@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
return
try:
dn = os.path.dirname(encodeFilename(filename))
dn = os.path.dirname(sanitize_path(encodeFilename(filename)))
if dn and not os.path.exists(dn):
os.makedirs(dn)
except (OSError, IOError) as err: