overrides:
modified_webpage_url: >-
{ %regex_sub("#__youtubedl_smuggle=.*", "", webpage_url) }
to the file causes no videos to download at all.
My subscriptions file:
__preset__:
overrides:
chunk_max_downloads: 2
tv_show_directory: "~/dev/ntvbug/"
modified_webpage_url: >-
{ %regex_sub("#__youtubedl_smuggle=.*", "", webpage_url) }
ytdl_options:
format: bv[height<=1080]+ba/b[height<=1080]
Jellyfin TV Show by Date | Chunk Downloads:
= Vidio Essays:
"Spectacles": "https://nebula.tv/spectacles"
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] [info] ef930427-cf37-42f1-a2ee-47e4895b2c63: Downloading 1 format(s): 2180+audio-English
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] Deleting existing file .ytdl-sub-working-directory/Spectacles/ef930427-cf37-42f1-a2ee-47e4895b2c63.jpg
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] [info] Downloading video thumbnail 0 ...
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] [info] Writing video thumbnail 0 to: .ytdl-sub-working-directory/Spectacles/ef930427-cf37-42f1-a2ee-47e4895b2c63.jpg
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] [download] .ytdl-sub-working-directory/Spectacles/ef930427-cf37-42f1-a2ee-47e4895b2c63.mp4 has already been downloaded
[ytdl-sub:yt-dlp] [Metadata] There isn't any metadata to add
[ytdl-sub] The following error occurred for the subscription Spectacles:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/subscriptions/subscription_download.py", line 428, in exception_handling
yield
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/cli/entrypoint.py", line 133, in _download_subscriptions_from_yaml_files
subscription.download(dry_run=dry_run)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/subscriptions/subscription_download.py", line 415, in download
return self._process_subscription(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
plugins=plugins,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
downloader=downloader,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
dry_run=dry_run,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/subscriptions/subscription_download.py", line 334, in _process_subscription
entry = downloader.download(entry)
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/downloaders/url/downloader.py", line 531, in download
download_entry = self._extract_entry_info_with_retry(entry=entry)
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/downloaders/url/downloader.py", line 356, in _extract_entry_info_with_retry
download_entry_dict = YTDLP.extract_info_with_retry(
ytdl_options_overrides=self.download_ytdl_options(
...<8 lines>...
url=self.webpage_url(entry=entry),
)
File "/nix/store/g6ilcp13mlhql4li19m707rh8v2b2srj-ytdl-sub-2026.03.09.post3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ytdl_sub/downloaders/ytdlp.py", line 132, in extract_info_with_retry
raise FileNotDownloadedException(
f"yt-dlp failed to download an entry with these arguments: {error_dict}"
)
ytdl_sub.utils.exceptions.FileNotDownloadedException: yt-dlp failed to download an entry with these arguments: {'ytdl_options': {'ignoreerrors': True, 'outtmpl': '.ytdl-sub-working-directory/Spectacles/%(id)S.%(ext)s', 'writethumbnail': True, 'ffmpeg_location': '/nix/store/sn7vh3a5wmyv5k37gzn741mmjjqnnyj5-ffmpeg-7.1.3-bin/bin/ffmpeg', 'download_archive': '.ytdl-sub-working-directory/Spectacles/.ytdl-sub-Spectacles-download-archive.json-ytdl-archive', 'postprocessors': [{'key': 'FFmpegMetadata', 'add_chapters': True, 'add_metadata': False}], 'break_on_existing': False, 'format': 'bv[height<=1080]+ba/b[height<=1080]', 'max_downloads': 2, 'playlistreverse': True}, 'kwargs': {'url': 'https://nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-sudans-story-why-dictators-dont-give-up-anymore/'}}
[ytdl-sub]
No files changed for Spectacles
[ytdl-sub] Download Summary:
Spectacles 0 0 0 0 FileNotDownloadedException
Total: 1 0 0 0 0 Error
See `/tmp/ytdl-sub.errorsz8u3bg1e` for details on errors.
Consider making a GitHub issue including the uploaded log file.
The fix in #1353 does not work for me. Adding
to the file causes no videos to download at all.
My subscriptions file:
The error: