Simplify --playlist-start / --playlist-end interface

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 2a4ab674d..2fa34ebc9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -557,16 +557,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
             n_all_entries = len(ie_result['entries'])
             playliststart = self.params.get('playliststart', 1) - 1
-            playlistend = self.params.get('playlistend', -1)
-
+            playlistend = self.params.get('playlistend', None)
+            # For backwards compatibility, interpret -1 as whole list
             if playlistend == -1:
-                entries = ie_result['entries'][playliststart:]
-            else:
-                entries = ie_result['entries'][playliststart:playlistend]
+                playlistend = None
 
+            entries = ie_result['entries'][playliststart:playlistend]
             n_entries = len(entries)
 
-            self.to_screen(u"[%s] playlist '%s': Collected %d video ids (downloading %d of them)" %
+            self.to_screen(
+                u"[%s] playlist '%s': Collected %d video ids (downloading %d of them)" %
                 (ie_result['extractor'], playlist, n_all_entries, n_entries))
 
             for i, entry in enumerate(entries, 1):