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diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index d7cbdd047..7cda3fc8f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
simulate: Do not download the video files.
format: Video format code. see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details.
allow_unplayable_formats: Allow unplayable formats to be extracted and downloaded.
+ ignore_no_formats_error: Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for
+ extracting metadata even if the video is not actually
+ available for download (experimental)
format_sort: How to sort the video formats. see "Sorting Formats"
for more details.
format_sort_force: Force the given format_sort. see "Sorting Formats"
@@ -1884,7 +1887,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
formats = info_dict['formats']
if not formats:
- raise ExtractorError('No video formats found!')
+ if not self.params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'):
+ raise ExtractorError('No video formats found!')
+ else:
+ self.report_warning('No video formats found!')
def is_wellformed(f):
url = f.get('url')
@@ -1948,13 +1954,15 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
# TODO Central sorting goes here
- if formats[0] is not info_dict:
+ if formats and formats[0] is not info_dict:
# only set the 'formats' fields if the original info_dict list them
# otherwise we end up with a circular reference, the first (and unique)
# element in the 'formats' field in info_dict is info_dict itself,
# which can't be exported to json
info_dict['formats'] = formats
if self.params.get('listformats'):
+ if not info_dict.get('formats'):
+ raise ExtractorError('No video formats found', expected=True)
self.list_formats(info_dict)
return
@@ -1994,19 +2002,25 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
formats_to_download = list(format_selector(ctx))
if not formats_to_download:
- raise ExtractorError('requested format not available',
- expected=True)
-
- if download:
- self.to_screen('[info] Downloading format(s) %s' % ", ".join([f['format_id'] for f in formats_to_download]))
+ if not self.params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'):
+ raise ExtractorError('Requested format is not available', expected=True)
+ else:
+ self.report_warning('Requested format is not available')
+ elif download:
+ self.to_screen(
+ '[info] %s: Downloading format(s) %s'
+ % (info_dict['id'], ", ".join([f['format_id'] for f in formats_to_download])))
if len(formats_to_download) > 1:
- self.to_screen('[info] %s: downloading video in %s formats' % (info_dict['id'], len(formats_to_download)))
- for format in formats_to_download:
+ self.to_screen(
+ '[info] %s: Downloading video in %s formats'
+ % (info_dict['id'], len(formats_to_download)))
+ for fmt in formats_to_download:
new_info = dict(info_dict)
- new_info.update(format)
+ new_info.update(fmt)
self.process_info(new_info)
# We update the info dict with the best quality format (backwards compatibility)
- info_dict.update(formats_to_download[-1])
+ if formats_to_download:
+ info_dict.update(formats_to_download[-1])
return info_dict
def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):