diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index 74b5184..1dc9b1e 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ expand_path() {
     ret=$(readlink -m "$ret")
     echo $ret
 }
+
 is_absolute_unix_path() {
     if [[ $1 =~ ^/ ]]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi
 }
@@ -119,6 +120,16 @@ open_explorer_here() {
     fi
 }
 
+remove_extra_spaces() {
+    # Replace consecutive spaces with a single space.
+    #
+    # We're using this in the various vid/audio download functions because
+    # Windows seems to strip extra spaces when creating a file, so we need
+    # to match this behaviour in order to do post-processing after downloading.
+    ret=$(echo "$1" | tr -s ' ')
+    echo "$ret"
+}
+
 ##################
 # Building code
 ##################
@@ -352,6 +363,8 @@ make_vid_dir_and_cd_into() {
         fi
     fi
 
+    dir_name=$(remove_extra_spaces "$dir_name")
+
     printf "${BOLD}Creating directory ${YELLOW}'$dir_name'${NORMAL}\n"
     mkdir "$dir_name" 2>/dev/null
     cd "$dir_name"
@@ -466,9 +479,10 @@ download_youtube_vid() {
 
     # Get the video filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
     printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
-    # Download
+    # Download the video.
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
     error=$?
@@ -604,8 +618,10 @@ function download_youtube_audio() {
 
     # Get the audio filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
     printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
+    # Download the audio.
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
     error=$?
@@ -625,6 +641,7 @@ function download_youtube_audio() {
 actually_download_twitch_chat() {
     local url="$1"
     local filename="$2"
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
 
     rechat.exe -d $url "$filename.json"
     if [[ -f "$filename.json" ]]; then
@@ -738,16 +755,18 @@ download_twitch_vid() {
 
     # Get the video filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $yt_dlp_format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
+    printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
-    # Download
+    # Download the video.
     if [[ $subscriber_vod == "0" ]]; then
-        local cmd="streamlink.exe --twitch-low-latency --twitch-disable-ads --twitch-disable-hosting --force --force-progress $opts $url $streamlink_format -O | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -c copy \"$filename\""
+        printf "${YELLOW}${BOLD}\nUsing streamlink to download...${NORMAL}\n"
+        local cmd="streamlink.exe --twitch-low-latency --twitch-disable-ads --twitch-disable-hosting --force --progress=force $opts $url $streamlink_format -O | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -c copy \"$filename\""
     else
+        printf "${YELLOW}${BOLD}\nUsing yt-dlp to download...${NORMAL}\n"
         local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $yt_dlp_format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     fi
 
-    printf "${YELLOW}${BOLD}Downloading video\n${NORMAL}"
-
     eval $cmd  # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
     error=$?
 
@@ -759,9 +778,9 @@ download_twitch_vid() {
 
     if [[ $compress == "1" ]]; then
         local temp_name="temp_${RANDOM}"
+        extension="${filename##*.}"
         # 0=cpu, 1=gpu
         compress-video "$filename" "$temp_name" 0
-        extension="${filename##*.}"
         mv "$filename" "orig_$filename"
         mv $temp_name.$extension "$filename"
         printf "${BOLD}Make sure to delete the original video file\n${NORMAL}"
@@ -818,9 +837,12 @@ download_vimeo_vid() {
         local name_format="%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s-shortname-vimeo-%(id)s"
     fi
 
-    # Download the video.
+    # Get the video filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
+    printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
+    # Download the video.
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
@@ -885,9 +907,12 @@ download_twitter_vid() {
         format="b"
     fi
 
-    # Download the video.
+    # Get the video filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
+    printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
+    # Download the video.
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
@@ -934,9 +959,12 @@ download_instagram_vid() {
 
     format="b" # best available
 
-    # Download the video.
+    # Get the video filename.
     local filename=$(yt-dlp.exe --get-filename -f $format -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $opts $url)
+    filename=$(remove_extra_spaces "$filename")
+    printf "filename: $filename\n"
 
+    # Download the video.
     local cmd="yt-dlp.exe -f $format -o \"$filename\" $opts $url"
     eval $cmd   # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.