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opened 2026-02-21 03:05:51 -05:00 by deekerman · 9 comments

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Originally created by @elsakuh on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015).

As I read from here, the command line :
youtube-dl -ciw ytuser:XYZ -o d:\youtube%(uploader)s%(playlist)s%(title)s.%(ext)s
should create a local hirarchy of \name of the channel \ name of the playlist(s) as a subfolder/s) \ title and extension video file.

What I get is d:\youtube\XYZ\ Uploads from XYZ\ all files flat out.

Is there something i am doing wrong with the command line or
why does it not create playlists as subfolder and put the corresponding files in it

Edit:
If a URL from a playlist itself is used as an input, a corresponding directory with the playlist name is created as expected

Originally created by @elsakuh on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015). As I read from here, the command line : youtube-dl -ciw ytuser:XYZ -o d:\youtube\%(uploader)s\%(playlist)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s should create a local hirarchy of \name of the channel \ name of the playlist(s) as a subfolder/s) \ title and extension video file. What I get is d:\youtube\XYZ\ Uploads from XYZ\ all files flat out. Is there something i am doing wrong with the command line or why does it not create playlists as subfolder and put the corresponding files in it Edit: If a URL from a playlist itself is used as an input, a corresponding directory with the playlist name is created as expected

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015):

If a URL from a playlist itself is used as an input, a corresponding directory with the playlist name is created as expected

It can only know the playlist name if you use the playlist url. To clarify what's your exact problem, please post the full output of youtube-dl --verbose URL OTHER_OPTIONS` (as explained in the bug reporting guide.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015): > If a URL from a playlist itself is used as an input, a corresponding directory with the playlist name is created as expected It can only know the playlist name if you use the playlist url. To clarify what's your exact problem, please post the full output of youtube-dl --verbose URL OTHER_OPTIONS` (as explained in [the bug reporting guide](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/edeb3e7cb1ab2d82ff7c712a7cc1e338a9dcd8f8/README.md#bugs).

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@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015):

Put the verbose Informations in two files one channel download and a specific plalistdownload
Sorry but what do you mean with "--verbose URL OTHER_OPTIONS"
are the provided informations with the text files what you expected?
Thanks

Tried to attach txt files with the information but it is not allowed for me

Should I paste the whole text in here?

@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015): Put the verbose Informations in two files one channel download and a specific plalistdownload Sorry but what do you mean with "--verbose URL OTHER_OPTIONS" are the provided informations with the text files what you expected? Thanks Tried to attach txt files with the information but it is not allowed for me Should I paste the whole text in here?

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@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015):

Channel downlaod fail subfolder:
D:\Youtube>D:\Youtube\youtube-dl\youtube-dl -ciw ytuser:TheSkillPedia -o d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia%(playlist)s%(title)s.%(ext)s --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-annotations', u'--write-thumbnail']
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'ytuser:TheSkillPedia', u'-o', u'd:\youtube\TheSkillPedia%(playlist)s%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:user] TheSkillPedia: Downloading channel page
[youtube:playlist] UUPlqr0Kb-DfJ9WvUIRYIK8Q: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from TheSkillPedia
[youtube:playlist] UUPlqr0Kb-DfJ9WvUIRYIK8Q: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from TheSkillPedia: Downloading 97 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 97
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Extracting video information
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Searching for annotations.
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading DASH manifest
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Video description is already present
[info] Video annotations are already present
[info] Video description metadata is already present
[youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Thumbnail is already present
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-4g57kn7e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1446759132&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequ
iressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&upn=Fdb0E7uk3Bo&key=yt6&ipbits=0&fexp=9407117%2C9408710%2C9412837%2C9414764%2C9416126%2C9416985%2C9417683%2C9417707%2C9421585%2C9422596%2C9422618%2C9422868%2C9422945%2C9423663%2C9423789%2C9
423939&nh=IgpwcjAzLmZyYTE1KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&initcwndbps=1018750&itag=18&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&lmt=1435561690798283&signature=B0622293653724C932D6515E7E040A133F1D05EE.1837F349BF3C6906844072BC2D66D761AEBD8BEA&sver=3&
id=o-ACQDJyqpdSvwtCZYLhYxItZHkKil2a7rZ4P_qjqWRjfK&mm=31&mn=sn-4g57kn7e&mt=1446737365&dur=1893.633&pl=16&ip=84.164.13.164&mime=video%2Fmp4&ms=au&source=youtube&mv=m'
[download] d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Uploads from TheSkillPedia\SAP ASE 16 Learning Part 0 Introduction to SAP ASE Sybase ASE.mp4 has already been downloaded

playlist download correct subfolder
D:\Youtube>D:\Youtube\youtube-dl\youtube-dl -ciw https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q -o d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia%(playlist)s%(title)s.%(ext)s --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-annotations', u'--write-thumbnail']
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q', u'-o', u'd:\youtube\TheSkillPedia%(playlist)s%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:playlist] PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Linux Tutorials for Beginners
[youtube:playlist] playlist Linux Tutorials for Beginners: Downloading 22 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 22
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Extracting video information
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Searching for annotations.
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading DASH manifest
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Writing video description to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.description
[info] Writing video annotations to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.annotations.xml
[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.info.json
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading thumbnail ...
[youtube] p98FB90kufE: Writing thumbnail to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.jpg
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-4g57kn6k.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2C
upn%2Cexpire&requiressl=yes&fexp=9405825%2C9408710%2C9413271%2C9414764%2C9414977%2C9416126%2C9416179%2C9416556%2C9417298%2C9417683%2C9417707%2C9419837%2C9421942%2C9422596%2C9422618%2C9422902%2C9423420%2C9423510%2C9423518
%2C9423663%2C9423793&source=youtube&id=o-ABhcTIeqW5pzLmFAhuM6-1a-kvbidskzvr6pGfy7iJT1&pl=16&ms=au&mv=m&mt=1446737201&itag=22&mm=31&ip=84.164.13.164&ipbits=0&signature=1E312C17554DA27F66212D5FAD02D344B06FD7AD.C62C946AD919
83CC2B5CA9397E1E5AAEB730F977&initcwndbps=1012500&key=yt6&mime=video%2Fmp4&expire=1446758953&upn=H0iVRxYRMyI&dur=3262.287&lmt=1415906505327001&sver=3&mn=sn-4g57kn6k&nh=IgpwcjA0LmZyYTE1KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.mp4

@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2015): Channel downlaod fail subfolder: D:\Youtube>D:\Youtube\youtube-dl\youtube-dl -ciw ytuser:TheSkillPedia -o d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\%(playlist)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-annotations', u'--write-thumbnail'] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'ytuser:TheSkillPedia', u'-o', u'd:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\%(playlist)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.24 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:user] TheSkillPedia: Downloading channel page [youtube:playlist] UUPlqr0Kb-DfJ9WvUIRYIK8Q: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from TheSkillPedia [youtube:playlist] UUPlqr0Kb-DfJ9WvUIRYIK8Q: Downloading page #1 [youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from TheSkillPedia: Downloading 97 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 97 [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading webpage [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Extracting video information [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Searching for annotations. [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Downloading DASH manifest [info] Video description is already present [info] Video annotations are already present [info] Video description metadata is already present [youtube] 2s78sCs3fbs: Thumbnail is already present [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-4g57kn7e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1446759132&sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequ iressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&upn=Fdb0E7uk3Bo&key=yt6&ipbits=0&fexp=9407117%2C9408710%2C9412837%2C9414764%2C9416126%2C9416985%2C9417683%2C9417707%2C9421585%2C9422596%2C9422618%2C9422868%2C9422945%2C9423663%2C9423789%2C9 423939&nh=IgpwcjAzLmZyYTE1KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&initcwndbps=1018750&itag=18&ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&lmt=1435561690798283&signature=B0622293653724C932D6515E7E040A133F1D05EE.1837F349BF3C6906844072BC2D66D761AEBD8BEA&sver=3& id=o-ACQDJyqpdSvwtCZYLhYxItZHkKil2a7rZ4P_qjqWRjfK&mm=31&mn=sn-4g57kn7e&mt=1446737365&dur=1893.633&pl=16&ip=84.164.13.164&mime=video%2Fmp4&ms=au&source=youtube&mv=m' [download] d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Uploads from TheSkillPedia\SAP ASE 16 Learning Part 0 Introduction to SAP ASE Sybase ASE.mp4 has already been downloaded playlist download correct subfolder D:\Youtube>D:\Youtube\youtube-dl\youtube-dl -ciw https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q -o d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\%(playlist)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [u'--write-description', u'--write-info-json', u'--write-annotations', u'--write-thumbnail'] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-ciw', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q', u'-o', u'd:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\%(playlist)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.24 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:playlist] PLbPTI55vtiGvD3BRyV-V4vcuOliRMh88q: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Linux Tutorials for Beginners [youtube:playlist] playlist Linux Tutorials for Beginners: Downloading 22 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 22 [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading webpage [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Extracting video information [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Searching for annotations. [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading DASH manifest [info] Writing video description to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.description [info] Writing video annotations to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.annotations.xml [info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.info.json [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Downloading thumbnail ... [youtube] p98FB90kufE: Writing thumbnail to: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.jpg [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r6---sn-4g57kn6k.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?sparams=dur%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2C upn%2Cexpire&requiressl=yes&fexp=9405825%2C9408710%2C9413271%2C9414764%2C9414977%2C9416126%2C9416179%2C9416556%2C9417298%2C9417683%2C9417707%2C9419837%2C9421942%2C9422596%2C9422618%2C9422902%2C9423420%2C9423510%2C9423518 %2C9423663%2C9423793&source=youtube&id=o-ABhcTIeqW5pzLmFAhuM6-1a-kvbidskzvr6pGfy7iJT1&pl=16&ms=au&mv=m&mt=1446737201&itag=22&mm=31&ip=84.164.13.164&ipbits=0&signature=1E312C17554DA27F66212D5FAD02D344B06FD7AD.C62C946AD919 83CC2B5CA9397E1E5AAEB730F977&initcwndbps=1012500&key=yt6&mime=video%2Fmp4&expire=1446758953&upn=H0iVRxYRMyI&dur=3262.287&lmt=1415906505327001&sver=3&mn=sn-4g57kn6k&nh=IgpwcjA0LmZyYTE1KgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&ratebypass=yes' [download] Destination: d:\youtube\TheSkillPedia\Linux Tutorials for Beginners\linux tutorial for beginners 1 History of Unix and Shell Basics.mp4

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@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2015):

for explanantion:
The goal here for me is to download once organized a channel and than, for example monthly,synchronize the channel with the same command, to stay in sync with the youtube web content of that channel

@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2015): for explanantion: The goal here for me is to download once organized a channel and than, for example monthly,synchronize the channel with the same command, to stay in sync with the youtube web content of that channel

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2015):

As already mentioned by @jaimeMF it can only know the playlist when you pass playlist URL. So this behavior is expected.
Downloading all videos as playlists was already requested in #3817.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2015): As already mentioned by @jaimeMF it can only know the playlist when you pass playlist URL. So this behavior is expected. Downloading all videos as playlists was already requested in #3817.

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@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2015):

Ok Thanks,
So I unterstand that there is no downloading a channel incl Playlists organized by subfolders at the moment.
Would really appreaciate if this could be implemented, to, after initial download, keep the local channel folder/(playist-(subfolder) synchronized and up to date !
Thanks in advance

@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2015): Ok Thanks, So I unterstand that there is no downloading a channel incl Playlists organized by subfolders at the moment. Would really appreaciate if this could be implemented, to, after initial download, keep the local channel folder/(playist-(subfolder) synchronized and up to date ! Thanks in advance

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@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015):

Workaround?
How can I do it inspite of that manually?

Is there a possibility to just extract a list of playlists of a channel and manually create a batch script that just run youtube-dl multiple times on each palylist?
Is there a possibility to the download all other videos exept that ones that are already downloaded and in a playlist to an unsorted folder?

@elsakuh commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015): Workaround? How can I do it inspite of that manually? 1. Is there a possibility to just extract a list of playlists of a channel and manually create a batch script that just run youtube-dl multiple times on each palylist? 2. Is there a possibility to the download all other videos exept that ones that are already downloaded and in a playlist to an unsorted folder?

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015):

Is there a possibility to just extract a list of playlists of a channel and manually create a batch script that just run youtube-dl multiple times on each palylist?

As @dstftw has said, it's not implemented in youtube-dl (see #3817). You may want to write a script and/or implement it in youtube-dl.

Is there a possibility to the download all other videos exept that ones that are already downloaded and in a playlist to an unsorted folder?

Probably --download-archive is what you need.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015): > 1. Is there a possibility to just extract a list of playlists of a channel and manually create a batch script that just run youtube-dl multiple times on each palylist? As @dstftw has said, it's not implemented in youtube-dl (see #3817). You may want to write a script and/or implement it in youtube-dl. > 1. Is there a possibility to the download all other videos exept that ones that are already downloaded and in a playlist to an unsorted folder? Probably `--download-archive` is what you need.

deekerman commented

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2015):

This feature will be supported in the next version for URLs of the following format: http://www.youtube.com/user/<user>/playlists.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2015): This feature will be supported in the next version for URLs of the following format: `http://www.youtube.com/user/<user>/playlists`.

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