Playlist download gets stuck

[ghost]

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I am trying to download a playlist using the following command

youtube-dl -ixv --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 8 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdfnJamCP8&list=PLWAJ5JHERaUjTXlyildAGjUvLv7jb33IN

First video is downloaded and converted to MP3 successfully but the process will not continue. Stuck at

Deleting original file Souad Massi - Le Bien et Mal.webm (pass -k to keep)

If I try the download archive argument as seen below

youtube-dl --download-archive downloaded.txt -ixv --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 8 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdfnJamCP8&list=PLWAJ5JHERaUjTXlyildAGjUvLv7jb33IN

Process gets stuck at

[download] Souad Massi - Le Bien et Mal has already been recorded in archive

[dstftw]

Carefully read new issue template and provide all requested information.

[ghost]

At least show the decency to tell me what I have missed. I thought I did carefully read the template and provided everything asked.

[ghost]

@dstftw What is missing exactly? I cannot figure it out. Please indicate the missing part so I can add it.

[gkoelln]

Run this:

youtube-dl --download-archive downloaded.txt -ixv --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 8 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdfnJamCP8&list=PLWAJ5JHERaUjTXlyildAGjUvLv7jb33IN -v

And provide the output.

[roberdaniel]

Same problem here.
It stucks in "Deleting original file"
ti2@olivetti:~/Música/Inglés$ youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.11
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 - Linux-4.9.0-2-amd64-x86_64-with-Sparky-4-Tyche
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.4, ffprobe 3.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

Please let me know what you need i do and I'll try it and post the results.
Regards

[roberdaniel]

I have more info about it.
It is not stuck, process disappears from memory!!! i.e. the process dies.
By the way, intermediate file is correctly deleted from disk ;)

[nikhil-bhandari]

More Info:

Playlist download works if URL is a playlist page

eg:

$ ./youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=SOME_PLAYLIST_ID

But this fails

$ ./youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOME_VIDEO_ID&list=SOME_PLAYLIST_ID

I'm not sure if this is intended behaviour but I remember both used to work.

Thanks for the awesome tool 👍

[dstftw]

@nikhil-bhandari learn how to use command line.