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1 | % youtube-dl(1) | |
2 | ||
3 | # NAME | |
4 | youtube-dl | |
5 | ||
6 | # SYNOPSIS | |
7 | **youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] | |
8 | ||
9 | # DESCRIPTION | |
10 | **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from | |
11 | YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version | |
12 | 2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in | |
13 | your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, | |
14 | which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. | |
15 | ||
16 | # OPTIONS | |
17 | -h, --help print this help text and exit | |
18 | --version print program version and exit | |
19 | -U, --update update this program to latest version | |
20 | -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors | |
21 | -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) | |
22 | -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) | |
23 | --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification | |
24 | --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent | |
25 | --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they | |
26 | would handle | |
27 | ||
28 | ## Video Selection: | |
29 | --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) | |
30 | --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) | |
31 | --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless | |
32 | sub-string) | |
33 | --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or | |
34 | caseless sub-string) | |
35 | --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files | |
36 | ||
37 | ## Filesystem Options: | |
38 | -t, --title use title in file name | |
39 | --id use video ID in file name | |
40 | -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title | |
41 | -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 | |
42 | -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the | |
43 | title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, | |
44 | %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented | |
45 | number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, | |
46 | %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), | |
47 | %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, | |
48 | etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal | |
49 | percent. Use - to output to stdout. | |
50 | -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) | |
51 | -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files | |
52 | -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files | |
53 | --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart | |
54 | from beginning) | |
55 | --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in | |
56 | --no-part do not use .part files | |
57 | --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file | |
58 | modification time | |
59 | --write-description write video description to a .description file | |
60 | --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file | |
61 | ||
62 | ## Verbosity / Simulation Options: | |
63 | -q, --quiet activates quiet mode | |
64 | -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything | |
65 | to disk | |
66 | --skip-download do not download the video | |
67 | -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL | |
68 | -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title | |
69 | --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL | |
70 | --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description | |
71 | --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename | |
72 | --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format | |
73 | --no-progress do not print progress bar | |
74 | --console-title display progress in console titlebar | |
75 | -v, --verbose print various debugging information | |
76 | ||
77 | ## Video Format Options: | |
78 | -f, --format FORMAT video format code | |
79 | --all-formats download all available video formats | |
80 | --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is | |
81 | requested | |
82 | --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download | |
83 | -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only) | |
84 | --write-srt write video closed captions to a .srt file | |
85 | (currently youtube only) | |
86 | --srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download | |
87 | (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en' | |
88 | ||
89 | ## Authentication Options: | |
90 | -u, --username USERNAME account username | |
91 | -p, --password PASSWORD account password | |
92 | -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data | |
93 | ||
94 | ## Post-processing Options: | |
95 | -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires | |
96 | ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) | |
97 | --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; | |
98 | best by default | |
99 | --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a | |
100 | value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a | |
101 | specific bitrate like 128K (default 5) | |
102 | -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- | |
103 | processing; the video is erased by default | |
104 | ||
105 | # FAQ | |
106 | ||
107 | ### Can you please put the -b option back? | |
108 | ||
109 | Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. | |
110 | ||
111 | ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? | |
112 | ||
113 | Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. | |
114 | ||
115 | ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? | |
116 | ||
117 | Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/). | |
118 | ||
119 | ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore | |
120 | ||
121 | The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl. | |
122 | ||
123 | ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info | |
124 | ||
125 | youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. | |
126 | ||
127 | ### ERROR: unable to download video ### | |
128 | ||
129 | youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. | |
130 | ||
131 | ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ### | |
132 | ||
133 | The error | |
134 | ||
135 | File "youtube-dl", line 2 | |
136 | SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ... | |
137 | ||
138 | means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7. | |
139 | ||
140 | To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like this: | |
141 | ||
142 | git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git | |
143 | cd youtube-dl | |
144 | python -m youtube_dl --help | |
145 | ||
146 | Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. | |
147 | ||
148 | ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone? | |
149 | ||
150 | Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`. | |
151 | ||
152 | ### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++* | |
153 | ||
154 | To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29). | |
155 | ||
156 | # COPYRIGHT | |
157 | ||
158 | youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. | |
159 | ||
160 | This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain. | |
161 | ||
162 | # BUGS | |
163 | ||
164 | Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> | |
165 | ||
166 | Please include: | |
167 | ||
168 | * Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem. | |
169 | * The output of `youtube-dl --version` | |
170 | * The output of `python --version` | |
171 | * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). |