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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 032856eb8..1cd14a44d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -401,10 +401,15 @@ def validate_options(opts):
if opts.no_sponsorblock:
opts.sponsorblock_mark = opts.sponsorblock_remove = set()
+ default_downloader = None
for proto, path in opts.external_downloader.items():
- if get_external_downloader(path) is None:
+ ed = get_external_downloader(path)
+ if ed is None:
raise ValueError(
f'No such {format_field(proto, None, "%s ", ignore="default")}external downloader "{path}"')
+ elif ed and proto == 'default':
+ default_downloader = ed.get_basename()
+
warnings, deprecation_warnings = [], []
# Common mistake: -f best
@@ -415,13 +420,18 @@ def validate_options(opts):
'If you know what you are doing and want only the best pre-merged format, use "-f b" instead to suppress this warning')))
# --(postprocessor/downloader)-args without name
- def report_args_compat(name, value, key1, key2=None):
+ def report_args_compat(name, value, key1, key2=None, where=None):
if key1 in value and key2 not in value:
- warnings.append(f'{name} arguments given without specifying name. The arguments will be given to all {name}s')
+ warnings.append(f'{name.title()} arguments given without specifying name. '
+ f'The arguments will be given to {where or f"all {name}s"}')
return True
return False
- report_args_compat('external downloader', opts.external_downloader_args, 'default')
+ if report_args_compat('external downloader', opts.external_downloader_args,
+ 'default', where=default_downloader) and default_downloader:
+ # Compat with youtube-dl's behavior. See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/49c5293014bc11ec8c009856cd63cffa6296c1e1
+ opts.external_downloader_args.setdefault(default_downloader, opts.external_downloader_args.pop('default'))
+
if report_args_compat('post-processor', opts.postprocessor_args, 'default-compat', 'default'):
opts.postprocessor_args['default'] = opts.postprocessor_args.pop('default-compat')
opts.postprocessor_args.setdefault('sponskrub', [])