You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.

263 lines
16 KiB

13 years ago
13 years ago
13 years ago
13 years ago
  1. % YOUTUBE-DL(1)
  2. # NAME
  3. youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
  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. Make sure
  16. that you have sufficient permissions (run with
  17. sudo if needed)
  18. -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
  19. --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
  20. --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
  21. --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access
  22. is restricted to one domain
  23. --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  24. would handle
  25. --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
  26. --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
  27. --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
  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
  37. (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  38. --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.
  39. 50k or 44.6m)
  40. --date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
  41. --datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date
  42. --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
  43. ## Download Options:
  44. -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  45. -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
  46. --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k)
  47. (default is 1024)
  48. --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
  49. default, the buffer size is automatically resized
  50. from an initial value of SIZE.
  51. ## Filesystem Options:
  52. -t, --title use title in file name (default)
  53. --id use only video ID in file name
  54. -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
  55. -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
  56. -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get
  57. the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  58. %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
  59. different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
  60. incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
  61. extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
  62. (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
  63. (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
  64. , %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in,
  65. %(playlist_index)s for the position in the
  66. playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use - to
  67. output to stdout. Can also be used to download to
  68. a different directory, for example with -o '/my/d
  69. ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
  70. --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
  71. when it is present in output filename template or
  72. --autonumber option is given
  73. --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
  74. avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
  75. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  76. -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
  77. -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
  78. --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  79. from beginning)
  80. --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  81. --no-part do not use .part files
  82. --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the
  83. file modification time
  84. --write-description write video description to a .description file
  85. --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
  86. --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
  87. ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  88. -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
  89. -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
  90. anything to disk
  91. --skip-download do not download the video
  92. -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
  93. -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
  94. --get-id simulate, quiet but print id
  95. --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  96. --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
  97. --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
  98. --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
  99. --newline output progress bar as new lines
  100. --no-progress do not print progress bar
  101. --console-title display progress in console titlebar
  102. -v, --verbose print various debugging information
  103. --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
  104. verbose)
  105. ## Video Format Options:
  106. -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
  107. preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
  108. --all-formats download all available video formats
  109. --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one
  110. is requested
  111. --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
  112. -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube
  113. only)
  114. ## Subtitle Options:
  115. --write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
  116. --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (currently youtube
  117. only)
  118. --only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download
  119. --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the
  120. video
  121. --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
  122. --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube
  123. only)
  124. --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download (optional)
  125. separated by commas, use IETF language tags like
  126. 'en,pt'
  127. ## Authentication Options:
  128. -u, --username USERNAME account username
  129. -p, --password PASSWORD account password
  130. -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
  131. --video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo only)
  132. ## Post-processing Options:
  133. -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  134. ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
  135. --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
  136. "wav"; best by default
  137. --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert
  138. a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR
  139. or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
  140. --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary
  141. (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
  142. -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
  143. processing; the video is erased by default
  144. --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
  145. processed files are overwritten by default
  146. --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
  147. videos)
  148. # CONFIGURATION
  149. 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`.
  150. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
  151. 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:
  152. - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
  153. - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
  154. - `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video.
  155. - `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format.
  156. - `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
  157. - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
  158. - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
  159. - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
  160. - `playlist`: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the video.
  161. - `playlist_index`: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number.
  162. The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
  163. 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:
  164. $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
  165. youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
  166. $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
  167. youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
  168. # VIDEO SELECTION
  169. Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats:
  170. - Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
  171. - Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?`
  172. Examples:
  173. $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
  174. $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970
  175. $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010
  176. # FAQ
  177. ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  178. 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.
  179. ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
  180. 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.
  181. ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
  182. Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
  183. ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
  184. 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.
  185. ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
  186. 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`.
  187. ### ERROR: unable to download video ###
  188. 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`.
  189. ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
  190. The error
  191. File "youtube-dl", line 2
  192. SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...
  193. means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
  194. ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
  195. 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`.
  196. ### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++*
  197. 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).
  198. # COPYRIGHT
  199. youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
  200. This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
  201. # BUGS
  202. Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
  203. Please include:
  204. * 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.
  205. * If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.
  206. * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
  207. * The output of `python --version`
  208. * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
  209. For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.