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1from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
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3import os.path
4import optparse
3aa9a735 5import re
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6import sys
7
8c25f81b 8from .compat import (
4644ac55 9 compat_expanduser,
003c69a8 10 compat_get_terminal_size,
4644ac55 11 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 12 compat_kwargs,
cab792ab 13 compat_shlex_split,
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14)
15from .utils import (
0202b52a 16 expand_path,
f74980cb 17 get_executable_path,
de6000d9 18 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
ff556f5c 19 preferredencoding,
3ae5e797 20 remove_end,
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21 write_string,
22)
982ee69a 23from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
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24from .version import __version__
25
81a23040 26from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 27from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 28 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
29 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
30 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
31 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 32 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 33)
7a340e0d 34from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
81a23040 35
34a741a8 36
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37def _hide_login_info(opts):
38 PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
39 eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
40
41 def _scrub_eq(o):
42 m = eqre.match(o)
43 if m:
44 return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
45 else:
46 return o
47
48 opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
49 for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
50 if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
51 opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
52 return opts
53
54
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55def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
56 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
57 try:
58 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
59 except IOError:
60 return default # silently skip if file is not present
61 try:
067aa17e 62 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
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63 contents = optionf.read()
64 if sys.version_info < (3,):
65 contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
66 res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
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67 finally:
68 optionf.close()
69 return res
70
e2e43aea 71 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
72 # .config
73 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
74 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
75 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
76 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
77 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
78 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 79 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 80
e2e43aea 81 # appdata
82 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
83 if appdata_dir:
84 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
85 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
86 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 87 userConfFile += '.txt'
88 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 89 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 90 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 91
e2e43aea 92 # home
93 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
94 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
34a741a8 95 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 96 userConfFile += '.txt'
97 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 98 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 99 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 100
0202b52a 101 return default, None
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102
103 def _format_option_string(option):
104 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
105
106 opts = []
107
108 if option._short_opts:
109 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
110 if option._long_opts:
111 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
112 if len(opts) > 1:
113 opts.insert(1, ', ')
114
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115 if option.takes_value():
116 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 117
611c1dd9 118 return ''.join(opts)
34a741a8 119
d21bba78 120 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 121 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
122 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest) if append else []
1f8471e2 123 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 124 setattr(
125 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 126 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 127
31654882 128 def _set_from_options_callback(
d21bba78 129 option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
130 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
31654882 131 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d21bba78 132 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
31654882 133 while values:
134 actual_val = val = values.pop()
135 if val == 'all':
136 current.update(allowed_values)
137 elif val == '-all':
138 current = set()
139 elif val in aliases:
140 values.extend(aliases[val])
141 else:
142 if val[0] == '-':
143 val = val[1:]
144 current.discard(val)
145 else:
146 current.update([val])
147 if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
148 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
149
150 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
151
e632bce2 152 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 153 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 154 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
155 process_key=str.lower):
45016689 156
157 out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d818eb74 158 if multiple_keys:
159 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
160 mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
45016689 161 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 162 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
45016689 163 elif default_key is not None:
d818eb74 164 keys, val = [default_key], value
45016689 165 else:
166 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
167 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
4bb6b02f 168 try:
44bcb8d1 169 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 170 val = process(val) if process else val
171 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 172 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 173 for key in keys:
174 out_dict[key] = val
45016689 175
34a741a8 176 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 177 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
8450c15c 178 max_width = columns if columns else 80
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179 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
180 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
181 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
182 max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
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183
184 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
185 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
186
187 kw = {
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188 'version': __version__,
189 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 190 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 191 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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192 }
193
c7b0add8 194 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 195
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196 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
197 general.add_option(
198 '-h', '--help',
199 action='help',
17941321 200 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 201 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 202 '--version',
8450c15c 203 action='version',
17941321 204 help='Print program version and exit')
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205 general.add_option(
206 '-U', '--update',
207 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
8d801631 208 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
8450c15c 209 general.add_option(
b1940459 210 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
211 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 212 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 213 general.add_option(
214 '--no-abort-on-error',
215 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
216 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 217 general.add_option(
6623ac34 218 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 219 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 220 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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221 general.add_option(
222 '--dump-user-agent',
223 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 224 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 225 general.add_option(
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226 '--list-extractors',
227 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 228 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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229 general.add_option(
230 '--extractor-descriptions',
231 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 232 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
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233 general.add_option(
234 '--force-generic-extractor',
235 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
236 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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237 general.add_option(
238 '--default-search',
239 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
9ee4f0bb 240 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching')
34a741a8 241 general.add_option(
6623ac34 242 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 243 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 244 help=(
298f597b 245 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
246 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
247 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
8a51f564 248 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
e66dca5e 249 general.add_option(
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250 '--config-location',
251 dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
0202b52a 252 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
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253 general.add_option(
254 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 255 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 256 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 257 general.add_option(
258 '--no-flat-playlist',
259 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
260 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
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261 general.add_option(
262 '--live-from-start',
263 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
264 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube')
265 general.add_option(
266 '--no-live-from-start',
267 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
268 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
f2ebc5c7 269 general.add_option(
270 '--wait-for-video',
271 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
272 help=(
273 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
274 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
275 general.add_option(
276 '--no-wait-for-video',
277 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
278 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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279 general.add_option(
280 '--mark-watched',
281 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e6f21b3d 282 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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283 general.add_option(
284 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 285 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
286 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 287 general.add_option(
8a51f564 288 '--no-colors',
597c1866 289 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
17941321 290 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
53ed7066 291 general.add_option(
292 '--compat-options',
31654882 293 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
294 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
295 callback_kwargs={
296 'allowed_values': {
297 'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
298 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
f279aaee 299 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
31654882 300 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
d21bba78 301 }, 'aliases': {
31654882 302 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
303 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
304 }
305 }, help=(
306 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 307 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
308 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
34a741a8 309
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310 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
311 network.add_option(
312 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
313 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 314 help=(
315 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
316 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
317 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
318 'for direct connection'))
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319 network.add_option(
320 '--socket-timeout',
321 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
322 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
323 network.add_option(
324 '--source-address',
325 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 326 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 327 )
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328 network.add_option(
329 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
330 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 331 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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332 )
333 network.add_option(
334 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
335 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 336 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 337 )
0aa10994 338
b31fdeed 339 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 340 geo.add_option(
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341 '--geo-verification-proxy',
342 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 343 help=(
344 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 345 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 346 geo.add_option(
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347 '--cn-verification-proxy',
348 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
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349 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
350 geo.add_option(
351 '--geo-bypass',
352 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 353 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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354 geo.add_option(
355 '--no-geo-bypass',
356 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 357 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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358 geo.add_option(
359 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
360 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
504f20dd 361 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
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362 geo.add_option(
363 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
364 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
504f20dd 365 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
be4a824d 366
8450c15c 367 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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368 selection.add_option(
369 '--playlist-start',
370 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 371 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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372 selection.add_option(
373 '--playlist-end',
374 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 375 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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376 selection.add_option(
377 '--playlist-items',
378 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
8a51f564 379 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 380 selection.add_option(
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381 '--match-title',
382 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 383 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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384 selection.add_option(
385 '--reject-title',
386 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 387 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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388 selection.add_option(
389 '--min-filesize',
390 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
391 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
392 selection.add_option(
393 '--max-filesize',
394 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
395 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
396 selection.add_option(
397 '--date',
398 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 399 help=(
0930b11f 400 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
8a51f564 401 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
c76eb41b 402 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
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403 selection.add_option(
404 '--datebefore',
405 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 406 help=(
407 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
408 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 409 selection.add_option(
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410 '--dateafter',
411 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 412 help=(
413 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
414 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 415 selection.add_option(
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416 '--min-views',
417 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 418 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 419 selection.add_option(
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420 '--max-views',
421 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 422 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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423 selection.add_option(
424 '--match-filter',
425 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
426 help=(
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427 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
428 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
429 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
a047eeb6 430 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
431 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
432 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
433 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
2e7781a9 434 '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
a047eeb6 435 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
436 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
437 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
6623ac34 438 selection.add_option(
439 '--no-match-filter',
440 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
441 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
34a741a8 442 selection.add_option(
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443 '--no-playlist',
444 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 445 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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446 selection.add_option(
447 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 448 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 449 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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450 selection.add_option(
451 '--age-limit',
452 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 453 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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454 selection.add_option(
455 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
456 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 457 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 458 selection.add_option(
459 '--no-download-archive',
460 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
461 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
462 selection.add_option(
463 '--max-downloads',
464 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
465 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 466 selection.add_option(
467 '--break-on-existing',
468 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 469 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 470 selection.add_option(
471 '--break-on-reject',
472 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
8a51f564 473 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
b222c271 474 selection.add_option(
475 '--break-per-input',
476 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
477 help='Make --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject act only on the current input URL')
478 selection.add_option(
479 '--no-break-per-input',
480 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
481 help='--break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 482 selection.add_option(
483 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
484 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
485 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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487 '--include-ads',
488 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 489 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 490 selection.add_option(
491 '--no-include-ads',
492 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 493 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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496 authentication.add_option(
497 '-u', '--username',
498 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 499 help='Login with this account ID')
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501 '-p', '--password',
502 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 503 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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505 '-2', '--twofactor',
506 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 507 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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509 '-n', '--netrc',
510 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 511 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 512 authentication.add_option(
513 '--netrc-location',
514 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
515 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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517 '--video-password',
518 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 519 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 520 authentication.add_option(
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522 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 523 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 524 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 525 '--ap-username',
797c636b 526 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 527 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 528 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 529 '--ap-password',
797c636b 530 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 531 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 532 authentication.add_option(
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534 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 535 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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537 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
538 video_format.add_option(
539 '-f', '--format',
540 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 541 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
542 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 543 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 544 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
545 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 546 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
547 video_format.add_option(
548 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
549 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
550 help=(
551 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
552 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
553 video_format.add_option(
554 '--no-format-sort-force',
555 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
556 help=(
557 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
558 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
909d24dd 559 video_format.add_option(
560 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 561 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 562 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 563 video_format.add_option(
564 '--no-video-multistreams',
565 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 566 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 567 video_format.add_option(
568 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 569 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 570 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 571 video_format.add_option(
572 '--no-audio-multistreams',
573 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 574 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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576 '--all-formats',
577 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 578 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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580 '--prefer-free-formats',
581 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 582 help=(
583 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
584 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
585 video_format.add_option(
586 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 587 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 588 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 589 video_format.add_option(
590 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 591 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
592 help='Check that the selected formats are actually downloadable')
593 video_format.add_option(
594 '--check-all-formats',
595 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
596 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 597 video_format.add_option(
598 '--no-check-formats',
599 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 600 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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601 video_format.add_option(
602 '-F', '--list-formats',
603 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 604 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 605 video_format.add_option(
606 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 607 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 608 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 609 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 610 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 611 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 612 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 613 video_format.add_option(
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615 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 616 help=(
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618 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 619 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
63ad4d43 620 video_format.add_option(
621 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
622 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 623 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 624 video_format.add_option(
625 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
626 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 627 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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629 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
630 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 631 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 632 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 633 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 634 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 635 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
636 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
637 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
638 subtitles.add_option(
639 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 640 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 641 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 642 subtitles.add_option(
643 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
644 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 645 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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646 subtitles.add_option(
647 '--all-subs',
648 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 649 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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650 subtitles.add_option(
651 '--list-subs',
652 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 653 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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654 subtitles.add_option(
655 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 656 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 657 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 658 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 659 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 660 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 661 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 662 help=(
a4211baf 663 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
c32b0aab 664 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
665 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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667 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 668 downloader.add_option(
669 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
670 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b69fd25c 671 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 672 downloader.add_option(
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674 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 675 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
51d9739f 676 downloader.add_option(
677 '--throttled-rate',
678 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
679 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
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680 downloader.add_option(
681 '-R', '--retries',
682 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 683 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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685 '--fragment-retries',
686 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 687 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
9603b660 688 downloader.add_option(
c76eb41b 689 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
9603b660 690 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
8a51f564 691 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
732fb3f8 692 downloader.add_option(
6623ac34 693 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 694 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
8a51f564 695 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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697 '--keep-fragments',
698 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 699 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
700 downloader.add_option(
701 '--no-keep-fragments',
702 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
703 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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704 downloader.add_option(
705 '--buffer-size',
706 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 707 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
6623ac34 708 downloader.add_option(
709 '--resize-buffer',
710 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
711 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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712 downloader.add_option(
713 '--no-resize-buffer',
714 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 715 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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717 '--http-chunk-size',
718 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 719 help=(
720 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
721 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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722 downloader.add_option(
723 '--test',
724 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
725 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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727 '--playlist-reverse',
728 action='store_true',
729 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
6623ac34 730 downloader.add_option(
731 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 732 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
6623ac34 733 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
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734 downloader.add_option(
735 '--playlist-random',
736 action='store_true',
737 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
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738 downloader.add_option(
739 '--xattr-set-filesize',
740 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 741 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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742 downloader.add_option(
743 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 744 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 745 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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747 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
748 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 749 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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750 downloader.add_option(
751 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 752 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 753 help=(
9bd20204 754 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
755 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
756 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
757 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
758 downloader.add_option(
759 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
760 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
761 help=(
762 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
763 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
222516d9 764 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 765 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
766 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 767 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 768 callback_kwargs={
769 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 770 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 771 'process': str.strip
772 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 773 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
774 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
775 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
776 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
777 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
778 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
779 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
c75f0b36 780 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 781 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
782 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 783 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 784 callback_kwargs={
330690a2 785 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
cc0ec3e1 786 'default_key': 'default',
787 'process': compat_shlex_split
dbf5416a 788 }, help=(
46ee996e 789 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
790 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 791 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 792 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
793 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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795 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 796 workarounds.add_option(
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798 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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800 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 801 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 802 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 803 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 804 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 805 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
806 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 807 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 808 workarounds.add_option(
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810 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 811 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 812 workarounds.add_option(
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814 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 815 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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817 workarounds.add_option(
8450c15c 818 '--add-header',
45016689 819 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 820 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
44bcb8d1 821 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
45016689 822 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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824 workarounds.add_option(
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826 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
827 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 828 workarounds.add_option(
829 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
830 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
831 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 832 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 833 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 834 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 835 help=(
e167860c 836 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
837 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
838 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 839 workarounds.add_option(
840 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
841 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 842 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 843 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 844 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 845 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 846 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 847
0744a815 848 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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850 '-q', '--quiet',
851 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
34488702 852 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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853 verbosity.add_option(
854 '--no-warnings',
855 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
856 help='Ignore warnings')
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858 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 859 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 860 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 861 verbosity.add_option(
862 '--no-simulate',
863 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
864 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 865 verbosity.add_option(
866 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
867 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
868 help=(
0930b11f 869 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 870 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 871 verbosity.add_option(
872 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
873 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
874 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 875 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 876 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 877 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 878 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 879 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 880 '-O', '--print',
881 metavar='TEMPLATE', action='append', dest='forceprint',
53c18592 882 help=(
b7b04c78 883 'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
884 'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used'))
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885 verbosity.add_option(
886 '-g', '--get-url',
887 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 888 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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889 verbosity.add_option(
890 '-e', '--get-title',
891 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 892 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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894 '--get-id',
895 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 896 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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898 '--get-thumbnail',
899 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 900 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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901 verbosity.add_option(
902 '--get-description',
903 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 904 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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906 '--get-duration',
907 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 908 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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910 '--get-filename',
911 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 912 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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914 '--get-format',
915 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 916 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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917 verbosity.add_option(
918 '-j', '--dump-json',
919 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 920 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
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921 verbosity.add_option(
922 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
923 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 924 help=(
b7b04c78 925 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
926 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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927 verbosity.add_option(
928 '--print-json',
929 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 930 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 931 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 932 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 933 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
934 help=(
e58c22a0 935 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
936 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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937 verbosity.add_option(
938 '--newline',
939 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 940 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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941 verbosity.add_option(
942 '--no-progress',
819e0531 943 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 944 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 945 verbosity.add_option(
946 '--progress',
947 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
948 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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949 verbosity.add_option(
950 '--console-title',
951 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 952 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 953 verbosity.add_option(
954 '--progress-template',
955 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
956 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
957 callback_kwargs={
958 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
959 'default_key': 'download'
960 }, help=(
961 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
962 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
963 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
0930b11f 964 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
819e0531 965 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
966 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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967 verbosity.add_option(
968 '-v', '--verbose',
969 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 970 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 971 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 972 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 973 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 974 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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975 verbosity.add_option(
976 '--write-pages',
977 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
978 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
979 verbosity.add_option(
980 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
981 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
982 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
983 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 984 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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985 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
986 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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987 verbosity.add_option(
988 '-C', '--call-home',
989 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
7a5c1cfe 990 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 991 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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993 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 994 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 995 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 996 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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998 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
999 filesystem.add_option(
1000 '-a', '--batch-file',
1001 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 1002 help=(
1003 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1004 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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1006 '--no-batch-file',
1007 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1008 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1009 filesystem.add_option(
1010 '--id', default=False,
1011 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1012 filesystem.add_option(
1013 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1014 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1015 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1016 callback_kwargs={
1017 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
1018 'default_key': 'home'
1019 }, help=(
0202b52a 1020 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1021 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
1022 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1023 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1024 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1025 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1026 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1027 filesystem.add_option(
1028 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1029 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1030 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1031 callback_kwargs={
1032 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
cc0ec3e1 1033 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1034 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1035 filesystem.add_option(
1036 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1037 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
1038 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
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1039 filesystem.add_option(
1040 '--autonumber-size',
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1042 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1043 filesystem.add_option(
1044 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1045 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1046 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1047 filesystem.add_option(
1048 '--restrict-filenames',
1049 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1050 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1051 filesystem.add_option(
1052 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1053 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1054 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1055 filesystem.add_option(
1056 '--windows-filenames',
1057 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1058 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1059 filesystem.add_option(
1060 '--no-windows-filenames',
1061 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1062 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1063 filesystem.add_option(
1064 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1065 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1066 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1067 filesystem.add_option(
1068 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1069 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1070 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1071 filesystem.add_option(
1072 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1073 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1074 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1075 filesystem.add_option(
1076 '--no-force-overwrites',
1077 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1078 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1079 filesystem.add_option(
1080 '-c', '--continue',
1081 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1082 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1083 filesystem.add_option(
1084 '--no-continue',
1085 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1086 help=(
1087 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1088 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1089 filesystem.add_option(
1090 '--part',
1091 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1092 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1093 filesystem.add_option(
1094 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1095 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1096 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1097 filesystem.add_option(
1098 '--mtime',
1099 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1100 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1101 filesystem.add_option(
1102 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1103 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1104 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1105 filesystem.add_option(
1106 '--write-description',
1107 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1108 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1109 filesystem.add_option(
1110 '--no-write-description',
1111 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1112 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1113 filesystem.add_option(
1114 '--write-info-json',
1115 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
c25228e5 1116 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1117 filesystem.add_option(
1118 '--no-write-info-json',
1119 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1120 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1121 filesystem.add_option(
1122 '--write-annotations',
1123 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1124 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1125 filesystem.add_option(
1126 '--no-write-annotations',
1127 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1128 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1129 filesystem.add_option(
1130 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1131 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1132 help=(
1133 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1134 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1135 filesystem.add_option(
1136 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1137 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1138 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1139 filesystem.add_option(
1140 '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1141 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1142 help=(
1143 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1144 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1145 filesystem.add_option(
1146 '--no-clean-infojson',
1147 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1148 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1149 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1150 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1151 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1152 help=(
2305e2e5 1153 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1154 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1155 filesystem.add_option(
1156 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1157 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1158 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1159 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1160 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1161 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1162 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1163 filesystem.add_option(
1164 '--cookies',
1165 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1166 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1167 filesystem.add_option(
1168 '--no-cookies',
1169 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1170 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1171 filesystem.add_option(
1172 '--cookies-from-browser',
1173 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[:PROFILE]',
1174 help=(
1175 'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
1176 'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
1177 'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
1178 '"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
1179 'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
ca46b941 1180 ', '.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS)))))
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1181 filesystem.add_option(
1182 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1183 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1184 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1185 filesystem.add_option(
1186 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
9ee4f0bb 1187 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
34a741a8 1188 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1189 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1190 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1191 filesystem.add_option(
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1193 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1195
b31fdeed 1196 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1197 thumbnail.add_option(
1198 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1199 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1200 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1201 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1202 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1203 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1204 thumbnail.add_option(
1205 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1206 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1207 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1208 thumbnail.add_option(
1209 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1210 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1211 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1212 thumbnail.add_option(
1213 '--list-thumbnails',
1214 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1215 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1216
732044af 1217 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1218 link.add_option(
1219 '--write-link',
1220 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1221 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1222 link.add_option(
1223 '--write-url-link',
1224 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1225 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1226 link.add_option(
1227 '--write-webloc-link',
1228 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1229 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1230 link.add_option(
1231 '--write-desktop-link',
1232 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1233 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1234
1235 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1236 postproc.add_option(
1237 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1238 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1239 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1240 postproc.add_option(
1241 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1242 help=(
1243 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1244 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1245 postproc.add_option(
1246 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1247 dest='audioquality', default='5',
31c49255 1248 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
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1249 postproc.add_option(
1250 '--remux-video',
1251 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1252 help=(
17912249 1253 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
06167fbb 1254 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
81a23040 1255 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1256 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1257 postproc.add_option(
1258 '--recode-video',
1259 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
17912249 1260 help=(
1261 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
81a23040 1262 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
d84f1d14 1263 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1264 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1265 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1266 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1267 callback_kwargs={
1268 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
cc0ec3e1 1269 'process': compat_shlex_split,
1270 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1271 }, help=(
1b77b347 1272 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1273 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1274 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1275 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1276 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1277 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1278 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1279 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1280 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1281 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1282 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1283 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1284 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1285 postproc.add_option(
1286 '-k', '--keep-video',
1287 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1288 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1289 postproc.add_option(
1290 '--no-keep-video',
1291 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1292 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1293 postproc.add_option(
1294 '--post-overwrites',
1295 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1296 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1297 postproc.add_option(
1298 '--no-post-overwrites',
1299 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1300 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1301 postproc.add_option(
1302 '--embed-subs',
1303 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1304 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1305 postproc.add_option(
1306 '--no-embed-subs',
1307 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1308 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1309 postproc.add_option(
1310 '--embed-thumbnail',
1311 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1312 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1313 postproc.add_option(
1314 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1315 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1316 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1317 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1318 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1319 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1320 help=(
1321 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1322 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1323 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1324 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1325 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1326 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1327 postproc.add_option(
1328 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1329 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1330 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1331 postproc.add_option(
1332 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1333 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1334 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1335 postproc.add_option(
1336 '--embed-info-json',
1337 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1338 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1339 postproc.add_option(
1340 '--no-embed-info-json',
1341 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1342 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1343 postproc.add_option(
1344 '--metadata-from-title',
1345 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1346 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1347 postproc.add_option(
1348 '--parse-metadata',
e9f4ccd1 1349 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
6623ac34 1350 help=(
73cd218f 1351 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1352 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
e9f4ccd1 1353 postproc.add_option(
1354 '--replace-in-metadata',
1355 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1356 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
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1357 postproc.add_option(
1358 '--xattrs',
1359 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1360 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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1361 postproc.add_option(
1362 '--fixup',
99594a11 1363 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1364 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1365 help=(
1366 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1367 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1368 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1369 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1370 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1371 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1372 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1373 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1374 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1375 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1376 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1377 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1378 postproc.add_option(
1379 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1380 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1381 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1382 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1383 '--exec', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1384 action='append', dest='exec_cmd',
9de3ea31 1385 help=(
1386 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
34488702 1387 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
9de3ea31 1388 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
c681cb5d 1389 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1390 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1391 postproc.add_option(
1392 '--no-exec',
1393 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const=[],
1394 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1395 postproc.add_option(
1396 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1397 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
c681cb5d 1398 help=(
1399 'Execute a command before the actual download. '
1400 'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
1401 'This option can be used multiple times'))
5520aa2d 1402 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1403 '--no-exec-before-download',
1404 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
1405 help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
e9fade72 1406 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1407 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1408 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1409 help=(
1410 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1411 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
8fa43c73 1412 postproc.add_option(
1413 '--convert-thumbnails',
1414 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1415 help=(
1416 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1417 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
72755351 1418 postproc.add_option(
1419 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1420 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1421 help=(
1422 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1423 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1424 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1425 postproc.add_option(
1426 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1427 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1428 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1429 postproc.add_option(
1430 '--remove-chapters',
1431 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1432 help=(
1433 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1434 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified range. '
1435 'Eg: --remove-chapters "*10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro". '
1436 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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1437 postproc.add_option(
1438 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1439 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1440 postproc.add_option(
1441 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1442 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1443 help=(
1444 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
e75bb0d6 1445 'Requires a re-encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
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1446 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1447 postproc.add_option(
1448 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1449 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1450 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1451 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1452 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1453 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1454 postproc.add_option(
1455 '--use-postprocessor',
1456 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1457 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1458 callback_kwargs={
1459 'delim': None,
1460 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1461 }, help=(
1462 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1463 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1464 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1465 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1466 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after extraction), '
1467 '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default) '
1468 'or "after_move" (after moving file to their final locations). '
1469 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
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1471 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1472 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1473 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1474 sponsorblock.add_option(
1475 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1476 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1477 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1478 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1479 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1480 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1481 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
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1482 f'Available categories are all, default(=all), {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}. '
1483 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1484 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1485 sponsorblock.add_option(
1486 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1487 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1488 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1489 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
1490 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1491 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1492 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1493 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1494 }, help=(
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1495 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1496 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1497 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1498 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1499 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
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1500 sponsorblock.add_option(
1501 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1502 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1503 help=(
1504 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1505 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
1506 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
1507 sponsorblock.add_option(
1508 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1509 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1510 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1511 sponsorblock.add_option(
1512 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1513 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1514 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1515
1516 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1517 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1518 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1519 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1520 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1521 '--no-sponskrub',
1522 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1523 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1524 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1525 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1526 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1527 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1528 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1529 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1530 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1531 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1532 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1533 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1534 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1535 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1536 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1537 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1538 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1539 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1540 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1541 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1542 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1543 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1544 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1545 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1546 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1547
78895bd3 1548 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1549 extractor.add_option(
1550 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1551 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1552 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1553 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1554 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1555 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1556 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1557 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1558 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1559 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1560 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1561 extractor.add_option(
1562 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1563 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1564 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1565 )
1566 extractor.add_option(
1567 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1568 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1569 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
57015a4a 1570 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [val.strip() for val in vals.split(',')])
5d3a0e79 1571 extractor.add_option(
1572 '--extractor-args',
1573 metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1574 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1575 callback_kwargs={
1576 'multiple_keys': False,
1577 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1578 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1579 }, help=(
5d3a0e79 1580 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1581 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1582 extractor.add_option(
1583 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1584 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1585 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1586 extractor.add_option(
1587 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1588 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1589 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1590 extractor.add_option(
1591 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1592 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1593 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1594 extractor.add_option(
1595 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1596 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1597 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1598
34a741a8 1599 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1600 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1601 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1602 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1603 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1604 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1605 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1606 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1607 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1608 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1609 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1610 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1611 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1612 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1613 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1614 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
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1615
1616 if overrideArguments is not None:
1617 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
1618 if opts.verbose:
8450c15c 1619 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
34a741a8 1620 else:
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1621 def compat_conf(conf):
1622 if sys.version_info < (3,):
1623 return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
1624 return conf
1625
e2e43aea 1626 configs = {
0202b52a 1627 'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
1628 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1629 paths = {'command-line': False}
7303f84a 1630
1631 def read_options(name, path, user=False):
1632 ''' loads config files and returns ignoreconfig '''
1633 # Multiple package names can be given here
1634 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1635 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1636 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
1637 if user:
1638 config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
1639 else:
1640 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
1641 config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
1642 if config is not None:
2aa5e2cc 1643 current_path = os.path.realpath(current_path)
1644 if current_path in paths.values():
1645 return False
7303f84a 1646 configs[name], paths[name] = config, current_path
1647 return parser.parse_args(config)[0].ignoreconfig
1648 return False
f5e2efbb 1649
e2e43aea 1650 def get_configs():
7303f84a 1651 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
1652 if opts.config_location is not None:
e2e43aea 1653 location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
1654 if os.path.isdir(location):
7a5c1cfe 1655 location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
e2e43aea 1656 if not os.path.exists(location):
1657 parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
7303f84a 1658 config = _readOptions(location, default=None)
1659 if config:
7b386498 1660 configs['custom'], paths['custom'] = config, location
7303f84a 1661
1662 if opts.ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1663 return
7303f84a 1664 if parser.parse_args(configs['custom'])[0].ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1665 return
7303f84a 1666 if read_options('portable', get_executable_path()):
e2e43aea 1667 return
7303f84a 1668 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])
1669 if read_options('home', expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()):
0202b52a 1670 return
7303f84a 1671 if read_options('system', '/etc'):
e2e43aea 1672 return
7303f84a 1673 if read_options('user', None, user=True):
0202b52a 1674 configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
e66dca5e 1675
e2e43aea 1676 get_configs()
0202b52a 1677 argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
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1678 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
1679 if opts.verbose:
b5ae35ee 1680 for label in ('Command-line', 'Custom', 'Portable', 'Home', 'User', 'System'):
0202b52a 1681 key = label.lower()
7303f84a 1682 if paths.get(key):
1683 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config file: {paths[key]}\n')
1684 if paths.get(key) is not None:
1685 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config: {_hide_login_info(configs[key])!r}\n')
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1687 return parser, opts, args