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- .TH youtube-dl 1 ""
- .SH NAME
- .PP
- youtube-dl
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .PP
- \f[B]youtube-dl\f[] [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- \f[B]youtube-dl\f[] 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 6),
- 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.
- .SH OPTIONS
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- -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
- --user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
- --list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Video Selection:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- --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
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Filesystem Options:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- -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\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ 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
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Verbosity / Simulation Options:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- -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
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Video Format Options:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- -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)
- --write-srt\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ closed\ captions\ to\ a\ .srt\ file
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (currently\ youtube\ only)
- --srt-lang\ LANG\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ language\ of\ the\ closed\ captions\ to\ download
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (optional)\ use\ IETF\ language\ tags\ like\ \[aq]en\[aq]
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Authentication Options:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- -u,\ --username\ USERNAME\ \ account\ username
- -p,\ --password\ PASSWORD\ \ account\ password
- -n,\ --netrc\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ .netrc\ authentication\ data
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SS Post-processing Options:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- --extract-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio-only\ files\ (requires
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe)
- --audio-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ or\ "wav";
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ best\ by\ default
- --audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ quality\ specification,\ insert\ a
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ value\ between\ 0\ (better)\ and\ 9\ (worse)\ for\ VBR\ or\ a
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specific\ bitrate\ like\ 128K\ (default\ 5)
- -k,\ --keep-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post-
- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
- \f[]
- .fi
- .SH FAQ
- .SS Can you please put the -b option back?
- .PP
- 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\[aq]\[aq]re interested
- in.
- In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will
- try to download it.
- .SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
- this?
- .PP
- Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
- too much.
- We\[aq]\[aq]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.
- .SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
- .PP
- Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
- vlc (http://www.videolan.org) or mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
- .SS The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
- .PP
- The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct
- cookies.
- Use the \f[C]--cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
- file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
- Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
- \f[C]--dump-user-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
- .SS ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
- .PP
- 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 \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
- .SS ERROR: unable to download video
- .PP
- youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is
- not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
- You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
- .SS SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character
- .PP
- The error
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- File\ "youtube-dl",\ line\ 2
- SyntaxError:\ Non-ASCII\ character\ \[aq]\\x93\[aq]\ ...
- \f[]
- .fi
- .PP
- means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python.
- Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
- .PP
- To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you\[aq]ll have to manually check it
- out like this:
- .IP
- .nf
- \f[C]
- git\ clone\ git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
- cd\ youtube-dl
- python\ -m\ youtube-dl\ --help
- \f[]
- .fi
- .PP
- Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- .PP
- youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
- .PP
- This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
- (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
- domain.
- .SH BUGS
- .PP
- Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
- <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
- .PP
- Please include:
- .IP \[bu] 2
- Your exact command line, like
- \f[C]youtube-dl\ -t\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"\f[].
- A common mistake is not to escape the \f[C]&\f[].
- Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
- .IP \[bu] 2
- The output of \f[C]youtube-dl\ --version\f[]
- .IP \[bu] 2
- The output of \f[C]python\ --version\f[]
- .IP \[bu] 2
- The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
- "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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