-U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
sure that you have sufficient permissions
(run with sudo if needed)
- -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
- skip unavailable videos in a playlist
- (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)
+ -i, --ignore-errors Ignore download and postprocessing errors.
+ The download will be considered successfull
+ even if the postprocessing fails
+ --no-abort-on-error Continue with next video on download
+ errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in
+ a playlist (default)
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)
--dump-user-agent Display the current user-agent and exit
restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
trim_file_name: Limit length of filename (extension excluded)
windowsfilenames: Force the filenames to be windows compatible
- ignoreerrors: Do not stop on download errors
- (Default True when running yt-dlp,
- but False when directly accessing YoutubeDL class)
+ ignoreerrors: Do not stop on download/postprocessing errors.
+ Can be 'only_download' to ignore only download errors.
+ Default is 'only_download' for CLI, but False for API
skip_playlist_after_errors: Number of allowed failures until the rest of
the playlist is skipped
force_generic_extractor: Force downloader to use the generic extractor
tb = ''.join(tb_data)
if tb:
self.to_stderr(tb)
- if not self.params.get('ignoreerrors', False):
+ if not self.params.get('ignoreerrors'):
if sys.exc_info()[0] and hasattr(sys.exc_info()[1], 'exc_info') and sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info[0]:
exc_info = sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info
else:
except (MaxDownloadsReached, ExistingVideoReached, RejectedVideoReached, LazyList.IndexError):
raise
except Exception as e:
- if self.params.get('ignoreerrors', False):
+ if self.params.get('ignoreerrors'):
self.report_error(error_to_compat_str(e), tb=encode_compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
else:
raise
files_to_delete = []
if '__files_to_move' not in infodict:
infodict['__files_to_move'] = {}
- files_to_delete, infodict = pp.run(infodict)
+ try:
+ files_to_delete, infodict = pp.run(infodict)
+ except PostProcessingError as e:
+ # Must be True and not 'only_download'
+ if self.params.get('ignoreerrors') is True:
+ self.report_error(e)
+ return infodict
+ raise
+
if not files_to_delete:
return infodict
-
if self.params.get('keepvideo', False):
for f in files_to_delete:
infodict['__files_to_move'].setdefault(f, '')
setattr(opts, opt_name, default)
return None
- set_default_compat('abort-on-error', 'ignoreerrors')
+ set_default_compat('abort-on-error', 'ignoreerrors', 'only_download')
set_default_compat('no-playlist-metafiles', 'allow_playlist_files')
set_default_compat('no-clean-infojson', 'clean_infojson')
if 'format-sort' in compat_opts:
action='store_true', dest='update_self',
help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
general.add_option(
- '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
- action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=None,
- help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
+ '-i', '--ignore-errors',
+ action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
+ help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successfull even if the postprocessing fails')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-abort-on-error',
+ action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
+ help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
general.add_option(
'--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
return self._downloader.report_warning(text, *args, **kwargs)
def report_error(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
+ # Exists only for compatibility. Do not use
if self._downloader:
return self._downloader.report_error(text, *args, **kwargs)
stdout, stderr = process_communicate_or_kill(p)
if p.returncode not in variadic(expected_retcodes):
stderr = stderr.decode('utf-8', 'replace').strip()
- if self.get_param('verbose', False):
- self.report_error(stderr)
+ self.write_debug(stderr)
raise FFmpegPostProcessorError(stderr.split('\n')[-1])
for out_path, _ in output_path_opts:
if out_path:
return [], info
except XAttrUnavailableError as e:
- self.report_error(str(e))
- return [], info
+ raise PostProcessingError(str(e))
except XAttrMetadataError as e:
if e.reason == 'NO_SPACE':
msg += 'You need to use NTFS.'
else:
msg += '(You may have to enable them in your /etc/fstab)'
- self.report_error(msg)
+ raise PostProcessingError(str(e))
return [], info