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1from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
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3import os.path
4import optparse
3aa9a735 5import re
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6import sys
7
8c25f81b 8from .compat import (
4644ac55 9 compat_expanduser,
003c69a8 10 compat_get_terminal_size,
4644ac55 11 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 12 compat_kwargs,
cab792ab 13 compat_shlex_split,
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14)
15from .utils import (
0202b52a 16 expand_path,
f74980cb 17 get_executable_path,
de6000d9 18 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
ff556f5c 19 preferredencoding,
3ae5e797 20 remove_end,
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21 write_string,
22)
982ee69a 23from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
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24from .version import __version__
25
81a23040 26from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 27from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 28 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
29 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
30 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
31 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 32 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 33)
7a340e0d 34from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
81a23040 35
34a741a8 36
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37def _hide_login_info(opts):
38 PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
39 eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
40
41 def _scrub_eq(o):
42 m = eqre.match(o)
43 if m:
44 return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
45 else:
46 return o
47
48 opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
49 for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
50 if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
51 opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
52 return opts
53
54
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55def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
56 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
57 try:
58 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
59 except IOError:
60 return default # silently skip if file is not present
61 try:
067aa17e 62 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
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63 contents = optionf.read()
64 if sys.version_info < (3,):
65 contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
66 res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
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67 finally:
68 optionf.close()
69 return res
70
e2e43aea 71 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
72 # .config
73 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
74 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
75 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
76 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
77 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
78 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 79 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 80
e2e43aea 81 # appdata
82 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
83 if appdata_dir:
84 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
85 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
86 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 87 userConfFile += '.txt'
88 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 89 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 90 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 91
e2e43aea 92 # home
93 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
94 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
34a741a8 95 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 96 userConfFile += '.txt'
97 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 98 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 99 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 100
0202b52a 101 return default, None
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102
103 def _format_option_string(option):
104 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
105
106 opts = []
107
108 if option._short_opts:
109 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
110 if option._long_opts:
111 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
112 if len(opts) > 1:
113 opts.insert(1, ', ')
114
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115 if option.takes_value():
116 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 117
611c1dd9 118 return ''.join(opts)
34a741a8 119
d21bba78 120 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 121 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
122 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest) if append else []
1f8471e2 123 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 124 setattr(
125 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 126 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 127
31654882 128 def _set_from_options_callback(
d21bba78 129 option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
130 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
31654882 131 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d21bba78 132 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
31654882 133 while values:
134 actual_val = val = values.pop()
135 if val == 'all':
136 current.update(allowed_values)
137 elif val == '-all':
138 current = set()
139 elif val in aliases:
140 values.extend(aliases[val])
141 else:
142 if val[0] == '-':
143 val = val[1:]
144 current.discard(val)
145 else:
146 current.update([val])
147 if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
148 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
149
150 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
151
e632bce2 152 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 153 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 154 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
155 process_key=str.lower):
45016689 156
157 out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d818eb74 158 if multiple_keys:
159 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
160 mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
45016689 161 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 162 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
45016689 163 elif default_key is not None:
d818eb74 164 keys, val = [default_key], value
45016689 165 else:
166 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
167 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
4bb6b02f 168 try:
44bcb8d1 169 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 170 val = process(val) if process else val
171 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 172 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 173 for key in keys:
174 out_dict[key] = val
45016689 175
34a741a8 176 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 177 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
8450c15c 178 max_width = columns if columns else 80
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179 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
180 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
181 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
182 max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
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183
184 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
185 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
186
187 kw = {
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188 'version': __version__,
189 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 190 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 191 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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192 }
193
c7b0add8 194 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 195
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196 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
197 general.add_option(
198 '-h', '--help',
199 action='help',
17941321 200 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 201 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 202 '--version',
8450c15c 203 action='version',
17941321 204 help='Print program version and exit')
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205 general.add_option(
206 '-U', '--update',
207 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
8d801631 208 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
8450c15c 209 general.add_option(
b1940459 210 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
211 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 212 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 213 general.add_option(
214 '--no-abort-on-error',
215 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
216 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 217 general.add_option(
6623ac34 218 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 219 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 220 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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221 general.add_option(
222 '--dump-user-agent',
223 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 224 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 225 general.add_option(
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226 '--list-extractors',
227 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 228 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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229 general.add_option(
230 '--extractor-descriptions',
231 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 232 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
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233 general.add_option(
234 '--force-generic-extractor',
235 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
236 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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237 general.add_option(
238 '--default-search',
239 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
9ee4f0bb 240 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching')
34a741a8 241 general.add_option(
6623ac34 242 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 243 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 244 help=(
298f597b 245 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
246 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
247 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
8a51f564 248 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
e66dca5e 249 general.add_option(
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250 '--config-location',
251 dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
0202b52a 252 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
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253 general.add_option(
254 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 255 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 256 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 257 general.add_option(
258 '--no-flat-playlist',
259 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
260 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
f2ebc5c7 261 general.add_option(
262 '--wait-for-video',
263 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
264 help=(
265 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
266 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
267 general.add_option(
268 '--no-wait-for-video',
269 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
270 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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271 general.add_option(
272 '--mark-watched',
273 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e6f21b3d 274 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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275 general.add_option(
276 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 277 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
278 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 279 general.add_option(
8a51f564 280 '--no-colors',
597c1866 281 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
17941321 282 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
53ed7066 283 general.add_option(
284 '--compat-options',
31654882 285 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
286 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
287 callback_kwargs={
288 'allowed_values': {
289 'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
290 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
f279aaee 291 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
31654882 292 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
d21bba78 293 }, 'aliases': {
31654882 294 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
295 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
296 }
297 }, help=(
298 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 299 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
300 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
34a741a8 301
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302 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
303 network.add_option(
304 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
305 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 306 help=(
307 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
308 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
309 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
310 'for direct connection'))
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311 network.add_option(
312 '--socket-timeout',
313 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
314 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
315 network.add_option(
316 '--source-address',
317 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 318 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 319 )
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320 network.add_option(
321 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
322 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 323 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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324 )
325 network.add_option(
326 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
327 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 328 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 329 )
0aa10994 330
b31fdeed 331 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 332 geo.add_option(
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333 '--geo-verification-proxy',
334 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 335 help=(
336 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 337 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 338 geo.add_option(
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339 '--cn-verification-proxy',
340 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
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341 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
342 geo.add_option(
343 '--geo-bypass',
344 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 345 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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346 geo.add_option(
347 '--no-geo-bypass',
348 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 349 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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350 geo.add_option(
351 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
352 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
504f20dd 353 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
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354 geo.add_option(
355 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
356 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
504f20dd 357 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
be4a824d 358
8450c15c 359 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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360 selection.add_option(
361 '--playlist-start',
362 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 363 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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364 selection.add_option(
365 '--playlist-end',
366 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 367 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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368 selection.add_option(
369 '--playlist-items',
370 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
8a51f564 371 help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13')
34a741a8 372 selection.add_option(
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373 '--match-title',
374 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 375 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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376 selection.add_option(
377 '--reject-title',
378 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 379 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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380 selection.add_option(
381 '--min-filesize',
382 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
383 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
384 selection.add_option(
385 '--max-filesize',
386 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
387 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
388 selection.add_option(
389 '--date',
390 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 391 help=(
0930b11f 392 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
8a51f564 393 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
c76eb41b 394 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
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395 selection.add_option(
396 '--datebefore',
397 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 398 help=(
399 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
400 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 401 selection.add_option(
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402 '--dateafter',
403 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 404 help=(
405 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
406 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 407 selection.add_option(
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408 '--min-views',
409 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 410 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 411 selection.add_option(
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412 '--max-views',
413 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 414 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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415 selection.add_option(
416 '--match-filter',
417 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
418 help=(
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419 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
420 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
421 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
a047eeb6 422 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
423 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
424 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
425 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
2e7781a9 426 '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
a047eeb6 427 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
428 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
429 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
6623ac34 430 selection.add_option(
431 '--no-match-filter',
432 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
433 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
34a741a8 434 selection.add_option(
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435 '--no-playlist',
436 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 437 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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438 selection.add_option(
439 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 440 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 441 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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442 selection.add_option(
443 '--age-limit',
444 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 445 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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446 selection.add_option(
447 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
448 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 449 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 450 selection.add_option(
451 '--no-download-archive',
452 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
453 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
454 selection.add_option(
455 '--max-downloads',
456 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
457 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 458 selection.add_option(
459 '--break-on-existing',
460 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 461 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 462 selection.add_option(
463 '--break-on-reject',
464 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
8a51f564 465 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
b222c271 466 selection.add_option(
467 '--break-per-input',
468 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
469 help='Make --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject act only on the current input URL')
470 selection.add_option(
471 '--no-break-per-input',
472 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
473 help='--break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 474 selection.add_option(
475 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
476 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
477 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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478 selection.add_option(
479 '--include-ads',
480 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 481 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 482 selection.add_option(
483 '--no-include-ads',
484 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 485 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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488 authentication.add_option(
489 '-u', '--username',
490 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 491 help='Login with this account ID')
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493 '-p', '--password',
494 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 495 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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497 '-2', '--twofactor',
498 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 499 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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501 '-n', '--netrc',
502 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 503 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 504 authentication.add_option(
505 '--netrc-location',
506 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
507 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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509 '--video-password',
510 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 511 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 512 authentication.add_option(
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514 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 515 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 516 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 517 '--ap-username',
797c636b 518 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 519 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 520 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 521 '--ap-password',
797c636b 522 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 523 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 524 authentication.add_option(
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526 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 527 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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529 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
530 video_format.add_option(
531 '-f', '--format',
532 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 533 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
534 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 535 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 536 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
537 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 538 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
539 video_format.add_option(
540 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
541 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
542 help=(
543 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
544 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
545 video_format.add_option(
546 '--no-format-sort-force',
547 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
548 help=(
549 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
550 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
909d24dd 551 video_format.add_option(
552 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 553 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 554 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 555 video_format.add_option(
556 '--no-video-multistreams',
557 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 558 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 559 video_format.add_option(
560 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 561 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 562 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 563 video_format.add_option(
564 '--no-audio-multistreams',
565 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 566 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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568 '--all-formats',
569 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 570 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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571 video_format.add_option(
572 '--prefer-free-formats',
573 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 574 help=(
575 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
576 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
577 video_format.add_option(
578 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 579 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 580 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 581 video_format.add_option(
582 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 583 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
584 help='Check that the selected formats are actually downloadable')
585 video_format.add_option(
586 '--check-all-formats',
587 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
588 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 589 video_format.add_option(
590 '--no-check-formats',
591 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 592 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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593 video_format.add_option(
594 '-F', '--list-formats',
595 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 596 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 597 video_format.add_option(
598 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 599 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 600 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 601 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 602 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 603 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 604 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 605 video_format.add_option(
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607 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 608 help=(
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610 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 611 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
63ad4d43 612 video_format.add_option(
613 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
614 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 615 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 616 video_format.add_option(
617 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
618 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 619 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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621 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
622 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 623 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 624 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 625 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 626 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 627 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
628 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
629 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
630 subtitles.add_option(
631 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 632 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 633 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 634 subtitles.add_option(
635 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
636 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 637 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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638 subtitles.add_option(
639 '--all-subs',
640 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 641 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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642 subtitles.add_option(
643 '--list-subs',
644 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 645 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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646 subtitles.add_option(
647 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 648 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 649 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 650 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 651 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 652 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 653 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 654 help=(
a4211baf 655 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
c32b0aab 656 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
657 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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659 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 660 downloader.add_option(
661 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
662 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b31fdeed 663 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 664 downloader.add_option(
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666 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 667 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
51d9739f 668 downloader.add_option(
669 '--throttled-rate',
670 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
671 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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672 downloader.add_option(
673 '-R', '--retries',
674 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 675 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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677 '--fragment-retries',
678 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 679 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
9603b660 680 downloader.add_option(
c76eb41b 681 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
9603b660 682 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
8a51f564 683 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
732fb3f8 684 downloader.add_option(
6623ac34 685 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 686 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
8a51f564 687 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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689 '--keep-fragments',
690 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 691 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
692 downloader.add_option(
693 '--no-keep-fragments',
694 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
695 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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696 downloader.add_option(
697 '--buffer-size',
698 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 699 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
6623ac34 700 downloader.add_option(
701 '--resize-buffer',
702 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
703 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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704 downloader.add_option(
705 '--no-resize-buffer',
706 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 707 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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709 '--http-chunk-size',
710 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 711 help=(
712 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
713 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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714 downloader.add_option(
715 '--test',
716 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
717 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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719 '--playlist-reverse',
720 action='store_true',
721 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
6623ac34 722 downloader.add_option(
723 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 724 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
6623ac34 725 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
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726 downloader.add_option(
727 '--playlist-random',
728 action='store_true',
729 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
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730 downloader.add_option(
731 '--xattr-set-filesize',
732 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 733 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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734 downloader.add_option(
735 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 736 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 737 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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739 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
740 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 741 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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742 downloader.add_option(
743 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 744 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 745 help=(
9bd20204 746 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
747 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
748 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
749 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
750 downloader.add_option(
751 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
752 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
753 help=(
754 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
755 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
222516d9 756 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 757 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
758 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 759 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 760 callback_kwargs={
761 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 762 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 763 'process': str.strip
764 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 765 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
766 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
767 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
768 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
769 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
770 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
771 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
c75f0b36 772 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 773 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
774 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 775 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 776 callback_kwargs={
330690a2 777 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
cc0ec3e1 778 'default_key': 'default',
779 'process': compat_shlex_split
dbf5416a 780 }, help=(
46ee996e 781 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
782 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 783 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 784 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
785 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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787 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 788 workarounds.add_option(
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790 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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792 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 793 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 794 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 795 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 796 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 797 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
798 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 799 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 800 workarounds.add_option(
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802 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 803 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 804 workarounds.add_option(
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806 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 807 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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809 workarounds.add_option(
8450c15c 810 '--add-header',
45016689 811 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 812 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
44bcb8d1 813 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
45016689 814 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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816 workarounds.add_option(
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818 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
819 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 820 workarounds.add_option(
821 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
822 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
823 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 824 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 825 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 826 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 827 help=(
e167860c 828 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
829 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
830 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 831 workarounds.add_option(
832 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
833 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 834 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 835 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 836 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 837 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 838 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 839
0744a815 840 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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842 '-q', '--quiet',
843 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
34488702 844 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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846 '--no-warnings',
847 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
848 help='Ignore warnings')
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850 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 851 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 852 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 853 verbosity.add_option(
854 '--no-simulate',
855 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
856 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 857 verbosity.add_option(
858 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
859 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
860 help=(
0930b11f 861 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 862 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 863 verbosity.add_option(
864 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
865 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
866 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 867 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 868 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 869 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 870 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 871 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 872 '-O', '--print',
873 metavar='TEMPLATE', action='append', dest='forceprint',
53c18592 874 help=(
b7b04c78 875 'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
876 'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used'))
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878 '-g', '--get-url',
879 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 880 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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882 '-e', '--get-title',
883 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 884 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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885 verbosity.add_option(
886 '--get-id',
887 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 888 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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889 verbosity.add_option(
890 '--get-thumbnail',
891 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 892 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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893 verbosity.add_option(
894 '--get-description',
895 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 896 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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897 verbosity.add_option(
898 '--get-duration',
899 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 900 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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902 '--get-filename',
903 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 904 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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906 '--get-format',
907 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 908 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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909 verbosity.add_option(
910 '-j', '--dump-json',
911 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 912 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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914 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
915 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 916 help=(
b7b04c78 917 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
918 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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919 verbosity.add_option(
920 '--print-json',
921 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 922 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 923 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 924 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 925 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
926 help=(
e58c22a0 927 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
928 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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930 '--newline',
931 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 932 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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933 verbosity.add_option(
934 '--no-progress',
819e0531 935 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 936 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 937 verbosity.add_option(
938 '--progress',
939 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
940 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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941 verbosity.add_option(
942 '--console-title',
943 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 944 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 945 verbosity.add_option(
946 '--progress-template',
947 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
948 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
949 callback_kwargs={
950 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
951 'default_key': 'download'
952 }, help=(
953 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
954 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
955 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
0930b11f 956 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
819e0531 957 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
958 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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959 verbosity.add_option(
960 '-v', '--verbose',
961 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 962 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 963 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 964 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 965 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 966 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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967 verbosity.add_option(
968 '--write-pages',
969 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
970 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
971 verbosity.add_option(
972 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
973 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
974 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
975 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 976 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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978 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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979 verbosity.add_option(
980 '-C', '--call-home',
981 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
7a5c1cfe 982 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 983 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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984 verbosity.add_option(
985 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 986 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 987 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 988 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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990 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
991 filesystem.add_option(
992 '-a', '--batch-file',
993 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 994 help=(
995 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
996 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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998 '--no-batch-file',
999 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1000 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1001 filesystem.add_option(
1002 '--id', default=False,
1003 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1004 filesystem.add_option(
1005 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1006 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1007 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1008 callback_kwargs={
1009 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
1010 'default_key': 'home'
1011 }, help=(
0202b52a 1012 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1013 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
1014 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1015 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1016 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1017 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1018 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1019 filesystem.add_option(
1020 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1021 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1022 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1023 callback_kwargs={
1024 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
cc0ec3e1 1025 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1026 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1027 filesystem.add_option(
1028 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1029 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
1030 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
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1031 filesystem.add_option(
1032 '--autonumber-size',
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1034 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1035 filesystem.add_option(
1036 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1037 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1038 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1039 filesystem.add_option(
1040 '--restrict-filenames',
1041 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1042 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1043 filesystem.add_option(
1044 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1045 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1046 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1047 filesystem.add_option(
1048 '--windows-filenames',
1049 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1050 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1051 filesystem.add_option(
1052 '--no-windows-filenames',
1053 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1054 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1055 filesystem.add_option(
1056 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1057 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1058 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1059 filesystem.add_option(
1060 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1061 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1062 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1063 filesystem.add_option(
1064 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1065 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1066 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1067 filesystem.add_option(
1068 '--no-force-overwrites',
1069 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1070 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1071 filesystem.add_option(
1072 '-c', '--continue',
1073 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1074 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1075 filesystem.add_option(
1076 '--no-continue',
1077 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1078 help=(
1079 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1080 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1081 filesystem.add_option(
1082 '--part',
1083 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1084 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1085 filesystem.add_option(
1086 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1087 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1088 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1089 filesystem.add_option(
1090 '--mtime',
1091 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1092 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1093 filesystem.add_option(
1094 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1095 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1096 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1097 filesystem.add_option(
1098 '--write-description',
1099 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1100 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1101 filesystem.add_option(
1102 '--no-write-description',
1103 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1104 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1105 filesystem.add_option(
1106 '--write-info-json',
1107 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
c25228e5 1108 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1109 filesystem.add_option(
1110 '--no-write-info-json',
1111 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1112 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1113 filesystem.add_option(
1114 '--write-annotations',
1115 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1116 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1117 filesystem.add_option(
1118 '--no-write-annotations',
1119 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1120 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1121 filesystem.add_option(
1122 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1123 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1124 help=(
1125 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1126 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1127 filesystem.add_option(
1128 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1129 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1130 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1131 filesystem.add_option(
1132 '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1133 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1134 help=(
1135 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1136 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1137 filesystem.add_option(
1138 '--no-clean-infojson',
1139 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1140 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1141 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1142 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1143 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1144 help=(
2305e2e5 1145 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1146 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1147 filesystem.add_option(
1148 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1149 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1150 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1151 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1152 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1153 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1154 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1155 filesystem.add_option(
1156 '--cookies',
1157 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1158 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1159 filesystem.add_option(
1160 '--no-cookies',
1161 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1162 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1163 filesystem.add_option(
1164 '--cookies-from-browser',
1165 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[:PROFILE]',
1166 help=(
1167 'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
1168 'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
1169 'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
1170 '"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
1171 'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
ca46b941 1172 ', '.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS)))))
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1173 filesystem.add_option(
1174 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1175 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1176 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1177 filesystem.add_option(
1178 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
9ee4f0bb 1179 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
34a741a8 1180 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1181 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1182 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1183 filesystem.add_option(
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1185 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1186 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1187
b31fdeed 1188 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1189 thumbnail.add_option(
1190 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1191 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1192 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1193 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1194 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1195 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1196 thumbnail.add_option(
1197 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1198 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1199 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1200 thumbnail.add_option(
1201 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1202 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1203 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1204 thumbnail.add_option(
1205 '--list-thumbnails',
1206 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1207 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1208
732044af 1209 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1210 link.add_option(
1211 '--write-link',
1212 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1213 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1214 link.add_option(
1215 '--write-url-link',
1216 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1217 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1218 link.add_option(
1219 '--write-webloc-link',
1220 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1221 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1222 link.add_option(
1223 '--write-desktop-link',
1224 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1225 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1226
1227 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1228 postproc.add_option(
1229 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1230 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1231 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1232 postproc.add_option(
1233 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1234 help=(
1235 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1236 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1237 postproc.add_option(
1238 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1239 dest='audioquality', default='5',
31c49255 1240 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
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1241 postproc.add_option(
1242 '--remux-video',
1243 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1244 help=(
17912249 1245 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
06167fbb 1246 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
81a23040 1247 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1248 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1249 postproc.add_option(
1250 '--recode-video',
1251 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
17912249 1252 help=(
1253 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
81a23040 1254 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
d84f1d14 1255 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1256 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1257 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1258 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1259 callback_kwargs={
1260 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
cc0ec3e1 1261 'process': compat_shlex_split,
1262 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1263 }, help=(
1b77b347 1264 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1265 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1266 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1267 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1268 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1269 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1270 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1271 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1272 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1273 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1274 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1275 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1276 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1277 postproc.add_option(
1278 '-k', '--keep-video',
1279 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1280 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1281 postproc.add_option(
1282 '--no-keep-video',
1283 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1284 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1285 postproc.add_option(
1286 '--post-overwrites',
1287 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1288 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1289 postproc.add_option(
1290 '--no-post-overwrites',
1291 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1292 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1293 postproc.add_option(
1294 '--embed-subs',
1295 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1296 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1297 postproc.add_option(
1298 '--no-embed-subs',
1299 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1300 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1301 postproc.add_option(
1302 '--embed-thumbnail',
1303 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1304 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1305 postproc.add_option(
1306 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1307 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1308 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1309 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1310 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1311 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1312 help=(
1313 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1314 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1315 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1316 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1317 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1318 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1319 postproc.add_option(
1320 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1321 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1322 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1323 postproc.add_option(
1324 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1325 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1326 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1327 postproc.add_option(
1328 '--embed-info-json',
1329 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1330 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1331 postproc.add_option(
1332 '--no-embed-info-json',
1333 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1334 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1335 postproc.add_option(
1336 '--metadata-from-title',
1337 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1338 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1339 postproc.add_option(
1340 '--parse-metadata',
e9f4ccd1 1341 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
6623ac34 1342 help=(
73cd218f 1343 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1344 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
e9f4ccd1 1345 postproc.add_option(
1346 '--replace-in-metadata',
1347 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1348 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
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1350 '--xattrs',
1351 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1352 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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1353 postproc.add_option(
1354 '--fixup',
99594a11 1355 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1356 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1357 help=(
1358 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1359 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1360 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1361 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1362 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1363 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1364 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1365 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1366 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1367 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1368 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1369 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1370 postproc.add_option(
1371 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1372 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1373 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1374 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1375 '--exec', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1376 action='append', dest='exec_cmd',
9de3ea31 1377 help=(
1378 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
34488702 1379 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
9de3ea31 1380 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
c681cb5d 1381 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1382 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1383 postproc.add_option(
1384 '--no-exec',
1385 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const=[],
1386 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1387 postproc.add_option(
1388 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1389 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
c681cb5d 1390 help=(
1391 'Execute a command before the actual download. '
1392 'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
1393 'This option can be used multiple times'))
5520aa2d 1394 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1395 '--no-exec-before-download',
1396 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
1397 help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
e9fade72 1398 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1399 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1400 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1401 help=(
1402 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1403 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
8fa43c73 1404 postproc.add_option(
1405 '--convert-thumbnails',
1406 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1407 help=(
1408 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1409 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
72755351 1410 postproc.add_option(
1411 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1412 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1413 help=(
1414 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1415 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1416 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1417 postproc.add_option(
1418 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1419 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1420 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1421 postproc.add_option(
1422 '--remove-chapters',
1423 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1424 help=(
1425 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1426 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified range. '
1427 'Eg: --remove-chapters "*10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro". '
1428 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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1429 postproc.add_option(
1430 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1431 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1432 postproc.add_option(
1433 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1434 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1435 help=(
1436 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
e75bb0d6 1437 'Requires a re-encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
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1438 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1439 postproc.add_option(
1440 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1441 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1442 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1443 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1444 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1445 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1446 postproc.add_option(
1447 '--use-postprocessor',
1448 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1449 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1450 callback_kwargs={
1451 'delim': None,
1452 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1453 }, help=(
1454 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1455 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1456 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1457 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1458 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after extraction), '
1459 '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default) '
1460 'or "after_move" (after moving file to their final locations). '
1461 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
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1463 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1464 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1465 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1466 sponsorblock.add_option(
1467 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1468 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1469 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1470 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1471 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1472 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1473 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
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1474 f'Available categories are all, default(=all), {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}. '
1475 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1476 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1477 sponsorblock.add_option(
1478 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1479 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1480 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1481 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
1482 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1483 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1484 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1485 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1486 }, help=(
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1487 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1488 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1489 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1490 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1491 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
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1492 sponsorblock.add_option(
1493 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1494 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1495 help=(
1496 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1497 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
1498 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
1499 sponsorblock.add_option(
1500 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1501 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1502 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1503 sponsorblock.add_option(
1504 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1505 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1506 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1507
1508 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1509 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1510 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1511 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1512 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1513 '--no-sponskrub',
1514 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1515 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1516 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1517 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1518 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1519 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1520 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1521 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1522 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1523 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1524 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1525 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1526 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1527 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1528 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1529 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1530 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1531 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1532 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1533 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1534 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1535 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1536 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1537 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1538 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1539
78895bd3 1540 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1541 extractor.add_option(
1542 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1543 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1544 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1545 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1546 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1547 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1548 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1549 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1550 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1551 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1552 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1553 extractor.add_option(
1554 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1555 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1556 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1557 )
1558 extractor.add_option(
1559 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1560 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1561 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
57015a4a 1562 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [val.strip() for val in vals.split(',')])
5d3a0e79 1563 extractor.add_option(
1564 '--extractor-args',
1565 metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1566 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1567 callback_kwargs={
1568 'multiple_keys': False,
1569 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1570 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1571 }, help=(
5d3a0e79 1572 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1573 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1574 extractor.add_option(
1575 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1576 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1577 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1578 extractor.add_option(
1579 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1580 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1581 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1582 extractor.add_option(
1583 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1584 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1585 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1586 extractor.add_option(
1587 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1588 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1589 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1590
34a741a8 1591 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1592 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1593 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1594 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1595 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1596 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1597 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1598 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1599 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1600 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1601 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1602 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1603 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1604 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1605 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1606 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
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1607
1608 if overrideArguments is not None:
1609 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
1610 if opts.verbose:
8450c15c 1611 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
34a741a8 1612 else:
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1613 def compat_conf(conf):
1614 if sys.version_info < (3,):
1615 return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
1616 return conf
1617
e2e43aea 1618 configs = {
0202b52a 1619 'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
1620 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1621 paths = {'command-line': False}
7303f84a 1622
1623 def read_options(name, path, user=False):
1624 ''' loads config files and returns ignoreconfig '''
1625 # Multiple package names can be given here
1626 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1627 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1628 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
1629 if user:
1630 config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
1631 else:
1632 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
1633 config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
1634 if config is not None:
2aa5e2cc 1635 current_path = os.path.realpath(current_path)
1636 if current_path in paths.values():
1637 return False
7303f84a 1638 configs[name], paths[name] = config, current_path
1639 return parser.parse_args(config)[0].ignoreconfig
1640 return False
f5e2efbb 1641
e2e43aea 1642 def get_configs():
7303f84a 1643 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
1644 if opts.config_location is not None:
e2e43aea 1645 location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
1646 if os.path.isdir(location):
7a5c1cfe 1647 location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
e2e43aea 1648 if not os.path.exists(location):
1649 parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
7303f84a 1650 config = _readOptions(location, default=None)
1651 if config:
7b386498 1652 configs['custom'], paths['custom'] = config, location
7303f84a 1653
1654 if opts.ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1655 return
7303f84a 1656 if parser.parse_args(configs['custom'])[0].ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1657 return
7303f84a 1658 if read_options('portable', get_executable_path()):
e2e43aea 1659 return
7303f84a 1660 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])
1661 if read_options('home', expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()):
0202b52a 1662 return
7303f84a 1663 if read_options('system', '/etc'):
e2e43aea 1664 return
7303f84a 1665 if read_options('user', None, user=True):
0202b52a 1666 configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
e66dca5e 1667
e2e43aea 1668 get_configs()
0202b52a 1669 argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
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1670 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
1671 if opts.verbose:
b5ae35ee 1672 for label in ('Command-line', 'Custom', 'Portable', 'Home', 'User', 'System'):
0202b52a 1673 key = label.lower()
7303f84a 1674 if paths.get(key):
1675 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config file: {paths[key]}\n')
1676 if paths.get(key) is not None:
1677 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config: {_hide_login_info(configs[key])!r}\n')
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1679 return parser, opts, args