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9e491463 1import collections
2import contextlib
34a741a8 3import optparse
f8271158 4import os.path
3aa9a735 5import re
f9934b96 6import shlex
ac668111 7import shutil
9e491463 8import string
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9import sys
10
ac668111 11from .compat import compat_expanduser
f59f5ef8 12from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
81a23040 13from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 14from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 15 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
4f04be6a 16 FFmpegMergerPP,
81a23040 17 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
18 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
19 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 20 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 21)
7a340e0d 22from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
77df20f1 23from .update import UPDATE_SOURCES, detect_variant, is_non_updateable
f8271158 24from .utils import (
25 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
26 POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
27 Config,
da4db748 28 deprecation_warning,
f8271158 29 expand_path,
70b23409 30 format_field,
f8271158 31 get_executable_path,
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32 get_system_config_dirs,
33 get_user_config_dirs,
19a03940 34 join_nonempty,
5314b521 35 orderedSet_from_options,
f8271158 36 remove_end,
8417f26b 37 variadic,
f8271158 38 write_string,
39)
77df20f1 40from .version import CHANNEL, __version__
81a23040 41
34a741a8 42
06e57990 43def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
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44 PACKAGE_NAME = 'yt-dlp'
45
9e491463 46 root = Config(create_parser())
06e57990 47 if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
48 ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
34a741a8 49
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50 def read_config(*paths):
51 path = os.path.join(*paths)
52 conf = Config.read_file(path, default=None)
53 if conf is not None:
54 return conf, path
55
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56 def _load_from_config_dirs(config_dirs):
57 for config_dir in config_dirs:
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58 head, tail = os.path.split(config_dir)
59 assert tail == PACKAGE_NAME or config_dir == os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), f'.{PACKAGE_NAME}')
34a741a8 60
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61 yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf')
62 if tail.startswith('.'): # ~/.PACKAGE_NAME
63 yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf.txt')
64 yield read_config(config_dir, 'config')
65 yield read_config(config_dir, 'config.txt')
34a741a8 66
8e40b9d1 67 def add_config(label, path=None, func=None):
06e57990 68 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
9e491463 69 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
06e57990 70 return False
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71 elif func:
72 assert path is None
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73 args, current_path = next(
74 filter(None, _load_from_config_dirs(func(PACKAGE_NAME))), (None, None))
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75 else:
76 current_path = os.path.join(path, 'yt-dlp.conf')
77 args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
78 if args is not None:
79 root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
06e57990 80 return True
81
82 def load_configs():
83 yield not ignore_config_files
84 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
9e491463 85 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_known_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
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86 yield add_config('User', func=get_user_config_dirs)
87 yield add_config('System', func=get_system_config_dirs)
06e57990 88
9e491463 89 opts = optparse.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False})
90 try:
44a6fcff 91 try:
08e29b9f 92 if overrideArguments is not None:
44a6fcff 93 root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
94 else:
95 root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
96 loaded_all_configs = all(load_configs())
97 except ValueError as err:
98 raise root.parser.error(err)
9e491463 99
44a6fcff 100 if loaded_all_configs:
9e491463 101 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
102 # the user configuration is removed
103 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
104 user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
105 if user_conf is not None:
106 root.configs.pop(user_conf)
06e57990 107
284a60c5 108 try:
109 root.configs[0].load_configs() # Resolve any aliases using --config-location
110 except ValueError as err:
111 raise root.parser.error(err)
112
9e491463 113 opts, args = root.parse_args()
114 except optparse.OptParseError:
115 with contextlib.suppress(optparse.OptParseError):
116 opts, _ = root.parse_known_args(strict=False)
117 raise
118 except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
119 opts.verbose = False
120 raise
121 finally:
122 verbose = opts.verbose and f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:]
123 if verbose:
124 write_string(f'{verbose}\n')
125 if opts.print_help:
126 if verbose:
127 write_string('\n')
128 root.parser.print_help()
129 if opts.print_help:
130 sys.exit()
131 return root.parser, opts, args
06e57990 132
133
19a03940 134class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
135 def __init__(self):
136 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
ac668111 137 max_width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns or 80
2dd5a2e3 138 # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
139 super().__init__(width=max_width, max_help_position=int(0.45 * max_width))
19a03940 140
141 @staticmethod
142 def format_option_strings(option):
143 """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
144 opts = join_nonempty(
145 option._short_opts and option._short_opts[0],
146 option._long_opts and option._long_opts[0],
147 delim=', ')
148 if option.takes_value():
149 opts += f' {option.metavar}'
150 return opts
151
152
db2e129c 153class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
154 # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
ca7f8b8f 155 ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
9e491463 156 ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
db2e129c 157
19a03940 158 def __init__(self):
159 super().__init__(
9e491463 160 prog='yt-dlp' if detect_variant() == 'source' else None,
19a03940 161 version=__version__,
162 usage='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
163 epilog='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
164 formatter=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
165 conflict_handler='resolve',
166 )
ca7f8b8f 167 self.set_default(self.ALIAS_DEST, collections.defaultdict(int))
19a03940 168
9e491463 169 _UNKNOWN_OPTION = (optparse.BadOptionError, optparse.AmbiguousOptionError)
170 _BAD_OPTION = optparse.OptionValueError
171
172 def parse_known_args(self, args=None, values=None, strict=True):
173 """Same as parse_args, but ignore unknown switches. Similar to argparse.parse_known_args"""
174 self.rargs, self.largs = self._get_args(args), []
175 self.values = values or self.get_default_values()
176 while self.rargs:
c800598c 177 arg = self.rargs[0]
9e491463 178 try:
c800598c 179 if arg == '--':
180 del self.rargs[0]
181 break
182 elif arg.startswith('--'):
183 self._process_long_opt(self.rargs, self.values)
184 elif arg.startswith('-') and arg != '-':
185 self._process_short_opts(self.rargs, self.values)
186 elif self.allow_interspersed_args:
187 self.largs.append(self.rargs.pop(0))
188 else:
189 break
9e491463 190 except optparse.OptParseError as err:
191 if isinstance(err, self._UNKNOWN_OPTION):
192 self.largs.append(err.opt_str)
193 elif strict:
194 if isinstance(err, self._BAD_OPTION):
195 self.error(str(err))
196 raise
197 return self.check_values(self.values, self.largs)
198
199 def error(self, msg):
44a6fcff 200 msg = f'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
9e491463 201 raise optparse.OptParseError(f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg)
202
19a03940 203 def _get_args(self, args):
204 return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
205
db2e129c 206 def _match_long_opt(self, opt):
962ffcf8 207 """Improve ambiguous argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
db2e129c 208 try:
209 return super()._match_long_opt(opt)
210 except optparse.AmbiguousOptionError as e:
86e5f3ed 211 if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}) == 1:
db2e129c 212 return e.possibilities[0]
213 raise
214
215
06e57990 216def create_parser():
d21bba78 217 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 218 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
9e907ebd 219 current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
1f8471e2 220 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 221 setattr(
222 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 223 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 224
31654882 225 def _set_from_options_callback(
5314b521 226 option, opt_str, value, parser, allowed_values, delim=',', aliases={},
d21bba78 227 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
5314b521 228 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))
229 try:
230 requested = orderedSet_from_options(values, collections.ChainMap(aliases, {'all': allowed_values}),
231 start=getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
232 except ValueError as e:
233 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {e.args[0]}')
31654882 234
5314b521 235 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, set(requested))
31654882 236
e632bce2 237 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 238 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 239 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
ca30f449 240 process_key=str.lower, append=False):
45016689 241
ca30f449 242 out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
bb66c247 243 multiple_args = not isinstance(value, str)
d818eb74 244 if multiple_keys:
86e5f3ed 245 allowed_keys = fr'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
bb66c247 246 mobj = re.match(
78fde6e3 247 fr'(?is)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
bb66c247 248 value[0] if multiple_args else value)
45016689 249 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 250 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
bb66c247 251 if multiple_args:
252 val = [val, *value[1:]]
45016689 253 elif default_key is not None:
8417f26b 254 keys, val = variadic(default_key), value
45016689 255 else:
256 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
86e5f3ed 257 f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
4bb6b02f 258 try:
44bcb8d1 259 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 260 val = process(val) if process else val
261 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 262 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 263 for key in keys:
ca30f449 264 out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
265 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
45016689 266
119e40ef 267 def when_prefix(default):
268 return {
269 'default': {},
270 'type': 'str',
271 'action': 'callback',
272 'callback': _dict_from_options_callback,
273 'callback_kwargs': {
274 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
275 'default_key': default,
276 'multiple_keys': False,
277 'append': True,
278 },
279 }
280
19a03940 281 parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
9e491463 282 alias_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Aliases')
283 Formatter = string.Formatter()
284
285 def _create_alias(option, opt_str, value, parser):
286 aliases, opts = value
287 try:
288 nargs = len({i if f == '' else f
289 for i, (_, f, _, _) in enumerate(Formatter.parse(opts)) if f is not None})
290 opts.format(*map(str, range(nargs))) # validate
291 except Exception as err:
292 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} OPTIONS formatting; {err}')
293 if alias_group not in parser.option_groups:
294 parser.add_option_group(alias_group)
295
296 aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
297 try:
46d09f87 298 args = [f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)]
9e491463 299 alias_group.add_option(
46d09f87 300 *aliases, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
301 metavar=' '.join(args), help=opts.format(*args), action='callback',
9e491463 302 callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
303 except Exception as err:
304 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
305
306 def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
307 counter = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
308 counter[opt_str] += 1
309 if counter[opt_str] > parser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT:
310 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'Alias {opt_str} exceeded invocation limit')
311 if nargs == 1:
312 value = [value]
313 assert (nargs == 0 and value is None) or len(value) == nargs
314 parser.rargs[:0] = shlex.split(
315 opts if value is None else opts.format(*map(shlex.quote, value)))
34a741a8 316
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317 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
318 general.add_option(
9e491463 319 '-h', '--help', dest='print_help', action='store_true',
17941321 320 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 321 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 322 '--version',
8450c15c 323 action='version',
17941321 324 help='Print program version and exit')
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325 general.add_option(
326 '-U', '--update',
665472a7 327 action='store_const', dest='update_self', const=CHANNEL,
70b23409 328 help=format_field(
329 is_non_updateable(), None, 'Check if updates are available. %s',
77df20f1 330 default=f'Update this program to the latest {CHANNEL} version'))
d32f30ac 331 general.add_option(
332 '--no-update',
333 action='store_false', dest='update_self',
70b23409 334 help='Do not check for updates (default)')
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335 general.add_option(
336 '--update-to',
337 action='store', dest='update_self', metavar='[CHANNEL]@[TAG]',
338 help=(
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339 'Upgrade/downgrade to a specific version. CHANNEL can be a repository as well. '
340 f'CHANNEL and TAG default to "{CHANNEL.partition("@")[0]}" and "latest" respectively if omitted; '
341 f'See "UPDATE" for details. Supported channels: {", ".join(UPDATE_SOURCES)}'))
8450c15c 342 general.add_option(
b1940459 343 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
344 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 345 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 346 general.add_option(
347 '--no-abort-on-error',
348 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
349 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 350 general.add_option(
6623ac34 351 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 352 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 353 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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354 general.add_option(
355 '--dump-user-agent',
356 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 357 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 358 general.add_option(
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359 '--list-extractors',
360 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 361 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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362 general.add_option(
363 '--extractor-descriptions',
364 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 365 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
fe7866d0 366 general.add_option(
367 '--use-extractors', '--ies',
368 action='callback', dest='allowed_extractors', metavar='NAMES', type='str',
369 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
370 help=(
371 'Extractor names to use separated by commas. '
372 'You can also use regexes, "all", "default" and "end" (end URL matching); '
373 'e.g. --ies "holodex.*,end,youtube". '
374 'Prefix the name with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies default,-generic. '
2516cafb 375 'Use --list-extractors for a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)'))
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376 general.add_option(
377 '--force-generic-extractor',
378 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
fe7866d0 379 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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380 general.add_option(
381 '--default-search',
382 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
2dd5a2e3 383 help=(
384 'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
62b58c09 385 'E.g. "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
2dd5a2e3 386 'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
387 '"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
388 'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
34a741a8 389 general.add_option(
6623ac34 390 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 391 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 392 help=(
9e907ebd 393 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
ed8d87f9 394 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
fc5fa964 395 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
e66dca5e 396 general.add_option(
06e57990 397 '--no-config-locations',
398 action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
399 help=(
400 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
401 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
402 general.add_option(
403 '--config-locations',
404 dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
405 help=(
6b9e832d 406 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory '
407 '("-" for stdin). Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
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408 general.add_option(
409 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 410 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 411 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 412 general.add_option(
413 '--no-flat-playlist',
414 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
c8bc203f 415 help='Fully extract the videos of a playlist (default)')
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416 general.add_option(
417 '--live-from-start',
418 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
9e907ebd 419 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
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420 general.add_option(
421 '--no-live-from-start',
422 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
423 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
f2ebc5c7 424 general.add_option(
425 '--wait-for-video',
426 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
427 help=(
428 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
429 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
430 general.add_option(
431 '--no-wait-for-video',
432 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
433 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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434 general.add_option(
435 '--mark-watched',
436 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e248be33 437 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
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438 general.add_option(
439 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 440 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
441 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 442 general.add_option(
f2df4071 443 '--no-colors', '--no-colours',
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444 action='store_const', dest='color', const={
445 'stdout': 'no_color',
446 'stderr': 'no_color',
447 },
448 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
449 general.add_option(
450 '--color',
451 dest='color', metavar='[STREAM:]POLICY', default={}, type='str',
452 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
453 callback_kwargs={
454 'allowed_keys': 'stdout|stderr',
455 'default_key': ['stdout', 'stderr'],
456 'process': str.strip,
457 }, help=(
458 'Whether to emit color codes in output, optionally prefixed by '
459 'the STREAM (stdout or stderr) to apply the setting to. '
460 'Can be one of "always", "auto" (default), "never", or '
461 '"no_color" (use non color terminal sequences). '
462 'Can be used multiple times'))
53ed7066 463 general.add_option(
464 '--compat-options',
31654882 465 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
466 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
467 callback_kwargs={
468 'allowed_values': {
5c3895ff 469 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
93b39cdb 470 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge', 'playlist-match-filter',
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471 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'no-external-downloader-progress',
472 'embed-metadata', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
d2c8aadf 473 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
d21bba78 474 }, 'aliases': {
93b39cdb 475 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams', '-playlist-match-filter'],
476 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', '-playlist-match-filter'],
2a06bb4e 477 '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
93b39cdb 478 '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter'],
31654882 479 }
480 }, help=(
481 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 482 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
483 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
9e491463 484 general.add_option(
485 '--alias', metavar='ALIASES OPTIONS', dest='_', type='str', nargs=2,
486 action='callback', callback=_create_alias,
487 help=(
488 'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
489 'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
62b58c09 490 'E.g. --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
9e491463 491 '"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
492 '"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
962ffcf8 493 'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
9e491463 494 f'As a safety measure, each alias may be triggered a maximum of {_YoutubeDLOptionParser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT} times. '
495 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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498 network.add_option(
499 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
500 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 501 help=(
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502 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme, '
503 'e.g. socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
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504 network.add_option(
505 '--socket-timeout',
506 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
507 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
508 network.add_option(
509 '--source-address',
510 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 511 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 512 )
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513 network.add_option(
514 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
515 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 516 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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518 network.add_option(
519 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
520 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 521 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 522 )
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524 '--enable-file-urls', action='store_true',
525 dest='enable_file_urls', default=False,
526 help='Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.'
527 )
0aa10994 528
b31fdeed 529 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 530 geo.add_option(
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531 '--geo-verification-proxy',
532 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 533 help=(
534 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 535 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 536 geo.add_option(
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538 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
0aa10994 539 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
c1664464 540 geo.add_option(
541 '--xff', metavar='VALUE',
c8bc203f 542 dest='geo_bypass', default='default',
c1664464 543 help=(
544 'How to fake X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to try bypassing geographic restriction. '
c8bc203f 545 'One of "default" (only when known to be useful), "never", '
546 'an IP block in CIDR notation, or a two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code'))
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548 '--geo-bypass',
c1664464 549 action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='default',
550 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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552 '--no-geo-bypass',
c1664464 553 action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='never',
554 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0aa10994 555 geo.add_option(
c1664464 556 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE', dest='geo_bypass',
557 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5f95927a 558 geo.add_option(
c1664464 559 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK', dest='geo_bypass',
560 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
be4a824d 561
8450c15c 562 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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563 selection.add_option(
564 '--playlist-start',
565 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
7e88d7d7 566 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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567 selection.add_option(
568 '--playlist-end',
569 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
7e88d7d7 570 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
c14e88f0 571 selection.add_option(
7e88d7d7 572 '-I', '--playlist-items',
c14e88f0 573 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
7e88d7d7 574 help=(
71df9b7f 575 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. '
7e88d7d7 576 'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
577 'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
71df9b7f 578 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
34a741a8 579 selection.add_option(
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580 '--match-title',
581 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 582 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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583 selection.add_option(
584 '--reject-title',
585 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 586 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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587 selection.add_option(
588 '--min-filesize',
589 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
46d09f87 590 help='Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
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591 selection.add_option(
592 '--max-filesize',
593 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
71df9b7f 594 help='Abort download if filesize is larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
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595 selection.add_option(
596 '--date',
597 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 598 help=(
8e174ba7 599 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
600 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format [now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. '
601 'E.g. "--date today-2weeks" downloads only videos uploaded on the same day two weeks ago'))
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602 selection.add_option(
603 '--datebefore',
604 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 605 help=(
606 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
607 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 608 selection.add_option(
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609 '--dateafter',
610 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 611 help=(
612 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
613 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 614 selection.add_option(
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616 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 617 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 618 selection.add_option(
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620 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 621 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
347de493 622 selection.add_option(
b1a7cd05 623 '--match-filters',
624 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='append',
347de493 625 help=(
2dd5a2e3 626 'Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" field can be compared with a '
d4ada357 627 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering Formats". '
b1a7cd05 628 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
629 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
630 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
62b58c09 631 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter '
b1a7cd05 632 '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
633 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
634 '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
2dd5a2e3 635 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
492272fe 636 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
6623ac34 637 selection.add_option(
c8bc203f 638 '--no-match-filters',
fe2ce85a 639 dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
640 help='Do not use any --match-filter (default)')
641 selection.add_option(
642 '--break-match-filters',
643 metavar='FILTER', dest='breaking_match_filter', action='append',
644 help='Same as "--match-filters" but stops the download process when a video is rejected')
645 selection.add_option(
646 '--no-break-match-filters',
647 dest='breaking_match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
648 help='Do not use any --break-match-filters (default)')
34a741a8 649 selection.add_option(
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650 '--no-playlist',
651 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 652 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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653 selection.add_option(
654 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 655 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 656 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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657 selection.add_option(
658 '--age-limit',
659 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 660 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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661 selection.add_option(
662 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
663 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 664 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 665 selection.add_option(
666 '--no-download-archive',
667 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
668 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
669 selection.add_option(
670 '--max-downloads',
671 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
672 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 673 selection.add_option(
674 '--break-on-existing',
675 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 676 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 677 selection.add_option(
678 '--break-on-reject',
679 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
fe2ce85a 680 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
b222c271 681 selection.add_option(
682 '--break-per-input',
683 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
fe2ce85a 684 help='Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing, --break-match-filter, and autonumber to reset per input URL')
b222c271 685 selection.add_option(
686 '--no-break-per-input',
687 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
490110c5 688 help='--break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 689 selection.add_option(
690 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
691 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
692 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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693 selection.add_option(
694 '--include-ads',
695 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 696 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 697 selection.add_option(
698 '--no-include-ads',
699 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 700 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 701
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702 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
703 authentication.add_option(
704 '-u', '--username',
705 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 706 help='Login with this account ID')
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707 authentication.add_option(
708 '-p', '--password',
709 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 710 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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711 authentication.add_option(
712 '-2', '--twofactor',
713 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 714 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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715 authentication.add_option(
716 '-n', '--netrc',
717 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 718 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 719 authentication.add_option(
720 '--netrc-location',
721 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
722 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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724 '--netrc-cmd',
725 dest='netrc_cmd', metavar='NETRC_CMD',
726 help='Command to execute to get the credentials for an extractor.')
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727 authentication.add_option(
728 '--video-password',
729 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 730 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 731 authentication.add_option(
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732 '--ap-mso',
733 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 734 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 735 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 736 '--ap-username',
797c636b 737 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 738 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 739 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 740 '--ap-password',
797c636b 741 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 742 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 743 authentication.add_option(
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745 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 746 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
bb58c9ed 747 authentication.add_option(
748 '--client-certificate',
749 dest='client_certificate', metavar='CERTFILE',
750 help='Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key')
751 authentication.add_option(
752 '--client-certificate-key',
753 dest='client_certificate_key', metavar='KEYFILE',
754 help='Path to private key file for client certificate')
755 authentication.add_option(
756 '--client-certificate-password',
757 dest='client_certificate_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
758 help='Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted. '
2dd5a2e3 759 'If not provided, and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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761 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
762 video_format.add_option(
763 '-f', '--format',
764 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 765 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
766 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 767 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 768 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
769 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 770 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
771 video_format.add_option(
772 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
773 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
774 help=(
775 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
2dd5a2e3 776 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)'))
eb8a4433 777 video_format.add_option(
778 '--no-format-sort-force',
779 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
2dd5a2e3 780 help='Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default)')
909d24dd 781 video_format.add_option(
782 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 783 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 784 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 785 video_format.add_option(
786 '--no-video-multistreams',
787 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 788 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 789 video_format.add_option(
790 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 791 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 792 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 793 video_format.add_option(
794 '--no-audio-multistreams',
795 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 796 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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797 video_format.add_option(
798 '--all-formats',
799 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 800 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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801 video_format.add_option(
802 '--prefer-free-formats',
803 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 804 help=(
805 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
806 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
807 video_format.add_option(
808 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 809 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 810 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 811 video_format.add_option(
812 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 813 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
ebc7d3ff 814 help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
9f1a1c36 815 video_format.add_option(
816 '--check-all-formats',
817 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
818 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 819 video_format.add_option(
820 '--no-check-formats',
821 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 822 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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823 video_format.add_option(
824 '-F', '--list-formats',
825 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 826 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 827 video_format.add_option(
828 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 829 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 830 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 831 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 832 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 833 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 834 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 835 video_format.add_option(
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836 '--merge-output-format',
837 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 838 help=(
62b58c09 839 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv". '
fc61aff4 840 'Ignored if no merge is required. '
4f04be6a 841 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
63ad4d43 842 video_format.add_option(
843 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
844 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 845 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 846 video_format.add_option(
847 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
848 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 849 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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851 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
852 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 853 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 854 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 855 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 856 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 857 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
858 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
859 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
860 subtitles.add_option(
861 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 862 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 863 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 864 subtitles.add_option(
865 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
866 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 867 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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868 subtitles.add_option(
869 '--all-subs',
870 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 871 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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872 subtitles.add_option(
873 '--list-subs',
874 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 875 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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876 subtitles.add_option(
877 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 878 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
62b58c09 879 help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 880 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 881 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 882 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 883 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 884 help=(
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885 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas, e.g. --sub-langs "en.*,ja". '
886 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs all,-live_chat. '
c32b0aab 887 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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889 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 890 downloader.add_option(
891 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
892 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b69fd25c 893 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 894 downloader.add_option(
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895 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
896 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
62b58c09 897 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second, e.g. 50K or 4.2M')
51d9739f 898 downloader.add_option(
899 '--throttled-rate',
900 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
62b58c09 901 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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902 downloader.add_option(
903 '-R', '--retries',
904 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 905 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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906 downloader.add_option(
907 '--file-access-retries',
45806d44 908 dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
205a0654 909 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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910 downloader.add_option(
911 '--fragment-retries',
912 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 913 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
23326151 914 downloader.add_option(
915 '--retry-sleep',
916 dest='retry_sleep', metavar='[TYPE:]EXPR', default={}, type='str',
917 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
918 callback_kwargs={
be5c1ae8 919 'allowed_keys': 'http|fragment|file_access|extractor',
23326151 920 'default_key': 'http',
921 }, help=(
be5c1ae8 922 'Time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry '
923 '(http (default), fragment, file_access, extractor) to apply the sleep to. '
2dd5a2e3 924 'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
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926 'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
9603b660 927 downloader.add_option(
08e29b9f 928 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 929 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
08e29b9f 930 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments)')
732fb3f8 931 downloader.add_option(
08e29b9f 932 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragments', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 933 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
2dd5a2e3 934 help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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936 '--keep-fragments',
937 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 938 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
939 downloader.add_option(
940 '--no-keep-fragments',
941 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
942 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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944 '--buffer-size',
945 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
62b58c09 946 help='Size of download buffer, e.g. 1024 or 16K (default is %default)')
6623ac34 947 downloader.add_option(
948 '--resize-buffer',
949 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
950 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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952 '--no-resize-buffer',
953 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 954 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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956 '--http-chunk-size',
957 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 958 help=(
62b58c09 959 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading, e.g. 10485760 or 10M (default is disabled). '
6623ac34 960 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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961 downloader.add_option(
962 '--test',
963 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
964 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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965 downloader.add_option(
966 '--playlist-reverse',
7e9a6125 967 action='store_true', dest='playlist_reverse',
7e88d7d7 968 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 969 downloader.add_option(
970 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 971 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
7e88d7d7 972 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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973 downloader.add_option(
974 '--playlist-random',
7e9a6125 975 action='store_true', dest='playlist_random',
75822ca7 976 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
7e9a6125 977 downloader.add_option(
978 '--lazy-playlist',
979 action='store_true', dest='lazy_playlist',
980 help='Process entries in the playlist as they are received. This disables n_entries, --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse')
981 downloader.add_option(
982 '--no-lazy-playlist',
983 action='store_false', dest='lazy_playlist',
984 help='Process videos in the playlist only after the entire playlist is parsed (default)')
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985 downloader.add_option(
986 '--xattr-set-filesize',
987 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 988 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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990 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 991 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 992 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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994 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
995 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 996 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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997 downloader.add_option(
998 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 999 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 1000 help=(
9bd20204 1001 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
1002 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
1003 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
1004 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
1005 downloader.add_option(
1006 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
1007 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
1008 help=(
1009 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
1010 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
5ec1b6b7 1011 downloader.add_option(
1012 '--download-sections',
1013 metavar='REGEX', dest='download_ranges', action='append',
1014 help=(
1015 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1016 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
62b58c09 1017 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
fc2ba496 1018 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
222516d9 1019 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 1020 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
1021 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1022 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 1023 callback_kwargs={
1024 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 1025 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 1026 'process': str.strip
1027 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 1028 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
1029 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
8dc59305 1030 f'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
52a8a1e1 1031 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
62b58c09 1032 'E.g. --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
52a8a1e1 1033 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
0a41f331 1034 '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
c75f0b36 1035 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 1036 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
1037 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1038 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 1039 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1040 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
cc0ec3e1 1041 'default_key': 'default',
f9934b96 1042 'process': shlex.split
dbf5416a 1043 }, help=(
46ee996e 1044 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
1045 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 1046 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 1047 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
1048 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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1050 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 1051 workarounds.add_option(
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1053 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
34a741a8 1054 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
f81c62a6 1055 workarounds.add_option(
1056 '--legacy-server-connect',
1057 action='store_true', dest='legacy_server_connect', default=False,
1058 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
34a741a8 1059 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 1060 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 1061 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 1062 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 1063 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 1064 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
1065 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 1066 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 1067 workarounds.add_option(
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1069 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
8b7539d2 1070 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 1071 workarounds.add_option(
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1073 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
8b7539d2 1074 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 1075 workarounds.add_option(
a5387729 1076 '--add-headers',
45016689 1077 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1078 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
8b7539d2 1079 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
45016689 1080 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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1082 workarounds.add_option(
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1084 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
1085 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 1086 workarounds.add_option(
1087 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
1088 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
1089 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 1090 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 1091 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 1092 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 1093 help=(
e167860c 1094 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
1095 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
1096 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 1097 workarounds.add_option(
1098 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
1099 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 1100 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 1101 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 1102 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 1103 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 1104 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 1105
0744a815 1106 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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1107 verbosity.add_option(
1108 '-q', '--quiet',
d669772c 1109 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=None,
34488702 1110 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
d669772c 1111 verbosity.add_option(
1112 '--no-quiet',
1113 action='store_false', dest='quiet',
1114 help='Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)')
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1115 verbosity.add_option(
1116 '--no-warnings',
1117 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
1118 help='Ignore warnings')
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1119 verbosity.add_option(
1120 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 1121 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 1122 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 1123 verbosity.add_option(
1124 '--no-simulate',
1125 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
1126 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 1127 verbosity.add_option(
1128 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
1129 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
1130 help=(
0930b11f 1131 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 1132 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 1133 verbosity.add_option(
1134 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
1135 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
1136 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 1137 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 1138 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 1139 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 1140 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 1141 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 1142 '-O', '--print',
119e40ef 1143 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', **when_prefix('video'),
1144 help=(
ed5835b4 1145 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
119e40ef 1146 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: video). '
62f6f1cb 1147 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
1148 'This option can be used multiple times'))
bb66c247 1149 verbosity.add_option(
1150 '--print-to-file',
119e40ef 1151 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', nargs=2, **when_prefix('video'),
1152 help=(
bb66c247 1153 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
1154 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
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1155 verbosity.add_option(
1156 '-g', '--get-url',
1157 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 1158 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1159 verbosity.add_option(
1160 '-e', '--get-title',
1161 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 1162 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1163 verbosity.add_option(
1164 '--get-id',
1165 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 1166 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1167 verbosity.add_option(
1168 '--get-thumbnail',
1169 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 1170 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1171 verbosity.add_option(
1172 '--get-description',
1173 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 1174 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1175 verbosity.add_option(
1176 '--get-duration',
1177 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 1178 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1179 verbosity.add_option(
1180 '--get-filename',
1181 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 1182 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1183 verbosity.add_option(
1184 '--get-format',
1185 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 1186 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1187 verbosity.add_option(
1188 '-j', '--dump-json',
1189 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 1190 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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1191 verbosity.add_option(
1192 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
1193 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 1194 help=(
b7b04c78 1195 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1196 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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1197 verbosity.add_option(
1198 '--print-json',
1199 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 1200 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 1201 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 1202 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 1203 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
1204 help=(
e58c22a0 1205 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
1206 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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1207 verbosity.add_option(
1208 '--newline',
1209 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 1210 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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1211 verbosity.add_option(
1212 '--no-progress',
819e0531 1213 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 1214 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 1215 verbosity.add_option(
1216 '--progress',
1217 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
1218 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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1219 verbosity.add_option(
1220 '--console-title',
1221 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 1222 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 1223 verbosity.add_option(
1224 '--progress-template',
1225 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
1226 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1227 callback_kwargs={
1228 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1229 'default_key': 'download'
1230 }, help=(
1231 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1232 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1233 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
62b58c09 1234 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
819e0531 1235 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1236 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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1237 verbosity.add_option(
1238 '-v', '--verbose',
1239 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 1240 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 1241 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 1242 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 1243 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 1244 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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1245 verbosity.add_option(
1246 '--write-pages',
1247 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
1248 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
f95b9dee 1249 verbosity.add_option(
1250 '--load-pages',
1251 action='store_true', dest='load_pages', default=False,
1252 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1253 verbosity.add_option(
1254 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1255 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
1256 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1257 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 1258 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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1259 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
1260 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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1261 verbosity.add_option(
1262 '-C', '--call-home',
1263 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
19a03940 1264 # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 1265 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1266 verbosity.add_option(
1267 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 1268 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 1269 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 1270 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1272 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
1273 filesystem.add_option(
1274 '-a', '--batch-file',
1275 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 1276 help=(
1277 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1278 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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1279 filesystem.add_option(
1280 '--no-batch-file',
1281 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1282 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1283 filesystem.add_option(
1284 '--id', default=False,
1285 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1286 filesystem.add_option(
1287 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1288 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1289 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1290 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1291 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
d74a58a1 1292 'default_key': 'home'
1293 }, help=(
0202b52a 1294 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1295 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
6a34813a 1296 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1297 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1298 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1299 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1300 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1301 filesystem.add_option(
1302 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1303 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1304 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1305 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1306 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
cc0ec3e1 1307 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1308 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1310 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1311 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
2dd5a2e3 1312 help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
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1314 '--autonumber-size',
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1316 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1318 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1319 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1320 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1321 filesystem.add_option(
1322 '--restrict-filenames',
1323 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1324 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1325 filesystem.add_option(
1326 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1327 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1328 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1329 filesystem.add_option(
1330 '--windows-filenames',
1331 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1332 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1333 filesystem.add_option(
1334 '--no-windows-filenames',
1335 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1336 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1337 filesystem.add_option(
1338 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1339 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1340 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1341 filesystem.add_option(
1342 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1343 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1344 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1345 filesystem.add_option(
1346 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1347 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1348 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1349 filesystem.add_option(
1350 '--no-force-overwrites',
1351 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1352 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1353 filesystem.add_option(
1354 '-c', '--continue',
1355 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1356 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1357 filesystem.add_option(
1358 '--no-continue',
1359 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1360 help=(
1361 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1362 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1363 filesystem.add_option(
1364 '--part',
1365 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1366 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1367 filesystem.add_option(
1368 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1369 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1370 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1371 filesystem.add_option(
1372 '--mtime',
1373 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1374 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1375 filesystem.add_option(
1376 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1377 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1378 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1379 filesystem.add_option(
1380 '--write-description',
1381 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1382 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1383 filesystem.add_option(
1384 '--no-write-description',
1385 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1386 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1387 filesystem.add_option(
1388 '--write-info-json',
d1b5f70b 1389 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=None,
c25228e5 1390 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1391 filesystem.add_option(
1392 '--no-write-info-json',
1393 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1394 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1395 filesystem.add_option(
1396 '--write-annotations',
1397 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1398 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1399 filesystem.add_option(
1400 '--no-write-annotations',
1401 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1402 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1403 filesystem.add_option(
1404 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1405 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1406 help=(
1407 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1408 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1409 filesystem.add_option(
1410 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1411 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1412 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1413 filesystem.add_option(
3856407a 1414 '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1415 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1416 help=(
1417 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1418 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1419 filesystem.add_option(
3856407a 1420 '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
75d43ca0 1421 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1422 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1423 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1424 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1425 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1426 help=(
2305e2e5 1427 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1428 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1429 filesystem.add_option(
1430 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1431 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1432 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1433 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1434 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1435 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1436 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1437 filesystem.add_option(
1438 '--cookies',
1439 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1440 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1441 filesystem.add_option(
1442 '--no-cookies',
1443 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1444 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1445 filesystem.add_option(
1446 '--cookies-from-browser',
825d3ce3 1447 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
982ee69a 1448 help=(
825d3ce3 1449 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f59f5ef8 1450 f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
825d3ce3 1451 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
1452 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
1453 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
1454 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
1455 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f59f5ef8 1456 f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
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1457 filesystem.add_option(
1458 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1459 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1460 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1461 filesystem.add_option(
1462 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
304ad45a 1463 help=(
1464 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
1465 '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
34a741a8 1466 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1467 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1468 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1469 filesystem.add_option(
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1470 '--rm-cache-dir',
1471 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1472 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1473
b31fdeed 1474 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1475 thumbnail.add_option(
1476 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1477 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1478 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1479 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1480 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1481 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1482 thumbnail.add_option(
1483 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1484 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1485 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1486 thumbnail.add_option(
1487 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1488 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1489 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1490 thumbnail.add_option(
1491 '--list-thumbnails',
1492 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1493 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1494
732044af 1495 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1496 link.add_option(
1497 '--write-link',
1498 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1499 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1500 link.add_option(
1501 '--write-url-link',
1502 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1503 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1504 link.add_option(
1505 '--write-webloc-link',
1506 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1507 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1508 link.add_option(
1509 '--write-desktop-link',
1510 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1511 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1512
1513 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1514 postproc.add_option(
1515 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1516 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1517 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1518 postproc.add_option(
1519 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1520 help=(
35faefee 1521 'Format to convert the audio to when -x is used. '
8dc59305 1522 f'(currently supported: best (default), {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
e0ab9854 1523 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
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1524 postproc.add_option(
1525 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1526 dest='audioquality', default='5',
35faefee 1527 help=(
1528 'Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. '
1529 'Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)'))
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1530 postproc.add_option(
1531 '--remux-video',
1532 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1533 help=(
35faefee 1534 'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
1535 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
1536 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
62b58c09 1537 'e.g. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
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1538 postproc.add_option(
1539 '--recode-video',
1540 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
2dd5a2e3 1541 help='Re-encode the video into another format if necessary. The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video')
d84f1d14 1542 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1543 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1544 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1545 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1546 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1547 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1548 'default_key': 'default-compat',
f9934b96 1549 'process': shlex.split,
cc0ec3e1 1550 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1551 }, help=(
1b77b347 1552 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1553 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1554 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1555 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1556 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1557 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1558 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1559 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1560 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1561 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
62b58c09 1562 'before the specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1563 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1564 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1565 postproc.add_option(
1566 '-k', '--keep-video',
1567 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1568 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1569 postproc.add_option(
1570 '--no-keep-video',
1571 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1572 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1573 postproc.add_option(
1574 '--post-overwrites',
1575 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1576 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1577 postproc.add_option(
1578 '--no-post-overwrites',
1579 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1580 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1581 postproc.add_option(
1582 '--embed-subs',
1583 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1584 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1585 postproc.add_option(
1586 '--no-embed-subs',
1587 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1588 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1589 postproc.add_option(
1590 '--embed-thumbnail',
1591 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1592 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1593 postproc.add_option(
1594 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1595 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1596 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1597 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1598 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1599 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1600 help=(
1601 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1602 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1603 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1604 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1605 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1606 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1607 postproc.add_option(
1608 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1609 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1610 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1611 postproc.add_option(
1612 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1613 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1614 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1615 postproc.add_option(
1616 '--embed-info-json',
1617 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1618 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1619 postproc.add_option(
1620 '--no-embed-info-json',
1621 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1622 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1623 postproc.add_option(
1624 '--metadata-from-title',
1625 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1626 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1627 postproc.add_option(
1628 '--parse-metadata',
fe74d5b5 1629 metavar='[WHEN:]FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', **when_prefix('pre_process'),
6623ac34 1630 help=(
fe74d5b5 1631 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details. '
1632 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
e9f4ccd1 1633 postproc.add_option(
1634 '--replace-in-metadata',
fe74d5b5 1635 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='[WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', nargs=3, **when_prefix('pre_process'),
1636 help=(
1637 'Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times. '
1638 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
8450c15c 1639 postproc.add_option(
6f7563be 1640 '--xattrs', '--xattr',
8450c15c 1641 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1642 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
3b603dbd 1643 postproc.add_option(
1644 '--concat-playlist',
1645 metavar='POLICY', dest='concat_playlist', default='multi_video',
1646 choices=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1647 help=(
fc5fa964 1648 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1649 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
3b603dbd 1650 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1651 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
a44ca5a4 1652 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
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1653 postproc.add_option(
1654 '--fixup',
99594a11 1655 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1656 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1657 help=(
1658 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1659 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1660 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1661 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1662 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1663 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1664 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1665 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1666 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1667 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1668 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1669 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1670 postproc.add_option(
1671 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1672 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1673 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1674 postproc.add_option(
1e43a6f7 1675 '--exec',
119e40ef 1676 metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', **when_prefix('after_move'),
1677 help=(
1678 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it, separated by a ":". '
1679 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: after_move). '
34488702 1680 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1e43a6f7 1681 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
8e174ba7 1682 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
c681cb5d 1683 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1684 postproc.add_option(
1685 '--no-exec',
1e43a6f7 1686 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
c681cb5d 1687 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1688 postproc.add_option(
1689 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1690 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1e43a6f7 1691 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5520aa2d 1692 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1693 '--no-exec-before-download',
a44ca5a4 1694 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=None,
1e43a6f7 1695 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e9fade72 1696 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1697 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1698 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1699 help=(
1700 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
8dc59305 1701 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(sorted(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))))
8fa43c73 1702 postproc.add_option(
1703 '--convert-thumbnails',
1704 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1705 help=(
1706 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
8dc59305 1707 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
00bbc5f1 1708 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
72755351 1709 postproc.add_option(
1710 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1711 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1712 help=(
1713 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1714 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1715 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1716 postproc.add_option(
1717 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1718 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1719 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1720 postproc.add_option(
1721 '--remove-chapters',
1722 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1723 help=(
1724 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
5ec1b6b7 1725 'The syntax is the same as --download-sections. This option can be used multiple times'))
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1726 postproc.add_option(
1727 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1728 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1729 postproc.add_option(
1730 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1731 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1732 help=(
5ec1b6b7 1733 'Force keyframes at cuts when downloading/splitting/removing sections. '
1734 'This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but the resulting video may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
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1735 postproc.add_option(
1736 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1737 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1738 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1739 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1740 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1741 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1742 postproc.add_option(
1743 '--use-postprocessor',
1744 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1745 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1746 callback_kwargs={
1747 'delim': None,
1748 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1749 }, help=(
1750 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1751 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1752 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1753 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
09b49e1f 1754 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
119e40ef 1755 '"video" (after --format; before --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each video download), '
1756 '"post_process" (after each video download; default), '
09b49e1f 1757 '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
ebed8b37 1758 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
09b49e1f 1759 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
3ae5e797 1760 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
34a741a8 1761
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1762 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1763 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1764 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1765 sponsorblock.add_option(
1766 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1767 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1768 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1769 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1770 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1771 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1772 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
2dd5a2e3 1773 f'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
1774 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
62b58c09 1775 'E.g. --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1776 sponsorblock.add_option(
1777 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1778 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
8157a09d 1779 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
63c547d7 1780 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys()),
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1781 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1782 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1783 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1784 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1785 }, help=(
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1786 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1787 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1788 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1789 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
63c547d7 1790 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
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1791 sponsorblock.add_option(
1792 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1793 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1794 help=(
2dd5a2e3 1795 'An output template for the title of the SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1796 'The only available fields are start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. '
1797 'Defaults to "%default"'))
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1798 sponsorblock.add_option(
1799 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1800 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1801 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1802 sponsorblock.add_option(
1803 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1804 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1805 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1806
1807 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1808 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1809 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1810 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1811 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1812 '--no-sponskrub',
1813 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1814 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1815 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1816 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1817 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1818 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1819 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1820 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1821 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1822 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1823 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1824 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1825 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1826 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1827 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1828 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1829 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1830 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1831 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1832 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1833 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1834 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1835 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1836 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1837 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1838
78895bd3 1839 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1840 extractor.add_option(
1841 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1842 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1843 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1844 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1845 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1846 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1847 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1848 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1849 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1850 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1851 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1852 extractor.add_option(
1853 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1854 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1855 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1856 )
1857 extractor.add_option(
1858 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1859 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1860 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
042931a5 1861 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1862 val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
5d3a0e79 1863 extractor.add_option(
1864 '--extractor-args',
2fa669f7 1865 metavar='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
5d3a0e79 1866 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1867 callback_kwargs={
1868 'multiple_keys': False,
1869 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1870 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1871 }, help=(
2fa669f7 1872 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1873 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1874 extractor.add_option(
1875 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1876 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1877 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1878 extractor.add_option(
1879 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1880 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1881 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1882 extractor.add_option(
1883 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1884 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1885 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1886 extractor.add_option(
1887 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1888 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1889 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1890
34a741a8 1891 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1892 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1893 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1894 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1895 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1896 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1897 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1898 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1899 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1900 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1901 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1902 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1903 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1904 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1905 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1906 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
34a741a8 1907
06e57990 1908 return parser
7303f84a 1909
e66dca5e 1910
06e57990 1911def _hide_login_info(opts):
da4db748 1912 deprecation_warning(f'"{__name__}._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed '
1913 'in a future version. Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead')
06e57990 1914 return Config.hide_login_info(opts)