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Custom config ` --config-location` not working as expected. #23613

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byteshiva opened this issue Jan 3, 2020 · 6 comments
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Custom config ` --config-location` not working as expected. #23613

byteshiva opened this issue Jan 3, 2020 · 6 comments
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$ uname -a 
Linux desktop 5.3.0-26-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Here is the custom youtube-dl config I'm using to convert file to AVI

$ cat ~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video
# Do not copy the mtime
--no-mtime

# Save all videos under video directory in your home directory
-o ~/videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s

When I use custom config location it's not downloading the file to custom output directory but going in old default config path.

if I use --ignore-config and --config-location its downloading to current path.

$ youtube-dl --recode-video="avi" --ignore-config --config-location=~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video --verbose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkH39-TZL8Q  --exec 'echo {}'

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--recode-video=avi', u'--ignore-config', u'--config-location=~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video', u'--verbose', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkH39-TZL8Q', u'--exec', u'echo {}']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.3.0-26-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-19.10-eoan
[debug] exe versions: avconv 12.3, avprobe 12.3, ffmpeg 4.1.4-1build2, ffprobe 4.1.4-1build2, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] GkH39-TZL8Q: Downloading webpage
[youtube] GkH39-TZL8Q: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-ci5gup-h55z.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1578076529&ei=EDUPXqmiO6TG1Aaj1zc&ip=182.65.121.133&id=o-AKxlvVFPwpf1oP63MAMzY5JW498AioQmaGqaewqk6HKJ&itag=137&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C137%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C248%2C278%2C298%2C299%2C302%2C303%2C394%2C395%2C396%2C397%2C398%2C399&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-ci5gup-h55z%2Csn-cvh76nek&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=0&pl=19&initcwndbps=747500&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=331180368&dur=343.143&lmt=1577935538401177&mt=1578054821&fvip=1&keepalive=yes&fexp=23842630%2C23860862&c=WEB&txp=6535432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=ALgxI2wwRAIgPQmmgN8RDTb8DwRWgUJjbH5T_ovagitCiblsbEQefL8CIC4naNeG_sGC-J3Ac2zYI-cGMeM5XQ8pb74xvc1aq2Um&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRgIhALcf8fgbMHZ_ebl0keSWLXdGwbKOeolWT1NmTagGJaEpAiEA_cy6qyLGUyNB-_XtqqWr9ThyOPuWwRKwbhGl25Z7MTM%3D&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f137.mp4
[download] 100% of 315.84MiB in 03:42
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r1---sn-ci5gup-h55z.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1578076529&ei=EDUPXqmiO6TG1Aaj1zc&ip=182.65.121.133&id=o-AKxlvVFPwpf1oP63MAMzY5JW498AioQmaGqaewqk6HKJ&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-ci5gup-h55z%2Csn-cvh76nek&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=0&pl=19&initcwndbps=747500&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=5705386&dur=343.181&lmt=1577934473323209&mt=1578054821&fvip=1&keepalive=yes&fexp=23842630%2C23860862&c=WEB&txp=6531432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=ALgxI2wwRQIhAO2mghmFz2fu8VxYB-H7_mjYU48J4c0r_IzpH7NxU5PGAiB5gK0DiVxKm3Fd7ueARNKu-nm9_x2TL0MSca2GN6Y6aA%3D%3D&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRgIhALcf8fgbMHZ_ebl0keSWLXdGwbKOeolWT1NmTagGJaEpAiEA_cy6qyLGUyNB-_XtqqWr9ThyOPuWwRKwbhGl25Z7MTM%3D&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f251.webm
[download] 100% of 5.44MiB in 00:02
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.mkv"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel 'repeat+info' -i 'file:Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f137.mp4' -i 'file:Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f251.webm' -c copy -map '0:v:0' -map '1:a:0' 'file:Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.temp.mkv'
Deleting original file Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.f251.webm (pass -k to keep)
[ffmpeg] Converting video from mkv to avi, Destination: Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.avi
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel 'repeat+info' -i 'file:Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.mkv' '-c:v' libxvid -vtag XVID 'file:Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.avi'
Deleting original file Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.mkv (pass -k to keep)
[exec] Executing command: echo 'Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.avi'
Diana & Christmas presents for Princesses-GkH39-TZL8Q.avi

Execution with custom --config-location path downloads the file to youtube-dl default config path

$ youtube-dl --recode-video="avi" --config-location="~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeU9W5WcGLk --verbose --exec 'echo {}'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-x', u'--no-mtime', u'-o', u'~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--recode-video=avi', u'--config-location=~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeU9W5WcGLk', u'--verbose', u'--exec', u'echo {}']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.3.0-26-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-19.10-eoan
[debug] exe versions: avconv 12.3, avprobe 12.3, ffmpeg 4.1.4-1build2, ffprobe 4.1.4-1build2, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] ZeU9W5WcGLk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] ZeU9W5WcGLk: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r7---sn-ci5gup-h55z.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1578078115&ei=QzsPXpW3GIzhigTUmbigBw&ip=182.65.121.133&id=o-AE9zUhUSG83Jnz7MemwNYKhs-QgjbGLDd8olF1H9iiCQ&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-ci5gup-h55z%2Csn-cvh7knes&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=6&pl=19&initcwndbps=747500&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=1575140&dur=92.341&lmt=1535067134215528&mt=1578056384&fvip=6&keepalive=yes&fexp=23842630&c=WEB&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=ALgxI2wwRAIgA6zUWssGgDtp5DC5JWeqPxc22x-2tX8y-XThLP5zgrQCIHpmO-HXS1RHiuxfELD6FUTsYAluALsXPlxr18goCS2h&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRAIgMvp8IFsYE8eZv4IuJ0fv6OTUiD8XZ2ASkmanl0NPlKYCIDR17BvbRsPa-yvvPAmbnesq33MJs7bdBas5Z4kx0lXK&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: /home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.webm
[download] 100% of 1.50MiB in 00:01
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.webm'
[ffmpeg] Destination: /home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.opus
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel 'repeat+info' -i 'file:/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.webm' -vn -acodec copy 'file:/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.opus'
Deleting original file /home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.webm (pass -k to keep)
[ffmpeg] Converting video from opus to avi, Destination: /home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel 'repeat+info' -i 'file:/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.opus' '-c:v' libxvid -vtag XVID 'file:/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi'
Deleting original file /home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.opus (pass -k to keep)
[exec] Executing command: echo '/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi'
/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi
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@byteshiva byteshiva commented Jan 3, 2020 •
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To make the download go in a different directory, I had to force configuration as arguments --ignore-config and specify -o "~/path/video path/"

My question is can I've multiple configuration files to execute youtube-dl.

Example

$ youtube-dl --recode-video="avi" --ignore-config -o "~/videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeU9W5WcGLk --quiet --exec 'echo {}'
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@dstftw dstftw commented Jan 3, 2020

As clearly seen from the second log files are downloaded to ~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s that is clearly defined in your custom config meaning everything works as expected.
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@byteshiva byteshiva commented Jan 3, 2020 •
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As clearly seen from the second log files are downloaded to ~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s that is clearly defined in your custom config meaning everything works as expected.

Please note, In the second log, its not entertaining --config-location="~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video" configuration.

Also in a custom location, the output directory is -o ~/videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s but the log says its loading in audio's directory. But in reality, it's downloading the files in the current directory.

[exec] Executing command: echo '/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi'
/home/xyz/audios/Roma and Diana hid in the magical refrigerator.avi

If the default config is specified i.e, ~/.config/youtube-dl/config then it ignores output location -o "/location" that's in --config-location.
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@dstftw dstftw commented Jan 3, 2020

But in reality, it's downloading the files in the current directory.

Wrong. It downloads to ~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s that is specified if ~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video.

If the default config is specified i.e, ~/.config/youtube-dl/config then it ignores output location -o "/location" that's in --config-location.

Wrong. It does not.
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@byteshiva byteshiva commented Jan 3, 2020

In the below configuration it clears says it needs to be downloaded in ~/videos, but as said earlier its picking up Default Config 2

Custom Config

$ cat ~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video
# Do not copy the mtime
--no-mtime

# Save all videos under video directory in your home directory
-o ~/videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s

Default Config 2

$ cat ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
# Lines starting with # are comments

# Always extract audio
-x

# Do not copy the mtime
--no-mtime

# Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
-o ~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s

But in reality, it's downloading the files in the current directory.

Wrong. It downloads to ~/audios/%(title)s.%(ext)s that is specified if ~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video.

If the default config is specified i.e, ~/.config/youtube-dl/config then it ignores output location -o "/location" that's in --config-location.

Wrong. It does not.
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@dstftw dstftw commented Jan 3, 2020

Once again:

$ cat ~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video 
-o '~/video/%(title)s.%(ext)s'

$ cat ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
-o '~/default/%(title)s.%(ext)s'

$ youtube-dl -v --config-location '~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video' BaW_jenozKc
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: ['-o', '~/video/%(title)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--config-location', '~/.config/youtube-dl/config-video', 'BaW_jenozKc']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.01
[debug] Python version 3.6.5 (CPython) - Linux-4.16.3-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.2, ffprobe 3.4.2, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on '...'
[download] Destination: /home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.f137.mp4
[download] 100% of 2.11MiB in 00:00
[debug] Invoking downloader on '...'
[download] Destination: /home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.f140.m4a
[download] 100% of 154.06KiB in 00:00
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "/home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:/home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭𝕐.f137.mp4' -i 'file:/home/dst/video/youtube-dl test 
video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭𝕐.f140.m4a' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'file:/home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video '"'"''"'"'_ä↭𝕐.temp.mp4'
Deleting original file /home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file /home/dst/video/youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.f140.m4a (pass -k to keep)

Destination: /home/dst/video/
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