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1 | # youtube-dl |
2 | ||
3 | ## USAGE | |
1d2e86ae | 4 | youtube-dl [options] url [url...] |
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5 | |
6 | ## DESCRIPTION | |
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7 | **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from |
8 | YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version | |
9 | 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in | |
10 | your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, | |
11 | which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. | |
12 | ||
13 | ## OPTIONS | |
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14 | -h, --help print this help text and exit |
15 | -v, --version print program version and exit | |
8f88eb1f | 16 | -U, --update update this program to latest version |
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17 | -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors |
18 | -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) | |
19 | -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) | |
20 | --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) | |
21 | --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) | |
22 | --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification | |
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24 | ### Filesystem Options: |
25 | -t, --title use title in file name | |
26 | -l, --literal use literal title in file name | |
27 | -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 | |
28 | -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template | |
29 | -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) | |
30 | -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files | |
31 | -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files | |
32 | --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to | |
33 | --no-part do not use .part files | |
34 | --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file | |
35 | modification time | |
36 | --write-description write video description to a .description file | |
37 | --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file | |
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39 | ### Verbosity / Simulation Options: |
40 | -q, --quiet activates quiet mode | |
41 | -s, --simulate do not download video | |
42 | -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL | |
43 | -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title | |
44 | --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL | |
45 | --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description | |
46 | --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename | |
47 | --no-progress do not print progress bar | |
48 | --console-title display progress in console titlebar | |
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50 | ### Video Format Options: |
51 | -f, --format FORMAT video format code | |
52 | --all-formats download all available video formats | |
53 | --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download | |
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55 | ### Authentication Options: |
56 | -u, --username USERNAME account username | |
57 | -p, --password PASSWORD account password | |
58 | -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data | |
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59 | |
60 | ### Post-processing Options: | |
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61 | --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires |
62 | ffmpeg and ffprobe) | |
63 | --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default | |
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65 | ## FAQ |
66 | ||
67 | ### Can you please put the -b option back? | |
68 | ||
69 | Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. | |
70 | ||
f2a3a352 | 71 | ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? |
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8236e851 | 73 | Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. |
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74 | |
75 | ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? | |
76 | ||
77 | Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/). | |
78 | ||
79 | ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore | |
80 | ||
81 | The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. | |
82 | ||
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83 | ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info |
84 | ||
5a2ba45e | 85 | youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. |
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6bcd846b | 87 | ## COPYRIGHT |
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88 | |
89 | youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. | |
90 | ||
91 | This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain. | |
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92 | |
93 | ## BUGS | |
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8236e851 | 95 | Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> |
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96 | |
97 | Please include: | |
98 | ||
99 | * Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem. | |
100 | * The output of `youtube-dl --version` | |
101 | * The output of `python --version` | |
102 | * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). |