From: Sergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 09:04:51 +0000 (+0600)
Subject: [README.md] Document solution for extremely slow start on Windows
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[README.md] Document solution for extremely slow start on Windows
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 Again, from then on you'll be able to update with `sudo youtube-dl -U`.
 
+### youtube-dl is extremely slow to start on Windows
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+Add a file exclusion for `youtube-dl.exe` in Windows Defender settings.
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 ### I'm getting an error `Unable to extract OpenGraph title` on YouTube playlists
 
 YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube videos.