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6 youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com and many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md)
8 This is a fork of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) which is inturn a fork of
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
10 * [NEW FEATURES](#new-features)
11 * [INSTALLATION](#installation)
14 * [YOUTUBE-DLC](#youtube-dlc)
15 * [DESCRIPTION](#description)
17 * [Network Options](#network-options)
18 * [Geo Restriction](#geo-restriction)
19 * [Video Selection](#video-selection)
20 * [Download Options](#download-options)
21 * [Filesystem Options](#filesystem-options)
22 * [Thumbnail images](#thumbnail-images)
23 * [Internet Shortcut Options](#internet-shortcut-options)
24 * [Verbosity / Simulation Options](#verbosity--simulation-options)
25 * [Workarounds](#workarounds)
26 * [Video Format Options](#video-format-options)
27 * [Subtitle Options](#subtitle-options)
28 * [Authentication Options](#authentication-options)
29 * [Adobe Pass Options](#adobe-pass-options)
30 * [Post-processing Options](#post-processing-options)
31 * [SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)
32 * [Extractor Options](#extractor-options)
33 * [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
34 * [Authentication with .netrc file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
35 * [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
36 * [Output template and Windows batch files](#output-template-and-windows-batch-files)
37 * [Output template examples](#output-template-examples)
38 * [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
39 * [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
40 * [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
41 * [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
42 * [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection-
1)
47 The major new features are:
49 * **
[SponSkrub Integration](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)** - You can use [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) to mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the
[SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
51 * **[Format Sorting](#sorting-format)** - The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now prefered instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, the user can now specify the sort order if they want. This allows for much easier format selection that what is possible by simply using
`--format` ([examples](#format-selection-examples))
53 * Merged with youtube-dl **v2020.01
.08** - You get the new features and patches of
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
55 * **New options** -
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--write-link`,
`--force-download-archive` etc
57 and many other features and patches. See
[changelog](changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/commits) for the full list of changes
62 To use the latest version, simply download and run the
[latest release](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/releases/latest).
63 Currently, there is no support for any package managers.
65 If you want to install the current master branch
67 python -m pip install git+https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc
70 **DO NOT UPDATE using
`-U` !** instead download binaries again
75 To build the Windows executable yourself (without version info!)
77 python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
78 pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
80 Or simply execute the
`make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
81 There will be a
`youtube-dlc.exe` in
`/dist`
83 New way to build Windows is to use
`python pyinst.py` (please use python3
64Bit)
84 For
32Bit Version use a
32Bit Version of python (
3 preferred here as well) and run
`python pyinst32.py`
87 You will need the required build tools
88 python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
95 **youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
2.6,
2.7, or
3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
97 youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
101 `Ctrl+F` is your friend :D
102 <!-- Autogenerated -->
105 -h, --help Print this help text and exit
106 --version Print program version and exit
107 -U, --update [BROKEN] Update this program to latest
108 version. Make sure that you have sufficient
109 permissions (run with sudo if needed)
110 -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
111 skip unavailable videos in a playlist
112 (default) (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
113 --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
114 error occurs (Same as --no-ignore-errors)
115 --dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
116 --list-extractors List all supported extractors
117 --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
119 --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
121 --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
122 example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
123 from google videos for youtube-dl "large
124 apple". Use the value "auto" to let
125 youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
126 warning when guessing). "error" just throws
127 an error. The default value "fixup_error"
128 repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
129 this is not possible instead of searching.
130 --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
131 in the global configuration file
132 /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
133 configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
134 dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
136 --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
137 the path to the config or its containing
139 --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
141 --flat-videos Do not resolve the video urls
142 --no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
143 --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
144 --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched
145 --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
148 --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
149 To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
151 socks5://
127.0.0.1:
1080/. Pass in an empty
152 string (--proxy "") for direct connection
153 --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
154 --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
155 -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
156 -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
159 --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
160 some geo-restricted sites. The default
161 proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
162 option is not present) is used for the
164 --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
165 X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
166 --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
167 faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
168 --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
169 explicitly provided two-letter ISO
3166-
2
171 --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
172 explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
176 --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is
1)
177 --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
178 --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
179 indices of the videos in the playlist
180 separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
181 1,
2,
5,
8" if you want to download videos
182 indexed
1,
2,
5,
8 in the playlist. You can
183 specify range: "--playlist-items
184 1-
3,
7,
10-
13", it will download the videos
185 at index
1,
2,
3,
7,
10,
11,
12 and
13.
186 --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
188 --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or
190 --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
191 --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
192 SIZE (e.g.
50k or
44.6m)
193 --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
195 --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date.
196 The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
197 "(now|today)[+-][
0-
9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
198 --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
199 this date. The date formats accepted is the
201 --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
202 this date. The date formats accepted is the
204 --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
206 --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
208 --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
209 the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
210 available keys) to match if the key is
211 present, !key to check if the key is not
212 present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
213 > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
214 compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
215 (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
216 with !=) to match against a string literal
217 and & to require multiple matches. Values
218 which are not known are excluded unless you
219 put a question mark (?) after the operator.
220 For example, to only match videos that have
221 been liked more than
100 times and disliked
222 less than
50 times (or the dislike
223 functionality is not available at the given
224 service), but who also have a description,
225 use --match-filter "like_count >
100 &
226 dislike_count <?
50 & description" .
227 --no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
228 --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
229 to a video and a playlist.
230 --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
231 a video and a playlist.
232 --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
234 --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
235 archive file. Record the IDs of all
236 downloaded videos in it.
237 --break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
238 to download a file that's in the archive.
239 --no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
240 --include-ads Download advertisements as well
242 --no-include-ads Do not download advertisements (default)
245 -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
247 -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is
10), or
249 --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
250 is
10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
252 --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
253 hlsnative and ISM (default)
254 (Same as --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
255 --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
256 (Same as --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
257 --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
258 downloading is finished
259 --no-keep-fragments Delete downloaded fragments after
260 downloading is finished (default)
261 --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g.
1024 or
16K)
263 --resize-buffer The buffer size is automatically resized
264 from an initial value of --buffer-size
266 --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size
267 --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
268 downloading (e.g.
10485760 or
10M) (default
269 is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
270 bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
272 --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
273 --no-playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in default order
275 --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
276 --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
278 --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of
280 --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
282 --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos,
283 allowing to play the video while
284 downloading (some players may not be able
286 --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
288 aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
289 --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
292 ## Filesystem Options:
293 -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
294 stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
295 with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
296 comments and ignored.
297 -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
298 TEMPLATE" for details
299 --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
301 --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
302 characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
304 --no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
306 -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
307 -c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files (default)
308 --no-continue Restart download of partially downloaded
310 --part Use .part files instead of writing directly
311 into output file (default)
312 --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
314 --mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the
315 file modification time (default)
316 --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
317 the file modification time
318 --write-description Write video description to a .description
320 --no-write-description Do not write video description (default)
321 --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
322 --no-write-info-json Do not write video metadata (default)
323 --write-annotations Write video annotations to a
324 .annotations.xml file
325 --no-write-annotations Do not write video annotations (default)
326 --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
327 (created with the "--write-info-json"
329 --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
331 --no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies (default)
332 --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
333 can store some downloaded information
334 permanently. By default
335 $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
336 ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
337 YouTube player files (for videos with
338 obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
340 --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
341 --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
342 --trim-file-name LENGTH Limit the filename length (extension
346 --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
347 --no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk
349 --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
350 --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
353 ## Internet Shortcut Options:
354 --write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending on
355 the current platform (.url/.webloc/.desktop).
356 The URL may be cached by the OS.
357 --write-url-link Write a Windows .url internet shortcut file.
358 (The OS caches the URL based on the file path)
359 --write-webloc-link Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut file
360 --write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut file
362 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
363 -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
364 --no-warnings Ignore warnings
365 -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
367 --skip-download Do not download the video
368 -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
369 -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
370 --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
371 --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
372 --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
373 --get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
374 --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
375 --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
376 -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
377 See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description
379 -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
380 for each command-line argument. If the URL
381 refers to a playlist, dump the whole
382 playlist information in a single line.
383 --print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
384 JSON (video is still being downloaded).
385 --force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be written
386 as far as no errors occur, even if -s or
387 another simulation switch is used.
388 (Same as --force-download-archive)
389 --newline Output progress bar as new lines
390 --no-progress Do not print progress bar
391 --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
392 -v, --verbose Print various debugging information
393 --dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
394 to debug problems (very verbose)
395 --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
396 files in the current directory to debug
398 --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
399 -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
400 --no-call-home Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for
404 --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
405 --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
406 --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
407 information about the video. (Currently
408 supported only for YouTube)
409 --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
410 --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
411 access is restricted to one domain
412 --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
413 separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
414 option multiple times
415 --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
416 bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
417 or fribidi executable in PATH
418 --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
419 download when used alone or a lower bound
420 of a range for randomized sleep before each
421 download (minimum possible number of
422 seconds to sleep) when used along with
423 --max-sleep-interval.
424 --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep
425 before each download (maximum possible
426 number of seconds to sleep). Must only be
427 used along with --min-sleep-interval.
428 --sleep-subtitles SECONDS Enforce sleep interval on subtitles as well
430 ## Video Format Options:
431 -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION"
433 -S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
434 "Sorting Formats" for more details
435 --S-force, --format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
436 precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
437 Formats" for more details
438 --no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
439 specified sort order (default), see
440 "Sorting Formats" for more details
441 --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged
443 --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for
444 each output file (default)
445 --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged
447 --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for
448 each output file (default)
449 --all-formats Download all available video formats
450 --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
452 -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
454 --list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular
456 (Same as --no-list-formats-as-table)
457 --list-formats-old Present the output of -F in the old form
458 --youtube-include-dash-manifest Download the DASH manifests and related data
459 on YouTube videos (default)
460 (Same as --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
461 --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
462 related data on YouTube videos
463 (Same as --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
464 --youtube-include-hls-manifest Download the HLS manifests and related data
465 on YouTube videos (default)
466 (Same as --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
467 --youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS manifests and
468 related data on YouTube videos
469 (Same as --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
470 --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
471 bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
472 container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
473 webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
476 --write-subs Write subtitle file
477 --no-write-subs Do not write subtitle file (default)
478 --write-auto-subs Write automatically generated subtitle file
480 --no-write-auto-subs Do not write automatically generated
481 subtitle file (default)
482 --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
484 --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
485 --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
486 preference, for example: "srt" or
488 --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
489 (optional) separated by commas, use --list-
490 subs for available language tags
492 ## Authentication Options:
493 -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
494 -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
495 out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.
496 -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
497 -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
498 --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
500 ## Adobe Pass Options:
501 --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
502 provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
503 a list of available MSOs
504 --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
505 --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
506 If this option is left out, youtube-dlc
507 will ask interactively.
508 --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
511 ## Post-Processing Options:
512 -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
513 (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
515 --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
516 "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
517 "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
519 --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
520 a value between
0 (better) and
9 (worse)
521 for VBR or a specific bitrate like
128K
523 --remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
524 necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv).
525 If target container does not support the
526 video/audio codec, remuxing will fail
527 --recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
528 re-encoding is necessary (currently
529 supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
530 --postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
531 Specify the postprocessor name and the
532 arguments separated by a colon ':' to give
533 the argument to only the specified
534 postprocessor. Supported names are
535 ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor,
536 EmbedSubtitle, Metadata, Merger,
537 FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8,
538 SubtitlesConvertor, SponSkrub and Default.
539 You can use this option multiple times to
540 give different arguments to different
542 -k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
543 after post-processing
544 --no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
545 post-processing (default)
546 --post-overwrites Overwrite post-processed files (default)
547 --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files
548 --embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
550 --no-embed-subs Do not embed subtitles (default)
551 --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
552 --no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
553 --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
554 --no-add-metadata Do not write metadata (default)
555 --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
556 artist from the video title. The format
557 syntax is the same as --output. Regular
558 expression with named capture groups may
559 also be used. The parsed parameters replace
560 existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
561 title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
562 title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
563 (regex): --metadata-from-title
564 "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
565 --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
566 (using dublin core and xdg standards)
567 --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
568 file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
569 emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
570 default; fix file if we can, warn
572 --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
573 postprocessors (Same as --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
574 --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
575 postprocessors (default)
576 (Same as --no-prefer-avconv)
577 --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
578 either the path to the binary or its
579 containing directory.
580 --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
581 downloading and post-processing, similar to
582 find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
583 push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
584 --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
585 (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
587 ## [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) Options ([SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app)):
588 --sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
589 with the data available in SponsorBlock
590 API. This is enabled by default if the
591 sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)
592 --no-sponskrub Do not use sponskrub
593 --sponskrub-cut Cut out the sponsor sections instead of
595 --no-sponskrub-cut Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut
597 --sponskrub-force Run sponskrub even if the video was already
599 --no-sponskrub-force Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the
600 video was already downloaded (default)
601 --sponskrub-location PATH Location of the sponskrub binary; either
602 the path to the binary or its containing
605 ## Extractor Options:
606 --ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
607 (Same as --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
608 --allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
609 (Same as --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
613 You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at
`/etc/youtube-dlc.conf` and the user wide configuration file at
`~/.config/youtube-dlc/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are
`%APPDATA%\youtube-dlc\config.txt` or
`C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dlc.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself.
615 For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under
`Movies` directory in your home directory:
617 # Lines starting with # are comments
619 # Always extract audio
622 # Do not copy the mtime
626 --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
628 # Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
629 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
632 Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after
`-` or
`--`, e.g.
`-o` or
`--proxy` but not
`- o` or
`-- proxy`.
634 You can use
`--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
636 You can also use
`--config-location` if you want to use custom configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
638 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file
640 You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with
`--username` and
`--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube-dlc execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a
[`.netrc` file](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a
`.netrc` file in your
`$HOME` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
643 chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
645 After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase:
647 machine <extractor> login <login> password <password>
651 machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
652 machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
654 To activate authentication with the
`.netrc` file you should pass
`--netrc` to youtube-dlc or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
656 On Windows you may also need to setup the
`%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example:
658 set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
663 The
`-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names.
665 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
667 The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in
`youtube-dlc -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to
[python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example,
`%(NAME)s` or
`%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Allowed names along with sequence type are:
669 - `id` (string): Video identifier
670 - `title` (string): Video title
671 - `url` (string): Video URL
672 - `ext` (string): Video filename extension
673 - `alt_title` (string): A secondary title of the video
674 - `display_id` (string): An alternative identifier for the video
675 - `uploader` (string): Full name of the video uploader
676 - `license` (string): License name the video is licensed under
677 - `creator` (string): The creator of the video
678 - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
679 - `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
680 - `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
681 - `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
682 - `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
683 - `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
684 - `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
685 - `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
686 - `duration_string` (string): Length of the video (HH-mm-ss)
687 - `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
688 - `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
689 - `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
690 - `repost_count` (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
691 - `average_rating` (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
692 - `comment_count` (numeric): Number of comments on the video
693 - `age_limit` (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
694 - `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
695 - `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
696 - `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
697 - `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
698 - `format_id` (string): Format code specified by
`--format`
699 - `format_note` (string): Additional info about the format
700 - `width` (numeric): Width of the video
701 - `height` (numeric): Height of the video
702 - `resolution` (string): Textual description of width and height
703 - `tbr` (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
704 - `abr` (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
705 - `acodec` (string): Name of the audio codec in use
706 - `asr` (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
707 - `vbr` (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
708 - `fps` (numeric): Frame rate
709 - `vcodec` (string): Name of the video codec in use
710 - `container` (string): Name of the container format
711 - `filesize` (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
712 - `filesize_approx` (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
713 - `protocol` (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual download
714 - `extractor` (string): Name of the extractor
715 - `extractor_key` (string): Key name of the extractor
716 - `epoch` (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
717 - `autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each download, starting at
`--autonumber-start`
718 - `playlist` (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
719 - `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
720 - `playlist_id` (string): Playlist identifier
721 - `playlist_title` (string): Playlist title
722 - `playlist_uploader` (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
723 - `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
725 Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
727 - `chapter` (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
728 - `chapter_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
729 - `chapter_id` (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
731 Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
733 - `series` (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
734 - `season` (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
735 - `season_number` (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to
736 - `season_id` (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
737 - `episode` (string): Title of the video episode
738 - `episode_number` (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season
739 - `episode_id` (string): Id of the video episode
741 Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
743 - `track` (string): Title of the track
744 - `track_number` (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc
745 - `track_id` (string): Id of the track
746 - `artist` (string): Artist(s) of the track
747 - `genre` (string): Genre(s) of the track
748 - `album` (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
749 - `album_type` (string): Type of the album
750 - `album_artist` (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
751 - `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
752 - `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
754 Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor. Such sequences will be replaced with
`NA`.
756 For example for
`-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title
`youtube-dlc test video` and id
`BaW_jenozKcj`, this will result in a
`youtube-dlc test video-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4` file created in the current directory.
758 For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for example,
`%(view_count)05d` will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up to
5 characters, like in
`00042`.
760 Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g.
`-o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'` which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this path template. Any missing directory will be automatically created for you.
762 To use percent literals in an output template use
`%%`. To output to stdout use
`-o -`.
764 The current default template is
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`.
766 In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an
8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the
`--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
768 #### Output template and Windows batch files
770 If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you must escape plain percent characters (
`%`) by doubling, so that
`-o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"` should become
`-o "%%(title)s-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"`. However you should not touch
`%`'s that are not plain characters, e.g. environment variables for expansion should stay intact:
`-o "C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"`.
772 #### Output template examples
774 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
777 $ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc
778 youtube-dlc test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
780 $ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
781 youtube-dlc_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
783 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
784 $ youtube-dlc -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
786 # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
787 $ youtube-dlc -o '%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
789 # Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
790 $ youtube-dlc -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
792 # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
793 $ youtube-dlc -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
795 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
796 $ youtube-dlc -o - BaW_jenozKc
801 By default, youtube-dlc tries to download the best available quality if you **don't** pass any options.
802 This is generally equivalent to using
`-f bestvideo*+bestaudio/best`. However, if multiple audiostreams is enabled (
`--audio-multistreams`), the default format changes to
`-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best`. Similarly, if ffmpeg and avconv are unavailable, or if you use youtube-dlc to stream to
`stdout` (
`-o -`), the default becomes
`-f best/bestvideo+bestaudio`.
804 The general syntax for format selection is
`--f FORMAT` (or
`--format FORMAT`) where
`FORMAT` is a *selector expression*, i.e. an expression that describes format or formats you would like to download.
806 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
808 The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with
`-f 22` you can download the format with format code equal to
22. You can get the list of available format codes for particular video using
`--list-formats` or
`-F`. Note that these format codes are extractor specific.
810 You can also use a file extension (currently
`3gp`,
`aac`,
`flv`,
`m4a`,
`mp3`,
`mp4`,
`ogg`,
`wav`,
`webm` are supported) to download the best quality format of a particular file extension served as a single file, e.g.
`-f webm` will download the best quality format with the
`webm` extension served as a single file.
812 You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
814 - `b*`,
`best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
815 - `w*`,
`worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
816 - `b`,
`best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
817 - `w`,
`worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
818 - `bv`,
`bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec=none]`
819 - `wv`,
`worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec=none]`
820 - `bv*`,
`bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none]`
821 - `wv*`,
`worstvideo*`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none]`
822 - `ba`,
`bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec=none]`
823 - `wa`,
`worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec=none]`
824 - `ba*`,
`bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec!=none]`
825 - `wa*`,
`worstaudio*`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec!=none]`
827 For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use
`-f worstvideo`. It is however recomended to never actually use
`worst` and related options. When your format selector is
`worst`, the format which is worst in all respects is selected. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use
`-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps` instead of
`-f worst`. See [sorting formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
829 If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example
`-f 22/17/18` will download format
22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
831 If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as a separator, e.g.
`-f 22,17,18` will download all these three formats, of course if they are available. Or a more sophisticated example combined with the precedence feature:
`-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`.
833 You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using
`-f <format1>+<format2>+...` (requires ffmpeg or avconv installed), for example
`-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv. If
`--no-video-multistreams` is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one are ignored. Similarly, if
`--no-audio-multistreams` is used, all formats with an audio stream except the first one are ignored. For example,
`-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio` will download and merge all
3 given formats. The resulting file will have
2 video streams and
2 audio streams. But
`-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio --no-video-multistreams` will download and merge only
`bestvideo` and
`bestaudio`.
`best` is ignored since another format containing a video stream (
`bestvideo`) has already been selected. The order of the formats is therefore important.
`-f best+bestaudio --no-audio-multistreams` will download and merge both formats while
`-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams` will ignore
`best` and download only
`bestaudio`.
837 You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in
`-f "best[height=720]"` (or
`-f "[filesize>10M]"`).
839 The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons
`<`,
`<=`,
`>`,
`>=`,
`=` (equals),
`!=` (not equals):
841 - `filesize`: The number of bytes, if known in advance
842 - `width`: Width of the video, if known
843 - `height`: Height of the video, if known
844 - `tbr`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
845 - `abr`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
846 - `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
847 - `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
850 Also filtering work for comparisons
`=` (equals),
`^=` (starts with),
`$=` (ends with),
`*=` (contains) and following string meta fields:
852 - `ext`: File extension
853 - `acodec`: Name of the audio codec in use
854 - `vcodec`: Name of the video codec in use
855 - `container`: Name of the container format
856 - `protocol`: The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower-case (
`http`,
`https`,
`rtsp`,
`rtmp`,
`rtmpe`,
`mms`,
`f4m`,
`ism`,
`http_dash_segments`,
`m3u8`, or
`m3u8_native`)
857 - `format_id`: A short description of the format
858 - `language`: Language code
860 Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation
`!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g.
`!*=` (does not contain).
862 Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the video hoster. Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used for filtering.
864 Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (
`?`) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so
`-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to
720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least
500 KBit/s.
866 Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than
480 you can use
`-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.
870 You can change the criteria for being considered the
`best` by using
`-S` (
`--format-sort`). The general format for this is
`--format-sort field1,field2...`. The available fields are:
872 - `video`,
`has_video`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
873 - `audio`,
`has_audio`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
874 - `extractor`,
`preference`,
`extractor_preference`: The format preference as given by the extractor
875 - `lang`,
`language_preference`: Language preference as given by the extractor
876 - `quality`: The quality of the format. This is a metadata field available in some websites
877 - `source`,
`source_preference`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
878 - `proto`,
`protocol`: Protocol used for download (
`https`/
`ftps` >
`http`/
`ftp` >
`m3u8-native` >
`m3u8` >
`http-dash-segments` > other >
`mms`/
`rtsp` > unknown >
`f4f`/
`f4m`)
879 - `vcodec`,
`video_codec`: Video Codec (
`vp9` >
`h265` >
`h264` >
`vp8` >
`h263` >
`theora` > other > unknown)
880 - `acodec`,
`audio_codec`: Audio Codec (
`opus` >
`vorbis` >
`aac` >
`mp4a` >
`mp3` >
`ac3` >
`dts` > other > unknown)
881 - `codec`: Equivalent to
`vcodec,acodec`
882 - `vext`,
`video_ext`: Video Extension (
`mp4` >
`webm` >
`flv` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used,
`webm` is prefered.
883 - `aext`,
`audio_ext`: Audio Extension (
`m4a` >
`aac` >
`mp3` >
`ogg` >
`opus` >
`webm` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used, the order changes to
`opus` >
`ogg` >
`webm` >
`m4a` >
`mp3` >
`aac`.
884 - `ext`,
`extension`: Equivalent to
`vext,aext`
885 - `filesize`: Exact filesize, if know in advance. This will be unavailable for mu38 and DASH formats.
886 - `filesize_approx`: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests
887 - `size`,
`filesize_estimate`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
888 - `height`: Height of video
889 - `width`: Width of video
890 - `res`,
`dimension`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
891 - `fps`,
`framerate`: Framerate of video
892 - `tbr`,
`total_bitrate`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
893 - `vbr`,
`video_bitrate`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
894 - `abr`,
`audio_bitrate`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
895 - `br`,
`bitrate`: Equivalent to using
`tbr,vbr,abr`
896 - `samplerate`,
`asr`: Audio sample rate in Hz
898 Note that any other **numerical** field made available by the extractor can also be used. All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in decending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a
`+`. Eg:
`+res` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a prefered value for the fields, seperated by a
`:`. Eg:
`res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than
720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than
720p. For
`codec` and
`ext`, you can provide two prefered values, the first for video and the second for audio. Eg:
`+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to
`+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to
`h264` >
`h265` >
`vp9` >
`vp8` >
`h263` >
`theora` and audio codec preference to
`mp4a` >
`aac` >
`vorbis` >
`opus` >
`mp3` >
`ac3` >
`dts`. You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the provided by using
`~` as the delimiter. Eg:
`filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to
1 GiB.
900 The fields
`has_video`,
`extractor`,
`lang`,
`quality` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behaviour can be changed by using
`--force-format-sort`. Apart from these, the default order used is:
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`. Note that the extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
902 If your format selector is
`worst`, the last item is selected after sorting. This means it will select the format that is worst in all repects. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use
`-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps`.
904 **Tip**: You can use the
`-v -F` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
906 ## Format Selection examples
908 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
911 # Download and merge the best best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
912 # or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
913 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv+ba/b'
915 # Download best format that contains video,
916 # and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
917 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*+ba/b'
924 # Download the worst video available
925 $ youtube-dlc -f 'wv*+wa/w'
927 # Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
928 $ youtube-dlc -S '+res'
930 # Download the smallest video available
931 $ youtube-dlc -S '+size,+bitrate'
935 # Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
936 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b'
938 # Download the best video with the best extension
939 # (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
940 $ youtube-dlc -S 'ext'
944 # Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
945 # or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
946 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w'
948 # Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
949 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
950 $ youtube-dlc -S 'height:480'
952 # Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
953 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
954 # Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
955 # So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
956 $ youtube-dlc -S 'res:480'
960 # Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
961 # or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
962 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b[filesize<50M] / w'
964 # Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
965 # or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
966 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize:50M'
968 # Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
969 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize~50M'
973 # Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
974 # or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
975 $ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)'
977 # Download best video available via the best protocol
978 # (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
979 $ youtube-dlc -S 'protocol'
983 # Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
984 # For this case, an output template should be used since
985 # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
986 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
990 # Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
991 $ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[vcodec^=avc1] / (bv*+ba/b)'
993 # Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
994 # or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
995 $ youtube-dlc -S 'codec:h264'
997 # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
998 # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
999 $ youtube-dlc -S '+codec:h264'
1003 # More complex examples
1005 # Download the best video no better than 720p prefering framerate greater than 30,
1006 # or the worst video (still prefering framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
1007 $ youtube-dlc -f '((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)'
1009 # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
1010 # or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
1011 # prefering larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
1012 $ youtube-dlc -S 'res:720,fps'
1016 # Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
1017 # or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
1018 # prefering better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
1019 $ youtube-dlc -S '+res:480,codec,br'
1027 For FAQ, Developer Instructions etc., see the
[original README](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)