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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 (
06e57990 16 Config,
0202b52a 17 expand_path,
f74980cb 18 get_executable_path,
de6000d9 19 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
1e43a6f7 20 POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
3ae5e797 21 remove_end,
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22 write_string,
23)
f59f5ef8 24from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
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25from .version import __version__
26
81a23040 27from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 28from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 29 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
30 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
31 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
32 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 33 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 34)
7a340e0d 35from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
81a23040 36
34a741a8 37
06e57990 38def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
39 parser = create_parser()
40 root = Config(parser)
905d18a7 41
06e57990 42 if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
43 ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
44 if overrideArguments:
45 root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
46 else:
47 root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
34a741a8 48
e2e43aea 49 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
50 # .config
51 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
52 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
53 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
54 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
06e57990 55 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 56 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 57 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 58
e2e43aea 59 # appdata
60 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
61 if appdata_dir:
62 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
06e57990 63 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 64 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 65 userConfFile += '.txt'
06e57990 66 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 67 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 68 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 69
e2e43aea 70 # home
71 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
06e57990 72 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
34a741a8 73 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 74 userConfFile += '.txt'
06e57990 75 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 76 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 77 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 78
0202b52a 79 return default, None
34a741a8 80
06e57990 81 def add_config(label, path, user=False):
82 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
83 if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
84 return False
85 # Multiple package names can be given here
86 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
87 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
88 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
89 if user:
90 args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
91 else:
92 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
93 args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
94 if args is not None:
95 root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
96 return True
97 return True
98
99 def load_configs():
100 yield not ignore_config_files
101 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
102 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
103 yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
104 yield add_config('System', '/etc')
105
106 if all(load_configs()):
107 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
108 # the user configuration is removed
109 if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
110 user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
111 if user_conf is not None:
112 root.configs.pop(user_conf)
113
114 opts, args = root.parse_args()
115 if opts.verbose:
116 write_string(f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:] + '\n')
117 return parser, opts, args
118
119
120def create_parser():
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121 def _format_option_string(option):
122 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
123
124 opts = []
125
126 if option._short_opts:
127 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
128 if option._long_opts:
129 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
130 if len(opts) > 1:
131 opts.insert(1, ', ')
132
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133 if option.takes_value():
134 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 135
611c1dd9 136 return ''.join(opts)
34a741a8 137
d21bba78 138 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 139 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
9e907ebd 140 current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
1f8471e2 141 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 142 setattr(
143 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 144 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 145
31654882 146 def _set_from_options_callback(
d21bba78 147 option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
148 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
9e907ebd 149 current = set(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
d21bba78 150 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
31654882 151 while values:
152 actual_val = val = values.pop()
153 if val == 'all':
154 current.update(allowed_values)
155 elif val == '-all':
156 current = set()
157 elif val in aliases:
158 values.extend(aliases[val])
159 else:
160 if val[0] == '-':
161 val = val[1:]
162 current.discard(val)
163 else:
164 current.update([val])
165 if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
166 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
167
168 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
169
e632bce2 170 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 171 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 172 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
ca30f449 173 process_key=str.lower, append=False):
45016689 174
ca30f449 175 out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
d818eb74 176 if multiple_keys:
177 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
178 mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
45016689 179 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 180 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
45016689 181 elif default_key is not None:
d818eb74 182 keys, val = [default_key], value
45016689 183 else:
184 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
185 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
4bb6b02f 186 try:
44bcb8d1 187 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 188 val = process(val) if process else val
189 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 190 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 191 for key in keys:
ca30f449 192 out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
193 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
45016689 194
34a741a8 195 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 196 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
8450c15c 197 max_width = columns if columns else 80
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198 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
199 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
200 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
201 max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
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202
203 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
204 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
205
206 kw = {
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207 'version': __version__,
208 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 209 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 210 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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211 }
212
c7b0add8 213 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 214
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215 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
216 general.add_option(
217 '-h', '--help',
218 action='help',
17941321 219 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 220 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 221 '--version',
8450c15c 222 action='version',
17941321 223 help='Print program version and exit')
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224 general.add_option(
225 '-U', '--update',
226 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
8d801631 227 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
8450c15c 228 general.add_option(
b1940459 229 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
230 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 231 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 232 general.add_option(
233 '--no-abort-on-error',
234 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
235 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 236 general.add_option(
6623ac34 237 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 238 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 239 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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240 general.add_option(
241 '--dump-user-agent',
242 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 243 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 244 general.add_option(
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245 '--list-extractors',
246 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 247 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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248 general.add_option(
249 '--extractor-descriptions',
250 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 251 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
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252 general.add_option(
253 '--force-generic-extractor',
254 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
255 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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256 general.add_option(
257 '--default-search',
258 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
9ee4f0bb 259 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 260 general.add_option(
6623ac34 261 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 262 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 263 help=(
9e907ebd 264 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
06e57990 265 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
e66dca5e 266 general.add_option(
06e57990 267 '--no-config-locations',
268 action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
269 help=(
270 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
271 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
272 general.add_option(
273 '--config-locations',
274 dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
275 help=(
276 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory. '
277 'Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
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278 general.add_option(
279 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 280 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 281 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 282 general.add_option(
283 '--no-flat-playlist',
284 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
285 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
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286 general.add_option(
287 '--live-from-start',
288 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
9e907ebd 289 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
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290 general.add_option(
291 '--no-live-from-start',
292 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
293 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
f2ebc5c7 294 general.add_option(
295 '--wait-for-video',
296 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
297 help=(
298 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
299 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
300 general.add_option(
301 '--no-wait-for-video',
302 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
303 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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304 general.add_option(
305 '--mark-watched',
306 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e6f21b3d 307 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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308 general.add_option(
309 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 310 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
311 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 312 general.add_option(
8a51f564 313 '--no-colors',
597c1866 314 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
17941321 315 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
53ed7066 316 general.add_option(
317 '--compat-options',
31654882 318 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
319 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
320 callback_kwargs={
321 'allowed_values': {
322 'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
323 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
f279aaee 324 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
31654882 325 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
d21bba78 326 }, 'aliases': {
31654882 327 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
328 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
329 }
330 }, help=(
331 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 332 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
333 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
34a741a8 334
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335 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
336 network.add_option(
337 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
338 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 339 help=(
340 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
341 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
342 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
343 'for direct connection'))
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344 network.add_option(
345 '--socket-timeout',
346 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
347 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
348 network.add_option(
349 '--source-address',
350 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 351 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 352 )
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353 network.add_option(
354 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
355 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 356 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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357 )
358 network.add_option(
359 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
360 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 361 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 362 )
0aa10994 363
b31fdeed 364 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 365 geo.add_option(
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366 '--geo-verification-proxy',
367 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 368 help=(
369 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 370 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 371 geo.add_option(
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372 '--cn-verification-proxy',
373 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
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374 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
375 geo.add_option(
376 '--geo-bypass',
377 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 378 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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379 geo.add_option(
380 '--no-geo-bypass',
381 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 382 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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383 geo.add_option(
384 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
385 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
504f20dd 386 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
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387 geo.add_option(
388 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
389 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
504f20dd 390 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
be4a824d 391
8450c15c 392 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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393 selection.add_option(
394 '--playlist-start',
395 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 396 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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397 selection.add_option(
398 '--playlist-end',
399 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 400 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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401 selection.add_option(
402 '--playlist-items',
403 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
8a51f564 404 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 405 selection.add_option(
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406 '--match-title',
407 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 408 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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409 selection.add_option(
410 '--reject-title',
411 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 412 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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413 selection.add_option(
414 '--min-filesize',
415 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
416 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
417 selection.add_option(
418 '--max-filesize',
419 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
420 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
421 selection.add_option(
422 '--date',
423 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 424 help=(
0930b11f 425 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
8a51f564 426 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
c76eb41b 427 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
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428 selection.add_option(
429 '--datebefore',
430 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 431 help=(
432 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
433 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 434 selection.add_option(
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435 '--dateafter',
436 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 437 help=(
438 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
439 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 440 selection.add_option(
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441 '--min-views',
442 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 443 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 444 selection.add_option(
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445 '--max-views',
446 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 447 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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448 selection.add_option(
449 '--match-filter',
450 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
451 help=(
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452 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
453 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
454 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
a047eeb6 455 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
456 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
457 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
458 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
2e7781a9 459 '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
a047eeb6 460 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
461 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
462 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
6623ac34 463 selection.add_option(
464 '--no-match-filter',
465 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
466 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
34a741a8 467 selection.add_option(
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468 '--no-playlist',
469 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 470 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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471 selection.add_option(
472 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 473 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 474 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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475 selection.add_option(
476 '--age-limit',
477 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 478 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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479 selection.add_option(
480 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
481 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 482 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 483 selection.add_option(
484 '--no-download-archive',
485 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
486 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
487 selection.add_option(
488 '--max-downloads',
489 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
490 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 491 selection.add_option(
492 '--break-on-existing',
493 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 494 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 495 selection.add_option(
496 '--break-on-reject',
497 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
8a51f564 498 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
b222c271 499 selection.add_option(
500 '--break-per-input',
501 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
502 help='Make --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject act only on the current input URL')
503 selection.add_option(
504 '--no-break-per-input',
505 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
506 help='--break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 507 selection.add_option(
508 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
509 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
510 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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512 '--include-ads',
513 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 514 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 515 selection.add_option(
516 '--no-include-ads',
517 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 518 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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521 authentication.add_option(
522 '-u', '--username',
523 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 524 help='Login with this account ID')
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526 '-p', '--password',
527 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 528 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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530 '-2', '--twofactor',
531 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 532 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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534 '-n', '--netrc',
535 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 536 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 537 authentication.add_option(
538 '--netrc-location',
539 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
540 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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542 '--video-password',
543 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 544 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 545 authentication.add_option(
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547 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 548 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 549 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 550 '--ap-username',
797c636b 551 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 552 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 553 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 554 '--ap-password',
797c636b 555 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 556 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 557 authentication.add_option(
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559 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 560 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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562 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
563 video_format.add_option(
564 '-f', '--format',
565 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 566 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
567 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 568 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 569 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
570 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 571 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
572 video_format.add_option(
573 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
574 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
575 help=(
576 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
577 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
578 video_format.add_option(
579 '--no-format-sort-force',
580 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
581 help=(
582 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
583 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
909d24dd 584 video_format.add_option(
585 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 586 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 587 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 588 video_format.add_option(
589 '--no-video-multistreams',
590 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 591 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 592 video_format.add_option(
593 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 594 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 595 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 596 video_format.add_option(
597 '--no-audio-multistreams',
598 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 599 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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601 '--all-formats',
602 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 603 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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604 video_format.add_option(
605 '--prefer-free-formats',
606 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 607 help=(
608 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
609 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
610 video_format.add_option(
611 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 612 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 613 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 614 video_format.add_option(
615 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 616 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
617 help='Check that the selected formats are actually downloadable')
618 video_format.add_option(
619 '--check-all-formats',
620 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
621 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 622 video_format.add_option(
623 '--no-check-formats',
624 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 625 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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627 '-F', '--list-formats',
628 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 629 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 630 video_format.add_option(
631 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 632 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 633 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 634 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 635 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 636 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 637 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 638 video_format.add_option(
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640 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 641 help=(
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643 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 644 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
63ad4d43 645 video_format.add_option(
646 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
647 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 648 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 649 video_format.add_option(
650 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
651 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 652 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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654 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
655 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 656 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 657 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 658 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 659 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 660 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
661 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
662 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
663 subtitles.add_option(
664 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 665 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 666 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 667 subtitles.add_option(
668 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
669 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 670 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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671 subtitles.add_option(
672 '--all-subs',
673 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 674 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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675 subtitles.add_option(
676 '--list-subs',
677 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 678 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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679 subtitles.add_option(
680 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 681 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 682 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 683 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 684 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 685 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 686 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 687 help=(
a4211baf 688 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
c32b0aab 689 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
690 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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692 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 693 downloader.add_option(
694 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
695 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b69fd25c 696 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 697 downloader.add_option(
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699 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 700 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
51d9739f 701 downloader.add_option(
702 '--throttled-rate',
703 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
704 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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705 downloader.add_option(
706 '-R', '--retries',
707 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 708 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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709 downloader.add_option(
710 '--file-access-retries',
711 dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
712 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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714 '--fragment-retries',
715 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 716 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
9603b660 717 downloader.add_option(
c76eb41b 718 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
9603b660 719 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
8a51f564 720 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
732fb3f8 721 downloader.add_option(
6623ac34 722 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 723 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
8a51f564 724 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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726 '--keep-fragments',
727 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 728 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
729 downloader.add_option(
730 '--no-keep-fragments',
731 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
732 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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733 downloader.add_option(
734 '--buffer-size',
735 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 736 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
6623ac34 737 downloader.add_option(
738 '--resize-buffer',
739 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
740 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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741 downloader.add_option(
742 '--no-resize-buffer',
743 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 744 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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746 '--http-chunk-size',
747 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 748 help=(
749 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
750 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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751 downloader.add_option(
752 '--test',
753 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
754 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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756 '--playlist-reverse',
757 action='store_true',
758 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
6623ac34 759 downloader.add_option(
760 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 761 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
6623ac34 762 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
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763 downloader.add_option(
764 '--playlist-random',
765 action='store_true',
766 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
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767 downloader.add_option(
768 '--xattr-set-filesize',
769 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 770 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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771 downloader.add_option(
772 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 773 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 774 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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776 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
777 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 778 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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780 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 781 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 782 help=(
9bd20204 783 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
784 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
785 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
786 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
787 downloader.add_option(
788 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
789 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
790 help=(
791 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
792 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
222516d9 793 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 794 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
795 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 796 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 797 callback_kwargs={
798 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 799 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 800 'process': str.strip
801 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 802 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
803 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
804 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
805 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
806 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
807 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
808 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
c75f0b36 809 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 810 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
811 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 812 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 813 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 814 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
cc0ec3e1 815 'default_key': 'default',
816 'process': compat_shlex_split
dbf5416a 817 }, help=(
46ee996e 818 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
819 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 820 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 821 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
822 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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824 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 825 workarounds.add_option(
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827 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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829 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 830 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 831 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 832 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 833 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 834 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
835 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 836 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 837 workarounds.add_option(
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839 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 840 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 841 workarounds.add_option(
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843 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 844 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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846 workarounds.add_option(
8450c15c 847 '--add-header',
45016689 848 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 849 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
44bcb8d1 850 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
45016689 851 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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853 workarounds.add_option(
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855 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
856 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 857 workarounds.add_option(
858 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
859 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
860 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 861 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 862 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 863 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 864 help=(
e167860c 865 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
866 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
867 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 868 workarounds.add_option(
869 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
870 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 871 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 872 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 873 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 874 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 875 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
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0744a815 877 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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879 '-q', '--quiet',
880 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
34488702 881 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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883 '--no-warnings',
884 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
885 help='Ignore warnings')
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886 verbosity.add_option(
887 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 888 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 889 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 890 verbosity.add_option(
891 '--no-simulate',
892 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
893 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 894 verbosity.add_option(
895 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
896 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
897 help=(
0930b11f 898 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 899 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 900 verbosity.add_option(
901 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
902 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
903 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 904 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 905 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 906 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 907 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 908 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 909 '-O', '--print',
ca30f449 910 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
911 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
912 callback_kwargs={
ed5835b4 913 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
ca30f449 914 'default_key': 'video',
915 'multiple_keys': False,
916 'append': True,
917 }, help=(
ed5835b4 918 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
919 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
ca30f449 920 'Implies --quiet and --simulate (unless --no-simulate is used). This option can be used multiple times'))
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922 '-g', '--get-url',
923 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 924 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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926 '-e', '--get-title',
927 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 928 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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930 '--get-id',
931 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 932 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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934 '--get-thumbnail',
935 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 936 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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938 '--get-description',
939 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 940 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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941 verbosity.add_option(
942 '--get-duration',
943 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 944 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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945 verbosity.add_option(
946 '--get-filename',
947 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 948 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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950 '--get-format',
951 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 952 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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953 verbosity.add_option(
954 '-j', '--dump-json',
955 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 956 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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957 verbosity.add_option(
958 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
959 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 960 help=(
b7b04c78 961 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
962 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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963 verbosity.add_option(
964 '--print-json',
965 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 966 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 967 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 968 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 969 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
970 help=(
e58c22a0 971 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
972 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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973 verbosity.add_option(
974 '--newline',
975 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 976 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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977 verbosity.add_option(
978 '--no-progress',
819e0531 979 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 980 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 981 verbosity.add_option(
982 '--progress',
983 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
984 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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985 verbosity.add_option(
986 '--console-title',
987 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 988 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 989 verbosity.add_option(
990 '--progress-template',
991 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
992 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
993 callback_kwargs={
994 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
995 'default_key': 'download'
996 }, help=(
997 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
998 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
999 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
0930b11f 1000 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
819e0531 1001 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1002 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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1004 '-v', '--verbose',
1005 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 1006 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 1007 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 1008 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 1009 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 1010 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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1011 verbosity.add_option(
1012 '--write-pages',
1013 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
1014 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
1015 verbosity.add_option(
1016 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1017 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
1018 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1019 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 1020 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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1021 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
1022 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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1023 verbosity.add_option(
1024 '-C', '--call-home',
1025 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
7a5c1cfe 1026 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 1027 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1028 verbosity.add_option(
1029 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 1030 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 1031 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 1032 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1034 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
1035 filesystem.add_option(
1036 '-a', '--batch-file',
1037 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 1038 help=(
1039 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1040 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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1042 '--no-batch-file',
1043 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1044 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1045 filesystem.add_option(
1046 '--id', default=False,
1047 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1048 filesystem.add_option(
1049 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1050 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1051 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1052 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1053 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
d74a58a1 1054 'default_key': 'home'
1055 }, help=(
0202b52a 1056 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1057 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
6a34813a 1058 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1059 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1060 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1061 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1062 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1063 filesystem.add_option(
1064 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1065 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1066 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1067 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1068 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
cc0ec3e1 1069 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1070 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1071 filesystem.add_option(
1072 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1073 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
1074 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
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1075 filesystem.add_option(
1076 '--autonumber-size',
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1078 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1079 filesystem.add_option(
1080 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1081 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1082 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1083 filesystem.add_option(
1084 '--restrict-filenames',
1085 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1086 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1087 filesystem.add_option(
1088 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1089 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1090 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1091 filesystem.add_option(
1092 '--windows-filenames',
1093 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1094 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1095 filesystem.add_option(
1096 '--no-windows-filenames',
1097 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1098 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1099 filesystem.add_option(
1100 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1101 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1102 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1103 filesystem.add_option(
1104 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1105 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1106 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1107 filesystem.add_option(
1108 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1109 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1110 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1111 filesystem.add_option(
1112 '--no-force-overwrites',
1113 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1114 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1115 filesystem.add_option(
1116 '-c', '--continue',
1117 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1118 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1119 filesystem.add_option(
1120 '--no-continue',
1121 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1122 help=(
1123 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1124 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1125 filesystem.add_option(
1126 '--part',
1127 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1128 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1129 filesystem.add_option(
1130 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1131 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1132 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1133 filesystem.add_option(
1134 '--mtime',
1135 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1136 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1137 filesystem.add_option(
1138 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1139 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1140 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1141 filesystem.add_option(
1142 '--write-description',
1143 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1144 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1145 filesystem.add_option(
1146 '--no-write-description',
1147 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1148 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1149 filesystem.add_option(
1150 '--write-info-json',
1151 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
c25228e5 1152 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1153 filesystem.add_option(
1154 '--no-write-info-json',
1155 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1156 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1157 filesystem.add_option(
1158 '--write-annotations',
1159 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1160 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1161 filesystem.add_option(
1162 '--no-write-annotations',
1163 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1164 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1165 filesystem.add_option(
1166 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1167 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1168 help=(
1169 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1170 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1171 filesystem.add_option(
1172 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1173 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1174 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1175 filesystem.add_option(
1176 '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1177 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1178 help=(
1179 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1180 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1181 filesystem.add_option(
1182 '--no-clean-infojson',
1183 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1184 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1185 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1186 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1187 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1188 help=(
2305e2e5 1189 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1190 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1191 filesystem.add_option(
1192 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1193 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1194 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1195 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1196 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1197 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1198 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1199 filesystem.add_option(
1200 '--cookies',
1201 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1202 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1203 filesystem.add_option(
1204 '--no-cookies',
1205 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1207 filesystem.add_option(
1208 '--cookies-from-browser',
f59f5ef8 1209 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
982ee69a 1210 help=(
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1211 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
1212 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
1213 f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
1214 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
1215 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
1216 '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
1217 f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
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1218 filesystem.add_option(
1219 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1220 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1221 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1222 filesystem.add_option(
1223 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
9ee4f0bb 1224 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 1225 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1226 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1227 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1228 filesystem.add_option(
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1230 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1231 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1232
b31fdeed 1233 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1234 thumbnail.add_option(
1235 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1236 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1237 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1238 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1239 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1240 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1241 thumbnail.add_option(
1242 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1243 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1244 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1245 thumbnail.add_option(
1246 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1247 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1248 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1249 thumbnail.add_option(
1250 '--list-thumbnails',
1251 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1252 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1253
732044af 1254 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1255 link.add_option(
1256 '--write-link',
1257 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1258 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1259 link.add_option(
1260 '--write-url-link',
1261 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1262 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1263 link.add_option(
1264 '--write-webloc-link',
1265 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1266 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1267 link.add_option(
1268 '--write-desktop-link',
1269 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1270 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1271
1272 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1273 postproc.add_option(
1274 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1275 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1276 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1278 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1279 help=(
1280 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1281 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1282 postproc.add_option(
1283 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1284 dest='audioquality', default='5',
31c49255 1285 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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1287 '--remux-video',
1288 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1289 help=(
17912249 1290 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
06167fbb 1291 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
81a23040 1292 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1293 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1294 postproc.add_option(
1295 '--recode-video',
1296 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
17912249 1297 help=(
1298 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
81a23040 1299 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
d84f1d14 1300 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1301 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1302 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1303 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1304 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1305 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1306 'default_key': 'default-compat',
cc0ec3e1 1307 'process': compat_shlex_split,
1308 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1309 }, help=(
1b77b347 1310 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1311 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1312 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1313 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1314 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1315 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1316 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1317 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1318 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1319 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1320 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1321 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1322 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1323 postproc.add_option(
1324 '-k', '--keep-video',
1325 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1326 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1327 postproc.add_option(
1328 '--no-keep-video',
1329 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1330 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1331 postproc.add_option(
1332 '--post-overwrites',
1333 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1334 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1335 postproc.add_option(
1336 '--no-post-overwrites',
1337 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1338 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1339 postproc.add_option(
1340 '--embed-subs',
1341 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1342 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1343 postproc.add_option(
1344 '--no-embed-subs',
1345 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1346 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1347 postproc.add_option(
1348 '--embed-thumbnail',
1349 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1350 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1351 postproc.add_option(
1352 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1353 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1354 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1355 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1356 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1357 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1358 help=(
1359 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1360 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1361 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1362 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1363 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1364 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1365 postproc.add_option(
1366 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1367 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1368 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1369 postproc.add_option(
1370 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1371 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1372 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1373 postproc.add_option(
1374 '--embed-info-json',
1375 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1376 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1377 postproc.add_option(
1378 '--no-embed-info-json',
1379 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1380 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1381 postproc.add_option(
1382 '--metadata-from-title',
1383 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1384 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1385 postproc.add_option(
1386 '--parse-metadata',
e9f4ccd1 1387 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
6623ac34 1388 help=(
73cd218f 1389 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1390 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
e9f4ccd1 1391 postproc.add_option(
1392 '--replace-in-metadata',
1393 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1394 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
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1395 postproc.add_option(
1396 '--xattrs',
1397 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1398 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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1399 postproc.add_option(
1400 '--fixup',
99594a11 1401 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1402 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1403 help=(
1404 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1405 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1406 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1407 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1408 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1409 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1410 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1411 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1412 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1413 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1414 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1415 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1416 postproc.add_option(
1417 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1418 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1419 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1420 postproc.add_option(
1e43a6f7 1421 '--exec',
1422 metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
1423 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1424 callback_kwargs={
1425 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
1426 'default_key': 'after_move',
1427 'multiple_keys': False,
1428 'append': True,
1429 }, help=(
1430 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
1431 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
34488702 1432 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1e43a6f7 1433 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
1434 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
c681cb5d 1435 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1436 postproc.add_option(
1437 '--no-exec',
1e43a6f7 1438 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
c681cb5d 1439 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1440 postproc.add_option(
1441 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1442 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1e43a6f7 1443 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5520aa2d 1444 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1445 '--no-exec-before-download',
1446 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
1e43a6f7 1447 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e9fade72 1448 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1449 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1450 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1451 help=(
1452 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1453 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
8fa43c73 1454 postproc.add_option(
1455 '--convert-thumbnails',
1456 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1457 help=(
1458 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1459 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
72755351 1460 postproc.add_option(
1461 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1462 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1463 help=(
1464 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1465 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1466 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1467 postproc.add_option(
1468 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1469 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1470 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1471 postproc.add_option(
1472 '--remove-chapters',
1473 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1474 help=(
1475 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1476 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified range. '
1477 'Eg: --remove-chapters "*10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro". '
1478 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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1479 postproc.add_option(
1480 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1481 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1482 postproc.add_option(
1483 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1484 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1485 help=(
1486 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
e75bb0d6 1487 'Requires a re-encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
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1488 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1489 postproc.add_option(
1490 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1491 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1492 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1493 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1494 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1495 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1496 postproc.add_option(
1497 '--use-postprocessor',
1498 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1499 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1500 callback_kwargs={
1501 'delim': None,
1502 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1503 }, help=(
1504 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1505 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1506 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1507 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1508 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after extraction), '
ebed8b37 1509 '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default), '
1510 '"after_move" (after moving file to their final locations), '
1511 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
1512 'or "playlist" (end of playlist). '
3ae5e797 1513 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
34a741a8 1514
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1515 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1516 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1517 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1518 sponsorblock.add_option(
1519 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1520 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1521 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1522 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1523 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1524 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1525 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
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1526 f'Available categories are all, default(=all), {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}. '
1527 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1528 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1529 sponsorblock.add_option(
1530 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1531 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1532 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1533 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
1534 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1535 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1536 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1537 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1538 }, help=(
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1539 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1540 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1541 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1542 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1543 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
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1544 sponsorblock.add_option(
1545 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1546 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1547 help=(
1548 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1549 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
1550 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
1551 sponsorblock.add_option(
1552 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1553 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1554 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1555 sponsorblock.add_option(
1556 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1557 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1558 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1559
1560 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1561 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1562 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1563 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1564 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1565 '--no-sponskrub',
1566 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1567 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1568 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1569 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1570 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1571 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1572 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1573 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1574 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1575 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1576 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1577 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1578 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1579 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1580 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1581 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1582 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1583 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1584 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1585 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1586 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1587 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1588 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1589 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1590 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1591
78895bd3 1592 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1593 extractor.add_option(
1594 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1595 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1596 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1597 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1598 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1599 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1600 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1601 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1602 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1603 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1604 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1605 extractor.add_option(
1606 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1607 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1608 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1609 )
1610 extractor.add_option(
1611 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1612 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1613 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
042931a5 1614 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1615 val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
5d3a0e79 1616 extractor.add_option(
1617 '--extractor-args',
1618 metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1619 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1620 callback_kwargs={
1621 'multiple_keys': False,
1622 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1623 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1624 }, help=(
5d3a0e79 1625 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1626 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1627 extractor.add_option(
1628 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1629 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1630 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1631 extractor.add_option(
1632 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1633 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1634 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1635 extractor.add_option(
1636 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1637 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1638 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1639 extractor.add_option(
1640 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1641 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1642 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1643
34a741a8 1644 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1645 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1646 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1647 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1648 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1649 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1650 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1651 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1652 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1653 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1654 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1655 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1656 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1657 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1658 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1659 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
34a741a8 1660
06e57990 1661 return parser
7303f84a 1662
e66dca5e 1663
06e57990 1664def _hide_login_info(opts):
1665 write_string(
1666 'DeprecationWarning: "yt_dlp.options._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
1667 'Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead\n')
1668 return Config.hide_login_info(opts)