Log output messages

[dev0k]

hi,

I would like to save all output from the console to a text file. I need the download status and everything. Is that possible?

But I need the status in real time, not after the download.

[Tailszefox]

Which OS are you using? On Linux, a simple redirection seems to work quite well.

> youtube-dl 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc' > log.txt

> less log.txt
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: BaW_jenozKc.mp4
^M[download]   0.1% of 1.90M at  271.28k/s ETA 00:07^M[download]   0.2% of 1.90M at    7.75k/s ETA 04:11^M[download]   0.4% of 1.90M at    9.45k/s ETA 03:25^M[download]   0.8% of 1.90M at    7.16k/s ETA 04:29^M[download]   1.1% of 1.90M at    9.98k/s ETA 03:12^M[download]   1.7% of 1.90M at   13.70k/s ETA 02:19^M[download]   2.9% of 1.90M at   13.15k/s ETA 02:23^M[download]   3.5% of 1.90M at   13.21k/s ETA 02:22^M[download]   4.2% of 1.90M at   13.00k/s ETA 02:23^M[download]   4.8% of 1.90M at   13.69k/s ETA 02:15^M[download]   5.9% of 1.90M at   16.15k/s ETA 01:53^M[download]   8.1% of 1.90M at   18.73k/s ETA 01:35^M[download]   9.8% of 1.90M at   20.04k/s ETA 01:27^M[download]  11.4% of 1.90M at   20.69k/s ETA 01:23^M[download]  12.7% of 1.90M at   22.13k/s ETA 01:16^M[download]  15.4% of 1.90M at   25.04k/s ETA 01:05^M[download]  18.9% of 1.90M at   28.72k/s ETA 00:55^M[download]  23.1% of 1.90M at   24.10k/s ETA 01:02^M[download]  25.2% of 1.90M at   25.08k/s ETA 00:58^M[download]  27.5% of 1.90M at   25.91k/s ETA 00:54^M[download]  29.6% of 1.90M at   25.59k/s ETA 00:53^M[download]  30.8% of 1.90M at   25.77k/s ETA 00:52^M[download]  32.4% of 1.90M at   25.89k/s ETA 00:50^M[download]  33.9% of 1.90M at   26.63k/s ETA 00:48^M[download]  36.8% of 1.90M at   27.50k/s ETA 00:44^M[download]  39.0% of 1.90M at   28.18k/s ETA 00:42^M[download]  41.5% of 1.90M at   29.13k/s ETA 00:39^M[download]  44.7% of 1.90M at   30.26k/s ETA 00:35^M[download]  47.8% of 1.90M at   30.64k/s ETA 00:33^M[download]  49.7% of 1.90M at   30.83k/s ETA 00:31^M[download]  51.6% of 1.90M at   31.29k/s ETA 00:30^M[download]  54.2% of 1.90M at   30.34k/s ETA 00:29^M[download]  55.6% of 1.90M at   29.84k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  56.5% of 1.90M at   29.69k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  57.7% of 1.90M at   29.41k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  58.7% of 1.90M at   27.92k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  59.2% of 1.90M at   27.62k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  59.9% of 1.90M at   26.07k/s ETA 00:29^M[download]  60.2% of 1.90M at   26.21k/s ETA 00:29^M[download]  60.8% of 1.90M at   26.39k/s ETA 00:28^M[download]  62.1% of 1.90M at   26.72k/s ETA 00:27^M[download]  64.7% of 1.90M at   27.34k/s ETA 00:25^M[download]  67.9% of 1.90M at   27.53k/s ETA 00:22^M[download]  69.5% of 1.90M at   27.82k/s ETA 00:21^M[download]  72.0% of 1.90M at   27.34k/s ETA 00:19^M[download]  73.3% of 1.90M at   27.52k/s ETA 00:18^M[download]  75.6% of 1.90M at   27.50k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  76.9% of 1.90M at   26.89k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  77.6% of 1.90M at   25.81k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  78.0% of 1.90M at   25.46k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  78.3% of 1.90M at   23.67k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  78.5% of 1.90M at   23.72k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  78.8% of 1.90M at   23.54k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  79.2% of 1.90M at   23.33k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  79.7% of 1.90M at   22.97k/s ETA 00:17^M[download]  80.0% of 1.90M at   22.93k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  80.6% of 1.90M at   22.28k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  80.9% of 1.90M at   22.23k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  81.6% of 1.90M at   22.27k/s ETA 00:16^M[download]  82.8% of 1.90M at   22.44k/s ETA 00:14^M[download]  85.1% of 1.90M at   20.48k/s ETA 00:14^M[download]  86.3% of 1.90M at   20.37k/s ETA 00:13^M[download]  87.0% of 1.90M at   20.43k/s ETA 00:12^M[download]  88.5% of 1.90M at   20.56k/s ETA 00:10^M[download]  90.2% of 1.90M at   20.71k/s ETA 00:09^M[download]  91.9% of 1.90M at   20.57k/s ETA 00:07^M^M[download]  92.8% of 1.90M at   20.64k/s ETA 00:06^M[download]  94.4% of 1.90M at   20.59k/s ETA 00:05^M[download]  95.3% of 1.90M at   20.71k/s ETA 00:04^M[download]  97.2% of 1.90M at   20.81k/s ETA 00:02^M[download]  98.6% of 1.90M at   20.97k/s ETA 00:01^M[download] 100.0% of 1.90M at   21.04k/s ETA 00:00

If you use cat or tailf on the file you can get the progress in real time the same way you'd see it without redirecting, as well, as it interprets the control characters.

[dev0k]

Hello,

thank you.

now i have a little question. Can i read the current status with die process id from linux?

[puneet1984]

hi,
thanks a nice feature but....
i would like to know can we make logging every download by default, like some where in the config file if we have one...
that is whenever youtube-dl downloads a file it should record the website , ID , title and file size in a log file by default..

[jaimeMF]

@puneet1984 open a new issue for that, this issue is for logging the progress to a file

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #6990.