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| author | Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> | 2015-11-30 00:53:47 -0200 |
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| committer | Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> | 2015-11-30 00:53:47 -0200 |
| commit | 9ed7fe4fe4c445eb7d9f3197bb300d0db8f1807a (patch) | |
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@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ Video Format Options: --all-formats Download all available video formats --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested - -F, --list-formats List all available formats + -F, --list-formats List all available formats of specified + videos --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g. @@ -362,8 +363,8 @@ Video Format Options: Subtitle Options: --write-sub Write subtitle file - --write-auto-sub Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube - only) + --write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle file + (YouTube only) --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the video --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video @@ -697,6 +698,18 @@ CAPTCHA, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. +Do I need any other programs? + +youtube-dl works fine on its own on most sites. However, if you want to +convert video/audio, you'll need avconv or ffmpeg. On some sites - most +notably YouTube - videos can be retrieved in a higher quality format +without sound. youtube-dl will detect whether avconv/ffmpeg is present +and automatically pick the best option. + +Videos or video formats streamed via RTMP protocol can only be +downloaded when rtmpdump is installed. Downloading MMS and RTSP videos +requires either mplayer or mpv to be installed. + I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as vlc or |