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I would like youtube-dl to embed video's description in file tags, it is especially useful to get "playlist" of hour-long mixes.
Current --add-metadata does not embed decription.

[dstftw]

--add-metadata does embed description.

PS C:\dev\youtube-dl\master> py -3.5 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py BaW_jenozKc --add-metadata
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Extracting video information
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading MPD manifest
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[download] Destination: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4
[download] 100% of 2.11MiB in 00:00
[download] Destination: youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.f251.webm
[download] 100% of 186.27KiB in 00:00
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.mkv"
Deleting original file youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.f251.webm (pass -k to keep)
[ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.mkv'

PS C:\dev\youtube-dl\master> ffmpeg.exe -i '.\youtube-dl test video ''''_ä↭𝕐-BaW_jenozKc.mkv'
ffmpeg version N-81192-g04da20e Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-libebur128 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
  libavcodec     57. 51.100 / 57. 51.100
  libavformat    57. 44.100 / 57. 44.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  libavfilter     6. 49.100 /  6. 49.100
  libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '.\youtube-dl test video ''_├дтЖнЁЭХР-BaW_jenozKc.mkv':
  Metadata:
    title           : youtube-dl test video "'/\├дтЖнЁЭХР
    ARTIST          : Philipp Hagemeister
    COMPATIBLE_BRANDS: iso6avc1mp41
    MAJOR_BRAND     : dash
    MINOR_VERSION   : 0
    DATE            : 20121002
    PURL            : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
    COMMENT         : test chars:  "'/\├дтЖнЁЭХР
                    : test URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892
                    :
                    : This is a test video for youtube-dl.
                    :
                    : For more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .
    DESCRIPTION     : test chars:  "'/\├дтЖнЁЭХР
                    : test URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892
                    :
                    : This is a test video for youtube-dl.
                    :
                    : For more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .
    ENCODER         : Lavf57.44.100
  Duration: 00:00:09.86, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 1945 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      HANDLER_NAME    : VideoHandler
      DURATION        : 00:00:09.807000000
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:00:09.861000000
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