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9e491463 1import collections
2import contextlib
34a741a8 3import optparse
f8271158 4import os.path
3aa9a735 5import re
f9934b96 6import shlex
ac668111 7import shutil
9e491463 8import string
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9import sys
10
ac668111 11from .compat import compat_expanduser
f59f5ef8 12from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
81a23040 13from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 14from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 15 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
4f04be6a 16 FFmpegMergerPP,
81a23040 17 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
18 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
19 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 20 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 21)
7a340e0d 22from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
77df20f1 23from .update import UPDATE_SOURCES, detect_variant, is_non_updateable
f8271158 24from .utils import (
25 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
26 POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
27 Config,
da4db748 28 deprecation_warning,
f8271158 29 expand_path,
70b23409 30 format_field,
f8271158 31 get_executable_path,
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32 get_system_config_dirs,
33 get_user_config_dirs,
19a03940 34 join_nonempty,
5314b521 35 orderedSet_from_options,
f8271158 36 remove_end,
8417f26b 37 variadic,
f8271158 38 write_string,
39)
77df20f1 40from .version import CHANNEL, __version__
81a23040 41
34a741a8 42
06e57990 43def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
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44 PACKAGE_NAME = 'yt-dlp'
45
9e491463 46 root = Config(create_parser())
06e57990 47 if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
48 ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
34a741a8 49
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50 def read_config(*paths):
51 path = os.path.join(*paths)
52 conf = Config.read_file(path, default=None)
53 if conf is not None:
54 return conf, path
55
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56 def _load_from_config_dirs(config_dirs):
57 for config_dir in config_dirs:
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58 head, tail = os.path.split(config_dir)
59 assert tail == PACKAGE_NAME or config_dir == os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), f'.{PACKAGE_NAME}')
34a741a8 60
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61 yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf')
62 if tail.startswith('.'): # ~/.PACKAGE_NAME
63 yield read_config(head, f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf.txt')
64 yield read_config(config_dir, 'config')
65 yield read_config(config_dir, 'config.txt')
34a741a8 66
8e40b9d1 67 def add_config(label, path=None, func=None):
06e57990 68 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
9e491463 69 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
06e57990 70 return False
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71 elif func:
72 assert path is None
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73 args, current_path = next(
74 filter(None, _load_from_config_dirs(func(PACKAGE_NAME))), (None, None))
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75 else:
76 current_path = os.path.join(path, 'yt-dlp.conf')
77 args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
78 if args is not None:
79 root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
06e57990 80 return True
81
82 def load_configs():
83 yield not ignore_config_files
84 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
9e491463 85 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_known_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
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86 yield add_config('User', func=get_user_config_dirs)
87 yield add_config('System', func=get_system_config_dirs)
06e57990 88
9e491463 89 opts = optparse.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False})
90 try:
44a6fcff 91 try:
08e29b9f 92 if overrideArguments is not None:
44a6fcff 93 root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
94 else:
95 root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
96 loaded_all_configs = all(load_configs())
97 except ValueError as err:
98 raise root.parser.error(err)
9e491463 99
44a6fcff 100 if loaded_all_configs:
9e491463 101 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
102 # the user configuration is removed
103 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
104 user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
105 if user_conf is not None:
106 root.configs.pop(user_conf)
06e57990 107
284a60c5 108 try:
109 root.configs[0].load_configs() # Resolve any aliases using --config-location
110 except ValueError as err:
111 raise root.parser.error(err)
112
9e491463 113 opts, args = root.parse_args()
114 except optparse.OptParseError:
115 with contextlib.suppress(optparse.OptParseError):
116 opts, _ = root.parse_known_args(strict=False)
117 raise
118 except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
119 opts.verbose = False
120 raise
121 finally:
122 verbose = opts.verbose and f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:]
123 if verbose:
124 write_string(f'{verbose}\n')
125 if opts.print_help:
126 if verbose:
127 write_string('\n')
128 root.parser.print_help()
129 if opts.print_help:
130 sys.exit()
131 return root.parser, opts, args
06e57990 132
133
19a03940 134class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
135 def __init__(self):
136 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
ac668111 137 max_width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns or 80
2dd5a2e3 138 # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
139 super().__init__(width=max_width, max_help_position=int(0.45 * max_width))
19a03940 140
141 @staticmethod
142 def format_option_strings(option):
143 """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
144 opts = join_nonempty(
145 option._short_opts and option._short_opts[0],
146 option._long_opts and option._long_opts[0],
147 delim=', ')
148 if option.takes_value():
149 opts += f' {option.metavar}'
150 return opts
151
152
db2e129c 153class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
47ab66db 154 # optparse is deprecated since Python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
ca7f8b8f 155 ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
9e491463 156 ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
db2e129c 157
19a03940 158 def __init__(self):
159 super().__init__(
9e491463 160 prog='yt-dlp' if detect_variant() == 'source' else None,
19a03940 161 version=__version__,
162 usage='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
163 epilog='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
164 formatter=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
165 conflict_handler='resolve',
166 )
ca7f8b8f 167 self.set_default(self.ALIAS_DEST, collections.defaultdict(int))
19a03940 168
9e491463 169 _UNKNOWN_OPTION = (optparse.BadOptionError, optparse.AmbiguousOptionError)
170 _BAD_OPTION = optparse.OptionValueError
171
172 def parse_known_args(self, args=None, values=None, strict=True):
173 """Same as parse_args, but ignore unknown switches. Similar to argparse.parse_known_args"""
174 self.rargs, self.largs = self._get_args(args), []
175 self.values = values or self.get_default_values()
176 while self.rargs:
c800598c 177 arg = self.rargs[0]
9e491463 178 try:
c800598c 179 if arg == '--':
180 del self.rargs[0]
181 break
182 elif arg.startswith('--'):
183 self._process_long_opt(self.rargs, self.values)
184 elif arg.startswith('-') and arg != '-':
185 self._process_short_opts(self.rargs, self.values)
186 elif self.allow_interspersed_args:
187 self.largs.append(self.rargs.pop(0))
188 else:
189 break
9e491463 190 except optparse.OptParseError as err:
191 if isinstance(err, self._UNKNOWN_OPTION):
192 self.largs.append(err.opt_str)
193 elif strict:
194 if isinstance(err, self._BAD_OPTION):
195 self.error(str(err))
196 raise
197 return self.check_values(self.values, self.largs)
198
6a6cdcd1 199 def _generate_error_message(self, msg):
44a6fcff 200 msg = f'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
6a6cdcd1 201 return f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg
202
203 def error(self, msg):
204 raise optparse.OptParseError(self._generate_error_message(msg))
9e491463 205
19a03940 206 def _get_args(self, args):
207 return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
208
db2e129c 209 def _match_long_opt(self, opt):
962ffcf8 210 """Improve ambiguous argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
db2e129c 211 try:
212 return super()._match_long_opt(opt)
213 except optparse.AmbiguousOptionError as e:
86e5f3ed 214 if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}) == 1:
db2e129c 215 return e.possibilities[0]
216 raise
217
218
06e57990 219def create_parser():
d21bba78 220 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 221 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
9e907ebd 222 current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
1f8471e2 223 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 224 setattr(
225 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 226 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 227
31654882 228 def _set_from_options_callback(
5314b521 229 option, opt_str, value, parser, allowed_values, delim=',', aliases={},
d21bba78 230 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
5314b521 231 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))
232 try:
233 requested = orderedSet_from_options(values, collections.ChainMap(aliases, {'all': allowed_values}),
234 start=getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
235 except ValueError as e:
236 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {e.args[0]}')
31654882 237
5314b521 238 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, set(requested))
31654882 239
e632bce2 240 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 241 option, opt_str, value, parser,
44bcb8d1 242 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
ca30f449 243 process_key=str.lower, append=False):
45016689 244
ca30f449 245 out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
bb66c247 246 multiple_args = not isinstance(value, str)
d818eb74 247 if multiple_keys:
86e5f3ed 248 allowed_keys = fr'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
bb66c247 249 mobj = re.match(
78fde6e3 250 fr'(?is)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
bb66c247 251 value[0] if multiple_args else value)
45016689 252 if mobj is not None:
44bcb8d1 253 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
bb66c247 254 if multiple_args:
255 val = [val, *value[1:]]
45016689 256 elif default_key is not None:
8417f26b 257 keys, val = variadic(default_key), value
45016689 258 else:
259 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
86e5f3ed 260 f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
4bb6b02f 261 try:
44bcb8d1 262 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
4bb6b02f 263 val = process(val) if process else val
264 except Exception as err:
44bcb8d1 265 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
d818eb74 266 for key in keys:
ca30f449 267 out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
268 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
45016689 269
119e40ef 270 def when_prefix(default):
271 return {
272 'default': {},
273 'type': 'str',
274 'action': 'callback',
275 'callback': _dict_from_options_callback,
276 'callback_kwargs': {
277 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
278 'default_key': default,
279 'multiple_keys': False,
280 'append': True,
281 },
282 }
283
19a03940 284 parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
9e491463 285 alias_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Aliases')
286 Formatter = string.Formatter()
287
288 def _create_alias(option, opt_str, value, parser):
289 aliases, opts = value
290 try:
291 nargs = len({i if f == '' else f
292 for i, (_, f, _, _) in enumerate(Formatter.parse(opts)) if f is not None})
293 opts.format(*map(str, range(nargs))) # validate
294 except Exception as err:
295 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} OPTIONS formatting; {err}')
296 if alias_group not in parser.option_groups:
297 parser.add_option_group(alias_group)
298
299 aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
300 try:
46d09f87 301 args = [f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)]
9e491463 302 alias_group.add_option(
46d09f87 303 *aliases, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
304 metavar=' '.join(args), help=opts.format(*args), action='callback',
9e491463 305 callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
306 except Exception as err:
307 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
308
309 def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
310 counter = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
311 counter[opt_str] += 1
312 if counter[opt_str] > parser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT:
313 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'Alias {opt_str} exceeded invocation limit')
314 if nargs == 1:
315 value = [value]
316 assert (nargs == 0 and value is None) or len(value) == nargs
317 parser.rargs[:0] = shlex.split(
318 opts if value is None else opts.format(*map(shlex.quote, value)))
34a741a8 319
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320 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
321 general.add_option(
9e491463 322 '-h', '--help', dest='print_help', action='store_true',
17941321 323 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 324 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 325 '--version',
8450c15c 326 action='version',
17941321 327 help='Print program version and exit')
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328 general.add_option(
329 '-U', '--update',
665472a7 330 action='store_const', dest='update_self', const=CHANNEL,
70b23409 331 help=format_field(
332 is_non_updateable(), None, 'Check if updates are available. %s',
77df20f1 333 default=f'Update this program to the latest {CHANNEL} version'))
d32f30ac 334 general.add_option(
335 '--no-update',
336 action='store_false', dest='update_self',
70b23409 337 help='Do not check for updates (default)')
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338 general.add_option(
339 '--update-to',
340 action='store', dest='update_self', metavar='[CHANNEL]@[TAG]',
341 help=(
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342 'Upgrade/downgrade to a specific version. CHANNEL can be a repository as well. '
343 f'CHANNEL and TAG default to "{CHANNEL.partition("@")[0]}" and "latest" respectively if omitted; '
344 f'See "UPDATE" for details. Supported channels: {", ".join(UPDATE_SOURCES)}'))
8450c15c 345 general.add_option(
b1940459 346 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
347 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
0930b11f 348 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
b1940459 349 general.add_option(
350 '--no-abort-on-error',
351 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
352 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 353 general.add_option(
6623ac34 354 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 355 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 356 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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357 general.add_option(
358 '--dump-user-agent',
359 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 360 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 361 general.add_option(
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362 '--list-extractors',
363 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 364 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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365 general.add_option(
366 '--extractor-descriptions',
367 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 368 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
fe7866d0 369 general.add_option(
370 '--use-extractors', '--ies',
371 action='callback', dest='allowed_extractors', metavar='NAMES', type='str',
372 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
373 help=(
374 'Extractor names to use separated by commas. '
375 'You can also use regexes, "all", "default" and "end" (end URL matching); '
376 'e.g. --ies "holodex.*,end,youtube". '
377 'Prefix the name with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies default,-generic. '
2516cafb 378 'Use --list-extractors for a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)'))
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379 general.add_option(
380 '--force-generic-extractor',
381 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
fe7866d0 382 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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383 general.add_option(
384 '--default-search',
385 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
2dd5a2e3 386 help=(
387 'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
62b58c09 388 'E.g. "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
2dd5a2e3 389 'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
390 '"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
391 'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
34a741a8 392 general.add_option(
6623ac34 393 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 394 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 395 help=(
47ab66db 396 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given to --config-locations. '
ed8d87f9 397 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
fc5fa964 398 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
e66dca5e 399 general.add_option(
06e57990 400 '--no-config-locations',
401 action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
402 help=(
403 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
404 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
405 general.add_option(
406 '--config-locations',
407 dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
408 help=(
6b9e832d 409 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory '
410 '("-" for stdin). Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
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411 general.add_option(
412 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 413 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 414 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 415 general.add_option(
416 '--no-flat-playlist',
417 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
c8bc203f 418 help='Fully extract the videos of a playlist (default)')
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419 general.add_option(
420 '--live-from-start',
421 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
9e907ebd 422 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
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423 general.add_option(
424 '--no-live-from-start',
425 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
426 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
f2ebc5c7 427 general.add_option(
428 '--wait-for-video',
429 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
430 help=(
431 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
432 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
433 general.add_option(
434 '--no-wait-for-video',
435 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
436 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
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437 general.add_option(
438 '--mark-watched',
439 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e248be33 440 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
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441 general.add_option(
442 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 443 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
444 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 445 general.add_option(
f2df4071 446 '--no-colors', '--no-colours',
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447 action='store_const', dest='color', const={
448 'stdout': 'no_color',
449 'stderr': 'no_color',
450 },
451 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
452 general.add_option(
453 '--color',
454 dest='color', metavar='[STREAM:]POLICY', default={}, type='str',
455 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
456 callback_kwargs={
457 'allowed_keys': 'stdout|stderr',
458 'default_key': ['stdout', 'stderr'],
459 'process': str.strip,
460 }, help=(
461 'Whether to emit color codes in output, optionally prefixed by '
462 'the STREAM (stdout or stderr) to apply the setting to. '
463 'Can be one of "always", "auto" (default), "never", or '
464 '"no_color" (use non color terminal sequences). '
465 'Can be used multiple times'))
53ed7066 466 general.add_option(
467 '--compat-options',
31654882 468 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
469 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
470 callback_kwargs={
471 'allowed_values': {
5c3895ff 472 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
93b39cdb 473 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge', 'playlist-match-filter',
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474 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'no-external-downloader-progress',
475 'embed-metadata', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
d2c8aadf 476 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
10025b71 477 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'
d21bba78 478 }, 'aliases': {
10025b71 479 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
480 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
2a06bb4e 481 '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
ffff1bc6 482 '2022': ['2023', 'no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter', 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'],
483 '2023': [],
31654882 484 }
485 }, help=(
486 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 487 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
488 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
9e491463 489 general.add_option(
490 '--alias', metavar='ALIASES OPTIONS', dest='_', type='str', nargs=2,
491 action='callback', callback=_create_alias,
492 help=(
493 'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
494 'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
62b58c09 495 'E.g. --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
9e491463 496 '"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
497 '"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
962ffcf8 498 'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
9e491463 499 f'As a safety measure, each alias may be triggered a maximum of {_YoutubeDLOptionParser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT} times. '
500 'This option can be used multiple times'))
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503 network.add_option(
504 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
505 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 506 help=(
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508 'e.g. socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
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510 '--socket-timeout',
511 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
512 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
513 network.add_option(
514 '--source-address',
515 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 516 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 517 )
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518 network.add_option(
519 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
520 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 521 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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523 network.add_option(
524 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
525 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 526 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 527 )
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529 '--enable-file-urls', action='store_true',
530 dest='enable_file_urls', default=False,
531 help='Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.'
532 )
0aa10994 533
b31fdeed 534 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 535 geo.add_option(
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537 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 538 help=(
539 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 540 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 541 geo.add_option(
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543 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
0aa10994 544 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
c1664464 545 geo.add_option(
546 '--xff', metavar='VALUE',
c8bc203f 547 dest='geo_bypass', default='default',
c1664464 548 help=(
549 'How to fake X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to try bypassing geographic restriction. '
c8bc203f 550 'One of "default" (only when known to be useful), "never", '
551 'an IP block in CIDR notation, or a two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code'))
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553 '--geo-bypass',
c1664464 554 action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='default',
555 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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557 '--no-geo-bypass',
c1664464 558 action='store_const', dest='geo_bypass', const='never',
559 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0aa10994 560 geo.add_option(
c1664464 561 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE', dest='geo_bypass',
562 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5f95927a 563 geo.add_option(
c1664464 564 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK', dest='geo_bypass',
565 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
be4a824d 566
8450c15c 567 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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569 '--playlist-start',
570 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
7e88d7d7 571 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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573 '--playlist-end',
574 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
7e88d7d7 575 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
c14e88f0 576 selection.add_option(
7e88d7d7 577 '-I', '--playlist-items',
c14e88f0 578 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
7e88d7d7 579 help=(
71df9b7f 580 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. '
7e88d7d7 581 'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
582 'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
71df9b7f 583 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
34a741a8 584 selection.add_option(
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586 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 587 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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588 selection.add_option(
589 '--reject-title',
590 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 591 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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592 selection.add_option(
593 '--min-filesize',
594 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
46d09f87 595 help='Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
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596 selection.add_option(
597 '--max-filesize',
598 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
71df9b7f 599 help='Abort download if filesize is larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
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600 selection.add_option(
601 '--date',
602 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 603 help=(
8e174ba7 604 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
605 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format [now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. '
606 'E.g. "--date today-2weeks" downloads only videos uploaded on the same day two weeks ago'))
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607 selection.add_option(
608 '--datebefore',
609 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 610 help=(
611 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
612 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 613 selection.add_option(
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615 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 616 help=(
617 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
618 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 619 selection.add_option(
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621 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 622 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 623 selection.add_option(
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625 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 626 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
347de493 627 selection.add_option(
b1a7cd05 628 '--match-filters',
629 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='append',
347de493 630 help=(
2dd5a2e3 631 'Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" field can be compared with a '
d4ada357 632 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering Formats". '
b1a7cd05 633 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
634 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
635 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
62b58c09 636 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter '
b1a7cd05 637 '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
638 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
639 '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
2dd5a2e3 640 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
492272fe 641 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
6623ac34 642 selection.add_option(
c8bc203f 643 '--no-match-filters',
fe2ce85a 644 dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
645 help='Do not use any --match-filter (default)')
646 selection.add_option(
647 '--break-match-filters',
648 metavar='FILTER', dest='breaking_match_filter', action='append',
649 help='Same as "--match-filters" but stops the download process when a video is rejected')
650 selection.add_option(
651 '--no-break-match-filters',
652 dest='breaking_match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
653 help='Do not use any --break-match-filters (default)')
34a741a8 654 selection.add_option(
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656 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 657 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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659 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 660 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 661 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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662 selection.add_option(
663 '--age-limit',
664 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 665 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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666 selection.add_option(
667 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
668 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 669 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
f304da8a 670 selection.add_option(
671 '--no-download-archive',
672 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
673 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
674 selection.add_option(
675 '--max-downloads',
676 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
677 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
ea6e0c2b 678 selection.add_option(
679 '--break-on-existing',
680 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 681 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 682 selection.add_option(
683 '--break-on-reject',
684 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
fe2ce85a 685 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
b222c271 686 selection.add_option(
687 '--break-per-input',
688 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
fe2ce85a 689 help='Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing, --break-match-filter, and autonumber to reset per input URL')
b222c271 690 selection.add_option(
691 '--no-break-per-input',
692 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
490110c5 693 help='--break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue')
26e2805c 694 selection.add_option(
695 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
696 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
697 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
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698 selection.add_option(
699 '--include-ads',
700 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 701 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 702 selection.add_option(
703 '--no-include-ads',
704 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 705 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 706
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708 authentication.add_option(
709 '-u', '--username',
710 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 711 help='Login with this account ID')
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712 authentication.add_option(
713 '-p', '--password',
714 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 715 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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717 '-2', '--twofactor',
718 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 719 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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720 authentication.add_option(
721 '-n', '--netrc',
722 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 723 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 724 authentication.add_option(
725 '--netrc-location',
726 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
727 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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729 '--netrc-cmd',
730 dest='netrc_cmd', metavar='NETRC_CMD',
731 help='Command to execute to get the credentials for an extractor.')
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733 '--video-password',
734 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
b634ba74 735 help='Video-specific password')
b31fdeed 736 authentication.add_option(
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738 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 739 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 740 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 741 '--ap-username',
797c636b 742 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 743 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 744 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 745 '--ap-password',
797c636b 746 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 747 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 748 authentication.add_option(
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750 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 751 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
bb58c9ed 752 authentication.add_option(
753 '--client-certificate',
754 dest='client_certificate', metavar='CERTFILE',
755 help='Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key')
756 authentication.add_option(
757 '--client-certificate-key',
758 dest='client_certificate_key', metavar='KEYFILE',
759 help='Path to private key file for client certificate')
760 authentication.add_option(
761 '--client-certificate-password',
762 dest='client_certificate_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
763 help='Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted. '
2dd5a2e3 764 'If not provided, and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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766 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
767 video_format.add_option(
768 '-f', '--format',
769 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 770 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
771 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 772 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 773 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
774 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 775 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
776 video_format.add_option(
777 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
778 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
779 help=(
780 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
2dd5a2e3 781 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)'))
eb8a4433 782 video_format.add_option(
783 '--no-format-sort-force',
784 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
2dd5a2e3 785 help='Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default)')
909d24dd 786 video_format.add_option(
787 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 788 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 789 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 790 video_format.add_option(
791 '--no-video-multistreams',
792 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 793 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 794 video_format.add_option(
795 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 796 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 797 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 798 video_format.add_option(
799 '--no-audio-multistreams',
800 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 801 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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803 '--all-formats',
804 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 805 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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807 '--prefer-free-formats',
808 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 809 help=(
810 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
811 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
812 video_format.add_option(
813 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 814 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 815 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 816 video_format.add_option(
817 '--check-formats',
9f1a1c36 818 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
ebc7d3ff 819 help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
9f1a1c36 820 video_format.add_option(
821 '--check-all-formats',
822 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
823 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
0ba692ac 824 video_format.add_option(
825 '--no-check-formats',
826 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
9f1a1c36 827 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
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829 '-F', '--list-formats',
830 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 831 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 832 video_format.add_option(
833 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 834 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 835 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 836 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 837 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 838 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 839 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 840 video_format.add_option(
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842 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 843 help=(
62b58c09 844 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv". '
fc61aff4 845 'Ignored if no merge is required. '
4f04be6a 846 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
63ad4d43 847 video_format.add_option(
848 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
849 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 850 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 851 video_format.add_option(
852 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
853 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 854 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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856 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
857 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 858 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 859 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 860 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 861 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 862 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
863 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
864 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
865 subtitles.add_option(
866 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 867 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 868 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 869 subtitles.add_option(
870 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
871 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 872 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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874 '--all-subs',
875 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 876 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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878 '--list-subs',
879 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 880 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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882 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 883 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
62b58c09 884 help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 885 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 886 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 887 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 888 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 889 help=(
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891 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs all,-live_chat. '
c32b0aab 892 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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894 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 895 downloader.add_option(
896 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
897 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b69fd25c 898 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 899 downloader.add_option(
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901 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
62b58c09 902 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second, e.g. 50K or 4.2M')
51d9739f 903 downloader.add_option(
904 '--throttled-rate',
905 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
62b58c09 906 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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908 '-R', '--retries',
909 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 910 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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911 downloader.add_option(
912 '--file-access-retries',
45806d44 913 dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
205a0654 914 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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915 downloader.add_option(
916 '--fragment-retries',
917 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 918 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
23326151 919 downloader.add_option(
920 '--retry-sleep',
921 dest='retry_sleep', metavar='[TYPE:]EXPR', default={}, type='str',
922 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
923 callback_kwargs={
be5c1ae8 924 'allowed_keys': 'http|fragment|file_access|extractor',
23326151 925 'default_key': 'http',
926 }, help=(
be5c1ae8 927 'Time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry '
928 '(http (default), fragment, file_access, extractor) to apply the sleep to. '
2dd5a2e3 929 'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
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931 'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
9603b660 932 downloader.add_option(
08e29b9f 933 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 934 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
08e29b9f 935 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments)')
732fb3f8 936 downloader.add_option(
08e29b9f 937 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragments', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 938 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
2dd5a2e3 939 help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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941 '--keep-fragments',
942 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 943 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
944 downloader.add_option(
945 '--no-keep-fragments',
946 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
947 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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949 '--buffer-size',
950 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
62b58c09 951 help='Size of download buffer, e.g. 1024 or 16K (default is %default)')
6623ac34 952 downloader.add_option(
953 '--resize-buffer',
954 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
955 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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957 '--no-resize-buffer',
958 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 959 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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961 '--http-chunk-size',
962 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 963 help=(
62b58c09 964 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading, e.g. 10485760 or 10M (default is disabled). '
6623ac34 965 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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967 '--test',
968 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
969 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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970 downloader.add_option(
971 '--playlist-reverse',
7e9a6125 972 action='store_true', dest='playlist_reverse',
7e88d7d7 973 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 974 downloader.add_option(
975 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 976 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
7e88d7d7 977 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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978 downloader.add_option(
979 '--playlist-random',
7e9a6125 980 action='store_true', dest='playlist_random',
75822ca7 981 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
7e9a6125 982 downloader.add_option(
983 '--lazy-playlist',
984 action='store_true', dest='lazy_playlist',
985 help='Process entries in the playlist as they are received. This disables n_entries, --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse')
986 downloader.add_option(
987 '--no-lazy-playlist',
988 action='store_false', dest='lazy_playlist',
989 help='Process videos in the playlist only after the entire playlist is parsed (default)')
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990 downloader.add_option(
991 '--xattr-set-filesize',
992 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 993 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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994 downloader.add_option(
995 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 996 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 997 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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999 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
1000 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 1001 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1002 downloader.add_option(
1003 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 1004 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 1005 help=(
9bd20204 1006 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
1007 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
1008 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
1009 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
1010 downloader.add_option(
1011 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
1012 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
1013 help=(
1014 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
1015 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
5ec1b6b7 1016 downloader.add_option(
1017 '--download-sections',
1018 metavar='REGEX', dest='download_ranges', action='append',
1019 help=(
b4e0d758 1020 'Download only chapters that match the regular expression. '
1021 'A "*" prefix denotes time-range instead of chapter. Negative timestamps are calculated from the end. '
1022 '"*from-url" can be used to download between the "start_time" and "end_time" extracted from the URL. '
62b58c09 1023 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
fc2ba496 1024 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
222516d9 1025 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 1026 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
1027 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1028 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 1029 callback_kwargs={
1030 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 1031 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 1032 'process': str.strip
1033 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 1034 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
1035 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
8dc59305 1036 f'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
52a8a1e1 1037 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
62b58c09 1038 'E.g. --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
52a8a1e1 1039 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
0a41f331 1040 '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
c75f0b36 1041 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 1042 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
1043 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1044 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 1045 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1046 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
cc0ec3e1 1047 'default_key': 'default',
f9934b96 1048 'process': shlex.split
dbf5416a 1049 }, help=(
46ee996e 1050 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
1051 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 1052 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 1053 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
1054 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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1056 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 1057 workarounds.add_option(
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1059 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
34a741a8 1060 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
f81c62a6 1061 workarounds.add_option(
1062 '--legacy-server-connect',
1063 action='store_true', dest='legacy_server_connect', default=False,
1064 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
34a741a8 1065 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 1066 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 1067 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 1068 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 1069 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 1070 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
1071 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 1072 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 1073 workarounds.add_option(
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1075 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
8b7539d2 1076 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 1077 workarounds.add_option(
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1079 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
8b7539d2 1080 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 1081 workarounds.add_option(
a5387729 1082 '--add-headers',
45016689 1083 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1084 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
8b7539d2 1085 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
45016689 1086 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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1088 workarounds.add_option(
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1090 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
1091 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 1092 workarounds.add_option(
1093 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
1094 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
1095 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 1096 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 1097 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 1098 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 1099 help=(
e167860c 1100 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
1101 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
1102 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 1103 workarounds.add_option(
1104 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
1105 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 1106 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 1107 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 1108 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 1109 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 1110 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 1111
0744a815 1112 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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1113 verbosity.add_option(
1114 '-q', '--quiet',
d669772c 1115 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=None,
34488702 1116 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
d669772c 1117 verbosity.add_option(
1118 '--no-quiet',
1119 action='store_false', dest='quiet',
1120 help='Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)')
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1121 verbosity.add_option(
1122 '--no-warnings',
1123 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
1124 help='Ignore warnings')
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1125 verbosity.add_option(
1126 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 1127 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 1128 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 1129 verbosity.add_option(
1130 '--no-simulate',
1131 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
1132 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 1133 verbosity.add_option(
1134 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
1135 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
1136 help=(
0930b11f 1137 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
34488702 1138 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 1139 verbosity.add_option(
1140 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
1141 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
1142 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 1143 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 1144 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 1145 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 1146 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 1147 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 1148 '-O', '--print',
119e40ef 1149 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', **when_prefix('video'),
1150 help=(
ed5835b4 1151 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
119e40ef 1152 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: video). '
62f6f1cb 1153 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
1154 'This option can be used multiple times'))
bb66c247 1155 verbosity.add_option(
1156 '--print-to-file',
119e40ef 1157 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', nargs=2, **when_prefix('video'),
1158 help=(
bb66c247 1159 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
1160 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
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1161 verbosity.add_option(
1162 '-g', '--get-url',
1163 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 1164 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1165 verbosity.add_option(
1166 '-e', '--get-title',
1167 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 1168 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1169 verbosity.add_option(
1170 '--get-id',
1171 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 1172 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1173 verbosity.add_option(
1174 '--get-thumbnail',
1175 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 1176 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1177 verbosity.add_option(
1178 '--get-description',
1179 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 1180 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1181 verbosity.add_option(
1182 '--get-duration',
1183 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 1184 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1185 verbosity.add_option(
1186 '--get-filename',
1187 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 1188 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1189 verbosity.add_option(
1190 '--get-format',
1191 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 1192 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1193 verbosity.add_option(
1194 '-j', '--dump-json',
1195 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
47ab66db 1196 help=(
1197 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1198 'See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys'))
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1199 verbosity.add_option(
1200 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
1201 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 1202 help=(
b7b04c78 1203 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1204 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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1205 verbosity.add_option(
1206 '--print-json',
1207 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 1208 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 1209 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 1210 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 1211 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
1212 help=(
e58c22a0 1213 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
1214 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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1215 verbosity.add_option(
1216 '--newline',
1217 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 1218 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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1219 verbosity.add_option(
1220 '--no-progress',
819e0531 1221 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
17941321 1222 help='Do not print progress bar')
819e0531 1223 verbosity.add_option(
1224 '--progress',
1225 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
1226 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
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1227 verbosity.add_option(
1228 '--console-title',
1229 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 1230 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
819e0531 1231 verbosity.add_option(
1232 '--progress-template',
1233 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
1234 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1235 callback_kwargs={
1236 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1237 'default_key': 'download'
1238 }, help=(
1239 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1240 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1241 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
62b58c09 1242 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
819e0531 1243 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1244 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
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1245 verbosity.add_option(
1246 '-v', '--verbose',
1247 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 1248 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 1249 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 1250 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 1251 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 1252 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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1253 verbosity.add_option(
1254 '--write-pages',
1255 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
1256 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
f95b9dee 1257 verbosity.add_option(
1258 '--load-pages',
1259 action='store_true', dest='load_pages', default=False,
1260 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1261 verbosity.add_option(
1262 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1263 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
1264 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1265 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 1266 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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1267 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
1268 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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1269 verbosity.add_option(
1270 '-C', '--call-home',
1271 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
19a03940 1272 # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 1273 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1274 verbosity.add_option(
1275 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 1276 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 1277 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 1278 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1280 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
1281 filesystem.add_option(
1282 '-a', '--batch-file',
1283 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
940a67a3 1284 help=(
1285 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1286 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
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1288 '--no-batch-file',
1289 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1290 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
19b824f6 1291 filesystem.add_option(
1292 '--id', default=False,
1293 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 1294 filesystem.add_option(
1295 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 1296 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1297 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 1298 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1299 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
d74a58a1 1300 'default_key': 'home'
1301 }, help=(
0202b52a 1302 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 1303 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
6a34813a 1304 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 1305 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 1306 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1307 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 1308 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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1309 filesystem.add_option(
1310 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 1311 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1312 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 1313 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1314 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
cc0ec3e1 1315 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 1316 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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1318 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 1319 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
47ab66db 1320 help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in --output (default: "%default")'))
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1322 '--autonumber-size',
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1324 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1326 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 1327 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 1328 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1329 filesystem.add_option(
1330 '--restrict-filenames',
1331 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1332 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 1333 filesystem.add_option(
1334 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1335 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1336 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1337 filesystem.add_option(
1338 '--windows-filenames',
1339 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
0930b11f 1340 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
c2934512 1341 filesystem.add_option(
1342 '--no-windows-filenames',
1343 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
0930b11f 1344 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
c2934512 1345 filesystem.add_option(
1346 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1347 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1348 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
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1349 filesystem.add_option(
1350 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1351 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1352 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1353 filesystem.add_option(
1354 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1355 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1356 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1357 filesystem.add_option(
1358 '--no-force-overwrites',
1359 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1360 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1361 filesystem.add_option(
1362 '-c', '--continue',
1363 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1364 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1365 filesystem.add_option(
1366 '--no-continue',
1367 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1368 help=(
1369 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1370 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1371 filesystem.add_option(
1372 '--part',
1373 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1374 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1375 filesystem.add_option(
1376 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1377 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1378 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1379 filesystem.add_option(
1380 '--mtime',
1381 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1382 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1383 filesystem.add_option(
1384 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1385 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1386 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1387 filesystem.add_option(
1388 '--write-description',
1389 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1390 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1391 filesystem.add_option(
1392 '--no-write-description',
1393 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1394 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1395 filesystem.add_option(
1396 '--write-info-json',
d1b5f70b 1397 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=None,
c25228e5 1398 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1399 filesystem.add_option(
1400 '--no-write-info-json',
1401 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1402 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1403 filesystem.add_option(
1404 '--write-annotations',
1405 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1406 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1407 filesystem.add_option(
1408 '--no-write-annotations',
1409 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1410 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1411 filesystem.add_option(
1412 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1413 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1414 help=(
1415 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1416 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1417 filesystem.add_option(
1418 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1419 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1420 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1421 filesystem.add_option(
3856407a 1422 '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1423 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1424 help=(
ad54c913 1425 'Remove some internal metadata such as filenames from the infojson (default)'))
75d43ca0 1426 filesystem.add_option(
3856407a 1427 '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
75d43ca0 1428 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1429 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1430 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1431 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1432 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1433 help=(
2305e2e5 1434 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1435 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1436 filesystem.add_option(
1437 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1438 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1439 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1440 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1441 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1442 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1443 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1444 filesystem.add_option(
1445 '--cookies',
1446 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
f304da8a 1447 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1448 filesystem.add_option(
1449 '--no-cookies',
1450 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1451 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1452 filesystem.add_option(
1453 '--cookies-from-browser',
825d3ce3 1454 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
982ee69a 1455 help=(
825d3ce3 1456 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f59f5ef8 1457 f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
825d3ce3 1458 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
1459 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
1460 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
1461 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
1462 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f59f5ef8 1463 f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
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1464 filesystem.add_option(
1465 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1466 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1467 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1468 filesystem.add_option(
1469 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
304ad45a 1470 help=(
1471 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
1472 '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
34a741a8 1473 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1474 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1475 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1476 filesystem.add_option(
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1477 '--rm-cache-dir',
1478 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1479 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1480
b31fdeed 1481 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1482 thumbnail.add_option(
1483 '--write-thumbnail',
acc0d6a4 1484 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1485 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1486 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1487 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
17941321 1488 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1489 thumbnail.add_option(
1490 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1491 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1492 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1493 thumbnail.add_option(
1494 '--write-all-thumbnails',
acc0d6a4 1495 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
17941321 1496 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1497 thumbnail.add_option(
1498 '--list-thumbnails',
1499 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1500 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1501
732044af 1502 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1503 link.add_option(
1504 '--write-link',
1505 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1506 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1507 link.add_option(
1508 '--write-url-link',
1509 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1510 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1511 link.add_option(
1512 '--write-webloc-link',
1513 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1514 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1515 link.add_option(
1516 '--write-desktop-link',
1517 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1518 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1519
1520 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1521 postproc.add_option(
1522 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1523 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1524 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1525 postproc.add_option(
1526 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1527 help=(
35faefee 1528 'Format to convert the audio to when -x is used. '
8dc59305 1529 f'(currently supported: best (default), {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
e0ab9854 1530 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
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1531 postproc.add_option(
1532 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1533 dest='audioquality', default='5',
35faefee 1534 help=(
1535 'Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. '
1536 'Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)'))
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1537 postproc.add_option(
1538 '--remux-video',
1539 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1540 help=(
35faefee 1541 'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
1542 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
1543 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
62b58c09 1544 'e.g. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
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1545 postproc.add_option(
1546 '--recode-video',
1547 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
2dd5a2e3 1548 help='Re-encode the video into another format if necessary. The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video')
d84f1d14 1549 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1550 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1551 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1552 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1553 callback_kwargs={
9e907ebd 1554 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1555 'default_key': 'default-compat',
f9934b96 1556 'process': shlex.split,
cc0ec3e1 1557 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1558 }, help=(
1b77b347 1559 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1560 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1561 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1562 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1563 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1564 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1565 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1566 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1567 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1568 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
62b58c09 1569 'before the specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1570 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1571 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1572 postproc.add_option(
1573 '-k', '--keep-video',
1574 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1575 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1576 postproc.add_option(
1577 '--no-keep-video',
1578 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1579 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1580 postproc.add_option(
1581 '--post-overwrites',
1582 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1583 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1584 postproc.add_option(
1585 '--no-post-overwrites',
1586 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1587 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1588 postproc.add_option(
1589 '--embed-subs',
1590 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1591 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1592 postproc.add_option(
1593 '--no-embed-subs',
1594 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1595 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1596 postproc.add_option(
1597 '--embed-thumbnail',
1598 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1599 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1600 postproc.add_option(
1601 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1602 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1603 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1604 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1605 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1606 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
dac5df5a 1607 help=(
1608 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1609 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
6623ac34 1610 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1611 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1612 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1613 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1614 postproc.add_option(
1615 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1616 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1617 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1618 postproc.add_option(
1619 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1620 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1621 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
dac5df5a 1622 postproc.add_option(
1623 '--embed-info-json',
1624 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1625 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1626 postproc.add_option(
1627 '--no-embed-info-json',
1628 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1629 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
e7db87f7 1630 postproc.add_option(
1631 '--metadata-from-title',
1632 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1633 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1634 postproc.add_option(
1635 '--parse-metadata',
fe74d5b5 1636 metavar='[WHEN:]FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', **when_prefix('pre_process'),
6623ac34 1637 help=(
fe74d5b5 1638 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details. '
1639 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
e9f4ccd1 1640 postproc.add_option(
1641 '--replace-in-metadata',
fe74d5b5 1642 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='[WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', nargs=3, **when_prefix('pre_process'),
1643 help=(
1644 'Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times. '
1645 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
8450c15c 1646 postproc.add_option(
6f7563be 1647 '--xattrs', '--xattr',
8450c15c 1648 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1649 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
3b603dbd 1650 postproc.add_option(
1651 '--concat-playlist',
1652 metavar='POLICY', dest='concat_playlist', default='multi_video',
1653 choices=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1654 help=(
fc5fa964 1655 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1656 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
3b603dbd 1657 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1658 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
a44ca5a4 1659 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
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1660 postproc.add_option(
1661 '--fixup',
99594a11 1662 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1663 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1664 help=(
1665 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1666 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1667 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
f304da8a 1668 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
8450c15c 1669 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1670 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1671 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1672 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1673 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1674 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1675 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1676 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1677 postproc.add_option(
1678 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1679 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1680 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1681 postproc.add_option(
1e43a6f7 1682 '--exec',
119e40ef 1683 metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', **when_prefix('after_move'),
1684 help=(
1685 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it, separated by a ":". '
1686 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: after_move). '
34488702 1687 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
ad54c913 1688 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
c681cb5d 1689 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1690 postproc.add_option(
1691 '--no-exec',
1e43a6f7 1692 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
c681cb5d 1693 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1694 postproc.add_option(
1695 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1696 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1e43a6f7 1697 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
5520aa2d 1698 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1699 '--no-exec-before-download',
a44ca5a4 1700 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=None,
1e43a6f7 1701 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e9fade72 1702 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1703 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1704 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1705 help=(
1706 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
8dc59305 1707 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(sorted(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))))
8fa43c73 1708 postproc.add_option(
1709 '--convert-thumbnails',
1710 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1711 help=(
1712 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
8dc59305 1713 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
00bbc5f1 1714 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
72755351 1715 postproc.add_option(
1716 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1717 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1718 help=(
1719 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1720 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1721 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1722 postproc.add_option(
1723 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1724 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1725 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1726 postproc.add_option(
1727 '--remove-chapters',
1728 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
2d9ec704 1729 help=(
1730 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
5ec1b6b7 1731 'The syntax is the same as --download-sections. This option can be used multiple times'))
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1732 postproc.add_option(
1733 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1734 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1735 postproc.add_option(
1736 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1737 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1738 help=(
5ec1b6b7 1739 'Force keyframes at cuts when downloading/splitting/removing sections. '
1740 'This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but the resulting video may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
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1741 postproc.add_option(
1742 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1743 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1744 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1745 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1746 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1747 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1748 postproc.add_option(
1749 '--use-postprocessor',
1750 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1751 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1752 callback_kwargs={
1753 'delim': None,
1754 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1755 }, help=(
1756 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
e75bb0d6 1757 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
3ae5e797 1758 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1759 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
09b49e1f 1760 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
119e40ef 1761 '"video" (after --format; before --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each video download), '
1762 '"post_process" (after each video download; default), '
09b49e1f 1763 '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
ebed8b37 1764 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
09b49e1f 1765 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
3ae5e797 1766 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
34a741a8 1767
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1768 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1769 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1770 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1771 sponsorblock.add_option(
1772 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1773 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
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1774 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1775 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1776 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1777 }, help=(
7a340e0d 1778 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
2dd5a2e3 1779 f'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
1780 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
62b58c09 1781 'E.g. --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
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1782 sponsorblock.add_option(
1783 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1784 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
8157a09d 1785 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
63c547d7 1786 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys()),
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1787 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1788 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1789 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1790 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1791 }, help=(
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1792 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1793 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
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1794 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1795 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
63c547d7 1796 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
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1797 sponsorblock.add_option(
1798 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1799 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1800 help=(
2dd5a2e3 1801 'An output template for the title of the SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1802 'The only available fields are start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. '
1803 'Defaults to "%default"'))
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1804 sponsorblock.add_option(
1805 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1806 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1807 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1808 sponsorblock.add_option(
1809 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1810 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1811 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1812
1813 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1814 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1815 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1816 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1817 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1818 '--no-sponskrub',
1819 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1820 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1821 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1822 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1823 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1824 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1825 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1826 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1827 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1828 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1829 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1830 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1831 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1832 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1833 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1834 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1835 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1836 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1837 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1838 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1839 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1840 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1841 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1842 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1843 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1844
78895bd3 1845 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1846 extractor.add_option(
1847 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1848 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1849 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1850 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1851 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1852 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1853 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1854 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1855 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1856 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1857 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1858 extractor.add_option(
1859 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1860 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1861 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1862 )
1863 extractor.add_option(
1864 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1865 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1866 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
042931a5 1867 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1868 val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
5d3a0e79 1869 extractor.add_option(
1870 '--extractor-args',
2fa669f7 1871 metavar='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
5d3a0e79 1872 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1873 callback_kwargs={
1874 'multiple_keys': False,
1875 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1876 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1877 }, help=(
2fa669f7 1878 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1879 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1880 extractor.add_option(
1881 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1882 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1883 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1884 extractor.add_option(
1885 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1886 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1887 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1888 extractor.add_option(
1889 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1890 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1891 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1892 extractor.add_option(
1893 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1894 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1895 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1896
34a741a8 1897 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1898 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1899 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1900 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1901 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1902 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1903 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1904 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1905 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1906 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1907 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1908 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1909 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1910 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1911 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1912 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
34a741a8 1913
06e57990 1914 return parser
7303f84a 1915
e66dca5e 1916
06e57990 1917def _hide_login_info(opts):
da4db748 1918 deprecation_warning(f'"{__name__}._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed '
1919 'in a future version. Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead')
06e57990 1920 return Config.hide_login_info(opts)