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  1. % YOUTUBE-DL(1)
  2. # NAME
  3. youtube-dl
  4. # SYNOPSIS
  5. **youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
  6. # DESCRIPTION
  7. **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
  8. YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
  9. 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on
  10. your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
  11. which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
  12. # OPTIONS
  13. -h, --help print this help text and exit
  14. --version print program version and exit
  15. -U, --update update this program to latest version
  16. -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
  17. -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  18. -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
  19. --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) (default
  20. is 1024)
  21. --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
  22. default, the buffer size is automatically resized
  23. from an initial value of SIZE.
  24. --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
  25. --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
  26. --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  27. would handle
  28. ## Video Selection:
  29. --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  30. --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
  31. --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
  32. sub-string)
  33. --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
  34. caseless sub-string)
  35. --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
  36. --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g.
  37. 50k or 44.6m)
  38. --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.
  39. 50k or 44.6m)
  40. ## Filesystem Options:
  41. -t, --title use title in file name
  42. --id use video ID in file name
  43. -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
  44. -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
  45. -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the
  46. title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  47. %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
  48. different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
  49. incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
  50. extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
  51. (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
  52. (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
  53. and %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
  54. stdout. Can also be used to download to a different
  55. directory, for example with -o '/my/downloads/%(upl
  56. oader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
  57. --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
  58. avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
  59. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  60. -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
  61. -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
  62. --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  63. from beginning)
  64. --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  65. --no-part do not use .part files
  66. --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  67. modification time
  68. --write-description write video description to a .description file
  69. --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
  70. ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  71. -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
  72. -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything
  73. to disk
  74. --skip-download do not download the video
  75. -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
  76. -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
  77. --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  78. --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
  79. --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
  80. --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
  81. --newline output progress bar as new lines
  82. --no-progress do not print progress bar
  83. --console-title display progress in console titlebar
  84. -v, --verbose print various debugging information
  85. ## Video Format Options:
  86. -f, --format FORMAT video format code
  87. --all-formats download all available video formats
  88. --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
  89. requested
  90. --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
  91. -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
  92. --write-srt write video closed captions to a .srt file
  93. (currently youtube only)
  94. --srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download
  95. (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'
  96. ## Authentication Options:
  97. -u, --username USERNAME account username
  98. -p, --password PASSWORD account password
  99. -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
  100. ## Post-processing Options:
  101. -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  102. ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
  103. --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
  104. "wav"; best by default
  105. --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
  106. value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
  107. specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
  108. --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary
  109. (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
  110. -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
  111. processing; the video is erased by default
  112. --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
  113. processed files are overwritten by default
  114. # CONFIGURATION
  115. You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.
  116. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
  117. The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:
  118. - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
  119. - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
  120. - `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video.
  121. - `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format.
  122. - `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
  123. - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
  124. - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
  125. - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
  126. The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment).
  127. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
  128. $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
  129. youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
  130. $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
  131. youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
  132. # FAQ
  133. ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  134. 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.
  135. ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
  136. 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.
  137. ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
  138. Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
  139. ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
  140. 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. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
  141. ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
  142. 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`.
  143. ### ERROR: unable to download video ###
  144. youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
  145. ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
  146. The error
  147. File "youtube-dl", line 2
  148. SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...
  149. means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
  150. ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
  151. Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.
  152. ### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++*
  153. To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
  154. # COPYRIGHT
  155. youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
  156. This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
  157. # BUGS
  158. Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
  159. Please include:
  160. * 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.
  161. * If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.
  162. * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
  163. * The output of `python --version`
  164. * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
  165. For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.