yt-dlp download location

[mickmars]

Hi
I'm slowly getting to know how to use yt-dlp, however I just cannot seem to set a permanent personal download file location.
I've made an attempt to create configuration text file in the yt-dlp folder, but i cant get it to work.

Any suggestions would be most welcome

thanks

[LZAA]

'-P xxxx'

[Obo]

See this here as well: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#filesystem-options

[mickmars]

'-P xxxx'

Thanks, for some reason, previous advice I was given was to put -o (in the conf file)

[mickmars]

I am still having issues with this.
I have a folder on My C drive with ffmpeg,ffprobe,ffplay and yt-dlp exe files in it.

I created a text file called yt-dlp.conf with the following command

-P "C:/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/IDM\%(title)s.%(ext)s"

The downloads still go to the default download location

[LZAA]

'-P "C:/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/IDM"'

[mickmars]

'-P "C:/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/IDM"'

I appreciate your response, but that didnt work

[LZAA]

In which directory does 'yt-dlp' save content?

[mickmars]

In which directory does 'yt-dlp' save content?

C:\Users\xxxxxx

[LZAA]

Write the command.

[mickmars]

Write the command.

-P "C:/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/IDM"

[LZAA]

Write the command.

[mickmars]

Write the command.

That is the command that I put in the conf. file

[LZAA]

Unfortunately, you do not understand the meaning of the word 'command'.

[mickmars]

Unfortunately, you do not understand the meaning of the word 'command'.

I know that default download locations are set in the conf.file, I told you what was in my conf.file and I also tried your solution suggestion, which didnt work.
Beyond that I have no idea what you are talking about, and clearly you arent going to tell me !

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Place yt-dlp.exe and yt-dlp.conf both in the same empty folder to make sure nothing weird happens. You can add that folder later to system env vars.

Make sure the yt-dlp.conf file is actually called "yt-dlp.conf" and not "yt-dlp.conf.txt" by checking that you can see the file extensions in the file explorer.

My yt-dlp.conf is

-P "C:\output"

And I run:

yt-dlp.exe "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&vl=en"

For me it works. Also make sure you're using the latest yt-dlp

[mickmars]

Place yt-dlp.exe and yt-dlp.conf both in the same empty folder to make sure nothing weird happens. You can add that folder later to system env vars.

Make sure the yt-dlp.conf file is actually called "yt-dlp.conf" and not "yt-dlp.conf.txt" by checking that you can see the file extensions in the file explorer.

My yt-dlp.conf is

-P "C:\output"

And I run:

yt-dlp.exe "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&vl=en"

For me it works. Also make sure you're using the latest yt-dlp

yt-dlp.exe and yt-dlp.conf both in the same empty folder DONE
Make sure the yt-dlp.conf file is actually called "yt-dlp.conf" DONE
conf download location -P "C:/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/IDM"

download still ended up in C:\Users\xxxxxx

[larley]

Maybe use backslashes?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Make sure you don't have a previous yt-dlp folder installation somewhere saved in your system env variables. Go to a random folder open cmd and type yt-dlp , it should yell that the command is unrecognized. Now go to that empty folder you made that has now the conf and exe, open cmd, and type my command. If it doesn't work with the wanted output, please show screenshot with that folder's structure and also the cmd with the command. You may edit out in paint any sensitive information.

[mickmars]

Make sure you don't have a previous yt-dlp folder installation somewhere saved in your system env variables. Go to a random folder open cmd and type yt-dlp , it should yell that the command is unrecognized. Now go to that empty folder you made that has now the conf and exe, open cmd, and type my command. If it doesn't work with the wanted output, please show screenshot with that folder's structure and also the cmd with the command. You may edit out in paint any sensitive information.

I have two versions of yt-dlp in my system env variables, but no idea what is what , or if they are both different

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

I have two versions of yt-dlp in my system env variables, but no idea what is what , or if they are both different

Delete everything yt-dlp related. Get a clean slate. The goal is to type yt-dlp in cmd in a random folder and it writes command unrecognized. My theory is that the yt-dlp versions are conflicting. You will restore yt-dlp back to system env, but after we make sure the output wanted works in a local folder.

[mickmars]

I have two versions of yt-dlp in my system env variables, but no idea what is what , or if they are both different

Delete everything yt-dlp related. Get a clean slate. The goal is to type yt-dlp in cmd in a random folder and it writes command unrecognized. My theory is that the yt-dlp versions are conflicting. You will restore yt-dlp back to system env, but after we make sure the output wanted works in a local folder.

Thank you, that was an excellent suggestion,and it worked, perfectly.

[byzas]

Unfortunately, you do not understand the meaning of the word 'command'.

I know that default download locations are set in the conf.file, I told you what was in my conf.file and I also tried your solution suggestion, which didnt work.
Beyond that I have no idea what you are talking about, and clearly you arent going to tell me !

All you gotta do is add the URL to the end of that line. For me I put:

yt-dlp -P "D:/Downloads" [url]

And it downloaded it the file in my Downloads folder in my D drive.
For me this is easier, I'm not savvy in cmd and I would have to add -P [path] each time but idk anything about a yt-dlp.conf file and whatnot. Why I made my download path simple

[videoAI]

try:
TVDownloader