SSD friendly file downloading #19005

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opened 2026-02-21 10:23:23 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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Originally created by @mrx23dot on GitHub (Jan 2, 2020).

I'm reporting a feature request
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.01.01
I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones

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Downloading a simple video file eg: youtube-dl -f "hls-480p" xvideos_site_56MB_vid_mp4
Creates many temp files on HDD during download:

x.mp4.part-Frag55.part
x.mp4.part-Frag56.part files of 0-1KB
x.mp4.ytdl
x.mp4.part

SSDs have limited lifespans when writing to them, so please add a feature to use more RAM instead of temporary HDD/SSD writes. Eg. --memory 128MB, would wait for 128MB incoming data then write to the final file, without unnecessary additional writes.

Imagine an SSD in a download server, or SD in RaspberryPi, or even in HDD it causes fragmentation.
See Transmission's file cache handling as an example.

Originally created by @mrx23dot on GitHub (Jan 2, 2020). - [x] I'm reporting a feature request - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.01.01** - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones ## Description Downloading a simple video file eg: youtube-dl -f "hls-480p" xvideos_site_56MB_vid_mp4 Creates many temp files on HDD during download: x.mp4.part-Frag55.part x.mp4.part-Frag56.part files of 0-1KB x.mp4.ytdl x.mp4.part SSDs have limited lifespans when writing to them, so please add a feature to use more RAM instead of temporary HDD/SSD writes. Eg. --memory 128MB, would wait for 128MB incoming data then write to the final file, without unnecessary additional writes. Imagine an SSD in a download server, or SD in RaspberryPi, or even in HDD it causes fragmentation. See Transmission's file cache handling as an example.

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