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authorRogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>2013-10-23 21:24:02 -0200
committerRogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>2013-10-23 21:24:02 -0200
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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
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
- --cache-dir None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
store downloaded information permanently. By
default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
/youtube-dl .
@@ -52,11 +54,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
--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 present in the archive
+ file. Record all downloaded videos in it.
## Download Options:
- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ -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)
+ --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
@@ -72,15 +78,17 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
- extension, %(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' .
+ extension, %(format)s for the format description
+ (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD")%(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/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(i
+ d)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
when it is present in output filename template or
--autonumber option is given
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
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:
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
processed files are overwritten by default
--embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
videos)
+ --add-metadata add metadata to the files
# CONFIGURATION