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NAME
====
youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
SYNOPSIS
========
youtube-dl OPTIONS URL [URL...]
DESCRIPTION
===========
youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter,
version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should
work on your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the
public domain, 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
--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
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
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 before this date
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
Download Options:
-----------------
-r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-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, %(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
--autonumber 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)
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
--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-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-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
--get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
--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)
Video Format Options:
---------------------
-f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
--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 (currently youtube
only)
Subtitle Options:
-----------------
--write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
--write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (currently youtube
only)
--only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download
--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 only)
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)
CONFIGURATION
=============
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.
OUTPUT TEMPLATE
===============
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:
- id: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
- url: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
- uploader: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the
person who uploaded the video.
- upload_date: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in
YYYYMMDD format.
- title: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
- ext: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension
(like flv or mp4).
- epoch: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating
the file.
- autonumber: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number
that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
- playlist: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the
video.
- playlist_index: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit
number.
The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.
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:
$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
VIDEO SELECTION
===============
Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options --date,
--datebefore or --dateafter, they accept dates in two formats:
- Absolute dates: Dates in the format YYYYMMDD.
- Relative dates: Dates in the format
(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?
Examples:
$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
$ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970
$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010
FAQ
===
Can you please put the -b option back?
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.
I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
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, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a
webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart
youtube-dl.
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
mplayer.
The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
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.
ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
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.
ERROR: unable to download video
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.
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character
The error
File "youtube-dl", line 2
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...
means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to
Python 2.6 or 2.7.
What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
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.
The exe throws a Runtime error from Visual C++
To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
Redistributable Package.
COPYRIGHT
=========
youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
(https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the public
domain.
BUGS
====
Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues
Please include:
- 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.
- If possible re-run the command with --verbose, and include the full
output, it is really helpful to us.
- The output of youtube-dl --version
- The output of python --version
- The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
"Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.
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