Stop operation after "dateafter" videos are downloaded

[ghost]

When I use the "dateafter" command to download videos after a certain date, it starts to download the most recent video and then progresses backwards in time to download the first video after the "dateafter" date.

However, it then continues to go through all the videos before the "dateafter" date (although it doesn't download them). I'd like the operation just to stop after downloading the first video after the "dateafter" date.

Would this be possible?

[jaimeMF]

It would be possible if we knew if the videos are ordered by date, but this is in general false (some are ordered by date of addition to the list or ordered manually)

[ghost]

That's a real shame, because it kind of defeats the purpose of my script. Is there a more 'hacky' solution available to make it stop as soon as it stops downloading the videos?

[phihag]

@KeyMs92 You are welcome to contribute patches that do this optimization, and it is not an infrequent request, so we or anyone else may also be submitting patches to do that.

[viktorlindgren]

For what I can see, they are ordered when a youtubeuser is chosen. That is good enough for me.

Maybe just add an option to youtube-dl to stop the first time the dateafter is passed? so then it is up to the user to take the risk.

[lazic-st]

As my post issue is closed for no special reason let me explain it here.
YouTube API have two option about time: publish date and upload date
Some Youtubers upload video and wait few days to publish. Youtube order it chronologically by PUBLISH DATE.
Whole script should be changed to use PUBLISH DATE time (I would like to have time and date DDMMYYYY, HH:MM) and then it can stop script after 'upload date is not in range' message.
I already modify script for myself to stop after that message but it still use UPLOAD DATE...

[jaimeMF]

@stefanACM This issue is for making the --dateafter option more intelligent to not fetch all the videos info when it's not needed (what you asked for in your issue), please open a new issue for using the publish date instead of the upload date (you didn't talk about that in your issue) and remember to post some example video with the value of both dates.

[Ghost93]

Any news about this issue?
Thanks :)

[omeringen]

Any news about this issue?
Thanks :)

Again, any news ?