'%(uri)s' as part of --output TEMPLATE options ...

[Albretch]

I keep an updated local cache of some videos on youtube (to use them in classes)
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I have noticed that youtube users are able to edit their video titles (as the free text entry it is) so sometimes I have mistakenly dowloaded what is exactly the same video
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The only way I see around that problem is to use the URI (the 11 Base64(?) characters) and download the description as well via "--write-description", but as part of the --output TEMPLATE options I don't see something like '%(uri)s'
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Of course, you could use a script and parse that piece of text, but restarting a youtube process for each uri is a waste
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How do you work around this problem? Or could you include such an option?
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thanks
lbrtchx
github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/:
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// __ exact command line:

export _ODIR="/media/sda1/yt"
export _IFL="/media/sda1/yturls.txt"

export _DT=date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S

date
youtube-dl --verbose --no-overwrites --continue --no-progress --console-title --prefer-free-formats --audio-format best --max-quality mp4 --write-description -o --cookies cookies_jar.txt "${_ODIR}/"'%(uploader)s'"/"'%(stitle)s'.'%(ext)s' --batch-file "${_IFL}" >> "${_ODIR}/"${_DT}_yt.log.txt 2>&1
date
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$ youtube-dl --version
2012.02.27
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$ python --version
Python 2.7.3rc2
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// __ Operating System

$ uname -a
Linux Microknoppix 3.3.7 #38 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 22 06:21:01 CEST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux

[Albretch]

for example, both lessons are (exactly) called "Cognitive Science C103 - Lecture 15" ...
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youtube.com/watch?v=VM-8A5Jmo7c
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youtube.com/watch?v=sA9fazTAOyE
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lbrtchx

[Albretch]

I didn't mean to "close" the issue, but the window ;-)
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lbrtchx

[Albretch]

I know if you go

$ youtube-dl --verbose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA9fazTAOyE

you will get (as I want) the file name as the youtube URI (the "sA9fazTAOyE" part) and the extension of the downloaded file, but given a list of youtube URLs (which "user(s)" I have no way of knowing before hand), I am trying to download each othe files to a folder named after the youtube uploader/user as named in:

youtube.com/user/...
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$ _ODIR="/media/sdc1/yt"
$ _DT=date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
$ _OFL=${ODIR}"/yt-dl"${_DT}".log.txt"
$ echo "// __ logging to "${_OFL}
// __ logging to /media/sdc1/yt/yt-dl_20120908132045.log.txt

$ date
Sat Sep 8 13:20:45 UTC 2012
$ youtube-dl --no-overwrites --continue --no-progress --console-title --verbose --audio-format best --max-quality mp4 -o "${_ODIR}/"'%(uploader)s' "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA9fazTAOyE&hd=1" > ${_OFL} 2>&1
$ date
Sat Sep 8 13:20:46 UTC 2012

$ cat ${_OFL}
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] sA9fazTAOyE: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] sA9fazTAOyE: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] sA9fazTAOyE: Extracting video information
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and nothing happens. I can't even find any error log
lbrtchx

[Chronial]

why don’t you just use %(id)s?

[Albretch]

On 11/27/12, Chronial notifications@github.com wrote:

why don’t you just use %(id)s?
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'%(id)s' worked exactly as I needed. Thank you
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$ youtube-dl --no-overwrites --continue --no-progress --console-title
--audio-format best --max-quality mp4 -o
'%(uploader)s'"/"'%(id)s'.'%(ext)s'
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d020hcWA_Wg&hd=1"
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: ColdplayVEVO/d020hcWA_Wg.mp4
[download] Download completed
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ cd ColdplayVEVO/

$ ls -l d020hcWA_Wg.mp4
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 55857786 May 27 2011 d020hcWA_Wg.mp4

$ ffprobe d020hcWA_Wg.mp4
avprobe version 0.8.2-6:0.8.2-2, Copyright (c) 2007-2011 the Libav developers
built on May 16 2012 19:58:09 with gcc 4.7.0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'd020hcWA_Wg.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isommp42
creation_time : 2011-05-26 15:44:38
Duration: 00:04:17.48, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1735 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x720, 1579
kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 151 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2011-05-26 15:44:38
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Now, was it included, after my post?
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lbrtchx

[Chronial]

nope, always been there

[Albretch]

nope, always been there
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Then, thanks. It may be I wasn't getting something right. My original
post was about '%(id)s' not working with the --batch-file option. It
does now:
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$ date; youtube-dl --no-overwrites --continue --no-progress
--console-title --audio-format best --max-quality mp4 -o
'%(uploader)s'"/"'%(id)s'.'%(ext)s' --batch-file yt_urls.txt; date
Thu Nov 29 11:03:33 UTC 2012
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] d020hcWA_Wg: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: ColdplayVEVO/d020hcWA_Wg.mp4
[download] Download completed
[youtube] 8hI_rBJ72qg: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] 8hI_rBJ72qg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] 8hI_rBJ72qg: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: TransmissionRec/8hI_rBJ72qg.flv
[download] Download completed
Thu Nov 29 11:07:54 UTC 2012

$ cat yt_urls.txt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d020hcWA_Wg&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hI_rBJ72qg&hd=1

$ find . -type f -printf "%p %s %As\n"
/media/sdb5/tmp/knoppix/test/ColdplayVEVO/d020hcWA_Wg.mp4 55857786 1354187109
/media/sdb5/tmp/knoppix/test/TransmissionRec/8hI_rBJ72qg.flv 18937643 1354187274
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lbrtchx

[ocisly]

@phihag according to the OP, this has been resolved. close?

[phihag]

@codesparkle Thank you very much for your diligent work!

Yes, this has been solved. Either use %(id)s or %(webpage_url)s in the filename template.