Post #3993082
2026-07-21 18:43 UTC
yt-dlp has an option to rename downloaded files to restrict to ASCII characters (and another option to restrict filename length). I usually use my own wrapper script around yt-dlp, but I guess you already have your own. So for that, you can use the option –restrict-filenames to “Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid “&” and spaces in filenames”. See all options with man yt-dlp. Try it out.
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@sinextitan@lemmy.world 2026-07-21 19:23
Ik of yt-dlp being able to rename the media that I download using it. but I didn’t use it to get my music. plus it’s not a prob that I have w yt-dlp. even w/o yt-dlp using their same same but not same chars, Linux doesn’t mind ?,* and " in filenames. but I do like the feature as / does present probs.