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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 | |
921a1455 | 9 | 2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in |
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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 | |
4618f3da | 14 | -h, --help print this help text and exit |
c4105fa0 | 15 | --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) | |
08c1d0d3 | 20 | --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification |
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21 | --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they |
22 | would handle | |
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23 | |
24 | ### Video Selection: | |
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25 | --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) |
26 | --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) | |
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27 | --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless |
28 | sub-string) | |
29 | --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or | |
30 | caseless sub-string) | |
b88a5250 | 31 | --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files |
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33 | ### Filesystem Options: |
34 | -t, --title use title in file name | |
35 | -l, --literal use literal title in file name | |
36 | -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 | |
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37 | -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the |
38 | title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, | |
39 | %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented | |
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40 | number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, |
41 | %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and | |
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42 | %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to |
43 | stdout. | |
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44 | -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) |
45 | -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files | |
46 | -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files | |
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47 | --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart |
48 | from beginning) | |
3ce59dae | 49 | --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in |
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50 | --no-part do not use .part files |
51 | --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file | |
52 | modification time | |
53 | --write-description write video description to a .description file | |
54 | --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file | |
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56 | ### Verbosity / Simulation Options: |
57 | -q, --quiet activates quiet mode | |
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58 | -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything |
59 | to disk | |
60 | --skip-download do not download the video | |
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61 | -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL |
62 | -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title | |
63 | --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL | |
64 | --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description | |
65 | --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename | |
6a1ca41e | 66 | --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format |
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67 | --no-progress do not print progress bar |
68 | --console-title display progress in console titlebar | |
c4105fa0 | 69 | -v, --verbose print various debugging information |
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71 | ### Video Format Options: |
72 | -f, --format FORMAT video format code | |
73 | --all-formats download all available video formats | |
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74 | --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is |
75 | requested | |
4618f3da | 76 | --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download |
2761012f | 77 | -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only) |
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78 | --write-srt write video closed captions to a .srt file |
79 | (currently youtube only) | |
80 | --srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download | |
81 | (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en' | |
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83 | ### Authentication Options: |
84 | -u, --username USERNAME account username | |
85 | -p, --password PASSWORD account password | |
86 | -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data | |
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87 | |
88 | ### Post-processing Options: | |
4618f3da | 89 | --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires |
505ed308 | 90 | ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) |
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91 | --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; |
92 | best by default | |
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93 | --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a |
94 | value between 0 (highest) and 9 (lowest) or a | |
95 | specific bitrate like 128 (default 5) | |
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96 | -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- |
97 | processing; the video is erased by default | |
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99 | ## FAQ |
100 | ||
101 | ### Can you please put the -b option back? | |
102 | ||
103 | 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. | |
104 | ||
f2a3a352 | 105 | ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? |
447b1d71 | 106 | |
8236e851 | 107 | 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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108 | |
109 | ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? | |
110 | ||
111 | Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/). | |
112 | ||
113 | ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore | |
114 | ||
a0432a1e | 115 | 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. |
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117 | ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info |
118 | ||
5a2ba45e | 119 | 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 | 121 | ## COPYRIGHT |
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122 | |
123 | youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. | |
124 | ||
125 | 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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126 | |
127 | ## BUGS | |
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8236e851 | 129 | Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> |
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130 | |
131 | Please include: | |
132 | ||
133 | * 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. | |
134 | * The output of `youtube-dl --version` | |
135 | * The output of `python --version` | |
136 | * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). |