yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
         elif (sys.platform != 'win32' and not self.params.get('restrictfilenames')
                 and self.params.get('windowsfilenames') is False):
             def sanitize(key, value):
-                return str(value).replace('/', '\u29F8').replace('\0', '')
+                return value.replace('/', '\u29F8').replace('\0', '')
         else:
             def sanitize(key, value):
                 return filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames'))

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -261,11 +261,9 @@ def validate_options(opts):
         elif value in ('inf', 'infinite'):
             return float('inf')
         try:
-            int_value = int(value)
+            return int(value)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             validate(False, f'{name} retry count', value)
-        validate_positive(f'{name} retry count', int_value)
-        return int_value
 
     opts.retries = parse_retries('download', opts.retries)
     opts.fragment_retries = parse_retries('fragment', opts.fragment_retries)