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  1. # youtube-dl
  2. ## USAGE
  3. youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
  4. ## DESCRIPTION
  5. **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
  6. YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
  7. 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
  8. your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
  9. which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
  10. ## OPTIONS
  11. -h, --help print this help text and exit
  12. --version print program version and exit
  13. -U, --update update this program to latest version
  14. -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
  15. -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  16. -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
  17. --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
  18. --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  19. would handle
  20. ### Video Selection:
  21. --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  22. --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
  23. --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
  24. sub-string)
  25. --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
  26. caseless sub-string)
  27. --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
  28. ### Filesystem Options:
  29. -t, --title use title in file name
  30. -l, --literal use literal title in file name
  31. -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
  32. -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the
  33. title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  34. %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
  35. number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
  36. %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and
  37. %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
  38. stdout.
  39. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  40. -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
  41. -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
  42. --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  43. from beginning)
  44. --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  45. --no-part do not use .part files
  46. --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  47. modification time
  48. --write-description write video description to a .description file
  49. --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
  50. ### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  51. -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
  52. -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything
  53. to disk
  54. --skip-download do not download the video
  55. -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
  56. -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
  57. --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  58. --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
  59. --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
  60. --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
  61. --no-progress do not print progress bar
  62. --console-title display progress in console titlebar
  63. -v, --verbose print various debugging information
  64. ### Video Format Options:
  65. -f, --format FORMAT video format code
  66. --all-formats download all available video formats
  67. --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
  68. requested
  69. --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
  70. -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
  71. ### Authentication Options:
  72. -u, --username USERNAME account username
  73. -p, --password PASSWORD account password
  74. -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
  75. ### Post-processing Options:
  76. --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  77. ffmpeg and ffprobe)
  78. --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
  79. best by default
  80. --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
  81. -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
  82. processing; the video is erased by default
  83. ## FAQ
  84. ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  85. 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.
  86. ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
  87. 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.
  88. ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
  89. Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
  90. ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
  91. 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.
  92. ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
  93. 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`.
  94. ## COPYRIGHT
  95. youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
  96. This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
  97. ## BUGS
  98. Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
  99. Please include:
  100. * 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.
  101. * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
  102. * The output of `python --version`
  103. * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).