diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
index 42377fa0f0..f7c831c671 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ def run(self, info):
         title = info['title']
         match = re.match(self._titleregex, title)
         if match is None:
-            raise MetadataFromTitlePPError('Could not interpret title of video as "%s"' % self._titleformat)
+            self._downloader.to_screen('[fromtitle] Could not interpret title of video as "%s"' % self._titleformat)
+            return [], info
         for attribute, value in match.groupdict().items():
             value = match.group(attribute)
             info[attribute] = value