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opened 2026-02-21 01:52:37 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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2026-02-21 01:52:37 -05:00

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Originally created by @davidhedlund on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015).

The "-j" option have been removed. I used that option to input URLs from file to youtube-dl. How can I do that now?

Originally created by @davidhedlund on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015). The "-j" option have been removed. I used that option to input URLs from file to youtube-dl. How can I do that now?

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2026-02-21 01:52:43 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015):

The -j option has not been removed:

$ youtube-dl -vj test:youtube
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['--age-limit', '179', '--default-search', 'ytsearch']
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vj', 'test:youtube']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.03.1
[debug] Git HEAD: 7fde87c
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.0
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.2-6, avprobe 11.2-6, ffmpeg 1.2.1, ffprobe 1.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
{"display_id": "BaW_jenozKc", "upload_date": "20121002", "automatic_captions": {}, "description": "test chars:  \"'/\\\u00e4\u21ad\ud835\udd50\ntest URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .", "uploader_id": "phihag", "extractor": "youtube", "requested_subtitles": null, "height": 720, "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BaW_jenozKc/maxresdefault.jpg", "_filename": "youtube-dl test video ''_\u00e4\u21ad\ud835\udd50-BaW_jenozKc.mp4", "like_count": 11, "uploader": *snip*

However, it never had anything to do with inputting files from a URL. For that, use --batch.

And don't forget that extraordinary claims (such as an option being removed despite being listed in the list of options) require extraordinary proof (such as the very least the complete output you get when you run youtube-dl with the -v option and -j) to be taken seriously.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015): The `-j` option has **not** been removed: ``` $ youtube-dl -vj test:youtube [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: ['--age-limit', '179', '--default-search', 'ytsearch'] [debug] Command-line args: ['-vj', 'test:youtube'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.03.1 [debug] Git HEAD: 7fde87c [debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-3.16-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.0 [debug] exe versions: avconv 11.2-6, avprobe 11.2-6, ffmpeg 1.2.1, ffprobe 1.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} {"display_id": "BaW_jenozKc", "upload_date": "20121002", "automatic_captions": {}, "description": "test chars: \"'/\\\u00e4\u21ad\ud835\udd50\ntest URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .", "uploader_id": "phihag", "extractor": "youtube", "requested_subtitles": null, "height": 720, "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BaW_jenozKc/maxresdefault.jpg", "_filename": "youtube-dl test video ''_\u00e4\u21ad\ud835\udd50-BaW_jenozKc.mp4", "like_count": 11, "uploader": *snip* ``` However, it never had anything to do with inputting files from a URL. For that, use `--batch`. And don't forget that extraordinary claims (such as an option being removed despite [being listed in the list of options](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#verbosity--simulation-options)) require extraordinary proof (such as the very least the complete output you get when you run youtube-dl with the `-v` option and `-j`) to be taken seriously.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:52:43 -05:00

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@davidhedlund commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015):

I think you can close this one. Thanks.

@davidhedlund commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2015): I think you can close this one. Thanks.

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