diff --git a/downloader.py b/downloader.py
index 27e0930..29ed197 100755
--- a/downloader.py
+++ b/downloader.py
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import logging.config
 import math
 import os
 import re
+import shutil
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import time
 from multiprocessing import Manager, Pool, cpu_count
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -171,6 +173,15 @@ def load_existing_videos():
         download_archive_file.touch()
     with open(download_archive_file, 'r') as file:
         output.update(([line.rstrip() for line in file]))
+
+    # Remove duplicate lines.
+    # Something may have gone wrong in the past so we want to make sure everything is cleaned up.
+    with open(download_archive_file) as file:
+        uniqlines = set(file.readlines())
+    fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+    with os.fdopen(fd, 'w') as tmp:
+        tmp.writelines(set(uniqlines))
+    shutil.move(path, download_archive_file)
     return output
 
 
diff --git a/process/threads.py b/process/threads.py
index 91eef37..9af74fa 100644
--- a/process/threads.py
+++ b/process/threads.py
@@ -70,15 +70,23 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
 
     video = args[0]
     kwargs = args[1]
+    output_dict = {'downloaded_video_id': None, 'video_id': video['id'], 'video_error_logger_msg': [], 'status_msg': [], 'logger_msg': []}  # empty object
+
+    if not video['channel_id'] or not video['channel'] or not video['channel_url']:
+        if video['duration'] or isinstance(video['view_count'], int):
+            # Sometimes videos don't have channel_id, channel, or channel_url but are actually valid. Like shorts.
+            pass
+        else:
+            output_dict['video_error_logger_msg'].append(f"{video['id']} unavailable.")
+            return output_dict
 
     # Get a bar
     locked = False
     if len(kwargs['bars']):
-        # We're going to wait until a bar is available for us to use.
-        while not locked:
+        while not locked:  # We're going to wait until a bar is available for us to use.
             for item in kwargs['bars']:
                 if not is_manager_lock_locked(item[1]):
-                    locked = item[1].acquire(timeout=0.1)  # get the lock ASAP and don't wait if we didn't get it.
+                    locked = item[1].acquire(timeout=0.01)  # get the lock ASAP and don't wait if we didn't get it.
                     offset = item[0]
                     bar_lock = item[1]
                     break
@@ -86,16 +94,19 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
         desc_with = int(np.round(os.get_terminal_size()[0] * (1 / 4)))
         bar = tqdm(total=100, position=offset, desc=f"{video['id']} - {video['title']}".ljust(desc_with)[:desc_with], bar_format='{l_bar}{bar}| {elapsed}<{remaining}{postfix}', leave=False)
 
-    output_dict = {'downloaded_video_id': None, 'video_id': video['id'], 'video_error_logger_msg': [], 'status_msg': [], 'logger_msg': []}  # empty object
     start_time = time.time()
 
     try:
         kwargs['ydl_opts']['logger'] = ytdl_logger()  # dummy silent logger
         yt_dlp = ydl.YDL(kwargs['ydl_opts'])
-        url = video['url']
-        video = yt_dlp.sanitize_info(yt_dlp.extract_info(video['url'], download=False))
-        video['url'] = url
-        del url
+        video_n = yt_dlp.get_info(video['url'])
+        if not video_n:
+            output_dict['video_error_logger_msg'].append(f"{video['id']} failed to get info.")
+            return output_dict
+        video_n['url'] = video['url']
+        video = video_n
+        del video_n
+
         try:
             base_path = os.path.splitext(yt_dlp.prepare_filename(video))[0]
         except AttributeError:
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
             output_dict['downloaded_video_id'] = video['id']
         else:
             output_dict['video_error_logger_msg'] = output_dict['video_error_logger_msg'] + ylogger.errors
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         output_dict['video_error_logger_msg'].append(f"EXCEPTION -> {traceback.format_exc()}")
         if locked:
             bar.update(100 - bar.n)
diff --git a/ydl/yt_dlp.py b/ydl/yt_dlp.py
index 3d3ea45..fef17a3 100644
--- a/ydl/yt_dlp.py
+++ b/ydl/yt_dlp.py
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ class YDL:
             'logger': self.ydl_opts['logger'],
         }
         with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
-            info = ydl.sanitize_info(ydl.extract_info(url, download=False))
+            info = self.get_info(url)
             if not info:
                 return False
             entries = []
             if info['_type'] == 'playlist':
                 if 'entries' in info.keys():
                     # When downloading a channel youtube-dl returns a playlist for videos and another for shorts.
-                    # We need to combine all the videos into one list
+                    # We need to combine all the videos into one list.
                     for item in info['entries']:
                         if item['_type'] in ('video', 'url'):
                             entries.append(item)
                         elif item['_type'] == 'playlist':
-                            for video in ydl.sanitize_info(ydl.extract_info(item['webpage_url'], download=False))['entries']:
+                            for video in self.get_info(item['webpage_url'])['entries']:
                                 entries.append(video)
                         else:
                             raise ValueError(f"Unknown sub-media type: {item['_type']}")
@@ -83,8 +83,15 @@ class YDL:
     def process_info(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.yt_dlp.process_info(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def sanitize_info(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.yt_dlp.sanitize_info(*args, **kwargs)
+    def get_info(self, url):
+        ydl_opts = {
+            'extract_flat': True,
+            'skip_download': True,
+            'ignoreerrors': True,
+            'logger': self.ydl_opts['logger'],
+        }
+        ydl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)
+        return ydl.sanitize_info(ydl.extract_info(url, download=False))
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.yt_dlp.download(*args, **kwargs)