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