diff --git a/goutubedl.go b/goutubedl.go
index 6a14b65..1631ba1 100644
--- a/goutubedl.go
+++ b/goutubedl.go
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	HTTPClient        *http.Client                  // Client for download thumbnail and subtitles (nil use http.DefaultClient)
 	MergeOutputFormat string                        // --merge-output-format
 	SortingFormat     string                        // --format-sort
+
+	// Set to true if you don't want to use the result.Info structure after the goutubedl.New() call,
+	// so the given URL will be downloaded in a single pass in the DownloadResult.Download() call.
+	noInfoDownload bool
 }
 
 // Version of youtube-dl.
@@ -227,12 +231,30 @@ func Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(versionBytes)), nil
 }
 
+// Downloads given URL using the given options and filter (usually a format id or quality designator).
+// If filter is empty, then youtube-dl will use its default format selector.
+func Download(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options, filter string) (*DownloadResult, error) {
+	options.noInfoDownload = true
+	d, err := New(ctx, rawURL, options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return d.Download(ctx, filter)
+}
+
 // New downloads metadata for URL
 func New(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options) (result Result, err error) {
 	if options.DebugLog == nil {
 		options.DebugLog = nopPrinter{}
 	}
 
+	if options.noInfoDownload {
+		return Result{
+			RawURL:  rawURL,
+			Options: options,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
 	info, rawJSON, err := infoFromURL(ctx, rawURL, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Result{}, err
@@ -243,6 +265,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options) (result Result, er
 
 	return Result{
 		Info:    info,
+		RawURL:  rawURL,
 		RawJSON: rawJSONCopy,
 		Options: options,
 	}, nil
@@ -421,6 +444,7 @@ func infoFromURL(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options) (info Info
 // Result metadata for a URL
 type Result struct {
 	Info    Info
+	RawURL  string
 	RawJSON []byte  // saved raw JSON. Used later when downloading
 	Options Options // options passed to New
 }
@@ -452,18 +476,24 @@ type DownloadOptions struct {
 func (result Result) DownloadWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options DownloadOptions) (*DownloadResult, error) {
 	debugLog := result.Options.DebugLog
 
-	if (result.Info.Type == "playlist" || result.Info.Type == "multi_video") && options.PlaylistIndex == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't download a playlist when the playlist index options is not set")
+	if !result.Options.noInfoDownload {
+		if (result.Info.Type == "playlist" || result.Info.Type == "multi_video") && options.PlaylistIndex == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't download a playlist when the playlist index options is not set")
+		}
 	}
 
 	tempPath, tempErr := ioutil.TempDir("", "ydls")
 	if tempErr != nil {
 		return nil, tempErr
 	}
-	jsonTempPath := path.Join(tempPath, "info.json")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(jsonTempPath, result.RawJSON, 0600); err != nil {
-		os.RemoveAll(tempPath)
-		return nil, err
+
+	var jsonTempPath string
+	if !result.Options.noInfoDownload {
+		jsonTempPath = path.Join(tempPath, "info.json")
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(jsonTempPath, result.RawJSON, 0600); err != nil {
+			os.RemoveAll(tempPath)
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	dr := &DownloadResult{
@@ -478,9 +508,36 @@ func (result Result) DownloadWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options DownloadOp
 		"--ignore-errors",
 		"--newline",
 		"--restrict-filenames",
-		"--load-info", jsonTempPath,
 		"-o", "-",
 	)
+
+	if result.Options.noInfoDownload {
+		// provide URL via stdin for security, youtube-dl has some run command args
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--batch-file", "-")
+		cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewBufferString(result.RawURL + "\n")
+
+		if result.Options.Type == TypePlaylist {
+			cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--yes-playlist")
+
+			if result.Options.PlaylistStart > 0 {
+				cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args,
+					"--playlist-start", strconv.Itoa(int(result.Options.PlaylistStart)),
+				)
+			}
+			if result.Options.PlaylistEnd > 0 {
+				cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args,
+					"--playlist-end", strconv.Itoa(int(result.Options.PlaylistEnd)),
+				)
+			}
+		} else {
+			cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args,
+				"--no-playlist",
+			)
+		}
+	} else {
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--load-info", jsonTempPath)
+	}
+
 	// don't need to specify if direct as there is only one
 	// also seems to be issues when using filter with generic extractor
 	if !result.Info.Direct && options.Filter != "" {
diff --git a/goutubedl_test.go b/goutubedl_test.go
index 54adab9..b5dbd95 100644
--- a/goutubedl_test.go
+++ b/goutubedl_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,38 @@ func TestDownload(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDownloadWithoutInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leakChecks(t)()
+
+	stderrBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	dr, err := goutubedl.Download(context.Background(), testVideoRawURL, goutubedl.Options{
+		StderrFn: func(cmd *exec.Cmd) io.Writer {
+			return stderrBuf
+		},
+	}, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	downloadBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	n, err := io.Copy(downloadBuf, dr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	dr.Close()
+
+	if n != int64(downloadBuf.Len()) {
+		t.Errorf("copy n not equal to download buffer: %d!=%d", n, downloadBuf.Len())
+	}
+
+	if n < 10000 {
+		t.Errorf("should have copied at least 10000 bytes: %d", n)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(stderrBuf.String(), "Destination") {
+		t.Errorf("did not find expected log message on stderr: %q", stderrBuf.String())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		url           string