How can I avoid adding the video description to the output file?

[Kerndog73]

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When I use the tool to download a YouTube video, the artist, track and date are added to the mp3. This is great but the video description is also added to the comments section of the mp3. I can see how this feature could be useful but I personally don’t really like it. Maybe I’m just being picky! I’d like a way to avoid embedding the description in the output file using both the command-line tool and the Python library (if it can be done of course).

[dstftw]

Not possible.

[Kerndog73]

@dstftw How about removing the description using ffmpeg somehow?

[dstftw]

Go for it.