Youtube channel not extract original title #22017

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opened 2026-02-21 12:04:58 -05:00 by deekerman · 6 comments
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Originally created by @Rudbekia on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020).

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  • I'm reporting a broken site support
  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.11.18
  • I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
  • I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
  • I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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C:\Users\user\Downloads>youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/c/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD/videos -e -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/c/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD/videos', '-e', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp949, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp949
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.11.18
[debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1, ffprobe 4.3.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode

Description

If I try to download a youtube channel after youtube-dl 2020.11.01.1 version, the title based on en-us is extracted.

As you can see in the log above, For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9r_ssl5eA the extracted title is
First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode
but original title is
Волейбол от первого лица весь турнир | Чемпионат «Bright Fit» целиком | #96 эпизод.

Can change it to extract the original title?

Originally created by @Rudbekia on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020). <!-- ###################################################################### WARNING! IGNORING THE FOLLOWING TEMPLATE WILL RESULT IN ISSUE CLOSED AS INCOMPLETE ###################################################################### --> ## Checklist <!-- Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of youtube-dl: - First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dl. Run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2020.11.18. If it's not, see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED. - Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser. - Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in http://yt-dl.org/escape. - Search the bugtracker for similar issues: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates. - Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x]) --> - [ ] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.11.18** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log <!-- Provide the complete verbose output of youtube-dl that clearly demonstrates the problem. Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (`youtube-dl -v <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below. It should look similar to this: [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.11.18 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} <more lines> --> ``` C:\Users\user\Downloads>youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/c/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD/videos -e -v [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.youtube.com/c/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD/videos', '-e', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp949, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp949 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.11.18 [debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.3.1, ffprobe 4.3.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode ``` ## Description <!-- Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form. Provide any additional information, suggested solution and as much context and examples as possible. If work on your issue requires account credentials please provide them or explain how one can obtain them. --> If I try to download a youtube channel after youtube-dl 2020.11.01.1 version, the title based on en-us is extracted. As you can see in the log above, For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9r_ssl5eA the extracted title is ```First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode``` but original title is ```Волейбол от первого лица весь турнир | Чемпионат «Bright Fit» целиком | #96 эпизод```. Can change it to extract the original title?
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@Ashdemai commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

First of all you're not running on the latest version of youtube-dl, you're using 2020.11.01.1 and the latest is 2020.11.18
Secondly, can't you just rename the title of the video to the original, by hand or are you doing something automated?

@Ashdemai commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): First of all you're not running on the latest version of youtube-dl, you're using 2020.11.01.1 and the latest is 2020.11.18 Secondly, can't you just rename the title of the video to the original, by hand or are you doing something automated?
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@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

I using 2020.11.18. look the log.
I was saying "after" 2020.11.01.1, not that I was using it.

And there are so many videos but I’m not good at programming or scripting. so I want fix it.

@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): I using 2020.11.18. look the log. I was saying "after" 2020.11.01.1, not that I was using it. And there are so many videos but I’m not good at programming or scripting. so I want fix it.
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@Ashdemai commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

I see my bad.

Ah so it's not just a one off, hmm, are you sure there isn't an option in the variables to save the original title instead?

@Ashdemai commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): I see my bad. Ah so it's not just a one off, hmm, are you sure there isn't an option in the variables to save the original title instead?
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@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

As far as I know, there are no options.
not working cookies, %(alt_title)s, etc...

The %(title)s variable itself seems to have changed.

@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): As far as I know, there are no options. not working cookies, %(alt_title)s, etc... The %(title)s variable itself seems to have changed.
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@october262 commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

As far as I know, there are no options.
not working cookies, %(alt_title)s, etc...

The %(title)s variable itself seems to have changed.

try it like this> youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9r_ssl5eA --output "First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode.%(ext)s" mp4

the last paragraph - https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/jog6av/how_to_use_a_videos_translated_english_title_as/ just delete -x and audio-format mp3 --output "specific_name.%(ext)s" and just replace specific_name with First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode.

@october262 commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): > As far as I know, there are no options. > not working cookies, %(alt_title)s, etc... > > The %(title)s variable itself seems to have changed. try it like this> youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9r_ssl5eA --output "First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode.%(ext)s" mp4 the last paragraph - https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/jog6av/how_to_use_a_videos_translated_english_title_as/ just delete -x and audio-format mp3 --output "specific_name.%(ext)s" and just replace specific_name with First Person Volleyball Tournament Amateur | Full Championship «Bright Fit» | 4 Games | #96 episode.
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@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020):

This situation happens when I download a YouTube channel. Not a single video download.
(ex. https://youtube.com/c/channel)

And I want to replace English translated title to non translated title.
This happened because the channel manager set up to show English titles to English users. This feature seems to be called 'alternative title'.
I’am not English user. So not needed this.
(Reddit writer is the opposite situation to me.)

I know use --output(-o) option. but there are many videos on each channel. So I want automatly extract original title.

@Rudbekia commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2020): This situation happens when I download a YouTube channel. Not a single video download. (ex. https://youtube.com/c/channel) And I want to replace English translated title to non translated title. This happened because the channel manager set up to show English titles to English users. This feature seems to be called 'alternative title'. I’am not English user. So not needed this. (Reddit writer is the opposite situation to me.) I know use --output(-o) option. but there are many videos on each channel. So I want automatly extract original title.
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