add playlist-skip option

README.md

@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
                                      downloaded videos in it.
     --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well
                                      (experimental)
+    --playlist-skip                  Skip over playlist items that fail to
+                                     download.
 
 ## Download Options:
     -r, --limit-rate RATE            Maximum download rate in bytes per second

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     playlist_items:    Specific indices of playlist to download.
     playlistreverse:   Download playlist items in reverse order.
     playlistrandom:    Download playlist items in random order.
+    playlistskip:      Skip over playlist items that fail to download.
     matchtitle:        Download only matching titles.
     rejecttitle:       Reject downloads for matching titles.
     logger:            Log messages to a logging.Logger instance.
@@ -957,9 +958,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
                     continue
 
+                try:
                     entry_result = self.process_ie_result(entry,
                                                           download=download,
                                                           extra_info=extra)
+                except DownloadError:
+                    if self.params.get('playlistskip'):
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        raise
+
                 playlist_results.append(entry_result)
             ie_result['entries'] = playlist_results
             self.to_screen('[download] Finished downloading playlist: %s' % playlist)

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'playlistend': opts.playlistend,
         'playlistreverse': opts.playlist_reverse,
         'playlistrandom': opts.playlist_random,
+        'playlistskip': opts.playlist_skip,
         'noplaylist': opts.noplaylist,
         'logtostderr': opts.outtmpl == '-',
         'consoletitle': opts.consoletitle,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--playlist-random',
         action='store_true',
         help='Download playlist videos in random order')
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--playlist-skip',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Skip over playlist items that fail to download.')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--xattr-set-filesize',
         dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',