Modified time of video

[airworksman]

Hi, with this gui, the date of the videos I download are based on when I downloaded them. With yt-dlp, it uses the last modified time by default. I prefer having this for the date. I found out that I need to set "--mtime" in my conf file. I tried it, but it still uses the download date. A problem on my end or a bug? The other settings in my conf seem to work fine.

Thanks.

[kannagi0303]

Thank you for using my GUI.

As I designed this GUI to bypass the merging action of yt-dlp (i.e., combining the video and audio streams), I have yt-dlp skip calling ffmpeg and instead call ffmpeg from the GUI for merging. This allows for more control, but it also means that the --mtime option will not work. However, I can modify the modification time of the file using my GUI to meet your needs, or you can let me know if you have any ideas for more flexible modification time control.

[airworksman]

Thanks for the quick reply, I'm mostly just looking to have the date of my videos to be the date uploaded on youtube, I'm not actually sure if that is the modification time, but it's close enough, so an option to set the date would be great!

[kannagi0303]

Hello, apologies for the lengthy message.

I have reviewed and verified data from several YouTube videos regarding the modification time which refers to the time when YouTube completes the conversion or modification of various video resolutions. I am not sure if there will be a significant difference between the modification time and the upload date. One of the videos I checked had a difference of over a month from the upload date. However, the data provided by YouTube includes an upload_date field, which only contains the year, month, and day, but it is enough for me to determine the time difference.

Based on my understanding of your response, the upload_date field should be more useful to you. If necessary, I can change the modification time of the file to 2023-03-08 00:00:00 as there is no time data in the information provided by YouTube. Alternatively, you can use the output template -o "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s which will directly add the upload date to the beginning of your file name.

Anyway, if there are no other issues, I think I can implement this feature in the next version.

Please feel free to share any thoughts or ideas you may have.

[airworksman]

No problem! Ah yes, I think sometimes the youtube channel may make small changes to their video and this would change the modification time, but upload date would stay the same causing the difference in time?

I think providing an option would be best for whichever people prefer, maybe adding another dropdown menu to the UI for the file date? The download time could be the default, then two more options for using the upload date or modification time instead.

[kannagi0303]

Hello,

I have released a new version that allows users to set either modification time or upload date. Due to significant changes in the new version, there may be some rough edges.

If you're interested, you can try it out and see how it works.