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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <[email protected]>2014-01-22 21:57:17 +0100
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which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
# OPTIONS
- -h, --help print this help text and exit
- --version print program version and exit
- -U, --update update this program to latest version. Make sure
- that you have sufficient permissions (run with
- sudo if needed)
- -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to to
- skip unavailable videos in a playlist
- --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
- playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
- --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
- --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
- --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access
- is restricted to one domain
- --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
- would handle
- --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
- --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an
- empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
- --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
- store some downloaded information permanently. By
- default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
- /youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player
- files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are
- cached, but that may change.
- --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
- --socket-timeout None Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
- --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack bidirectional
- text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi
- executable in PATH
- --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example
- "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google
- videos for youtube-dl "large apple". By default
- (with value "auto") youtube-dl guesses.
+ -h, --help print this help text and exit
+ --version print program version and exit
+ -U, --update update this program to latest version. Make
+ sure that you have sufficient permissions
+ (run with sudo if needed)
+ -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to
+ to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
+ --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
+ playlist or the command line) if an error
+ occurs
+ --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
+ --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
+ --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video
+ access is restricted to one domain
+ --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs
+ they would handle
+ --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
+ extractors
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in
+ an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
+ connection
+ --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+ can store some downloaded information
+ permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME
+ /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the
+ moment, only YouTube player files (for
+ videos with obfuscated signatures) are
+ cached, but that may change.
+ --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
+ --socket-timeout None Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
+ --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
+ bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
+ or fribidi executable in PATH
+ --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
+ example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
+ from google videos for youtube-dl "large
+ apple". By default (with value "auto")
+ youtube-dl guesses.
## Video Selection:
- --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
- --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
- --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
- sub-string)
- --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
- caseless sub-string)
- --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
- --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE
- (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
- --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.
- 50k or 44.6m)
- --date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
- --datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded on or before this
- date (i.e. inclusive)
- --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded on or after this
- date (i.e. inclusive)
- --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than COUNT
- views
- --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT
- views
- --no-playlist download only the currently playing video
- --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
- --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive
- file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in
- it.
- --include-ads Download advertisements as well (experimental)
+ --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
+ --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
+ --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or
+ caseless sub-string)
+ --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
+ caseless sub-string)
+ --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
+ --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
+ SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
+ (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ --date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
+ --datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded on or before
+ this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded on or after
+ this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
+ COUNT views
+ --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
+ COUNT views
+ --no-playlist download only the currently playing video
+ --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given
+ age
+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
+ archive file. Record the IDs of all
+ downloaded videos in it.
+ --include-ads Download advertisements as well
+ (experimental)
## Download Options:
- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.
- 50K or 4.2M)
- -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
- --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
- (default is 1024)
- --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
- default, the buffer size is automatically resized
- from an initial value of SIZE.
+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second
+ (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
+ -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
+ --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
+ (default is 1024)
+ --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer
+ size. By default, the buffer size is
+ automatically resized from an initial value
+ of SIZE.
## Filesystem Options:
- -t, --title use title in file name (default)
- --id use only video ID in file name
- -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
- -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
- -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get
- the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
- %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
- different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
- incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
- extension, %(format)s for the format description
- (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for
- the unique id of the format (like Youtube's
- itags: "137"), %(upload_date)s for the upload
- date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
- (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video
- id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is
- in, %(playlist_index)s for the position in the
- playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use - to
- output to stdout. Can also be used to download to
- a different directory, for example with -o '/my/d
- ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
- --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
- when it is present in output filename template or
- --auto-number option is given
- --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
- avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
- -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
- --load-info FILE json file containing the video information
- (created with the "--write-json" option)
- -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
- -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files. By
- default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if
- possible.
- --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
- from beginning)
- --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
- --no-part do not use .part files
- --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the
- file modification time
- --write-description write video description to a .description file
- --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
- --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file
- --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
+ -t, --title use title in file name (default)
+ --id use only video ID in file name
+ -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
+ -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
+ -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to
+ get the title, %(uploader)s for the
+ uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the
+ uploader nickname if different,
+ %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
+ incremented number, %(ext)s for the
+ filename extension, %(format)s for the
+ format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or
+ "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of
+ the format (like Youtube's itags: "137"),
+ %(upload_date)s for the upload date
+ (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
+ (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the
+ video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the
+ video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the
+ position in the playlist and %% for a
+ literal percent. Use - to output to stdout.
+ Can also be used to download to a different
+ directory, for example with -o '/my/downloa
+ ds/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
+ --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in
+ %(autonumber)s when it is present in output
+ filename template or --auto-number option
+ is given
+ --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
+ characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
+ filenames
+ -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for
+ stdin)
+ --load-info FILE json file containing the video information
+ (created with the "--write-json" option)
+ -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
+ -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files.
+ By default, youtube-dl will resume
+ downloads if possible.
+ --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files
+ (restart from beginning)
+ --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie
+ jar in
+ --no-part do not use .part files
+ --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set
+ the file modification time
+ --write-description write video description to a .description
+ file
+ --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
+ --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation
+ file
+ --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
- -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
- -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
- anything to disk
- --skip-download do not download the video
- -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
- -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
- --get-id simulate, quiet but print id
- --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
- --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
- --get-duration simulate, quiet but print video length
- --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
- --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
- -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information
- --newline output progress bar as new lines
- --no-progress do not print progress bar
- --console-title display progress in console titlebar
- -v, --verbose print various debugging information
- --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems (very
- verbose)
- --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in
- the current directory to debug problems
+ --youtube-include-dash-manifest Try to download the DASH manifest on
+ YouTube videos (experimental)
+ -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
+ -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
+ anything to disk
+ --skip-download do not download the video
+ -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
+ -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
+ --get-id simulate, quiet but print id
+ --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
+ --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
+ --get-duration simulate, quiet but print video length
+ --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
+ --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
+ -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information
+ --newline output progress bar as new lines
+ --no-progress do not print progress bar
+ --console-title display progress in console titlebar
+ -v, --verbose print various debugging information
+ --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems
+ (very verbose)
+ --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
+ files in the current directory to debug
+ problems
+ --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
## Video Format Options:
- -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of
- preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4"
- and "-f flv" are also supported. You can also use
- the special names "best", "bestaudio", "worst",
- and "worstaudio"
- --all-formats download all available video formats
- --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one
- is requested
- --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
- -F, --list-formats list all available formats
+ -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of
+ preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18".
+ "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported.
+ You can also use the special names "best",
+ "bestaudio", "worst", and "worstaudio"
+ --all-formats download all available video formats
+ --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific
+ one is requested
+ --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
+ -F, --list-formats list all available formats
## Subtitle Options:
- --write-sub write subtitle file
- --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)
- --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the
- video
- --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
- --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube
- only)
- --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download (optional)
- separated by commas, use IETF language tags like
- 'en,pt'
+ --write-sub write subtitle file
+ --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (youtube
+ only)
+ --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of
+ the video
+ --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
+ --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt]
+ youtube only)
+ --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download
+ (optional) separated by commas, use IETF
+ language tags like 'en,pt'
## Authentication Options:
- -u, --username USERNAME account username
- -p, --password PASSWORD account password
- -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
- --video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri)
+ -u, --username USERNAME account username
+ -p, --password PASSWORD account password
+ -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
+ --video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri)
## Post-processing Options:
- -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
- ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
- "wav"; best by default
- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert
- a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR
- or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
- --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary
- (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
- -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
- processing; the video is erased by default
- --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
- processed files are overwritten by default
- --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
- videos)
- --add-metadata write metadata to the video file
- --xattrs write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using
- dublin core and xdg standards)
- --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
- postprocessors (default)
- --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
- postprocessors
+ -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files
+ (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
+ avprobe)
+ --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a",
+ "opus", or "wav"; best by default
+ --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification,
+ insert a value between 0 (better) and 9
+ (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like
+ 128K (default 5)
+ --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
+ necessary (currently supported:
+ mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
+ -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the
+ post-processing; the video is erased by
+ default
+ --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the
+ post-processed files are overwritten by
+ default
+ --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
+ videos)
+ --add-metadata write metadata to the video file
+ --xattrs write metadata to the video file's xattrs
+ (using dublin core and xdg standards)
+ --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
+ postprocessors (default)
+ --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
+ postprocessors
# CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index 8514c07f0..2978afb0e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '2014.01.22.4'
+__version__ = '2014.01.22.5'