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  1. # youtube-dl
  2. ## USAGE
  3. youtube-dl [OPTIONS] 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. -v, --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. --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  18. --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
  19. --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
  20. ### Filesystem Options:
  21. -t, --title use title in file name
  22. -l, --literal use literal title in file name
  23. -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
  24. -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template
  25. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  26. -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
  27. -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
  28. --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to
  29. --no-part do not use .part files
  30. --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  31. modification time
  32. --write-description write video description to a .description file
  33. --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
  34. ### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  35. -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
  36. -s, --simulate do not download video
  37. -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
  38. -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
  39. --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  40. --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
  41. --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
  42. --no-progress do not print progress bar
  43. --console-title display progress in console titlebar
  44. ### Video Format Options:
  45. -f, --format FORMAT video format code
  46. --all-formats download all available video formats
  47. --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
  48. ### Authentication Options:
  49. -u, --username USERNAME account username
  50. -p, --password PASSWORD account password
  51. -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
  52. ### Post-processing Options:
  53. --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  54. ffmpeg and ffprobe)
  55. --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default
  56. ## FAQ
  57. ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  58. 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.
  59. ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What''s this?
  60. 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.
  61. ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
  62. Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
  63. ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
  64. 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.
  65. ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
  66. 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`.
  67. ## COPYRIGHT
  68. youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
  69. This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
  70. ## BUGS
  71. Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
  72. Please include:
  73. * 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.
  74. * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
  75. * The output of `python --version`
  76. * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).