Add "Where from:" meta information to downloaded file #23612

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opened 2026-02-21 11:33:25 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 11:33:25 -05:00

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Originally created by @phdoerfler on GitHub (May 2, 2021).

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I'm reporting a feature request
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.04.26
I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones

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On macOS when downloading something with Safari, meta information will be added to the downloaded file which contains the URL it was downloaded from.
I wish that youtube-dl would mimic this and add this same information.

With this one could thus have youtube-dl save videos without their id in the filename and still reliably find where it was downloaded from.

Originally created by @phdoerfler on GitHub (May 2, 2021).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a feature request - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.04.26** - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones ## Description  On macOS when downloading something with Safari, meta information will be added to the downloaded file which contains the URL it was downloaded from. I wish that youtube-dl would mimic this and add this same information. <img width="274" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/163428/116817516-06437f00-ab67-11eb-89d0-8f66c380034f.png"> With this one could thus have youtube-dl save videos without their id in the filename and still reliably find where it was downloaded from.

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2026-02-21 11:33:27 -05:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 2, 2021):

Found old open issues #8089, #2545. Someone once tried to implement it, but didn't finish it, it seems.

I guess the short way for now is to write a script using osxmetadata package or this script, then invoke it through --exec option.

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 2, 2021): Found old open issues #8089, #2545. Someone once tried to implement it, but didn't finish it, it seems. I guess the short way for now is to write a script using [osxmetadata](https://pypi.org/project/osxmetadata/) package or [this script](https://gist.github.com/dunhamsteve/2889617), then invoke it through --exec option.

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