From a4a7c44bd337cdda534ad879c516d5b33e25a893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey M Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 15:04:51 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] [README.md] Document solution for extremely slow start on Windows --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 00f42e056..ef0e265c8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ hash -r Again, from then on you'll be able to update with `sudo youtube-dl -U`. +### youtube-dl is extremely slow to start on Windows + +Add a file exclusion for `youtube-dl.exe` in Windows Defender settings. + ### I'm getting an error `Unable to extract OpenGraph title` on YouTube playlists YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube videos. -- 2.39.5