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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):
m4a console output:
C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped>youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uN
j9EY
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--format', 'm4a', '--meta
data-from-title', '%(artist)s - %(title)s', '--embed-thumbnail', '--add-metadata
', '-o', 'C:/Users/Bert/Music/Ripped/%(title)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uNj9EY']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83781-g3016e91, ffprobe N-83781-g3016e91
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {43} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {18} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {36} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {17} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {136} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {247} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {135} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {244} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {134} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {243} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {133} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {242} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {160} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {278} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {140} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {171} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {249} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {250} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {251} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Downloading thumbnail ...
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Writing thumbnail to: C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X
Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).jpg
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r1---sn-gvbxgn-t34e.googlevideo.com/vide
oplayback?sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%
2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2C
expire&mime=audio%2Fmp4&key=yt6&expire=1489296399&dur=215.852&lmt=14582176914628
68&keepalive=yes&itag=140&requiressl=yes&clen=3428931&upn=n6vJCnQWy4U&ipbits=0&p
l=17&ei=r4fEWLq-F8bouQKQ9onoDQ&source=youtube&ip=99.237.166.10&ms=au&mt=14892747
20&mv=m&id=o-AIzEL6WJwyl2bAOBKsWivrBRcrFNVfbrmc7tC1xT6u2x&mm=31&gir=yes&mn=sn-gv
bxgn-t34e&beids=%5B9465691%5D&initcwndbps=2336250&signature=AA1F61F9E73F84303F7C
D254A0B706F81F53B05A.E2B31AABE0118964BEF9180A43BDC4671F8B3AEA&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Di
rty).m4a
[download] 100% of 3.27MiB in 00:01
[ffmpeg] Correcting container in "C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X Gon Give It
To Ya (Dirty).m4a"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX -
X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).m4a' -c copy -f mp4 'file:C:\Users\Bert\Music\Rippe
d\DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).temp.m4a'
[fromtitle] parsed artist: DMX
[fromtitle] parsed title: X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)
[atomicparsley] Adding thumbnail to "C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X Gon Give
It To Ya (Dirty).m4a"
[debug] AtomicParsley command line: AtomicParsley 'C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DM
X - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).m4a' --artwork 'C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX -
X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).jpg' -o 'C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X Gon Giv
e It To Ya (Dirty).temp.m4a'
[ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX - X Gon Give It To Y
a (Dirty).m4a'
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped\DMX -
X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).m4a' -vn -acodec copy -metadata 'comment=Like the F
acebook page - http://www.facebook.com/Gangsta.G.Rap' -metadata 'title=X Gon Giv
e It To Ya (Dirty)' -metadata 'purl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uNj9EY'
-metadata date=20120827 -metadata artist=DMX -metadata 'description=Like the Fa
cebook page - http://www.facebook.com/Gangsta.G.Rap' 'file:C:\Users\Bert\Music\R
ipped\DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty).temp.m4a'
...
<end of log>
mp3 console output:
C:\Users\Bert\Music\Ripped>youtube-dl --ignore-config --extract-audio --audio-f
rmat mp3 --audio-quality 0 --no-part --no-mtime --embed-thumbnail --metadata-fr
m-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" --add-metadata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
vkOJ9uNj9EY -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '--extract-audio', '--audio-form
t', 'mp3', '--audio-quality', '0', '--no-part', '--no-mtime', '--embed-thumbnai
', '--metadata-from-title', '%(artist)s - %(title)s', '--add-metadata', 'https:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ9uNj9EY', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.03.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83781-g3016e91, ffprobe N-83781-g3016e91
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Extracting video information
[youtube] {22} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {43} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {18} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {36} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {17} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {136} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {247} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {135} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {244} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {134} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {243} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {133} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {242} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {160} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {278} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {140} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {171} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {249} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {250} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] {251} signature length 40.40, html5 player en_US-vflOnuOF-
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Downloading thumbnail ...
[youtube] vkOJ9uNj9EY: Writing thumbnail to: DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-
kOJ9uNj9EY.jpg
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r1---sn-tt17rn7r.googlevideo.com/videop
ayback?source=youtube&mt=1489275983&mv=m&keepalive=yes&ei=qYzEWLf0BtDKuAKMqbioD
&ms=au&ip=99.237.166.10&lmt=1458217691462868&dur=215.852&pl=17&mm=31&mn=sn-tt17
n7r&id=o-AIxWgtWpdk2QPnhcO-soByiIGvTdAZPVDrDf3zh3zq1V&clen=3428931&requiressl=y
s&itag=140&initcwndbps=1411250&mime=audio%2Fmp4&ipbits=0&gir=yes&key=yt6&upn=ms
7bnCrKXM&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%
Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2C
xpire&expire=1489297673&signature=56CD76259EC84F67AC709BDE60AE174ECECB2CB6.DB2D
2838A1E233179206345012D93BCF0C111CE&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.m4a
[download] 100% of 3.27MiB in 00:00
[ffmpeg] Correcting container in "DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY
m4a"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirt
)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.m4a' -c copy -f mp4 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9
Nj9EY.temp.m4a'
[fromtitle] parsed artist: DMX
[fromtitle] parsed title: X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To
Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.m4a'
[ffmpeg] Destination: DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirt
)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.m4a' -vn -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 0 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Y
(Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3'
Deleting original file DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.m4a (pass
k to keep)
[ffmpeg] Adding thumbnail to "DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirt
)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3' -i 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.jpg'
c copy -map 0 -map 1 -metadata:s:v 'title="Album cover"' -metadata:s:v 'comment
"Cover (Front)"' 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.temp.mp3'
[ffmpeg] Adding metadata to 'DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3'
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirt
)-vkOJ9uNj9EY.mp3' -c copy -metadata 'purl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOJ
uNj9EY' -metadata artist=DMX -metadata date=20120827 -metadata 'title=X Gon Giv
It To Ya (Dirty)' -metadata 'description=Like the Facebook page - http://www.f
cebook.com/Gangsta.G.Rap' -metadata 'comment=Like the Facebook page - http://ww
.facebook.com/Gangsta.G.Rap' 'file:DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (Dirty)-vkOJ9uNj9E
.temp.mp3'
...
<end of log>
Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information
My issue is similar to this issue except I am using the m4a format. When I try to add thumbnail and metadata the thumbnail is not added, but when I add just the thumbnail it works fine. It also doesn't work with mp3 files. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Please follow the guide below
x
into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your issue (like that [x])Make sure you are using the latest version: run
youtube-dl --version
and ensure your version is 2017.03.10. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.Before submitting an issue make sure you have:
What is the purpose of your issue?
The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your issue
If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:
Add
-v
flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```): m4a console output:mp3 console output:
Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information
My issue is similar to this issue except I am using the m4a format. When I try to add thumbnail and metadata the thumbnail is not added, but when I add just the thumbnail it works fine. It also doesn't work with mp3 files. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!