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Multiple URLs in a batch #100
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Hi,
Pasting a list of URLs separated by a space is unfortunately not convenient for a long list.
Could you allow one URL by line and allow a long list of URLs?
Also, is there a setting to limit the number of parallel downloads?
For example there is a 1000 URLs in the batch but no more than 5 are processed in parallel, otherwise it's unusable?
Thanks
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section83 commentedon Nov 17, 2025
Many thanks for both suggestions.
Should have thought of that. It will be in the next release. URLs delimited by spaces, tabs, returns and linefeeds will work – but NOT a mix of those characters.
Also a good idea. I already have a warning if there are more than 20 items in a playlist.
I need to think more about how to implement it in the parallel downloads code. Currently the code initiates parallel downloads in a number of different places. So, need to design a good way of plugging a limit into each one. There's a good chance it'll be in the next release – user will be able to set the limit with "No limit" as default. Probably will make it a warning which user can ignore.
Cheers.
section83 commentedon Dec 23, 2025
Sorry but, can't do this for the next release (v1.30). It will take more work than I thought. Hopefully, will be in a future release (v1.31).
section83 commentedon Apr 9, 2026
The first suggestion was implemented in v1.30. The second suggestion is more difficult. Need to think through what happens if the number of items exceeds the limit. Will probably just enable user to set warning limit and use that to replace the existing 20 items warning limit.
section83 commentedon May 12, 2026
Version 1.31 has a soft limit on the number of items in a playlist, which can be set by the user. Default is 20 items. The warning is issued when user first tells MacYTDL to download the playlist.
This goes part-way towards the suggestion. More work needed for batch and multiple downloads which I'll do for v1.32.
Cheers.