Option to delete original file after postprocessing while using --split-chapter

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Suppose we want to download a channel or playlist that contains individual videos of full albums. We attempt to download the all of its content using, yt-dlp -x --split-chapter <channel/playlist url> yt-dlp will extract audio and then split the chapters into individual tracks as desired, but the original full-album file from which the individuals tracks were produced remains. If we are using yt-dlp for music archival purposes (as I am), this can end up taking up a lot of unnecessary storage and can be quite a pain to clean up after the fact. It would be nice to have an option, --no-keep-unsplit for example, that will remove the unsplit file after splitting is complete.

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pukkandancommented, Aug 18, 2022

You can just use --exec rm or --exec del depending on your OS

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candrapersadacommented, Aug 19, 2022

after download complete --split-chapter does not save in %(playlist)s/ folder like -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s"

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