--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
archive file. Record the IDs of all
downloaded videos in it.
+ --break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
+ to download a file that's in the archive.
--include-ads Download advertisements as well
(experimental)
download_archive: File name of a file where all downloads are recorded.
Videos already present in the file are not downloaded
again.
+ break_on_existing: Stop the download process after attempting to download a file that's
+ in the archive.
cookiefile: File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
nocheckcertificate:Do not verify SSL certificates
prefer_insecure: Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
reason = self._match_entry(entry, incomplete=True)
if reason is not None:
- self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
- continue
+ if reason.endswith('has already been recorded in the archive') and self.params.get('break_on_existing'):
+ print('[download] tried downloading a file that\'s already in the archive, stopping since --break-on-existing is set.')
+ break
+ else:
+ self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
+ continue
entry_result = self.process_ie_result(entry,
download=download,
'youtube_print_sig_code': opts.youtube_print_sig_code,
'age_limit': opts.age_limit,
'download_archive': download_archive_fn,
+ 'break_on_existing': opts.break_on_existing,
'cookiefile': opts.cookiefile,
'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
'prefer_insecure': opts.prefer_insecure,
'--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
dest='download_archive',
help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--break-on-existing',
+ action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
+ help="Stop the download process after attempting to download a file that's in the archive.")
selection.add_option(
'--include-ads',
dest='include_ads', action='store_true',