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[Question] How to save video titles or URLs alongside the IDs when using (download archive)?

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When using --download-archive function youtube-dl saves the video IDs to a .txt file. How can i add video titles/URLs to it so that it becomes something like this:

Ducks having a conversation
youtube xJVwvq5z3MI

OR:

Ducks having a conversation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJVwvq5z3MI

Or if there’s any other way to save the title+IDs/URLs together in a text file with no more info than that?

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:10 (4 by maintainers)

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pukkandancommented, Nov 28, 2020

Also why did you use --get-filename? shouldn’t that be --get-title instead since we’re looking for titles and not filenames?

It is a hack to get id and title together. --get-title will only give you the title and not the id. --get-filename -o "%(id)s %(title)s" tells yt-dlc to name the file as id title and then print that title. That way we get both id and title in a single command

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fosamcommented, Nov 28, 2020

Just read it, Thanks @Vangelis66