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[Sonicpromo]

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[dstftw]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#output-template

[artifexor]

@Sonicpromo probably this is related to your case: "Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g. -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this path template. Any missing directory will be automatically created for you.". And you can use a lot of different "macro" in a path.

[Hrxn]

Put the output template into your config file.

This way it always uses your directory hierarchy, e.g. %(playlist)s/%(author)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s and so on..

And one more question maybe you know it: is it possible to download 1080p then convert to 720p without 3rd party software?

Uh, with youtube-dl? No. Use ffmpeg or something, although I don't see the point in converting 1080p to 720p

[Hrxn]

Post your output of youtube-dl -v please, this will show active config settings etc.

[Hrxn]

Portable version? youtube-dl is just a static binary, hence it's always portable?

[Hrxn]

It is the same program, yes.

youtube-dl is bundled with this GUI application, as it seems, but it might be outdated.

You can download the latest youtube-dl here: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases

I think you're on Windows? Then use youtube-dl.exe, download it and put it into a directory you find again, open CMD, go to this directory and run youtube-dl -v.

[Hrxn]

Yes, exactly.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []

This means that no config options are active. You need to create a configuration file (correct file name), put it in the right location so that youtube-dl finds it.

Inside the config file you can use the same options as on the command line..
An example for the output template: -o "D:/Temp/Media/%(extractor)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"

And if you run youtube-dl -v, you should see these options.

[Sonicpromo]

Thanks for the help but I think I should better stick to GUI version or any other software that can do such a simple option by default without doing thousands unnecessary steps

[Hrxn]

Well, your decision. But it's actually really easy.

If your username is 1, then it's just this file:
C:\Users\1\youtube-dl.conf

And inside this file just the line for the output template, e.g.
-o "D:/Temp/Media/%(extractor)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"

[Sonicpromo]

I understand that but I did it and things don't work out. I assume you think that I use youtube-dl via cmd, but that's not true. This setting is probably doesn't work correctly with GUI version
Same story with config.txt or youtube-dl.conf in %appdata%/roaming. I guess I should use cmd in that case?

[dstftw]

youtube-dl does not have an official GUI. Any youtube-dl's GUI is a 3rd party software that is not affiliated with youtube-dl. Contact its developers/issue tracker for any help.
How to achieve this with youtube-dl right away is clearly explained in FAQ:
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#configuration
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#output-template