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[Youtube] Are comments being downloaded in info.json any more? #16128

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voltagex opened this issue Apr 8, 2018 · 1 comment
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[Youtube] Are comments being downloaded in info.json any more? #16128

voltagex opened this issue Apr 8, 2018 · 1 comment
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@voltagex voltagex commented Apr 8, 2018

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.04.03. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

  • I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.04.03

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

  • At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
  • Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
  • Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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#9771 seems to suggest that comments on Youtube videos will be dumped to the info.json file.

PS> youtube-dl -v --skip-download --write-info-json utfbE3_uAMA
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--skip-download', '--write-info-json', 'utfbE3_uAMA']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.04.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-87353-g183fd30, ffprobe N-87353-g183fd30, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.4-x86_64-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] utfbE3_uAMA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] utfbE3_uAMA: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] utfbE3_uAMA: Extracting video information
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China-utfbE3_uAMA.info.json

The downloaded json file doesn't contain comments at all
I have zipped and attached the downloaded file.

Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China-utfbE3_uAMA.info.json.zip

Noting that comments are on the video in question

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@dstftw dstftw commented Apr 8, 2018

Comments were never downloaded for Youtube.

@dstftw dstftw closed this Apr 8, 2018
@dstftw dstftw added the duplicate label Apr 8, 2018
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