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1from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
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3import os.path
4import optparse
3aa9a735 5import re
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6import sys
7
8c25f81b 8from .compat import (
4644ac55 9 compat_expanduser,
003c69a8 10 compat_get_terminal_size,
4644ac55 11 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 12 compat_kwargs,
cab792ab 13 compat_shlex_split,
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14)
15from .utils import (
06e57990 16 Config,
0202b52a 17 expand_path,
f74980cb 18 get_executable_path,
de6000d9 19 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
1e43a6f7 20 POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
3ae5e797 21 remove_end,
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22 write_string,
23)
f59f5ef8 24from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
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25from .version import __version__
26
81a23040 27from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 28from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 29 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
30 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
31 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
32 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 33 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 34)
7a340e0d 35from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
81a23040 36
34a741a8 37
06e57990 38def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
39 parser = create_parser()
40 root = Config(parser)
905d18a7 41
06e57990 42 if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
43 ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
44 if overrideArguments:
45 root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
46 else:
47 root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
34a741a8 48
e2e43aea 49 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
50 # .config
51 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
52 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
53 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
54 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
06e57990 55 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 56 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 57 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 58
e2e43aea 59 # appdata
60 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
61 if appdata_dir:
62 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
06e57990 63 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 64 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 65 userConfFile += '.txt'
06e57990 66 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 67 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 68 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 69
e2e43aea 70 # home
71 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
06e57990 72 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
34a741a8 73 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 74 userConfFile += '.txt'
06e57990 75 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 76 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 77 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 78
0202b52a 79 return default, None
34a741a8 80
06e57990 81 def add_config(label, path, user=False):
82 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
83 if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
84 return False
85 # Multiple package names can be given here
86 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
87 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
88 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
89 if user:
90 args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
91 else:
92 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
93 args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
94 if args is not None:
95 root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
96 return True
97 return True
98
99 def load_configs():
100 yield not ignore_config_files
101 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
102 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
103 yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
104 yield add_config('System', '/etc')
105
106 if all(load_configs()):
107 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
108 # the user configuration is removed
109 if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
110 user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
111 if user_conf is not None:
112 root.configs.pop(user_conf)
113
114 opts, args = root.parse_args()
115 if opts.verbose:
116 write_string(f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:] + '\n')
117 return parser, opts, args
118
119
120def create_parser():
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121 def _format_option_string(option):
122 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
123
124 opts = []
125
126 if option._short_opts:
127 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
128 if option._long_opts:
129 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
130 if len(opts) > 1:
131 opts.insert(1, ', ')
132
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133 if option.takes_value():
134 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 135
611c1dd9 136 return ''.join(opts)
34a741a8 137
d21bba78 138 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 139 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
9e907ebd 140 current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
1f8471e2 141 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 142 setattr(
143 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 144 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 145
31654882 146 def _set_from_options_callback(
d21bba78 147 option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
148 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
9e907ebd 149 current = set(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
d21bba78 150 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
31654882 151 while values:
152 actual_val = val = values.pop()
153 if val == 'all':
154 current.update(allowed_values)
155 elif val == '-all':
156 current = set()
157 elif val in aliases:
158 values.extend(aliases[val])
159 else:
160 if val[0] == '-':
161 val = val[1:]
162 current.discard(val)
163 else:
164 current.update([val])
165 if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
166 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
167
168 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
169
e632bce2 170 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 171 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 172 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
ca30f449 173 process_key=str.lower, append=False):
45016689 174
ca30f449 175 out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
bb66c247 176 multiple_args = not isinstance(value, str)
d818eb74 177 if multiple_keys:
178 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
bb66c247 179 mobj = re.match(
180 r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter),
181 value[0] if multiple_args else value)
45016689 182 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 183 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
bb66c247 184 if multiple_args:
185 val = [val, *value[1:]]
45016689 186 elif default_key is not None:
d818eb74 187 keys, val = [default_key], value
45016689 188 else:
189 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
190 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
4bb6b02f 191 try:
44bcb8d1 192 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 193 val = process(val) if process else val
194 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 195 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 196 for key in keys:
ca30f449 197 out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
198 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
45016689 199
34a741a8 200 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 201 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
8450c15c 202 max_width = columns if columns else 80
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203 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
204 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
205 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
206 max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
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207
208 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
209 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
210
211 kw = {
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212 'version': __version__,
213 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 214 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 215 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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216 }
217
c7b0add8 218 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 219
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220 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
221 general.add_option(
222 '-h', '--help',
223 action='help',
17941321 224 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 225 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 226 '--version',
8450c15c 227 action='version',
17941321 228 help='Print program version and exit')
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229 general.add_option(
230 '-U', '--update',
231 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
8d801631 232 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
8450c15c 233 general.add_option(
b1940459 234 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
235 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 236 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 237 general.add_option(
238 '--no-abort-on-error',
239 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
240 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 241 general.add_option(
6623ac34 242 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 243 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 244 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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245 general.add_option(
246 '--dump-user-agent',
247 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 248 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 249 general.add_option(
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250 '--list-extractors',
251 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 252 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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253 general.add_option(
254 '--extractor-descriptions',
255 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 256 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
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257 general.add_option(
258 '--force-generic-extractor',
259 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
260 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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261 general.add_option(
262 '--default-search',
263 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
9ee4f0bb 264 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching')
34a741a8 265 general.add_option(
6623ac34 266 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 267 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 268 help=(
9e907ebd 269 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
ed8d87f9 270 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
fc5fa964 271 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
e66dca5e 272 general.add_option(
06e57990 273 '--no-config-locations',
274 action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
275 help=(
276 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
277 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
278 general.add_option(
279 '--config-locations',
280 dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
281 help=(
282 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory. '
283 'Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
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284 general.add_option(
285 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 286 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 287 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 288 general.add_option(
289 '--no-flat-playlist',
290 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
291 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
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292 general.add_option(
293 '--live-from-start',
294 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
9e907ebd 295 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
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296 general.add_option(
297 '--no-live-from-start',
298 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
299 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
f2ebc5c7 300 general.add_option(
301 '--wait-for-video',
302 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
303 help=(
304 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
305 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
306 general.add_option(
307 '--no-wait-for-video',
308 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
309 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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310 general.add_option(
311 '--mark-watched',
312 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e6f21b3d 313 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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314 general.add_option(
315 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 316 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
317 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 318 general.add_option(
8a51f564 319 '--no-colors',
597c1866 320 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
17941321 321 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
53ed7066 322 general.add_option(
323 '--compat-options',
31654882 324 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
325 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
326 callback_kwargs={
327 'allowed_values': {
328 'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
329 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
f279aaee 330 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
31654882 331 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
d21bba78 332 }, 'aliases': {
31654882 333 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
334 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
335 }
336 }, help=(
337 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 338 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
339 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
34a741a8 340
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341 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
342 network.add_option(
343 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
344 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 345 help=(
346 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
347 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
88f23a18 348 'socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
6623ac34 349 'for direct connection'))
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350 network.add_option(
351 '--socket-timeout',
352 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
353 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
354 network.add_option(
355 '--source-address',
356 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 357 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 358 )
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359 network.add_option(
360 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
361 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 362 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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363 )
364 network.add_option(
365 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
366 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 367 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 368 )
0aa10994 369
b31fdeed 370 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 371 geo.add_option(
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372 '--geo-verification-proxy',
373 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 374 help=(
375 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 376 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 377 geo.add_option(
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378 '--cn-verification-proxy',
379 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
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380 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
381 geo.add_option(
382 '--geo-bypass',
383 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
455a15e2 384 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)')
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385 geo.add_option(
386 '--no-geo-bypass',
455a15e2 387 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass',
504f20dd 388 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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389 geo.add_option(
390 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
391 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
504f20dd 392 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
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393 geo.add_option(
394 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
395 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
504f20dd 396 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
be4a824d 397
8450c15c 398 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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399 selection.add_option(
400 '--playlist-start',
401 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 402 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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403 selection.add_option(
404 '--playlist-end',
405 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 406 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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407 selection.add_option(
408 '--playlist-items',
409 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
8a51f564 410 help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13')
34a741a8 411 selection.add_option(
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412 '--match-title',
413 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 414 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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415 selection.add_option(
416 '--reject-title',
417 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 418 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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419 selection.add_option(
420 '--min-filesize',
421 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
422 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
423 selection.add_option(
424 '--max-filesize',
425 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
426 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
427 selection.add_option(
428 '--date',
429 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 430 help=(
0930b11f 431 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
8a51f564 432 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
c76eb41b 433 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
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434 selection.add_option(
435 '--datebefore',
436 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 437 help=(
438 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
439 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 440 selection.add_option(
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441 '--dateafter',
442 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 443 help=(
444 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
445 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 446 selection.add_option(
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447 '--min-views',
448 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 449 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 450 selection.add_option(
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451 '--max-views',
452 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 453 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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454 selection.add_option(
455 '--match-filter',
456 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
457 help=(
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458 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
459 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
460 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
a047eeb6 461 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
462 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
463 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
464 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
2e7781a9 465 '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
a047eeb6 466 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
467 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
468 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
6623ac34 469 selection.add_option(
470 '--no-match-filter',
471 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
472 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
34a741a8 473 selection.add_option(
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474 '--no-playlist',
475 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 476 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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477 selection.add_option(
478 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 479 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 480 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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481 selection.add_option(
482 '--age-limit',
483 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 484 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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486 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
487 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 488 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 489 selection.add_option(
490 '--no-download-archive',
491 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
492 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
493 selection.add_option(
494 '--max-downloads',
495 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
496 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 497 selection.add_option(
498 '--break-on-existing',
499 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 500 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 501 selection.add_option(
502 '--break-on-reject',
503 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
8a51f564 504 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
b222c271 505 selection.add_option(
506 '--break-per-input',
507 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
508 help='Make --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject act only on the current input URL')
509 selection.add_option(
510 '--no-break-per-input',
511 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
512 help='--break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 513 selection.add_option(
514 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
515 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
516 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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518 '--include-ads',
519 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 520 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 521 selection.add_option(
522 '--no-include-ads',
523 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 524 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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527 authentication.add_option(
528 '-u', '--username',
529 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 530 help='Login with this account ID')
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532 '-p', '--password',
533 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 534 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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536 '-2', '--twofactor',
537 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 538 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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539 authentication.add_option(
540 '-n', '--netrc',
541 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 542 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 543 authentication.add_option(
544 '--netrc-location',
545 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
546 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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547 authentication.add_option(
548 '--video-password',
549 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 550 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 551 authentication.add_option(
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553 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 554 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 555 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 556 '--ap-username',
797c636b 557 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 558 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 559 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 560 '--ap-password',
797c636b 561 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 562 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 563 authentication.add_option(
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565 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 566 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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568 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
569 video_format.add_option(
570 '-f', '--format',
571 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 572 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
573 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 574 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 575 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
576 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 577 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
578 video_format.add_option(
579 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
580 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
581 help=(
582 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
583 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
584 video_format.add_option(
585 '--no-format-sort-force',
586 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
587 help=(
588 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
589 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
909d24dd 590 video_format.add_option(
591 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 592 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 593 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 594 video_format.add_option(
595 '--no-video-multistreams',
596 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 597 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 598 video_format.add_option(
599 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 600 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 601 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 602 video_format.add_option(
603 '--no-audio-multistreams',
604 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 605 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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606 video_format.add_option(
607 '--all-formats',
608 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 609 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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610 video_format.add_option(
611 '--prefer-free-formats',
612 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 613 help=(
614 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
615 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
616 video_format.add_option(
617 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 618 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 619 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 620 video_format.add_option(
621 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 622 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
623 help='Check that the selected formats are actually downloadable')
624 video_format.add_option(
625 '--check-all-formats',
626 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
627 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 628 video_format.add_option(
629 '--no-check-formats',
630 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 631 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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633 '-F', '--list-formats',
634 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 635 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 636 video_format.add_option(
637 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 638 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 639 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 640 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 641 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 642 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 643 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 644 video_format.add_option(
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646 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 647 help=(
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649 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 650 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
63ad4d43 651 video_format.add_option(
652 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
653 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 654 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 655 video_format.add_option(
656 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
657 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 658 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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660 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
661 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 662 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 663 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 664 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 665 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 666 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
667 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
668 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
669 subtitles.add_option(
670 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 671 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 672 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 673 subtitles.add_option(
674 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
675 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 676 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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677 subtitles.add_option(
678 '--all-subs',
679 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 680 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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681 subtitles.add_option(
682 '--list-subs',
683 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 684 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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685 subtitles.add_option(
686 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 687 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 688 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 689 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 690 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 691 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 692 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 693 help=(
a4211baf 694 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
c32b0aab 695 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
696 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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698 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 699 downloader.add_option(
700 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
701 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b69fd25c 702 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 703 downloader.add_option(
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705 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 706 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
51d9739f 707 downloader.add_option(
708 '--throttled-rate',
709 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
710 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
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711 downloader.add_option(
712 '-R', '--retries',
713 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 714 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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715 downloader.add_option(
716 '--file-access-retries',
717 dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
718 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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720 '--fragment-retries',
721 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 722 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
9603b660 723 downloader.add_option(
c76eb41b 724 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
9603b660 725 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
8a51f564 726 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
732fb3f8 727 downloader.add_option(
6623ac34 728 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 729 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
8a51f564 730 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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732 '--keep-fragments',
733 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 734 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
735 downloader.add_option(
736 '--no-keep-fragments',
737 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
738 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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739 downloader.add_option(
740 '--buffer-size',
741 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 742 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
6623ac34 743 downloader.add_option(
744 '--resize-buffer',
745 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
746 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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747 downloader.add_option(
748 '--no-resize-buffer',
749 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 750 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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752 '--http-chunk-size',
753 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 754 help=(
755 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
756 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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757 downloader.add_option(
758 '--test',
759 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
760 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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762 '--playlist-reverse',
763 action='store_true',
764 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
6623ac34 765 downloader.add_option(
766 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 767 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
6623ac34 768 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
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769 downloader.add_option(
770 '--playlist-random',
771 action='store_true',
772 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
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773 downloader.add_option(
774 '--xattr-set-filesize',
775 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 776 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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777 downloader.add_option(
778 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 779 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 780 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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782 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
783 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 784 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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786 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 787 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 788 help=(
9bd20204 789 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
790 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
791 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
792 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
793 downloader.add_option(
794 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
795 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
796 help=(
797 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
798 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
222516d9 799 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 800 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
801 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 802 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 803 callback_kwargs={
804 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 805 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 806 'process': str.strip
807 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 808 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
809 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
810 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
811 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
812 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
813 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
814 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
c75f0b36 815 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 816 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
817 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 818 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 819 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 820 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
cc0ec3e1 821 'default_key': 'default',
822 'process': compat_shlex_split
dbf5416a 823 }, help=(
46ee996e 824 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
825 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 826 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 827 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
828 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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830 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 831 workarounds.add_option(
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833 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
34a741a8 834 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
f81c62a6 835 workarounds.add_option(
836 '--legacy-server-connect',
837 action='store_true', dest='legacy_server_connect', default=False,
838 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
34a741a8 839 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 840 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 841 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 842 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 843 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 844 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
845 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 846 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 847 workarounds.add_option(
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849 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 850 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 851 workarounds.add_option(
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853 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 854 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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856 workarounds.add_option(
8450c15c 857 '--add-header',
45016689 858 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 859 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
44bcb8d1 860 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
45016689 861 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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863 workarounds.add_option(
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865 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
866 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 867 workarounds.add_option(
868 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
869 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
870 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 871 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 872 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 873 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 874 help=(
e167860c 875 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
876 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
877 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 878 workarounds.add_option(
879 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
880 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 881 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 882 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 883 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 884 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 885 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 886
0744a815 887 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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889 '-q', '--quiet',
890 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
34488702 891 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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893 '--no-warnings',
894 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
895 help='Ignore warnings')
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897 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 898 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 899 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 900 verbosity.add_option(
901 '--no-simulate',
902 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
903 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 904 verbosity.add_option(
905 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
906 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
907 help=(
0930b11f 908 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 909 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 910 verbosity.add_option(
911 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
912 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
913 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 914 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 915 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 916 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 917 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 918 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 919 '-O', '--print',
ca30f449 920 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
921 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
922 callback_kwargs={
ed5835b4 923 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
ca30f449 924 'default_key': 'video',
925 'multiple_keys': False,
926 'append': True,
927 }, help=(
ed5835b4 928 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
929 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
ca30f449 930 'Implies --quiet and --simulate (unless --no-simulate is used). This option can be used multiple times'))
bb66c247 931 verbosity.add_option(
932 '--print-to-file',
933 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', default={}, type='str', nargs=2,
934 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
935 callback_kwargs={
936 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
937 'default_key': 'video',
938 'multiple_keys': False,
939 'append': True,
940 }, help=(
941 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
942 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
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944 '-g', '--get-url',
945 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 946 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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948 '-e', '--get-title',
949 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 950 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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951 verbosity.add_option(
952 '--get-id',
953 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 954 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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956 '--get-thumbnail',
957 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 958 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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960 '--get-description',
961 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 962 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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964 '--get-duration',
965 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 966 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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967 verbosity.add_option(
968 '--get-filename',
969 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 970 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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971 verbosity.add_option(
972 '--get-format',
973 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 974 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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975 verbosity.add_option(
976 '-j', '--dump-json',
977 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 978 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
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979 verbosity.add_option(
980 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
981 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 982 help=(
b7b04c78 983 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
984 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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985 verbosity.add_option(
986 '--print-json',
987 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 988 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 989 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 990 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 991 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
992 help=(
e58c22a0 993 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
994 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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995 verbosity.add_option(
996 '--newline',
997 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 998 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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999 verbosity.add_option(
1000 '--no-progress',
819e0531 1001 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 1002 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 1003 verbosity.add_option(
1004 '--progress',
1005 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
1006 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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1007 verbosity.add_option(
1008 '--console-title',
1009 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 1010 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 1011 verbosity.add_option(
1012 '--progress-template',
1013 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
1014 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1015 callback_kwargs={
1016 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1017 'default_key': 'download'
1018 }, help=(
1019 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1020 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1021 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
0930b11f 1022 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
819e0531 1023 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1024 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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1025 verbosity.add_option(
1026 '-v', '--verbose',
1027 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 1028 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 1029 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 1030 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 1031 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 1032 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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1033 verbosity.add_option(
1034 '--write-pages',
1035 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
1036 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
1037 verbosity.add_option(
1038 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1039 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
1040 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1041 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 1042 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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1043 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
1044 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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1045 verbosity.add_option(
1046 '-C', '--call-home',
1047 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
7a5c1cfe 1048 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 1049 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1051 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 1052 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 1053 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 1054 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1056 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
1057 filesystem.add_option(
1058 '-a', '--batch-file',
1059 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 1060 help=(
1061 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1062 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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1064 '--no-batch-file',
1065 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1066 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1067 filesystem.add_option(
1068 '--id', default=False,
1069 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1070 filesystem.add_option(
1071 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1072 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1073 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1074 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1075 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
d74a58a1 1076 'default_key': 'home'
1077 }, help=(
0202b52a 1078 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1079 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
6a34813a 1080 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1081 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1082 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1083 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1084 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1085 filesystem.add_option(
1086 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1087 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1088 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1089 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1090 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
cc0ec3e1 1091 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1092 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1094 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1095 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
1096 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
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1098 '--autonumber-size',
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1100 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1102 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1103 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1104 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1105 filesystem.add_option(
1106 '--restrict-filenames',
1107 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1108 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1109 filesystem.add_option(
1110 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1111 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1112 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1113 filesystem.add_option(
1114 '--windows-filenames',
1115 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1116 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1117 filesystem.add_option(
1118 '--no-windows-filenames',
1119 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1120 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1121 filesystem.add_option(
1122 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1123 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1124 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1125 filesystem.add_option(
1126 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1127 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1128 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1129 filesystem.add_option(
1130 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1131 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1132 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1133 filesystem.add_option(
1134 '--no-force-overwrites',
1135 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1136 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1137 filesystem.add_option(
1138 '-c', '--continue',
1139 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1140 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1141 filesystem.add_option(
1142 '--no-continue',
1143 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1144 help=(
1145 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1146 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1147 filesystem.add_option(
1148 '--part',
1149 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1150 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1151 filesystem.add_option(
1152 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1153 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1154 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1155 filesystem.add_option(
1156 '--mtime',
1157 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1158 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1159 filesystem.add_option(
1160 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1161 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1162 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1163 filesystem.add_option(
1164 '--write-description',
1165 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1166 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1167 filesystem.add_option(
1168 '--no-write-description',
1169 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1170 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1171 filesystem.add_option(
1172 '--write-info-json',
1173 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
c25228e5 1174 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1175 filesystem.add_option(
1176 '--no-write-info-json',
1177 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1178 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1179 filesystem.add_option(
1180 '--write-annotations',
1181 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1182 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1183 filesystem.add_option(
1184 '--no-write-annotations',
1185 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1186 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1187 filesystem.add_option(
1188 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1189 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1190 help=(
1191 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1192 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1193 filesystem.add_option(
1194 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1195 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1196 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1197 filesystem.add_option(
1198 '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1199 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1200 help=(
1201 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1202 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1203 filesystem.add_option(
1204 '--no-clean-infojson',
1205 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1206 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1207 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1208 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1209 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1210 help=(
2305e2e5 1211 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1212 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1213 filesystem.add_option(
1214 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1215 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1216 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1217 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1218 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1219 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1220 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1221 filesystem.add_option(
1222 '--cookies',
1223 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1224 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1225 filesystem.add_option(
1226 '--no-cookies',
1227 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1228 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1229 filesystem.add_option(
1230 '--cookies-from-browser',
f59f5ef8 1231 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
982ee69a 1232 help=(
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1233 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
1234 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
1235 f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
1236 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
1237 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
1238 '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
1239 f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
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1240 filesystem.add_option(
1241 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1242 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1243 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1244 filesystem.add_option(
1245 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
9ee4f0bb 1246 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
34a741a8 1247 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1248 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1249 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1250 filesystem.add_option(
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1252 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1253 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1254
b31fdeed 1255 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1256 thumbnail.add_option(
1257 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1258 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1259 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1260 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1261 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1262 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1263 thumbnail.add_option(
1264 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1265 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1266 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1267 thumbnail.add_option(
1268 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1269 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1270 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1271 thumbnail.add_option(
1272 '--list-thumbnails',
1273 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1274 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1275
732044af 1276 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1277 link.add_option(
1278 '--write-link',
1279 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1280 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1281 link.add_option(
1282 '--write-url-link',
1283 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1284 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1285 link.add_option(
1286 '--write-webloc-link',
1287 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1288 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1289 link.add_option(
1290 '--write-desktop-link',
1291 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1292 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1293
1294 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1295 postproc.add_option(
1296 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1297 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1298 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1300 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1301 help=(
1302 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1303 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1305 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1306 dest='audioquality', default='5',
31c49255 1307 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
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1309 '--remux-video',
1310 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1311 help=(
17912249 1312 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
06167fbb 1313 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
81a23040 1314 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1315 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1317 '--recode-video',
1318 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
17912249 1319 help=(
1320 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
81a23040 1321 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
d84f1d14 1322 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1323 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1324 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1325 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1326 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1327 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1328 'default_key': 'default-compat',
cc0ec3e1 1329 'process': compat_shlex_split,
1330 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1331 }, help=(
1b77b347 1332 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1333 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1334 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1335 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1336 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1337 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1338 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1339 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1340 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1341 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1342 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1343 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1344 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1345 postproc.add_option(
1346 '-k', '--keep-video',
1347 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1348 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1349 postproc.add_option(
1350 '--no-keep-video',
1351 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1352 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1353 postproc.add_option(
1354 '--post-overwrites',
1355 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1356 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1357 postproc.add_option(
1358 '--no-post-overwrites',
1359 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1360 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1361 postproc.add_option(
1362 '--embed-subs',
1363 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1364 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1365 postproc.add_option(
1366 '--no-embed-subs',
1367 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1368 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1369 postproc.add_option(
1370 '--embed-thumbnail',
1371 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1372 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1373 postproc.add_option(
1374 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1375 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1376 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1377 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1378 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1379 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1380 help=(
1381 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1382 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1383 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1384 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1385 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1386 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1387 postproc.add_option(
1388 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1389 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1390 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1391 postproc.add_option(
1392 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1393 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1394 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1395 postproc.add_option(
1396 '--embed-info-json',
1397 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1398 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1399 postproc.add_option(
1400 '--no-embed-info-json',
1401 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1402 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1403 postproc.add_option(
1404 '--metadata-from-title',
1405 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1406 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1407 postproc.add_option(
1408 '--parse-metadata',
e9f4ccd1 1409 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
6623ac34 1410 help=(
73cd218f 1411 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1412 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
e9f4ccd1 1413 postproc.add_option(
1414 '--replace-in-metadata',
1415 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1416 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
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1417 postproc.add_option(
1418 '--xattrs',
1419 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1420 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
3b603dbd 1421 postproc.add_option(
1422 '--concat-playlist',
1423 metavar='POLICY', dest='concat_playlist', default='multi_video',
1424 choices=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1425 help=(
fc5fa964 1426 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1427 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
3b603dbd 1428 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1429 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1430 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
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1431 postproc.add_option(
1432 '--fixup',
99594a11 1433 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1434 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1435 help=(
1436 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1437 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1438 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1439 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1440 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1441 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1442 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1443 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1444 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1445 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1446 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1447 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1448 postproc.add_option(
1449 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1450 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1451 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1452 postproc.add_option(
1e43a6f7 1453 '--exec',
1454 metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
1455 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1456 callback_kwargs={
1457 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
1458 'default_key': 'after_move',
1459 'multiple_keys': False,
1460 'append': True,
1461 }, help=(
1462 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
1463 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
34488702 1464 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1e43a6f7 1465 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
1466 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
c681cb5d 1467 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1468 postproc.add_option(
1469 '--no-exec',
1e43a6f7 1470 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
c681cb5d 1471 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1472 postproc.add_option(
1473 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1474 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1e43a6f7 1475 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5520aa2d 1476 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1477 '--no-exec-before-download',
1478 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
1e43a6f7 1479 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e9fade72 1480 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1481 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1482 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1483 help=(
1484 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1485 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
8fa43c73 1486 postproc.add_option(
1487 '--convert-thumbnails',
1488 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1489 help=(
1490 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1491 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
72755351 1492 postproc.add_option(
1493 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1494 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1495 help=(
1496 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1497 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1498 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1499 postproc.add_option(
1500 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1501 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1502 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1503 postproc.add_option(
1504 '--remove-chapters',
1505 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1506 help=(
1507 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1508 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified range. '
1509 'Eg: --remove-chapters "*10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro". '
1510 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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1511 postproc.add_option(
1512 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1513 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1514 postproc.add_option(
1515 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1516 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1517 help=(
1518 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
e75bb0d6 1519 'Requires a re-encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
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1520 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1521 postproc.add_option(
1522 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1523 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1524 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1525 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1526 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1527 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1528 postproc.add_option(
1529 '--use-postprocessor',
1530 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1531 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1532 callback_kwargs={
1533 'delim': None,
1534 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1535 }, help=(
1536 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1537 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1538 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1539 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1540 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after extraction), '
ebed8b37 1541 '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default), '
1542 '"after_move" (after moving file to their final locations), '
1543 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
1544 'or "playlist" (end of playlist). '
3ae5e797 1545 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
34a741a8 1546
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1547 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1548 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1549 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1550 sponsorblock.add_option(
1551 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1552 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1553 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1554 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1555 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1556 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1557 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
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1558 f'Available categories are all, default(=all), {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}. '
1559 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1560 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1561 sponsorblock.add_option(
1562 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1563 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1564 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1565 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
1566 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1567 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1568 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1569 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1570 }, help=(
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1571 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1572 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1573 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1574 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1575 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
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1576 sponsorblock.add_option(
1577 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1578 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1579 help=(
1580 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1581 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
1582 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
1583 sponsorblock.add_option(
1584 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1585 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1586 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1587 sponsorblock.add_option(
1588 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1589 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1590 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1591
1592 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1593 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1594 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1595 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1596 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1597 '--no-sponskrub',
1598 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1599 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1600 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1601 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1602 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1603 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1604 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1605 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1606 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1607 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1608 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1609 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1610 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1611 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1612 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1613 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1614 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1615 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1616 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1617 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1618 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1619 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1620 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1621 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1622 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1623
78895bd3 1624 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1625 extractor.add_option(
1626 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1627 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1628 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1629 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1630 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1631 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1632 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1633 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1634 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1635 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1636 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1637 extractor.add_option(
1638 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1639 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1640 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1641 )
1642 extractor.add_option(
1643 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1644 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1645 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
042931a5 1646 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1647 val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
5d3a0e79 1648 extractor.add_option(
1649 '--extractor-args',
1650 metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1651 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1652 callback_kwargs={
1653 'multiple_keys': False,
1654 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1655 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1656 }, help=(
5d3a0e79 1657 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1658 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1659 extractor.add_option(
1660 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1661 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1662 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1663 extractor.add_option(
1664 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1665 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1666 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1667 extractor.add_option(
1668 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1669 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1670 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1671 extractor.add_option(
1672 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1673 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1674 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1675
34a741a8 1676 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1677 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1678 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1679 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1680 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1681 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1682 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1683 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1684 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1685 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1686 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1687 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1688 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1689 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1690 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1691 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
34a741a8 1692
06e57990 1693 return parser
7303f84a 1694
e66dca5e 1695
06e57990 1696def _hide_login_info(opts):
1697 write_string(
1698 'DeprecationWarning: "yt_dlp.options._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
1699 'Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead\n')
1700 return Config.hide_login_info(opts)