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- # youtube-dl
-
- ## USAGE
- youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
-
- ## DESCRIPTION
- **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
- YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
- 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
- your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
- which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
-
- ## OPTIONS
- -h, --help print this help text and exit
- --version print program version and exit
- -U, --update update this program to latest version
- -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
- -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
- --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
- --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
- would handle
-
- ### Video Selection:
- --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
- --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
- --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
- sub-string)
- --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
- caseless sub-string)
- --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
-
- ### Filesystem Options:
- -t, --title use title in file name
- -l, --literal use literal title in file name
- -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
- -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the
- title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
- %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
- number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
- %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and
- %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
- stdout.
- -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
- -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
- -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
- --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
- from beginning)
- --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
- --no-part do not use .part files
- --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
- modification time
- --write-description write video description to a .description file
- --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
-
- ### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
- -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
- -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything
- to disk
- --skip-download do not download the video
- -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
- -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
- --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
- --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
- --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
- --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
- --no-progress do not print progress bar
- --console-title display progress in console titlebar
- -v, --verbose print various debugging information
-
- ### Video Format Options:
- -f, --format FORMAT video format code
- --all-formats download all available video formats
- --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
- requested
- --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
- -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
-
- ### Authentication Options:
- -u, --username USERNAME account username
- -p, --password PASSWORD account password
- -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
-
- ### Post-processing Options:
- --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
- ffmpeg and ffprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
- best by default
- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
- -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
- processing; the video is erased by default
-
- ## FAQ
-
- ### Can you please put the -b option back?
-
- Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
-
- ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
-
- Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
-
- ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
-
- Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
-
- ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
-
- The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
-
- ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
-
- youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
-
- ## COPYRIGHT
-
- youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
-
- This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
-
- ## BUGS
-
- Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
-
- Please include:
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- * Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
- * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
- * The output of `python --version`
- * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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