1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index a5af555ff..8fc320cbf 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ def timeconvert(timestr):
 		timestamp = email.utils.mktime_tz(timetuple)
 	return timestamp
 
+def _simplify_title(title):
+	return re.sub(ur'[^\w\d_\-]+', u'_', title)
 
 class DownloadError(Exception):
 	"""Download Error exception.