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youtube-dl --get-title broken with youtube URLs #123

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opened 2026-02-20 21:03:04 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Sep 15, 2011).

youtube-dl -e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s

outputs:

youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&&

, but should output the title shown on the web page:

youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&amp;&#38;

Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Sep 15, 2011). ``` youtube-dl -e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s ``` outputs: ``` youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&& ``` , but should output the title shown on the [web page](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s): ``` youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&& ```

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 29, 2013):

That works for me, does it still fails to you?

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (May 29, 2013): That works for me, does it still fails to you?

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (May 30, 2013):

youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&amp;&#38;

Also from my position.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (May 30, 2013): ``` youtube-dl testvid `ä♥$('".?&& ``` Also from my position.

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2013):

2yr issue, we changed helper functions since then, probably solved by itself.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2013): 2yr issue, we changed helper functions since then, probably solved by itself.

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2013.12.23.4 Redownloads Some Part and Completed Downloads #1620

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