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1 | # youtube-dl |
2 | ||
3 | ## USAGE | |
1d2e86ae | 4 | youtube-dl [options] url [url...] |
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5 | |
6 | ## DESCRIPTION | |
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7 | **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from |
8 | YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version | |
9 | 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in | |
10 | your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, | |
11 | which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. | |
12 | ||
13 | ## OPTIONS | |
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14 | -h, --help print this help text and exit |
15 | -v, --version print program version and exit | |
8f88eb1f | 16 | -U, --update update this program to latest version |
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17 | -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors |
18 | -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) | |
19 | -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) | |
08c1d0d3 | 20 | --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification |
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21 | --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they |
22 | would handle | |
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23 | |
24 | ### Video Selection: | |
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25 | --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) |
26 | --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) | |
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27 | --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless |
28 | sub-string) | |
29 | --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or | |
30 | caseless sub-string) | |
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32 | ### Filesystem Options: |
33 | -t, --title use title in file name | |
34 | -l, --literal use literal title in file name | |
35 | -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 | |
36 | -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template | |
37 | -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) | |
38 | -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files | |
39 | -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files | |
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40 | --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart |
41 | from beginning) | |
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42 | --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to |
43 | --no-part do not use .part files | |
44 | --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file | |
45 | modification time | |
46 | --write-description write video description to a .description file | |
47 | --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file | |
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49 | ### Verbosity / Simulation Options: |
50 | -q, --quiet activates quiet mode | |
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51 | -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything |
52 | to disk | |
53 | --skip-download do not download the video | |
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54 | -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL |
55 | -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title | |
56 | --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL | |
57 | --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description | |
58 | --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename | |
6a1ca41e | 59 | --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format |
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60 | --no-progress do not print progress bar |
61 | --console-title display progress in console titlebar | |
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63 | ### Video Format Options: |
64 | -f, --format FORMAT video format code | |
65 | --all-formats download all available video formats | |
66 | --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download | |
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68 | ### Authentication Options: |
69 | -u, --username USERNAME account username | |
70 | -p, --password PASSWORD account password | |
71 | -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data | |
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72 | |
73 | ### Post-processing Options: | |
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74 | --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires |
75 | ffmpeg and ffprobe) | |
76 | --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default | |
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77 | --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default |
78 | -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- | |
79 | processing; the video is erased by default | |
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81 | ## FAQ |
82 | ||
83 | ### Can you please put the -b option back? | |
84 | ||
85 | Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. | |
86 | ||
f2a3a352 | 87 | ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? |
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8236e851 | 89 | Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. |
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90 | |
91 | ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? | |
92 | ||
93 | Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/). | |
94 | ||
95 | ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore | |
96 | ||
97 | The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. | |
98 | ||
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99 | ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info |
100 | ||
5a2ba45e | 101 | youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. |
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6bcd846b | 103 | ## COPYRIGHT |
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104 | |
105 | youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. | |
106 | ||
107 | This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain. | |
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108 | |
109 | ## BUGS | |
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8236e851 | 111 | Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> |
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112 | |
113 | Please include: | |
114 | ||
115 | * Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem. | |
116 | * The output of `youtube-dl --version` | |
117 | * The output of `python --version` | |
118 | * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). |