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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
222516d9 8from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
8c25f81b 9from .compat import (
4644ac55 10 compat_expanduser,
003c69a8 11 compat_get_terminal_size,
4644ac55 12 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 13 compat_kwargs,
cab792ab 14 compat_shlex_split,
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15)
16from .utils import (
ff556f5c 17 preferredencoding,
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18 write_string,
19)
20from .version import __version__
21
22
23def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
24 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
25 try:
26 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
27 except IOError:
28 return default # silently skip if file is not present
29 try:
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30 # FIXME: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
31 contents = optionf.read()
32 if sys.version_info < (3,):
33 contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
34 res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
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35 finally:
36 optionf.close()
37 return res
38
39 def _readUserConf():
4644ac55 40 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
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41 if xdg_config_home:
42 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
43 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
44 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
45 else:
4644ac55 46 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
34a741a8 47 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
4644ac55 48 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
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49 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, None)
50
51 if userConf is None:
4644ac55 52 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
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53 if appdata_dir:
54 userConf = _readOptions(
55 os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config'),
56 default=None)
57 if userConf is None:
58 userConf = _readOptions(
59 os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config.txt'),
60 default=None)
61
62 if userConf is None:
63 userConf = _readOptions(
4644ac55 64 os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf'),
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65 default=None)
66 if userConf is None:
67 userConf = _readOptions(
4644ac55 68 os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf.txt'),
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69 default=None)
70
71 if userConf is None:
72 userConf = []
73
74 return userConf
75
76 def _format_option_string(option):
77 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
78
79 opts = []
80
81 if option._short_opts:
82 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
83 if option._long_opts:
84 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
85 if len(opts) > 1:
86 opts.insert(1, ', ')
87
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88 if option.takes_value():
89 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 90
611c1dd9 91 return ''.join(opts)
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92
93 def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
94 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, value.split(','))
95
96 def _hide_login_info(opts):
1b6712ab 97 PRIVATE_OPTS = ['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username']
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98 eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
99
100 def _scrub_eq(o):
101 m = eqre.match(o)
102 if m:
103 return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
104 else:
105 return o
106
107 opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
108 for private_opt in PRIVATE_OPTS:
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109 try:
110 i = opts.index(private_opt)
8450c15c 111 opts[i + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
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112 except ValueError:
113 pass
114 return opts
115
34a741a8 116 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 117 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
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118 max_width = columns if columns else 80
119 max_help_position = 80
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120
121 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
122 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
123
124 kw = {
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125 'version': __version__,
126 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 127 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 128 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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129 }
130
c7b0add8 131 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 132
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133 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
134 general.add_option(
135 '-h', '--help',
136 action='help',
17941321 137 help='Print this help text and exit')
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138 general.add_option(
139 '-v', '--version',
140 action='version',
17941321 141 help='Print program version and exit')
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142 general.add_option(
143 '-U', '--update',
144 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
17941321 145 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
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146 general.add_option(
147 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
148 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False,
17941321 149 help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
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150 general.add_option(
151 '--abort-on-error',
152 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
153 help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
154 general.add_option(
155 '--dump-user-agent',
156 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
17941321 157 help='Display the current browser identification')
34a741a8 158 general.add_option(
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159 '--list-extractors',
160 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
9836cfb8 161 help='List all supported extractors')
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162 general.add_option(
163 '--extractor-descriptions',
164 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
165 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
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166 general.add_option(
167 '--force-generic-extractor',
168 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
169 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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170 general.add_option(
171 '--default-search',
172 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
17941321 173 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl 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.')
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174 general.add_option(
175 '--ignore-config',
176 action='store_true',
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177 help='Do not read configuration files. '
178 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
179 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
180 '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
e66dca5e 181 general.add_option(
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182 '--config-location',
183 dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
184 help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory.')
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185 general.add_option(
186 '--flat-playlist',
187 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
188 default=False,
189 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
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190 general.add_option(
191 '--mark-watched',
192 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
193 help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
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194 general.add_option(
195 '--no-mark-watched',
196 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
197 help='Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
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198 general.add_option(
199 '--no-color', '--no-colors',
200 action='store_true', dest='no_color',
201 default=False,
17941321 202 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
34a741a8 203
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204 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
205 network.add_option(
206 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
207 default=None, metavar='URL',
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208 help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental '
209 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
210 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
211 'for direct connection')
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212 network.add_option(
213 '--socket-timeout',
214 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
215 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
216 network.add_option(
217 '--source-address',
218 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
219 help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
220 )
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221 network.add_option(
222 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
223 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
224 help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
225 )
226 network.add_option(
227 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
228 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
229 help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
230 )
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231 network.add_option(
232 '--geo-verification-proxy',
233 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
234 help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
235 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)'
236 )
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237 network.add_option(
238 '--cn-verification-proxy',
239 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
38cce791 240 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP,
91410c9b 241 )
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8450c15c 243 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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244 selection.add_option(
245 '--playlist-start',
246 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 247 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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248 selection.add_option(
249 '--playlist-end',
250 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 251 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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252 selection.add_option(
253 '--playlist-items',
254 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
4eb59a6b 255 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 256 selection.add_option(
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257 '--match-title',
258 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
17941321 259 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
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260 selection.add_option(
261 '--reject-title',
262 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
17941321 263 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
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264 selection.add_option(
265 '--max-downloads',
266 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
267 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
268 selection.add_option(
269 '--min-filesize',
270 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
271 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
272 selection.add_option(
273 '--max-filesize',
274 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
275 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
276 selection.add_option(
277 '--date',
278 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
17941321 279 help='Download only videos uploaded in this date')
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280 selection.add_option(
281 '--datebefore',
282 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
17941321 283 help='Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)')
34a741a8 284 selection.add_option(
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285 '--dateafter',
286 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
17941321 287 help='Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
34a741a8 288 selection.add_option(
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289 '--min-views',
290 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
17941321 291 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
34a741a8 292 selection.add_option(
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293 '--max-views',
294 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
295 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
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296 selection.add_option(
297 '--match-filter',
298 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
299 help=(
17941321 300 'Generic video filter (experimental). '
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301 'Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to'
302 ' match if the key is present, '
303 '!key to check if the key is not present,'
304 'key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with '
305 '>=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a number, and '
306 '& to require multiple matches. '
307 'Values which are not known are excluded unless you'
308 ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
309 'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
310 '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
311 'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
5495937f 312 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
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313 '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
314 ))
34a741a8 315 selection.add_option(
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316 '--no-playlist',
317 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
17941321 318 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
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319 selection.add_option(
320 '--yes-playlist',
321 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
17941321 322 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
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323 selection.add_option(
324 '--age-limit',
325 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 326 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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327 selection.add_option(
328 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
329 dest='download_archive',
330 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
331 selection.add_option(
332 '--include-ads',
333 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
34a741a8 334 help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
34a741a8 335
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336 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
337 authentication.add_option(
338 '-u', '--username',
339 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 340 help='Login with this account ID')
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341 authentication.add_option(
342 '-p', '--password',
343 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
17941321 344 help='Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
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345 authentication.add_option(
346 '-2', '--twofactor',
347 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 348 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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349 authentication.add_option(
350 '-n', '--netrc',
351 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 352 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
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353 authentication.add_option(
354 '--video-password',
355 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
804c343a 356 help='Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)')
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357
358 adobe_pass = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Adobe Pass Options')
359 adobe_pass.add_option(
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360 '--ap-mso',
361 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 362 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
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363 adobe_pass.add_option(
364 '--ap-username',
797c636b 365 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 366 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
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367 adobe_pass.add_option(
368 '--ap-password',
797c636b 369 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
537f7533 370 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
1b6712ab 371 adobe_pass.add_option(
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372 '--ap-list-mso',
373 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 374 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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375
376 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
377 video_format.add_option(
378 '-f', '--format',
379 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
a3805092 380 help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info')
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381 video_format.add_option(
382 '--all-formats',
383 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
17941321 384 help='Download all available video formats')
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385 video_format.add_option(
386 '--prefer-free-formats',
387 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
17941321 388 help='Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
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389 video_format.add_option(
390 '-F', '--list-formats',
391 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
4b3fbafd 392 help='List all available formats of requested videos')
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393 video_format.add_option(
394 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
395 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
396 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
397 video_format.add_option(
398 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
399 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
b2575b38 400 help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
d120e901 401 video_format.add_option(
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402 '--merge-output-format',
403 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 404 help=(
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405 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
406 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 407 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
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408
409 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
410 subtitles.add_option(
411 '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
412 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 413 help='Write subtitle file')
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414 subtitles.add_option(
415 '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
416 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
741dd8ea 417 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
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418 subtitles.add_option(
419 '--all-subs',
420 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
17941321 421 help='Download all the available subtitles of the video')
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422 subtitles.add_option(
423 '--list-subs',
424 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
17941321 425 help='List all available subtitles for the video')
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426 subtitles.add_option(
427 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 428 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 429 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
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430 subtitles.add_option(
431 '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
432 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
433 default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
1ca59dac 434 help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
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435
436 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
437 downloader.add_option(
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438 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
439 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 440 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
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441 downloader.add_option(
442 '-R', '--retries',
443 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
17941321 444 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
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445 downloader.add_option(
446 '--fragment-retries',
447 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
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448 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH and hlsnative only)')
449 downloader.add_option(
450 '--skip-unavailable-fragments',
451 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
452 help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and hlsnative only)')
732fb3f8 453 downloader.add_option(
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454 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
455 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
456 help='Abort downloading when some fragment is not available')
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457 downloader.add_option(
458 '--buffer-size',
459 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 460 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
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461 downloader.add_option(
462 '--no-resize-buffer',
463 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
17941321 464 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
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465 downloader.add_option(
466 '--test',
467 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
468 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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469 downloader.add_option(
470 '--playlist-reverse',
471 action='store_true',
472 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
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473 downloader.add_option(
474 '--xattr-set-filesize',
475 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
3540fe26 476 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)')
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477 downloader.add_option(
478 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 479 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
870d5258 480 help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg')
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481 downloader.add_option(
482 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
483 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
484 help='Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS downloader')
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485 downloader.add_option(
486 '--hls-use-mpegts',
487 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',
488 help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
53be8894 489 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
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490 downloader.add_option(
491 '--external-downloader',
492 dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
c75f0b36 493 help='Use the specified external downloader. '
222516d9 494 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
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495 downloader.add_option(
496 '--external-downloader-args',
497 dest='external_downloader_args', metavar='ARGS',
17941321 498 help='Give these arguments to the external downloader')
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500 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 501 workarounds.add_option(
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502 '--encoding',
503 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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504 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
505 workarounds.add_option(
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506 '--no-check-certificate',
507 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 508 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 509 workarounds.add_option(
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510 '--prefer-insecure',
511 '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
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512 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
513 workarounds.add_option(
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514 '--user-agent',
515 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 516 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 517 workarounds.add_option(
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518 '--referer',
519 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 520 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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522 workarounds.add_option(
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523 '--add-header',
524 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', action='append',
17941321 525 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times',
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527 workarounds.add_option(
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528 '--bidi-workaround',
529 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
530 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
5f0d813d 531 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 532 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 533 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
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535 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download when used alone '
536 'or a lower bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
537 '(minimum possible number of seconds to sleep) when used along with '
538 '--max-sleep-interval.'))
065bc354 539 workarounds.add_option(
540 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
541 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
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543 'Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
544 '(maximum possible number of seconds to sleep). Must only be used '
545 'along with --min-sleep-interval.'))
34a741a8 546
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548 verbosity.add_option(
549 '-q', '--quiet',
550 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
17941321 551 help='Activate quiet mode')
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552 verbosity.add_option(
553 '--no-warnings',
554 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
555 help='Ignore warnings')
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556 verbosity.add_option(
557 '-s', '--simulate',
558 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
17941321 559 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
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560 verbosity.add_option(
561 '--skip-download',
562 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
17941321 563 help='Do not download the video')
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564 verbosity.add_option(
565 '-g', '--get-url',
566 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
17941321 567 help='Simulate, quiet but print URL')
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568 verbosity.add_option(
569 '-e', '--get-title',
570 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
17941321 571 help='Simulate, quiet but print title')
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572 verbosity.add_option(
573 '--get-id',
574 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
17941321 575 help='Simulate, quiet but print id')
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576 verbosity.add_option(
577 '--get-thumbnail',
578 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
17941321 579 help='Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
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580 verbosity.add_option(
581 '--get-description',
582 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
17941321 583 help='Simulate, quiet but print video description')
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584 verbosity.add_option(
585 '--get-duration',
586 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
17941321 587 help='Simulate, quiet but print video length')
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588 verbosity.add_option(
589 '--get-filename',
590 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
17941321 591 help='Simulate, quiet but print output filename')
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592 verbosity.add_option(
593 '--get-format',
594 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
17941321 595 help='Simulate, quiet but print output format')
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596 verbosity.add_option(
597 '-j', '--dump-json',
598 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
17941321 599 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.')
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600 verbosity.add_option(
601 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
602 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
17941321 603 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.')
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604 verbosity.add_option(
605 '--print-json',
606 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
607 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).',
608 )
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609 verbosity.add_option(
610 '--newline',
611 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 612 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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613 verbosity.add_option(
614 '--no-progress',
615 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
17941321 616 help='Do not print progress bar')
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617 verbosity.add_option(
618 '--console-title',
619 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 620 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
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621 verbosity.add_option(
622 '-v', '--verbose',
623 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 624 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 625 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 626 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 627 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 628 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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629 verbosity.add_option(
630 '--write-pages',
631 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
632 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
633 verbosity.add_option(
634 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
635 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
636 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
637 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 638 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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639 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
640 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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641 verbosity.add_option(
642 '-C', '--call-home',
643 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
17941321 644 help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
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645 verbosity.add_option(
646 '--no-call-home',
647 dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
17941321 648 help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
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650 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
651 filesystem.add_option(
652 '-a', '--batch-file',
653 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
17941321 654 help='File containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
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655 filesystem.add_option(
656 '--id', default=False,
17941321 657 action='store_true', dest='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')
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658 filesystem.add_option(
659 '-o', '--output',
660 dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
8b2dc4c3 661 help=('Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info'))
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662 filesystem.add_option(
663 '--autonumber-size',
664 dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER',
17941321 665 help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
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666 filesystem.add_option(
667 '--restrict-filenames',
668 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
669 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
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670 filesystem.add_option(
671 '-A', '--auto-number',
672 action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
5495937f 673 help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000')
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674 filesystem.add_option(
675 '-t', '--title',
676 action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
17941321 677 help='[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)')
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678 filesystem.add_option(
679 '-l', '--literal', default=False,
680 action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
17941321 681 help='[deprecated] Alias of --title')
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682 filesystem.add_option(
683 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
684 action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', default=False,
17941321 685 help='Do not overwrite files')
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686 filesystem.add_option(
687 '-c', '--continue',
688 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
17941321 689 help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.')
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690 filesystem.add_option(
691 '--no-continue',
692 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
17941321 693 help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
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694 filesystem.add_option(
695 '--no-part',
696 action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,
17941321 697 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
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698 filesystem.add_option(
699 '--no-mtime',
700 action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True,
17941321 701 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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702 filesystem.add_option(
703 '--write-description',
704 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 705 help='Write video description to a .description file')
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706 filesystem.add_option(
707 '--write-info-json',
708 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
17941321 709 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file')
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710 filesystem.add_option(
711 '--write-annotations',
712 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0669c89c 713 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
8450c15c 714 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 715 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 716 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 717 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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718 filesystem.add_option(
719 '--cookies',
720 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
17941321 721 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
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722 filesystem.add_option(
723 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
724 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
725 filesystem.add_option(
726 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=False, dest='cachedir',
727 help='Disable filesystem caching')
728 filesystem.add_option(
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729 '--rm-cache-dir',
730 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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731 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
732
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734 thumbnail.add_option(
735 '--write-thumbnail',
736 action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
17941321 737 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
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738 thumbnail.add_option(
739 '--write-all-thumbnails',
740 action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
17941321 741 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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742 thumbnail.add_option(
743 '--list-thumbnails',
744 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
745 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
746
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748 postproc.add_option(
749 '-x', '--extract-audio',
750 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
17941321 751 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
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752 postproc.add_option(
753 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
f4ec8dce 754 help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default; No effect without -x')
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755 postproc.add_option(
756 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
757 dest='audioquality', default='5',
17941321 758 help='Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
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759 postproc.add_option(
760 '--recode-video',
761 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
f72b0a60 762 help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
d84f1d14 763 postproc.add_option(
1866432d 764 '--postprocessor-args',
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766 help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
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767 postproc.add_option(
768 '-k', '--keep-video',
769 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
17941321 770 help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
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771 postproc.add_option(
772 '--no-post-overwrites',
773 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
17941321 774 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
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775 postproc.add_option(
776 '--embed-subs',
777 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 778 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
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779 postproc.add_option(
780 '--embed-thumbnail',
781 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
17941321 782 help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
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783 postproc.add_option(
784 '--add-metadata',
785 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
17941321 786 help='Write metadata to the video file')
e7db87f7 787 postproc.add_option(
788 '--metadata-from-title',
789 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
17941321 790 help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
e7db87f7 791 'The format syntax is the same as --output, '
88cf6fb3 792 'the parsed parameters replace existing values. '
663004ac 793 'Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. '
e7db87f7 794 'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
795 '"Coldplay - Paradise"')
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796 postproc.add_option(
797 '--xattrs',
798 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 799 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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800 postproc.add_option(
801 '--fixup',
802 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
9fffd046 803 help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
6271f1ca 804 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
5774ef35 805 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
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806 postproc.add_option(
807 '--prefer-avconv',
808 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
34a741a8 809 help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
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810 postproc.add_option(
811 '--prefer-ffmpeg',
812 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
34a741a8 813 help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
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814 postproc.add_option(
815 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
816 dest='ffmpeg_location',
817 help='Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.')
34a741a8 818 postproc.add_option(
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820 metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
5f6a1245 821 help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
e9fade72 822 postproc.add_option(
f5bc4b5f 823 '--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
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825 help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)')
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827 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 828 parser.add_option_group(network)
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829 parser.add_option_group(selection)
830 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
831 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 832 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
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833 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
834 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
835 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
836 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
837 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
d2522b86 838 parser.add_option_group(adobe_pass)
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839 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
840
841 if overrideArguments is not None:
842 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
843 if opts.verbose:
8450c15c 844 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
34a741a8 845 else:
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847 if sys.version_info < (3,):
848 return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
849 return conf
850
851 command_line_conf = compat_conf(sys.argv[1:])
e66dca5e 852 opts, args = parser.parse_args(command_line_conf)
f5e2efbb 853
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855
856 if '--config-location' in command_line_conf:
857 location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
858 if os.path.isdir(location):
859 location = os.path.join(location, 'youtube-dl.conf')
860 if not os.path.exists(location):
861 parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
862 custom_conf = _readOptions(location)
863 elif '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
864 pass
34a741a8 865 else:
30d22dae 866 system_conf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
b6ee45e9 867 if '--ignore-config' not in system_conf:
30d22dae 868 user_conf = _readUserConf()
e66dca5e 869
0ce8c66f 870 argv = system_conf + user_conf + custom_conf + command_line_conf
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871 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
872 if opts.verbose:
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874 ('System config', system_conf),
875 ('User config', user_conf),
876 ('Custom config', custom_conf),
877 ('Command-line args', command_line_conf)):
878 write_string('[debug] %s: %s\n' % (conf_label, repr(_hide_login_info(conf))))
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880 return parser, opts, args