From c04219410d8848c6638b5ae126a2be4880a39d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiao Pan Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:27:57 -0700 Subject: yt-dlp consider linux max filename length, else fail --- home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp/config | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp') diff --git a/home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp/config b/home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp/config index 4ed6c4a7..3057a94e 100644 --- a/home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp/config +++ b/home/xyz/.config/yt-dlp/config @@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ # manpage says yt-dlp use --sub-langs, youtube-dl use --sub-lang, but experiment shows yt-dlp also use --sub-lang --sub-lang zh-Hans,zh-CN,zh-Hant,zh-SG,zh-TW,zh-HK,en,en-US,en-GB + +# linux max filename length is 255 bytes, UTF-8 1 character max 4 byptes +# yt-dlp and aria2c will add about max 38 chars behind video name, for example: ' [EXF4g-2jOJo].f616.mp4.part.frag.urls' +# I choose a safety factor of 2 for max chars added +# (255-38*2)/4==44 +--trim-filenames 44 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2