[BUG] INFO files (description,thumbnail,URL) not downloaded for some YouTube videos

[JohnVKRDam]

DESCRIPTION of the ISSUE For some YouTube videos, the INFO files (description,thumbnail,URL) are not downloaded. I have set the following options under the INFO heading to TRUE:

• Create description files
• Create thumbnail files (music)
• Create thumbnail files (video)
• Create URL files

I have also set the videos to always be converted to MKV.

You can REPRODUCE the issue by setting the same options to TRUE and downloading any or all of the following YouTube videos:

Below are some random videos about the Ukraine-Russian war, to demonstrate the issue.

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! If you are a sensitive person, do not watch/download these videos! They show war in all its ugliness, although YouTube approved (gore is blurred where required).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6CqRLN5WXQ&t=609s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9id9i_BXmB8

For comparison, here are two with Cyrillic Title text that do download complete with INFO files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGg7NSE2Ujw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUMpneoHag

So, I guess it has nothing to do with the Cyrillic text of the Video Title? Or at least I don't think so, because other videos with Ukrainian text do download correctly, with all the INFO files included.

Expected behavior I expect the video to be downloaded, along with the .TXT , .JPG and Url files.

Release information:

Please complete the following information or replace the following text with data copied from SCrawler (click the top right info button in the main window, then the Environment button, then the Copy button, and paste the copied text here).

YouTube Downloader v2024.4.26.0 (x64) OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (x64) ffmpeg version: ffmpeg version 5.1.2-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers yt-dlp version: 2024.04.09

[AAndyProgram]

Okay, I see. The first two videos contain a period (.) at the end of the file name. For unknown reasons, I see that yt-dlp isn't handling this character correctly. I'll fix this in the next version, but for now you should avoid using a period at the end of the file name.

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[JohnVKRDam]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for taking a look at this. I appreciate it 👍

They are not my videos, so I don't really have much control over not using a dot at the end of the Video Titles / Filenames 😉 But it is good to know that's what causing the issue.

Not sure if it is important, but what I see in the filenames of those downloaded videos with the issue, is that they all end with a # character. I take it that yt-dlp replaces the dot with the # automatically, when saving the file?

For instance: FPV-ДРОН ОБЕРІГАЄ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ШТУРМОВИКІВ. Підтримка піхоти FPV зі скидом від Батальйону К-2#.mkv Підрозділ TERRA Вогневий наліт ЗСУ на опорний пункт ворога. Детальний розбір#.mkv Підрозділ TERRA Фланг Бахмуту. FPV-дронами та скидами нищимо російських окупантів#.mkv Окупанти згоріли у погребі. Авдіївський напрямок#.mkv Авдіївський напрямок FPV дрони камікадзе проти російських танків Т90#.mkv

Again, not sure if that is important or not, but I thought I'd just report it 😊

Anyway, it is not a huge issue, because it is only on a limited number of videos. It's more of a small annoyance, because I now have to create those INFO files manually. Which is what I am temporarily doing now for such videos that fail.

Again, thank you for the swift reply. I will patiently await the next release 👍

Have a great day! John

[AAndyProgram]

They are not my videos, so I don't really have much control over not using a dot at the end of the Video Titles / Filenames 😉 But it is good to know that's what causing the issue.

You can manually check the file path to make sure it doesn't end with a period. And if so, then correct it here https://github.com/AAndyProgram/SCrawler/wiki/YouTube-downloader#video

Example: Original file name

FPV-ДРОН ОБЕРІГАЄ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ШТУРМОВИКІВ. Підтримка піхоти FPV зі скидом від Батальйону К-2..mkv

Replace with

FPV-ДРОН ОБЕРІГАЄ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ШТУРМОВИКІВ. Підтримка піхоти FPV зі скидом від Батальйону К-2.mkv

Not sure if it is important, but what I see in the filenames of those downloaded videos with the issue, is that they all end with a # character. I take it that yt-dlp replaces the dot with the # automatically, when saving the file?

Correct!

[JohnVKRDam]

Ooooh! You know, I never even realized checking the filename in the download context window. I just "blindly" click the download button, assuming I have already configured the default settings to my liking, and that is that 😂 I really should pay more attention to what I am actually doing LOL

Thank you pointing that (very helpful) option out for me 👍

[AAndyProgram]

Fixed. Please update to the latest release.

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[JohnVKRDam]

Yes indeed! I have tested it and it works perfectly now 👍 Fantastic!! Thank you so much for the quick fix!

Have a great weekend! 👍