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playlist_index on youtube now semi-broken because youtube changed the way playlists are displayed #23607

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opened 2026-02-21 12:53:01 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 12:53:01 -05:00

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Originally created by @alkeryn on GitHub (Apr 29, 2021).

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I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.04.26
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 bug reports including closed ones
I've read bugs section in FAQ

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so now youtube won't display removed videos or unplayable videos within a playlist by default, even though they are still in the playlist and can be seen with the new "show unavailable videos" button.

so if you want an example, let's say i have 100 videos, then in those 100 videos 20 gets deleted from youtube but not from the playlist.

before, youtube-dl would still see the video even though it couldn't download it, and if you added a video to the playlist, the index of the new video would then be 101 (assuming you start at 1) as it would also count the deleted videos.

but since youtube changed the way it is displayed, downloading with youtube-dl will now result in the index being 81 (if 20 got deleted from youtube) instead of 101.

however youtube now added a button to also show the deleted video, so the data isn't missing alltogether, the scraper just needs to be updated i guess.

here you can see the new "show unavaillable videos" button.

so step to reproduce if you wanna do it.

have a playlist with some videos (ideally video you can delete).
download the playlist using this command

youtube-dl --playlist-reverse -f bestaudio/best --add-metadata --download-archive list.txt -cio '%(playlist_index)s-%(id)s %(title)s.%(ext)s' \
<playlist address> \
2>> errors.log

then add few videos to the playlist.
delete few videos that are in the playlist from youtube (without removing them from the playlist).

if you now click the "show unavailable videos" you'll still see them in the playlist.

but now if you run the command again to "sync" the playlist, you will see that the index is shifted because it no longer takes into account the videos that got removed from youtube (but are still in the playlist).

the flags in the provided example are probably not all necessary, but for reproduction purpose i provided the exact same command than my script uses.
it's kind of an annoying issue to reproduce as you need a playlist that got videos that got removed from youtube before syncing it again.

hoping it could help, and feel free to ask any questions.

Originally created by @alkeryn on GitHub (Apr 29, 2021). ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.04.26** - [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 bug reports including closed ones - [x] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log Wouldn't be very pertinent ## Description so now youtube won't display removed videos or unplayable videos within a playlist by default, even though they are still in the playlist and can be seen with the new "show unavailable videos" button. so if you want an example, let's say i have 100 videos, then in those 100 videos 20 gets deleted from youtube but not from the playlist. before, youtube-dl would still see the video even though it couldn't download it, and if you added a video to the playlist, the index of the new video would then be 101 (assuming you start at 1) as it would also count the deleted videos. but since youtube changed the way it is displayed, downloading with youtube-dl will now result in the index being 81 (if 20 got deleted from youtube) instead of 101. however youtube now added a button to also show the deleted video, so the data isn't missing alltogether, the scraper just needs to be updated i guess. here you can see the new "show unavaillable videos" button. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11599075/116641626-640c7700-a96d-11eb-94ea-37e0a961d0f0.png) so step to reproduce if you wanna do it. have a playlist with some videos (ideally video you can delete). download the playlist using this command ```bash youtube-dl --playlist-reverse -f bestaudio/best --add-metadata --download-archive list.txt -cio '%(playlist_index)s-%(id)s %(title)s.%(ext)s' \ <playlist address> \ 2>> errors.log ``` then add few videos to the playlist. delete few videos that are in the playlist from youtube (without removing them from the playlist). if you now click the "show unavailable videos" you'll still see them in the playlist. but now if you run the command again to "sync" the playlist, you will see that the index is shifted because it no longer takes into account the videos that got removed from youtube (but are still in the playlist). the flags in the provided example are probably not all necessary, but for reproduction purpose i provided the exact same command than my script uses. it's kind of an annoying issue to reproduce as you need a playlist that got videos that got removed from youtube before syncing it again. hoping it could help, and feel free to ask any questions.

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@coletdjnz commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2021):

@coletdjnz commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2021): Related: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28697

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