Let `--parse/replace-in-metadata` run at any post-processing stage

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / __init__.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 202f102ba9e4e7ba640eb3a8ea0e7a0a984264e3..3490816c4c242cfd7d0ed233a2cd9d395a70fad6 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -386,10 +386,12 @@ def metadataparser_actions(f):
                 raise ValueError(f'{cmd} is invalid; {err}')
             yield action
 
-    parse_metadata = opts.parse_metadata or []
     if opts.metafromtitle is not None:
-        parse_metadata.append('title:%s' % opts.metafromtitle)
-    opts.parse_metadata = list(itertools.chain(*map(metadataparser_actions, parse_metadata)))
+        opts.parse_metadata.setdefault('pre_process', []).append('title:%s' % opts.metafromtitle)
+    opts.parse_metadata = {
+        k: list(itertools.chain(*map(metadataparser_actions, v)))
+        for k, v in opts.parse_metadata.items()
+    }
 
     # Other options
     if opts.playlist_items is not None:
@@ -561,11 +563,11 @@ def report_deprecation(val, old, new=None):
 def get_postprocessors(opts):
     yield from opts.add_postprocessors
 
-    if opts.parse_metadata:
+    for when, actions in opts.parse_metadata.items():
         yield {
             'key': 'MetadataParser',
-            'actions': opts.parse_metadata,
-            'when': 'pre_process'
+            'actions': actions,
+            'when': when
         }
     sponsorblock_query = opts.sponsorblock_mark | opts.sponsorblock_remove
     if sponsorblock_query: