Playlist File | HTML Index File #1498

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opened 2026-02-20 22:12:17 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:12:17 -05:00

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Originally created by @sirinath on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013).

Provide a way to save playlist files. Since there are many formats leave it to the user on what the playlist format he / she wants.

Play lists are generally text files. So this can be specified as templates in https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1896. Much similar to how the file name is generated by -o but using a few simple extensions to this functionality.

Or the template string(s) can be provided at the command line based on the playlists that need to be written similar to -o option. (An options list will be needed in case you want multiple playlist or write out other files like perhaps a Org Mode DB of downloads. Completion moving command list, etc. )

Templates for HTML index generation and some common playlists can ship by default.

Originally created by @sirinath on GitHub (Dec 5, 2013). Provide a way to save playlist files. Since there are many formats leave it to the user on what the playlist format he / she wants. Play lists are generally text files. So this can be specified as templates in https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1896. Much similar to how the file name is generated by -o but using a few simple extensions to this functionality. Or the template string(s) can be provided at the command line based on the playlists that need to be written similar to -o option. (An options list will be needed in case you want multiple playlist or write out other files like perhaps a Org Mode DB of downloads. Completion moving command list, etc. ) Templates for HTML index generation and some common playlists can ship by default.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:12:18 -05:00

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@weedy commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2014):

Can we get some movement on this?
When I download twitch streams where they change the stream title on the fly it makes it hard to load the chunks in chronological order.

I would like youtube-dl to spit out a m3u or one-video-per-line-file first, and then start downloading. I could then load this into mpv after the first file is finished and mpv would just keep going concurrently with youtube-dl.

@weedy commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2014): Can we get some movement on this? When I download twitch streams where they change the stream title on the fly it makes it hard to load the chunks in chronological order. I would like youtube-dl to spit out a m3u or one-video-per-line-file first, and then start downloading. I could then load this into mpv after the first file is finished and mpv would just keep going concurrently with youtube-dl.