option for log file

[chumma12]

Hi,
I know that the output from youtube-dl can be redirected to a log file.
I am looking for an log option of youtube-dl, so that I can configure it in youtube-dl.conf permanently and not bother with providing a log redirection for each download.
Infact, if the log file can also have options like -o parameter(then we can have log file with id in it's filename $id.log)

regards
Chumma

[yan12125]

What you need might be writing a program embedding youtube-dl.

[chumma12]

All functionality can be achieved by the user writing his own program. is that any kind of solution?
For a command line utility, writing to a log file is one of the basic functionalities.

[sybaris]

Hi,

I am also interested to have also the console display (in real time) + all in a log file.

Regards,
Sybaris

[torrobinson]

Yeah I just had youtube-dl, after 2 years of use and it not having any issues, suddenly delete and re-download a bunch of stuff in a very weird way - and I can't seem to find a way to make it log so I can debug this in the future. Is there really no default logging option? Seems so trivial. It would be very helpful.

[marabu88]

I would also really like to see an option that allows to save a list of links that were not loaded due to some kind of error. In addition, recently I began to get a lock due to the frequent use of YouTube :( And this option has become even more relevant, since I don’t know which videos were not downloaded.

[sergeevabc]

Damn, make an option for logs at last! Sometimes youtube-dl is invoked in a peculiar way from 3rd party apps such as MPV and that “redirect output with 2>&1” advice is too tricky to implement there whereas a dedicated log switch would serve well.