[GH-ISSUE #332] Question: Disable Youtube-DL from downloading playlists #3259

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opened 2026-03-14 21:48:37 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments
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Originally created by @degan6 on GitHub (Mar 24, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/332

Love the project.

I've been running the script for the past few days and noticed that Youtbe-dl is set to download the whole playlist in the link. Is there a supported way to disable this? I have many links in the same playlist.
It seems like it downloaded the entire playlist for each link so I end up with the same video many times.

I've commented line 493 here but I'm hoping for a supported method?

Thank you!

Originally created by @degan6 on GitHub (Mar 24, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/332 Love the project. I've been running the script for the past few days and noticed that Youtbe-dl is set to download the whole playlist in the link. Is there a supported way to disable this? I have many links in the same playlist. It seems like it downloaded the entire playlist for each link so I end up with the same video many times. I've commented line [493 here](https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/blob/4f599c0b0b07c842b1a2d0ec31f229d8fa0d6294/archivebox/archive_methods.py#L493) but I'm hoping for a supported method? Thank you!
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@cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2020):

https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/issues/503 Will allow you to do this, probably.

<!-- gh-comment-id:707167033 --> @cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2020): https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/issues/503 Will allow you to do this, probably.
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@cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2020):

@degan6 https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/pull/506/files this was merged already. You can play with the config for YOUTUBE_DL and control it however you want. Please reopen if this is not enough for your needs.

<!-- gh-comment-id:726997657 --> @cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2020): @degan6 https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/pull/506/files this was merged already. You can play with the config for YOUTUBE_DL and control it however you want. Please reopen if this is not enough for your needs.
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