Download YouTube playlists in order if the URL specifies a starting video

[ddevault]

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fz-X9dV2yc&list=PL0F37DF458A2AFFF8

This should start with 3Fz-X9dV2yc and loop around.

[ghost]

The --playlist-end NUMBER option allows you to download a playlist starting at a particular video.

Here is how you would do that with the playlist you gave:

youtube-dl --playlist-start 9 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F37DF458A2AFFF8

[ghost]

Reading closer ("...and loop around"), I see what you mean.

youtube-dl --playlist-start 9 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F37DF458A2AFFF8

will stop at the last video in the playlist.

youtube-dl --playlist-start 15 --playlist-end 14 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F37DF458A2AFFF8

generates ValueError: Playlist end must be greater than playlist start

[ghost]

I would like to address this issue. Please assign it to me.

[ddevault]

I would like it to figure this out without the --playlist-start argument. I run youtube-dl from a script and I'd rather not try to query the YouTube API with curl to figure out the index of the linked video.