How to start youtube-dl autonumber from a different number than 1?

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I was downloading a playlist from youtube using youtube-dl. I used autonumbering feature to number the videos which could be achieved by formatting the name of output file as follows -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s". The download failed in between. Now I wish to start the autonumber from the video next to failed video and not 1. But autonumber resets itself to 1 everytime. How can I set it to a different number greater than 1 ?

am afraid that the one option is to starting download in another folder and then shift numbers manually or via some script — Wakan Tanka, Nov 17 '15 at 12:39

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '16 at 16:13

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For playlists you should use playlist_index instead: -o '%(playlist_index)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s'

answered Feb 05 '16 at 16:13

jaimeMF

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Also adding --continue solves this problem. Youtube-dl will resume from where it failed. – Mohit Mittal May 02 '16 at 13:27

dilavasso · Answer 2 · 2021-02-24T23:01:08.653

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Instead of %(playlist_index)s, you should use youtube-dl --autonumber-start 5 $URL -o "%(autonumber)s_stuff" It will start %(autonumber)s at 5 in this case.

edited Feb 24 '21 at 23:01

answered Nov 07 '20 at 05:19

dilavasso

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How to start youtube-dl autonumber from a different number than 1?

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