Make temporary filename (.part) optional #37

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opened 2026-02-20 21:00:21 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 21:00:21 -05:00

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Originally created by @dingens on GitHub (Dec 29, 2010).

I don't like the .part thing - could that be made optional? Best would be if there were some kind of youtubedlrc, but for the time being a command line option would be enough :)
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Originally created by @dingens on GitHub (Dec 29, 2010). I don't like the .part thing - could that be made optional? Best would be if there were some kind of youtubedlrc, but for the time being a command line option would be enough :) thank you!

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2010):

No, sorry. It's not a matter of liking or not liking it. There was an issue opened with a good use case. If everything you have against the behavior is "I don't like it", it stays.

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/closed#issue/28

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2010): No, sorry. It's not a matter of liking or not liking it. There was an issue opened with a good use case. If everything you have against the behavior is "I don't like it", it stays. https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/closed#issue/28

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@dingens commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2011):

OK, some reasoning :-)
A case I had was that I've downloaded a few videos, enqueued all the .part files in my video player. When it had played the first video (where it worked fine: the file was downloaded during play, but the file had already been opened) it tried to open the second file, which had been renamed in between.

I don't want it to be removed, I know there are good reasons for it, I'd just like to choose :)

@dingens commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2011): OK, some reasoning :-) A case I had was that I've downloaded a few videos, enqueued all the .part files in my video player. When it had played the first video (where it worked fine: the file was downloaded during play, but the file had already been opened) it tried to open the second file, which had been renamed in between. I don't want it to be removed, I know there are good reasons for it, I'd just like to choose :)

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@rg3 commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2011):

Add --no-part option (closed by 3fb2c487c0)

@rg3 commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2011): Add --no-part option (closed by 3fb2c487c05cb9998a7ae6fb1dc8ca2c4d25a9aa)

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@dingens commented on GitHub (Jan 19, 2011):