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% YOUTUBE-DL(1)

# NAME
youtube-dl

# SYNOPSIS
**youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

# DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on
your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.

# OPTIONS
    -h, --help                 print this help text and exit
    --version                  print program version and exit
    -U, --update               update this program to latest version
    -i, --ignore-errors        continue on download errors
    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT     maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
    -R, --retries RETRIES      number of retries (default is 10)
    --buffer-size SIZE         size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k)
                               (default is 1024)
    --no-resize-buffer         do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
                               default, the buffer size is automatically resized
                               from an initial value of SIZE.
    --dump-user-agent          display the current browser identification
    --user-agent UA            specify a custom user agent
    --referer REF              specify a custom referer, use if the video access
                               is restricted to one domain
    --list-extractors          List all supported extractors and the URLs they
                               would handle
    --proxy URL                Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy

## Video Selection:
    --playlist-start NUMBER    playlist video to start at (default is 1)
    --playlist-end NUMBER      playlist video to end at (default is last)
    --match-title REGEX        download only matching titles (regex or caseless
                               sub-string)
    --reject-title REGEX       skip download for matching titles (regex or
                               caseless sub-string)
    --max-downloads NUMBER     Abort after downloading NUMBER files
    --min-filesize SIZE        Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE
                               (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
    --max-filesize SIZE        Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.
                               50k or 44.6m)
    --date DATE                download only videos uploaded in this date
    --datebefore DATE          download only videos uploaded before this date
    --dateafter DATE           download only videos uploaded after this date

## Filesystem Options:
    -t, --title                use title in file name (default)
    --id                       use only video ID in file name
    -l, --literal              [deprecated] alias of --title
    -A, --auto-number          number downloaded files starting from 00000
    -o, --output TEMPLATE      output filename template. Use %(title)s to get
                               the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
                               %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
                               different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
                               incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
                               extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
                               (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
                               (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
                               , %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in,
                               %(playlist_index)s for the position in the
                               playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use - to
                               output to stdout. Can also be used to download to
                               a different directory, for example with -o '/my/d
                               ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
    --autonumber-size NUMBER   Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
                               when it is present in output filename template or
                               --autonumber option is given
    --restrict-filenames       Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
                               avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
    -a, --batch-file FILE      file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
    -w, --no-overwrites        do not overwrite files
    -c, --continue             resume partially downloaded files
    --no-continue              do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
                               from beginning)
    --cookies FILE             file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
    --no-part                  do not use .part files
    --no-mtime                 do not use the Last-modified header to set the
                               file modification time
    --write-description        write video description to a .description file
    --write-info-json          write video metadata to a .info.json file

## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
    -q, --quiet                activates quiet mode
    -s, --simulate             do not download the video and do not write
                               anything to disk
    --skip-download            do not download the video
    -g, --get-url              simulate, quiet but print URL
    -e, --get-title            simulate, quiet but print title
    --get-thumbnail            simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
    --get-description          simulate, quiet but print video description
    --get-filename             simulate, quiet but print output filename
    --get-format               simulate, quiet but print output format
    --newline                  output progress bar as new lines
    --no-progress              do not print progress bar
    --console-title            display progress in console titlebar
    -v, --verbose              print various debugging information
    --dump-intermediate-pages  print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
                               verbose)

## Video Format Options:
    -f, --format FORMAT        video format code, specifiy the order of
                               preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
    --all-formats              download all available video formats
    --prefer-free-formats      prefer free video formats unless a specific one
                               is requested
    --max-quality FORMAT       highest quality format to download
    -F, --list-formats         list all available formats (currently youtube
                               only)
    --write-sub                write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
    --only-sub                 downloads only the subtitles (no video)
    --all-subs                 downloads all the available subtitles of the
                               video (currently youtube only)
    --list-subs                lists all available subtitles for the video
                               (currently youtube only)
    --sub-format LANG          subtitle format [srt/sbv] (default=srt)
                               (currently youtube only)
    --sub-lang LANG            language of the subtitles to download (optional)
                               use IETF language tags like 'en'

## Authentication Options:
    -u, --username USERNAME    account username
    -p, --password PASSWORD    account password
    -n, --netrc                use .netrc authentication data

## Post-processing Options:
    -x, --extract-audio        convert video files to audio-only files (requires
                               ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
    --audio-format FORMAT      "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
                               "wav"; best by default
    --audio-quality QUALITY    ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert
                               a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR
                               or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
    --recode-video FORMAT      Encode the video to another format if necessary
                               (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
    -k, --keep-video           keeps the video file on disk after the post-
                               processing; the video is erased by default
    --no-post-overwrites       do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
                               processed files are overwritten by default

# CONFIGURATION

You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.

# OUTPUT TEMPLATE

The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:

 - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
 - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
 - `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video.
 - `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format.
 - `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
 - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
 - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
 - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
 - `playlist`: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the video.
 - `playlist_index`: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number.

The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment).

In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:

    $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
    youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4    # All kinds of weird characters
    $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
    youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name

# VIDEO SELECTION

Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats:

 - Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
 - Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?`
 
Examples:

	$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
	$ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970
	$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010

# FAQ

### Can you please put the -b option back?

Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it.

### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?

Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](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.

### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?

Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).

### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore

The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.

### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info

youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.

### ERROR: unable to download video ###

youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.

### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###

The error

    File "youtube-dl", line 2
    SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...

means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.

### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?

Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.

### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++*

To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).

# COPYRIGHT

youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.

This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.

# BUGS

Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>

Please include:

* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
* If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.
* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
* The output of `python --version`
* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).

For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.
Commit	Line	Data
d94adc26	1	% YOUTUBE-DL(1)
6bcd846b	2
cfcec693 FV	3	# NAME
cfcec693 FV	4	youtube-dl
6bcd846b	5
cfcec693 FV	6	# SYNOPSIS
	7	youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
	8
	9	# DESCRIPTION
6bcd846b DB	10	youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
6bcd846b DB	11	YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
280d6789 PH	12	2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on
280d6789 PH	13	your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
6bcd846b DB	14	which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
6bcd846b DB	15
cfcec693	16	# OPTIONS
b625bc2c PH	17	-h, --help print this help text and exit
	18	--version print program version and exit
	19	-U, --update update this program to latest version
	20	-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
	21	-r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
	22	-R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
	23	--buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k)
	24	(default is 1024)
	25	--no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
	26	default, the buffer size is automatically resized
	27	from an initial value of SIZE.
	28	--dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
	29	--user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
3820df01 JMF	30	--referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access
3820df01 JMF	31	is restricted to one domain
b625bc2c PH	32	--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
b625bc2c PH	33	would handle
dbc50fdf	34	--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
08c1d0d3	35
cfcec693	36	## Video Selection:
b625bc2c PH	37	--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
	38	--playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
	39	--match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
	40	sub-string)
	41	--reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
	42	caseless sub-string)
	43	--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
	44	--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE
	45	(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
	46	--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.
	47	50k or 44.6m)
fc63faf0 PH	48	--date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
	49	--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date
	50	--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
6bcd846b	51
cfcec693	52	## Filesystem Options:
6ce533a2 PH	53	-t, --title use title in file name (default)
6ce533a2 PH	54	--id use only video ID in file name
b625bc2c PH	55	-l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
	56	-A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
	57	-o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get
	58	the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
	59	%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
	60	different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
	61	incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
	62	extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
	63	(YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
	64	(youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
8cb94542 PH	65	, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in,
	66	%(playlist_index)s for the position in the
	67	playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use - to
	68	output to stdout. Can also be used to download to
	69	a different directory, for example with -o '/my/d
	70	ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
b625bc2c PH	71	--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
	72	when it is present in output filename template or
	73	--autonumber option is given
	74	--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
	75	avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
	76	-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
	77	-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
	78	-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
	79	--no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
	80	from beginning)
	81	--cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
	82	--no-part do not use .part files
	83	--no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the
	84	file modification time
	85	--write-description write video description to a .description file
	86	--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
6bcd846b	87
cfcec693	88	## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
b625bc2c PH	89	-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
	90	-s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
	91	anything to disk
	92	--skip-download do not download the video
	93	-g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
	94	-e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
	95	--get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
	96	--get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
	97	--get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
	98	--get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
	99	--newline output progress bar as new lines
	100	--no-progress do not print progress bar
	101	--console-title display progress in console titlebar
	102	-v, --verbose print various debugging information
	103	--dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
	104	verbose)
6bcd846b	105
cfcec693	106	## Video Format Options:
f4b659f7 JMF	107	-f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
f4b659f7 JMF	108	preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
b625bc2c PH	109	--all-formats download all available video formats
	110	--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one
	111	is requested
	112	--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
	113	-F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube
	114	only)
	115	--write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
	116	--only-sub downloads only the subtitles (no video)
	117	--all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the
	118	video (currently youtube only)
	119	--list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
	120	(currently youtube only)
	121	--sub-format LANG subtitle format [srt/sbv] (default=srt)
	122	(currently youtube only)
	123	--sub-lang LANG language of the subtitles to download (optional)
	124	use IETF language tags like 'en'
6bcd846b	125
cfcec693	126	## Authentication Options:
b625bc2c PH	127	-u, --username USERNAME account username
	128	-p, --password PASSWORD account password
	129	-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
6bcd846b	130
cfcec693	131	## Post-processing Options:
b625bc2c PH	132	-x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
	133	ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
	134	--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
	135	"wav"; best by default
	136	--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert
	137	a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR
	138	or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
	139	--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary
	140	(currently supported: mp4\|flv\|ogg\|webm)
	141	-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
	142	processing; the video is erased by default
	143	--no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
	144	processed files are overwritten by default
6bcd846b	145
df4bad32 PH	146	# CONFIGURATION
df4bad32 PH	147
280d6789	148	You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.
df4bad32	149
02531431 PH	150	# OUTPUT TEMPLATE
	151
	152	The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:
	153
	154	- `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
	155	- `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
	156	- `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video.
	157	- `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format.
	158	- `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
877f4c45 PH	159	- `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
	160	- `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
	161	- `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
7eab8dc7	162	- `playlist`: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the video.
d281274b	163	- `playlist_index`: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number.
02531431 PH	164
	165	The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment).
	166
	167	In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
	168
	169	$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
	170	youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
	171	$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
	172	youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
	173
e31852ab JMF	174	# VIDEO SELECTION
	175
	176	Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats:
	177
	178	- Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
	179	- Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now\|today)[+-][0-9](day\|week\|month\|year)(s)?`
	180
	181	Examples:
	182
	183	$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
	184	$ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970
	185	$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010
	186
cfcec693	187	# FAQ
447b1d71 PH	188
	189	### Can you please put the -b option back?
	190
	191	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.
	192
f2a3a352	193	### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
447b1d71	194
8236e851	195	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.
447b1d71 PH	196
	197	### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
	198
	199	Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
	200
	201	### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
	202
a0432a1e	203	The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
447b1d71	204
454d6691 PH	205	### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
454d6691 PH	206
5a2ba45e	207	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`.
454d6691	208
6c5b442a PH	209	### ERROR: unable to download video ###
	210
	211	youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
	212
5cdfaeb3	213	### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
6c5b442a PH	214
	215	The error
	216
	217	File "youtube-dl", line 2
	218	SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...
	219
	220	means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
	221
5cdfaeb3 FV	222	### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
5cdfaeb3 FV	223
71f36332	224	Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.
5cdfaeb3	225
ce367443 FV	226	### The exe throws a Runtime error from Visual C++
	227
	228	To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
	229
cfcec693	230	# COPYRIGHT
803abae2 PH	231
	232	youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
	233
	234	This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
6bcd846b	235
cfcec693	236	# BUGS
e133e121	237
8236e851	238	Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
e133e121 PH	239
	240	Please include:
	241
95fedbf8 FV	242	* 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.
95fedbf8 FV	243	* If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.
e133e121 PH	244	* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
	245	* The output of `python --version`
	246	* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
4b235346 PH	247
4b235346 PH	248	For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.