How do I download and embed a video's description?

[strunberg]

How do I download and embed a video's description?

All I get in the description area is the URL link to the video.

-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --xattrs --add-metadata --write-info-json --write-description --write-annotation --write-thumbnail --no-check-certificate

[axcore]

The yt-dlp documentation says that --add-metadataonly works on mkv files. So, make sure you have selected that format in download options.

If you're asking "how do I add -add-metadata in Tartube", then you can add it directly in the download options window, in the Additional download options box.

Also, in the same window, you can click the Show advanced download options button if it's visible. Then open the Post-processing > General tab, and select Write metadata to the video file.

[strunberg]

I'm trying to figure out why when a video is done being rendered the only description embeded into the videos is the URL link of the youtube video. This is important as I download tutorial videos that might get one day took down or deleted by the uploader for a petty reason.

[axcore]

Download a suitable video, then show me the yellow text at the top of the Output tab.

[strunberg]

yt-dlp --newline -i --playlist-reverse --hls-prefer-native --cookies E:/videos/cookies.txt --write-sub --all-subs --recode-video mp4 --add-metadata --output E:/videos/video games/Video game fav/%(playlist_index)s- %(channel)s- %(playlist)s- %(title)s.- %(upload_date)s- -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --xattrs --add-metadata --write-info-json --write-description --write-annotation --write-thumbnail --no-check-certificate --download-archive E:/videos/video games/Video game fav/ytdl-archive.txt https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuCuz7lAz8pibDECojAvOAoJUwYTnC-qi

[strunberg]

Is there any reason why video description is not being embeded other than the youtube URL link?

[axcore]

You need to remove --recode-video mp4 from your download options. When I remove it, metadata is embedded in the video.

[strunberg]

Sorry, but this is what I got still.

[axcore]

I'm sorry, I don't have any ideas except to remove --recode-video mp4. You could try asking the same question at the yt-dlp issues page, since it does appear to be a yt-dlp problem.

[strunberg]

I'm sorry, I don't have any ideas except to remove --recode-video mp4. You could try asking the same question at the yt-dlp issues page, since it does appear to be a yt-dlp problem.

This is a working configuration. The correct description is now embedded.

`--embed-metadata --parse-metadata "description:(?s)(?P.+)"

-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --xattrs --add-metadata --write-info-json --write-description --write-annotation --write-thumbnail --no-check-certificate`