can't download a playlist with embedded subtitles for each vid and a name for the folder I hold them in #12215

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opened 2026-02-21 05:15:44 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 05:15:44 -05:00

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Originally created by @ParsaFakhar on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017).

I write:

youtube-dl -o -v -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U

Terminal:

➜ ~ youtube-dl -v -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-f', u'mp4', u'--write-sub', u'--sub-format', u'ttml', u'--convert-subtitles', u'srt', u'--embed-subs', u'%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-17.2.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4, ffprobe 3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
[generic] %(playlist_index)s - %(title)s: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known>
[generic] %(playlist_index)s - %(title)s: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(8, 'nodename nor servname provided, or not known'),))
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2195, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 431, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 449, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 930, in http_open
req)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1197, in do_open
raise URLError(err)

Originally created by @ParsaFakhar on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017). I write: youtube-dl -o -v -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist\?list\=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U Terminal: ➜ ~ youtube-dl -v -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist\?list\=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-f', u'mp4', u'--write-sub', u'--sub-format', u'ttml', u'--convert-subtitles', u'srt', u'--embed-subs', u'%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.29 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-17.2.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4, ffprobe 3.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http [generic] %(playlist_index)s - %(title)s: Requesting header WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> [generic] %(playlist_index)s - %(title)s: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(8, 'nodename nor servname provided, or not known'),)) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2195, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 431, in open response = self._open(req, data) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 449, in _open '_open', req) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 930, in http_open req) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1197, in do_open raise URLError(err)

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@ParsaFakhar commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017):

youtube-dl -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U

this is what I had to write 😆

@ParsaFakhar commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017): youtube-dl -f mp4 --write-sub --sub-format ttml --convert-subtitles srt --embed-subs -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist\?list\=PLbdKuAPc3qsF8bUrG2IBcbLeg2zdVu38U this is what I had to write 😆

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@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017):

You got it :)

@yan12125 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017): You got it :)

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