youtube-dl not downloading entire playlists

[zeusgames]

Not sure if this is just me, but putting in a youtube playlist link causes youtube-dl to download only the first video in the playlist, and stop.

Youtube-dl 2014.05.05
Ubuntu 14.04 x64
Python 2.7.6

youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8x9qP0v1fA&list=PLDaPMlC7RnSd6iGgJKF2cMBAoS9JBqwDN

will only download first video and stop

[jjmachan]

try this
http://askubuntu.com/questions/376268/how-to-download-entire-youtube-channel-using-commands-or-application
Hope it helps

[jaimeMF]

You have to enclose the url with " because the & character has a special meaning in the shell (it runs the command in the background): youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8x9qP0v1fA&list=PLDaPMlC7RnSd6iGgJKF2cMBAoS9JBqwDN".

By the way, when reporting errors, you should include the output you get when running the command with the --verbose option. It includes the information we need (youtube-dl version, OS ...)