Artist is not saved into metadata #7213

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opened 2026-02-21 03:33:35 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:33:35 -05:00

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Originally created by @porelli on GitHub (Mar 17, 2016).

$ youtube-dl -xi --audio-format mp3 --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" --add-metadata --xattrs "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI"
[youtube:playlist] PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Popular Music Videos
[youtube:playlist] PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] playlist Popular Music Videos: Downloading 200 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 200
[youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Downloading webpage
[youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Extracting video information
[download] Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 5.74MiB
[fromtitle] parsed artist: Adele
[fromtitle] parsed title: Hello
[ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm'
[ffmpeg] Destination: Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.mp3
Deleting original file Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm (pass -k to keep)
[metadata] Writing metadata to file's xattrs

$ exiftool *mp3
ExifTool Version Number : 10.11
File Name : Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.mp3
Directory : .
File Size : 4.9 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2015:10:22 15:23:39+02:00
File Access Date/Time : 2015:10:22 15:23:39+02:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2016:03:17 23:29:09+01:00
File Permissions : rw-r--r--
File Type : MP3
File Type Extension : mp3
MIME Type : audio/mpeg
MPEG Audio Version : 1
Audio Layer : 3
Sample Rate : 48000
Channel Mode : Stereo
MS Stereo : Off
Intensity Stereo : Off
Copyright Flag : False
Original Media : False
Emphasis : None
VBR Frames : 15286
VBR Bytes : 5134368
ID3 Size : 49
Title : Hello
Encoder Settings : Lavf56.1.0
Audio Bitrate : 112 kbps
Duration : 0:06:06 (approx)

Originally created by @porelli on GitHub (Mar 17, 2016). > $ youtube-dl -xi --audio-format mp3 --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" --add-metadata --xattrs "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI" > [youtube:playlist] PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI: Downloading webpage > [download] Downloading playlist: Popular Music Videos > [youtube:playlist] PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI: Downloading page #1 > [youtube:playlist] playlist Popular Music Videos: Downloading 200 videos > [download] Downloading video 1 of 200 > [youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Downloading webpage > [youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Downloading video info webpage > [youtube] YQHsXMglC9A: Extracting video information > [download] Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm has already been downloaded > [download] 100% of 5.74MiB > [fromtitle] parsed artist: Adele > [fromtitle] parsed title: Hello > [ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm' > [ffmpeg] Destination: Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.mp3 > Deleting original file Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.webm (pass -k to keep) > [metadata] Writing metadata to file's xattrs > > $ exiftool *mp3 > ExifTool Version Number : 10.11 > File Name : Adele - Hello-YQHsXMglC9A.mp3 > Directory : . > File Size : 4.9 MB > File Modification Date/Time : 2015:10:22 15:23:39+02:00 > File Access Date/Time : 2015:10:22 15:23:39+02:00 > File Inode Change Date/Time : 2016:03:17 23:29:09+01:00 > File Permissions : rw-r--r-- > File Type : MP3 > File Type Extension : mp3 > MIME Type : audio/mpeg > MPEG Audio Version : 1 > Audio Layer : 3 > Sample Rate : 48000 > Channel Mode : Stereo > MS Stereo : Off > Intensity Stereo : Off > Copyright Flag : False > Original Media : False > Emphasis : None > VBR Frames : 15286 > VBR Bytes : 5134368 > ID3 Size : 49 > Title : Hello > Encoder Settings : Lavf56.1.0 > Audio Bitrate : 112 kbps > Duration : 0:06:06 (approx)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 03:33:37 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 03:33:38 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2016):

Not an youtube-dl issue: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6587#issuecomment-131855936.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2016): Not an youtube-dl issue: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6587#issuecomment-131855936.

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