output template doesn't work on Win32

[swapjim]

On Linux, I'll do this:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc -i -w --restrict-filenames -o "%(upload_date)s-%(id)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s"

And I'll get a file that's named:

20121002-BaW_jenozKc-youtube-dl_test_video.mp4

But on Win32, the same command gives me a file named:

(id)s-(ext)s

What am I doing wrong?

[phihag]

As mentioned in our issue reporting guideline, please post the entire output you get when you add -v.

It works fine for me under Windows:

Are you by any chance using a batch script? If so, you may need to escape percent signs.

[swapjim]

As mentioned in our issue reporting guideline, please post the entire output you get when you add -v.

Oh man, I missed that! Sorry.

Yes, I was invoking youtube-dl from a batch script and the percent characters needed escaping by using double percent characters. This one works:

youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc -i -w --restrict-filenames -o "%%(upload_date)s-%%(id)s-%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"

Thanks!