[utils] Improve colon handling (Fixes #4683)

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / utils.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 42f0b07ce89bc882fe38319ded77c077238250d2..deaf718030f0f7f16e923dfe92d42a8d6ec1f53a 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):
             return '_'
         return char
 
+    # Handle timestamps
+    s = re.sub(r'[0-9]+(?::[0-9]+)+', lambda m: m.group(0).replace(':', '_'), s)
     result = ''.join(map(replace_insane, s))
     if not is_id:
         while '__' in result: