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[DarF234]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a feature request
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones

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I would like to see download errors that actually glitch the video in any way reflected in the return value of youtube-dl. Even if it's only pass/fail. I've had 10 unreachable packet errors in a single half hour (20 min) video. That's sure to hurt the playability! youtube-dl returned 0.

First, I process each file individually, so I can associate each log file with the correct video.
You people know what errors can glitch the video. You know what conditions would warrant passing it up to the top level. The best thing I can do is study all of my log files and make a list of what I assume are serious errors. Then I will need to add the list to my script file so it can parse each error file after downloading is complete. If found, it would then write to URL to another file. Which I would run later. The errors I've discovered so far seem to come and go.

It would save a lot of time and effort if I could just check the return value and write any non-zero return URLs to the retry file.

I guess the likelihood of this being implemented depends on the structure of your error system. I don't hold out much hope because it would probably mean the modification of every extractor file at the minimum. But I figure it doesn't hurt to ask.

[DarF234]

@dstftw Not feasible I can understand. But what is incomplete about my request?