Download only 1mb of file and use title in filename

[sant527]

I am using the below to download only 1 mb of the file.

youtube-dl -v URL -o - | head -c 1000000 > output.mp4

can i use %(title)s.%(ext)s instead of output.mp4

[shizeeg]

head is a separate utility so you can't use youtube-dl formatting with it. But may call
youtube-dl URL -o - | head -c 1000000 > "$(youtube-dl URL --format '%{title}s.%{ext}s' --get-filename)"

[yan12125]

In youtube_dl/downloader/common.py, change this line:

    _TEST_FILE_SIZE = 10241

To:

    _TEST_FILE_SIZE = 1048576

And then download with:

youtube-dl --test <url>

But what's your purpose?

[sant527]

I have to download of lot of videos to see their content. I want to limit the download to 1mb even if the size is big. Because i just want to have a glimpse.

It didnt solve the problem. if the mp4 is in fragments. then --test will check with respect to the size of the fragment rather than the total file size.

[yan12125]

OK I got it.

if the mp4 is in fragments. then --test will check with respect to the size of the fragment rather than the total file size.

Sounds like a bug. Could you share the URL of such a video?

[sant527]

youtube-dl --test --restrict-filenames --no-part -f '[width<=500][ext=flv]' -o "%(title)s_f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-02-14/is-the-banking-environment-getting-better"

i have _TEST_FILE_SIZE = 4048576

Goal to achive: i dont want to download more than 4mb of file size.

[yan12125]

Bloomberg is a special case - if you cut the video randomly, it's likely you'll get a broken file. Try to set _TEST_FILE_SIZE to a smaller size.

[fjjhdsvjhsdjj]

Hi,
is there a way to pass this _TEST_FILE_SIZE as a parameter on the command line(or on the youtube-dl.conf)?