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[youtube] Extra subtitles being overwritten #16873

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opened 2026-02-21 07:45:24 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:45:24 -05:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (May 20, 2019).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.05.11
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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youtube-dl.exe --all-subs --skip-download --verbose -f303+251,299+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--all-subs', '--skip-download', '--verbose', '-f303+251,299+140', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.11
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-92573-gc047901012, ffprobe N-92573-gc047901012, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.4-x86_64-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] jc5DlOkOcU4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] jc5DlOkOcU4: Downloading video info webpage
[info] jc5DlOkOcU4: downloading video in 2 formats
[info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.en.vtt
[info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.ja.vtt
[info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.es.vtt
[info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.en.vtt
[info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.ja.vtt

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4 contains two sets of English subtitles (not auto-generated). One is a full subtitle, the other is a translation of the Japanese parts of the video. Unfortunately one overwrites the other as they are named the same by youtube-dl.

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (May 20, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.05.11** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` youtube-dl.exe --all-subs --skip-download --verbose -f303+251,299+140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4 [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--all-subs', '--skip-download', '--verbose', '-f303+251,299+140', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.11 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-92573-gc047901012, ffprobe N-92573-gc047901012, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.4-x86_64-static [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] jc5DlOkOcU4: Downloading webpage [youtube] jc5DlOkOcU4: Downloading video info webpage [info] jc5DlOkOcU4: downloading video in 2 formats [info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.en.vtt [info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.ja.vtt [info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.es.vtt [info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.en.vtt [info] Writing video subtitles to: M2 - Complete Works _ MY LIFE IN GAMING-jc5DlOkOcU4.ja.vtt ``` ## Description  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5DlOkOcU4 contains two sets of English subtitles (not auto-generated). One is a full subtitle, the other is a translation of the Japanese parts of the video. Unfortunately one overwrites the other as they are named the same by youtube-dl. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/159567/58022162-2f240280-7b50-11e9-85e3-faa98c9cd6d9.png)

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2026-02-21 07:45:24 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:45:27 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019):

You must provide unique output template if downloading multiple formats, e.g. by including format_id.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019): You must provide unique output template if downloading multiple formats, e.g. by including `format_id`.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:45:28 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019):

@dstftw what do you mean? Subtitles aren't mentioned in https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#output-template

Please reopen this. I found the correct timed text at a URL like

https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?xorp=True&expire=1558381630&key=yttt1&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&asr_langs=fr%2Cnl%2Cja%2Cpt%2Cen%2Cko%2Cit%2Cde%2Cru%2Ces&hl=en-GB&xoaf=1&caps=asr&sparams=asr_langs%2Ccaps%2Cv%2Cxoaf%2Cxorp%2Cexpire&signature=4A33A9BD71E63A0C8AEB8AEFB3FD5BF429994596.8348805079402DFDFC4F26D26AB0B646AD843185&lang=en&name=Japanese%20Translation&fmt=srv3

timedtext.xml.txt

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019): @dstftw what do you mean? Subtitles aren't mentioned in https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#output-template Please reopen this. I found the correct timed text at a URL like https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?xorp=True&expire=1558381630&key=yttt1&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&asr_langs=fr%2Cnl%2Cja%2Cpt%2Cen%2Cko%2Cit%2Cde%2Cru%2Ces&hl=en-GB&xoaf=1&caps=asr&sparams=asr_langs%2Ccaps%2Cv%2Cxoaf%2Cxorp%2Cexpire&signature=4A33A9BD71E63A0C8AEB8AEFB3FD5BF429994596.8348805079402DFDFC4F26D26AB0B646AD843185&lang=en&name=Japanese%20Translation&fmt=srv3 [timedtext.xml.txt](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/files/3197974/timedtext.xml.txt)

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:45:28 -05:00

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@remitamine commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019):

English -> https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&fmt=srv3
English - Japanese Translation -> https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&fmt=srv3&name=Japanese%20Translation
only the first one can be downloaded with youtube-dl.

@remitamine commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019): `English` -> https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&fmt=srv3 `English - Japanese Translation` -> https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&v=jc5DlOkOcU4&fmt=srv3&name=Japanese%20Translation only the first one can be downloaded with youtube-dl.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:45:28 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019):

Thank you, @remitamine

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2019): Thank you, @remitamine

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