can youtube-dl be interrupted and resumed from the same point #11308

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T09:50:18Z

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Is it possible in youtube-dl to interrupt an instance of it and later resume from the exact point.

eg:
I used youtube-dl to download single file from youtube

wrote the command youtube-dl [link]
due to low battery , i interrupted it manually by closing it , then after 30 mins , re typed
the command youtube-dl [link]

now think this with multiple links

is it possible to do something like this

youtube-dl [link]

then i interrupted it with ctrl +i ( it can be anything else too interrupt it )

then youtube-dl shows

forcing youtube-dl to pause , saved as session-1

after 5 hours i resumed it by entering

youtube-dl -resume -session-1

youtube-dl output : resuming session-1 ,

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T09:53:05Z

other reason to do this

network failure
youtube-dl update
power failure
server blocking download

yan12125 · 2016-11-27T09:55:51Z

--write-info-json and --load-info-json is what you need. However, it's unlikely that the same download link is still valid after hours.

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T10:12:28Z

@yan12125
--write-info-json and --load-info-json is what you need

how to do this ?

However, it's unlikely that the same download link is still valid after hours.

not so with youtube , youtube-dl will also verify it when resuming the session , else should give some error .

yan12125 · 2016-11-27T10:18:03Z

Here's an example: record all the information first, interrupt it whenever you want and load the .info.json file back to resume.

$ youtube-dl -v --write-info-json test:youtube
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--write-info-json', 'test:youtube']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.22
[debug] Git HEAD: 560c8c6
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 - Linux-4.8.10-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.1, ffprobe 3.2.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TestURL] Test URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc&t=1s&end=9
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Extracting video information
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.info.json
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-u5oxu-un5e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=05a5bf8de9e8cca7&itag=137&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=8402500&mn=sn-u5oxu-un5e&mm=31&pl=16&mv=m&ms=au&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=2208750&lmt=1387961822987808&dur=9.800&key=dg_yt0&mt=1480241574&upn=VwhTxGn02AU&signature=1FD0CF8564DF4F9AD8DB797E3DF8331387458A1B.0657E2010FB2A4092CE513D9D202CF03911FFF7A&ip=140.112.28.103&ipbits=0&expire=1480263336&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,initcwndbps,mn,mm,pl,mv,ms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Destination: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4
[download]  47.4% of 2.11MiB at 429.18KiB/s ETA 00:02^CException ignored in: <_io.FileIO name="youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4.part" mode='wb' closefd=True>
ResourceWarning: unclosed file <_io.BufferedWriter name="youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4.part">

ERROR: Interrupted by user

[1]$ ls
AUTHORS          LICENSE      setup.py    youtube-dl.plugin.zsh
bin              Makefile     test        'youtube-dl test video '\'''\''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4.part'
ChangeLog        MANIFEST.in  test.html   'youtube-dl test video '\'''\''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.info.json'
CONTRIBUTING.md  pythons.sh   test_js.py
devscripts       README.md    tox.ini
docs             setup.cfg    youtube_dl

$ youtube-dl -v --load-info-json youtube-dl\ test\ video\ \'\'_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.info.json  
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--load-info-json', "youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.info.json"]
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.22
[debug] Git HEAD: 560c8c6
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 - Linux-4.8.10-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.1, ffprobe 3.2.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-u5oxu-un5e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=05a5bf8de9e8cca7&itag=137&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=8402500&mn=sn-u5oxu-un5e&mm=31&pl=16&mv=m&ms=au&ratebypass=yes&mime=video/mp4&gir=yes&clen=2208750&lmt=1387961822987808&dur=9.800&key=dg_yt0&mt=1480241574&upn=VwhTxGn02AU&signature=1FD0CF8564DF4F9AD8DB797E3DF8331387458A1B.0657E2010FB2A4092CE513D9D202CF03911FFF7A&ip=140.112.28.103&ipbits=0&expire=1480263336&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,initcwndbps,mn,mm,pl,mv,ms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Resuming download at byte 1047552
[download] Destination: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4
[download] 100% of 2.11MiB in 00:02
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-u5oxu-un5e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=05a5bf8de9e8cca7&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=8402500&mn=sn-u5oxu-un5e&mm=31&pl=16&mv=m&ms=au&ratebypass=yes&mime=audio/webm&gir=yes&clen=190742&lmt=1422348740429751&dur=9.841&key=dg_yt0&mt=1480241574&upn=VwhTxGn02AU&signature=24DDEED27E01AC72A7702B46D276552BF4EFAC00.95D54F0C06374A27FAA9901E171B512EBFC5D0E9&ip=140.112.28.103&ipbits=0&expire=1480263336&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl,initcwndbps,mn,mm,pl,mv,ms,ratebypass,mime,gir,clen,lmt,dur'
[download] Destination: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f251.webm
[download] 100% of 186.27KiB in 00:00
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.mkv"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:youtube-dl test video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4' -i 'file:youtube-dl test video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f251.webm' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:youtube-dl test video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.temp.mkv'
Deleting original file youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭-BaW_jenozKc.f251.webm (pass -k to keep)

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T10:20:13Z

@yan12125 you should add this example in readme.md file , its a great feature by the way , i can just code a session.json file to behave like my example

how did you interrupted it without closing the terminal

yan12125 · 2016-11-27T10:30:31Z

how did you interrupted it without closing the terminal

Just Ctrl+C

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T10:36:07Z

Just Ctrl+C

its copy command

can you provide just another example with mutiple file link , so that i can get it properly

yan12125 · 2016-11-27T12:00:23Z

its copy command

By default Ctrl+C terminates the current process. You may want to check your terminal settings.

can you provide just another example with mutiple file link , so that i can get it properly

Not sure what you mean. youtube-dl -v --write-info-json <url1> <url2> ...?

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T13:28:49Z

Not sure what you mean. youtube-dl -v --write-info-json <url1> <url2> ...?
no not that , in means

a.txt has 10 links
so
youtube-dl -a a.txt
in --write-info-json

yan12125 · 2016-11-27T13:47:07Z

Try this: youtube-dl -v -a a.txt --write-info-json

siddht4 · 2016-11-27T19:12:03Z

how to resume it

yan12125 · 2016-11-28T04:14:44Z

Just like the case of a single video - youtube-dl --load-info-json xxx.info.json

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siddht4 commented Nov 27, 2016

Please follow the guide below

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2016.11.22. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

What is the purpose of your issue?

Is it possible in youtube-dl to interrupt an instance of it and later resume from the exact point.

now think this with multiple links

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