Remove youtube id from the file name

[cojack]

Hello,
there is a simple script how to remove the youtube-id in the downloaded files (converted to *.mp3) from the file name:

<removed, usage discouraged, use #4331 (comment) instead>

[phihag]

Why add the video ID in the first place? If you don't want it, simply pass in -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s'. If you always want that, simply add it to your configuration file, for example ~/.config/youtube-dl/config.

[LissieTilbrook]

Just PLEASE remove the video ID when downloading. It's not necessary. People here have been complaining on this issue tracker about it... people want things to work and people want clean file names. Not mess around with configurations that they'll be afraid to break. I mean, come on, it's not that difficult...

[Hrxn]

You already can download without any video ID..

Just use this:
--output '%(title)s.%(ext)s'

Edit: As has been pointed out by the comment before, literally.

[rautamiekka]

On the contrary it's mandatory since there are vids with identical name.

[dstftw]

Video id is added on purpose: it provides filename uniqueness. Removing it will break downloading videos with the same titles. If you want to break it - go and setup config file.