From 0e800d0c0bece7eb8d51b1f2e6a3f14019948336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Antonio J. Delgado" <ad@susurrando.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:30:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add subtitle options only if any present

---
 get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py b/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
index 0aeaf90..eefbb79 100644
--- a/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
+++ b/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
@@ -370,14 +370,11 @@ class GetYoutubeVideos:
                                 'temp': '/tmp',
                                 'home': download_dir
                             },
-                            'writesubtitles': True,
                             'writeautomaticsub': True,
                             'writeannotations': True,
                             'write_all_thumbnails': False,
                             'writethumbnail': True,
                             'writeinfojson': True,
-                            'subtitlesformat': 'srt',
-                            'subtitleslangs': downloadable_subtitles,
                             'allow_multiple_audio_streams': True,
                             'noprogress': True,
                             'merge_output_format': 'mkv',
@@ -385,6 +382,10 @@ class GetYoutubeVideos:
                             'format': '248+ba',
                             # 'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player-client': ['mweb']}}
                         }
+                        if len(downloadable_subtitles) > 0:
+                            ydl_opts['subtitleslangs'] = downloadable_subtitles
+                            ydl_opts['subtitlesformat'] = 'srt'
+                            ydl_opts['writesubtitles'] = True
                         if self.selected_proxy != '':
                             ydl_opts['proxy'] = self.selected_proxy
                         download_result = 'starting'