Youtube: Is it possible to pull the name of the file, instead of `_.mp4`?

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An open source browser extension for adding/managing download tasks to your Synology DiskStation.

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Youtube: Is it possible to pull the name of the file, instead of `_.mp4`? #112

Closed christopher-wilson closed 5 years ago

christopher-wilson commented 5 years ago

I'm not sure if this is a feature request or a bug report. Currently, downloading Youtube videos only creates files with the name _.mp4 or some variation of that. Is it possible to bring in the video title as the filename?

I've tried this on both Chrome and Firefox, same result each time, so it may be an issue with the Download Station itself?

seansfkelley commented 5 years ago

Yeah, I think this is a limitation of the way the Synology works, because:

there's no way in the documented API to assign a name to a download
there's no way in the Download Station UI to assign a name to a download
during the course of the download the name changes from things like watch?v=34893uo53 to _.mp4, which suggests that the NAS is trying to figure out a name on its own

I don't think there's any way at all to do this, even through the official UI. Sorry!