Downloading existing videos that youtube-dl might not see (not an issue)

[ghost]

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Is it possible to get youtube-dl to check the destination directory if a youtube video of the same title exists? I have a lot of .mp4 files since I didnt know about youtube-dl, most bestvideo+bestaudio downloads mkv files so it just downloads it since there is no existing mkv file. can I get it to check if mp4 exists?

Also, is it possible to get it to download and merge on a local directory and then move it to a destination directory, say like a server ?

Thanks.

[dstftw]

1. Either write script or pass --download-archive a hand-crafted file with line youtube video_id for each downloaded video. Alternatively tell to only download mp4.
2. You can run arbitrary command on final file with --exec.

[ghost]

telling it to download mp4 still ends up creating a mkv file and it downloads it even though a file with the same name (but .mp4 extension) exists...

I'll have to figure out the script..

Thanks for the quick reply!

[dstftw]

Post --verbose output.
Post the listing of files in directory.

[ghost]

problem was the title, it was looking for the youtube id and the other file didnt have that.

thanks for taking the time to look at it ! have a great day.

[dstftw]

You can specify output template -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' to look for title only.

[ghost]

can you verify how i can set it up to download in a local directory and then move it afterwards? im guessing it wouldnt be able to look in the destination directory if it is downlodaing it to the local one.. hmm

[dstftw]

What are you trying to achieve in the first place? Clearly explain the use case.

[ghost]

My server holds all my video files.
My ubuntu VM takes forever to download and merge videos if I do it in the remote directory.
If it does it locally then it downloads with full speed and merges 10 times quicker than remote.

Is there anyway I can, within youtube-dl, move a file to a remote location after it has been merged?

Id would have to check the remote location before downloading.

[dstftw]

I've already pointed out using --exec for that with command that will do the move, like --exec 'mv {} destination'.

[ghost]

Thanks! Really appreciate the time.

On 28 June 2016 at 15:25, Sergey M. notifications@github.com wrote:

I've already pointed out using --exec for that with command that will do
the move, like --exec 'mv {} destination'.

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