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youtube-dl updates files with --no-overwrites and --xattrs being set #22318

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glensc opened this issue Sep 5, 2019 · 0 comments
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youtube-dl updates files with --no-overwrites and --xattrs being set #22318

glensc opened this issue Sep 5, 2019 · 0 comments

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@glensc glensc commented Sep 5, 2019

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  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.09.01
  • I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
  • I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
  • I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
  • I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

➔ grep -- -- ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
--xattrs
--xattr-set-filesize
➔ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRg6cN0RqKNomUbKTHw1ITXLT7pPQ9GX7 --no-overwrites
[youtube:playlist] PLRg6cN0RqKNomUbKTHw1ITXLT7pPQ9GX7: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: The Zen of Reffing Roller Derby
[youtube:playlist] playlist The Zen of Reffing Roller Derby: Downloading 35 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 35
[youtube] 241NQYHZSsc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 241NQYHZSsc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 241NQYHZSsc: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] The Zen of Reffing Roller Derby - Lesson #1 - Duties, skills, and ethics-241NQYHZSsc.webm has already been downloaded and merged
[metadata] Writing metadata to file's xattrs
[download] Downloading video 2 of 35
[youtube] 8Lcl4pL-mJ4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 8Lcl4pL-mJ4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 8Lcl4pL-mJ4: Downloading MPD manifest
[download] The Zen of Reffing Roller Derby - Lesson #2 - Whistles-8Lcl4pL-mJ4.webm has already been downloaded and merged
[metadata] Writing metadata to file's xattrs
[download] Downloading video 3 of 35

Description

Having --no-overwrites present I expect no existing file being updated. However, seems --xattrs makes it still update file. This is unexpected feature.

I'm resuming broken playlist download, at item 19, yet it still updates the preceding files as seen from the log above.

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