Vevo: attempting download a specific video a playlist, always downloads the first video of the list

[thomco]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl --ignore-config -v https://www.vevo.com/watch/playlist/d1aa61ff-1f40-466f-b527-8277de057768?index=4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '-v', 'https://www.vevo.com/watch/playlist/d1aa61ff-1f40-466f-b527-8277de057768?index=4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.12
[debug] Python version 3.6.1 - Windows-10-10.0.15063-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83454-g3aae1ef, ffprobe N-83454-g3aae1ef
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[VevoPlaylist] d1aa61ff-1f40-466f-b527-8277de057768: Downloading webpage
[Vevo] Retrieving oauth token
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading api video info
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading video versions info
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading amazon MPD information
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading akamai MPD information
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading amazon m3u8 information
[Vevo] USLV49400152: Downloading akamai m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://mpd-aws.vevo.com/v4/mpd/2015/12/USLV49400152/50199210-1804-47c6-9eab-b969e0b91a7e/uslv49400152_5200k_1920x1080_h264_5200_aac_128_track1_dashinit.mp4'
[download] Resuming download at byte 17335634
[download] Destination: TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-8.mp4
[download] 100% of 164.98MiB in 04:40
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://mpd-aws.vevo.com/v4/mpd/2015/12/USLV49400152/50199210-1804-47c6-9eab-b969e0b91a7e/uslv49400152_128k_0x0__0_aac_128_dashinit.mp4'
[download] Destination: TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-11.m4a
[download] 100% of 4.86MiB in 00:09
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-8.mp4' -i 'file:TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-11.m4a' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.temp.mp4'
Deleting original file TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-8.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file TLC - Waterfalls-USLV49400152.fdash-amazon-11.m4a (pass -k to keep)

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

On Vevo, individual videos within a playlist can be accessed by index number.
For Playlist: https://www.vevo.com/watch/playlist/d1aa61ff-1f40-466f-b527-8277de057768
3rd Video of playlist: https://www.vevo.com/watch/playlist/d1aa61ff-1f40-466f-b527-8277de057768?index=2

The youtube-dl, any attempt to download a video with index > 0, results in the downloading the first (index=0) video of the playlist.

In the example pasted above, the fourth video should have been download, instead "Waterfalls" (index=0) is downloaded.

[thomco]

I previously filed another issue #13394 regarding failure to download a Vevo playlist.
I am noting this in case it is same root cause - that the playlist is not processed correctly, so the first video is always downloaded