[core] Only ensure playlist thumbnail dir if writing thumbs (#8373)

Bugfix for 2acd1d555e Closes #8372 Authored by: bashonly
7 months ago · a40e0b37df
parent 4e38e2ae9d
commit a40e0b37df
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@ -4242,7 +4242,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            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]: