From 8725d7109ff0ec03dfa39ca7eeee9df6ab273a74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Antonio J. Delgado" <ad@susurrando.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:57:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] get only existing subs

---
 get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py b/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
index 256d942..0440483 100644
--- a/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
+++ b/get_youtube_videos/get_youtube_videos.py
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ class GetYoutubeVideos:
                     video_id=result.group(1)
                     if video_id not in self.downloaded_items:
                         video_info = self._get_video_info(video_id)
+                        downloadable_subtitles = []
+                        for subtitle in self.config['subtitle_langs']:
+                            if subtitle in video_info['subtitles']:
+                                downloadable_subtitles.append(subtitle)
                         if not video_info:
                             break
                         info_filename = os.path.join(
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ class GetYoutubeVideos:
                             'writethumbnail': True,
                             'writeinfojson': True,
                             'subtitlesformat': 'srt',
-                            'subtitleslangs': self.config['subtitle_langs'],
+                            'subtitleslangs': downloadable_subtitles,
                             'allow_multiple_audio_streams': True,
                             'noprogress': True,
                             'merge_output_format': 'mkv',