Wrong YouTube video metadata fields - "Movie name" and "ARTIST".

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site
• I’ve verified that I’m running yt-dlp version 2022.03.08.1. (update instructions)
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
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Region

Russia

Description

If YouTube video has detected music in the description, --embed-metadata embeds title and artist of the song instead of the video title (Movie title field) and channel name (ARTIST field).

Example: yt-dlp 3YvGFsc0SYw --embed-metadata: expected Movie name is “I sit” and expected ARTIST is “Owlspark”. Got “Sugar” and “System Of A Down” instead (detected song title and artist).

Verbose log

[debug] Command-line config: ['3YvGFsc0SYw', '--embed-metadata', '-vU']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs utf-8, out utf-8 (No ANSI), err utf-8 (No ANSI), pref cp1251
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.03.08.1 [c0c2c57] (win_exe)
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n4.4.1-3-g832b46a96e-20211206 (setts)
[debug] Optional libraries: brotli, Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Latest version: 2022.03.08.1, Current version: 2022.03.08.1
yt-dlp is up to date (2022.03.08.1)
[debug] [youtube] Extracting URL: 3YvGFsc0SYw
[youtube] 3YvGFsc0SYw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 3YvGFsc0SYw: Downloading android player API JSON
[debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, codec:vp9.2, lang, proto
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec:vp9.2(10), acodec, lang, proto, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo*+bestaudio/best
[info] 3YvGFsc0SYw: Downloading 1 format(s): 247+251
[debug] Invoking downloader on "https://rr7---sn-n3toxu-axql.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1647906325&ei=tbk4YpTJJIWO7AS11K3wBg&ip=188.243.183.25&id=o-ANnrf-dMdYXrKZuj_KQz_D0OauYlC8PyHTnN_goR5dIH&itag=247&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=zZ&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-n3toxu-axql%2Csn-axq7sn7l&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=7&pl=21&initcwndbps=1070000&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=498966&dur=11.499&lmt=1645625609945541&mt=1647884217&fvip=7&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=ANDROID&txp=5437434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRAIgQhKqsRgWG7u1-7Hls_b4qBY-SJvNktif-h9u-L4x-NMCIHeGUfgX2YMWr9V4ZbKl-iVuqfZhjsTX36W3-2ESTDAr&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhALOL3VZVMDuWkyRagFLMN2J7mJOSeGVTmlVCADlzn5PNAiEA8gQbng072qAg8hoa1MtGhtgTPeP-LvGagP7v_ASeREk%3D"
[download] Destination: I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f247.webm
[download] 100% of 487.27KiB in 00:00
[debug] Invoking downloader on "https://rr7---sn-n3toxu-axql.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1647906325&ei=tbk4YpTJJIWO7AS11K3wBg&ip=188.243.183.25&id=o-ANnrf-dMdYXrKZuj_KQz_D0OauYlC8PyHTnN_goR5dIH&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=zZ&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-n3toxu-axql%2Csn-axq7sn7l&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=7&pl=21&initcwndbps=1070000&vprv=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&gir=yes&clen=169344&dur=11.621&lmt=1645625530102349&mt=1647884217&fvip=7&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=ANDROID&txp=5432434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIhAPxIgzL-P1QesSJ2s4Cx3gZKyXh9c-fDn5J41FheXrwCAiBy9m7Hx5xiZWKUco_TSQjd7LvNZULD-rYSmjyZJqUotQ%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhALOL3VZVMDuWkyRagFLMN2J7mJOSeGVTmlVCADlzn5PNAiEA8gQbng072qAg8hoa1MtGhtgTPeP-LvGagP7v_ASeREk%3D"
[download] Destination: I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f251.webm
[download] 100% of 165.38KiB in 00:00
[Merger] Merging formats into "I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].webm"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel "repeat+info" -i "file:I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f247.webm" -i "file:I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f251.webm" -c copy -map "0:v:0" -map "1:a:0" -movflags "+faststart" "file:I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].temp.webm"
Deleting original file I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f251.webm (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].f247.webm (pass -k to keep)
[Metadata] Adding metadata to "I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].webm"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel "repeat+info" -i "file:I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].webm" -map 0 -dn -ignore_unknown -c copy -metadata "title=Sugar" -metadata "date=20220214" -metadata "description=Edit: I wont unlist this vid cause  a lot of people said they didnt want me to! aa sorry i keep saying that im gonna unlist videos, i get kinda nervous when i post things that arent what i usually post!
I made this in flipaclip and I have no idea how to draw in flipaclip so this looks awful but oh well I'm gonna unlist this vid really soon" -metadata "synopsis=Edit: I wont unlist this vid cause  a lot of people said they didnt want me to! aa sorry i keep saying that im gonna unlist videos, i get kinda nervous when i post things that arent what i usually post!
I made this in flipaclip and I have no idea how to draw in flipaclip so this looks awful but oh well I'm gonna unlist this vid really soon" -metadata "purl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YvGFsc0SYw" -metadata "comment=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YvGFsc0SYw" -metadata "artist=System Of A Down" -movflags "+faststart" "file:I sit [3YvGFsc0SYw].temp.webm"

[pukkandan]

From https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata

You can use this to change the metadata that is embedded in the media file. To do this, set the value of the corresponding field with a meta_ prefix. For example, any value you set to meta_description field will be added to the description field in the file. …

What OP wants here is to override meta_title, not title

So:

--parse-metadata "title:%(meta_title)s"

[VladiStep]

Then, to prevent other people from searching through closed issues, this solution of the problem (adding a couple of --parse-metadata) should be mentioned somewhere (“README.md”, --help, etc.).