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authorThomas Christlieb <thomaschristlieb@hotmail.com>2017-01-31 10:03:31 +0100
committerThomas Christlieb <thomaschristlieb@hotmail.com>2017-01-31 10:03:31 +0100
commit75822ca7909d7f7e15694f73b05b2bf0f1fa61f3 (patch)
tree0dcf18e250e1091f5061b8259a60b9e1e6a49ed1
parentdadb836139f070da9364439bf3b148eec8bc0b11 (diff)
New parameter --playlist-random to randomize playlist download order. Fixes #11889
-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py5
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py1
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index c71e94518..a7bf5a1b0 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import sys
import time
import tokenize
import traceback
+import random
from .compat import (
compat_basestring,
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
playlistend: Playlist item to end at.
playlist_items: Specific indices of playlist to download.
playlistreverse: Download playlist items in reverse order.
+ playlistrandom: Download playlist items in random order.
matchtitle: Download only matching titles.
rejecttitle: Reject downloads for matching titles.
logger: Log messages to a logging.Logger instance.
@@ -842,6 +844,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
if self.params.get('playlistreverse', False):
entries = entries[::-1]
+ if self.params.get('playlistrandom', False):
+ random.shuffle(entries)
+
for i, entry in enumerate(entries, 1):
self.to_screen('[download] Downloading video %s of %s' % (i, n_entries))
extra = {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 2b156342a..5c5b8094b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'playliststart': opts.playliststart,
'playlistend': opts.playlistend,
'playlistreverse': opts.playlist_reverse,
+ 'playlistrandom': opts.playlist_random,
'noplaylist': opts.noplaylist,
'logtostderr': opts.outtmpl == '-',
'consoletitle': opts.consoletitle,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 3abf621c0..349f44778 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
downloader.add_option(
+ '--playlist-random',
+ action='store_true',
+ help='Download playlist videos in random order')
+ downloader.add_option(
'--xattr-set-filesize',
dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)')