[outtmpl] Fix some minor bugs

Closes #7164

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 077a37b30..a546ce65b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1286,17 +1286,17 @@ class YoutubeDL:
             if fmt == 's' and value is not None and key in field_size_compat_map.keys():
                 fmt = f'0{field_size_compat_map[key]:d}d'
 
-            if value is None:
-                value = default
-            elif replacement is not None:
+            if None not in (value, replacement):
                 try:
                     value = replacement_formatter.format(replacement, value)
                 except ValueError:
-                    value = na
+                    value, default = None, na
 
             flags = outer_mobj.group('conversion') or ''
             str_fmt = f'{fmt[:-1]}s'
-            if fmt[-1] == 'l':  # list
+            if value is None:
+                value, fmt = default, 's'
+            elif fmt[-1] == 'l':  # list
                 delim = '\n' if '#' in flags else ', '
                 value, fmt = delim.join(map(str, variadic(value, allowed_types=(str, bytes)))), str_fmt
             elif fmt[-1] == 'j':  # json