From a40e0b37dfc8c26916b0e01aa3f29f3bc42250b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:05:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Only ensure playlist thumbnail dir if writing thumbs
 (#8373)

Bugfix for 2acd1d555ef89851c73773776715d3de9a0e30b9

Closes #8372
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 8e11646d3..d066efdc7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -4242,7 +4242,7 @@ def _write_thumbnails(self, label, info_dict, filename, thumb_filename_base=None
             self.write_debug(f'Skipping writing {label} thumbnail')
             return ret
 
-        if not self._ensure_dir_exists(filename):
+        if thumbnails and not self._ensure_dir_exists(filename):
             return None
 
         for idx, t in list(enumerate(thumbnails))[::-1]: