Having no success at all with the -o command

[1235a]

I have tried using -simulate and --get-filename to no success with the youtube-dl.exe for windows 8.1. I have the latest version installed. Any format I try with -o or --output throws a variety of errors with batch files or multiple/single youtube links in the .bat file. I have seen it return just "ext" as the file name along with "error multiple links with the same name" and others. What is the proper verbose for:
-o /%(uploader)s/%(title)s:%(id)s.(ext)s
? I've tried many variations and none work.

[phihag]

Please post at least one variation in full, including the error you get. Note that the path should usually not start with / on Windows. Either start with the first path component (then it's local to the current directory), or with C:, or with \\. Additionally, I do believe that colons (:) are not allowed in Windows file names since they separate drive label and path.

[1235a]

C:\Users\massi_000\Desktop\Wii\YouTube>youtube-dl --batch-file 1.txt -o "c:\YouT
ube(title)s-(ext)s" --dateafter 20140816 --no-playlist --ignore-errors --format
bestaudio --restrict-filenames
ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download

I see the problem, batch files can't use the '%' sign. if I copy and paste the code it works. Thanks for the other information though.

[phihag]

Batch files can include percent signs just fine, you just need to escape them.

[joshuafarren]

@phihag That link doesn't work anymore.
For those coming from google (like me) escape percent signs in batch with another percent
i.e
%%(title)s