[Feature request] : Add a -d option to store the current downloaded video to a specific directory

[sebma]

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Can you please add a -d option with a string argument to store the current downloaded video to a specific directory (that is different from the default directory which I have given with the -o DIR/%(title)s.%(ext) option) :

$ youtube-dl -d $myDIR/ $url

[dstftw]

What's the point of this? Just use this specific directory in -o argument.

[sebma]

@dstftw Here is the point : I believe each option of any console tool (such as youtube-dl) should be atomic :

   -o, --output TEMPLATE
          Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all  the
          info

-o should be used for filename pattern ONLY.

I always use the same filename pattern which I store in youtube-dl.conf for convenience purposes.

I don't want to type the following commands each time I want to store videos in different directories with the same video filename pattern :

$ youtube-dl -o"DIR1/%(title)s__%(format_id)s__%(id)s.%(ext)s" ...
and then another time :
$ youtube-dl -o"DIR2/%(title)s__%(format_id)s__%(id)s.%(ext)s" ...
and then another time :
$ youtube-dl -o"DIR3/%(title)s__%(format_id)s__%(id)s.%(ext)s" ...

This can become very laborious over time, don't think ?

I'm hoping you would reopen my feature request.

Jesus bless you.

[sebma]

@dstftw I'm sorry but your solution does not work :

$ youtube-dl -o tmp2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl50abzGYG4
[youtube] Fl50abzGYG4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Fl50abzGYG4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Fl50abzGYG4: Looking for automatic captions
[youtube] Fl50abzGYG4: Downloading MPD manifest
ERROR: unable to open for writing: [Errno 21] Is a directory: 'tmp2/'

[vinqin]

Agree with @sebma. Please support this convenient feature.