls out of the scope of youtube-dl.

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