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20 yt-dlp is a
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) fork based on the now inactive
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc). The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project
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25 * [NEW FEATURES](#new-features)
26 * [Differences in default behavior](#differences-in-default-behavior)
27 * [INSTALLATION](#installation)
28 * [Detailed instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation)
30 * [Release Files](#release-files)
31 * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
33 * [USAGE AND OPTIONS](#usage-and-options)
34 * [General Options](#general-options)
35 * [Network Options](#network-options)
36 * [Geo-restriction](#geo-restriction)
37 * [Video Selection](#video-selection)
38 * [Download Options](#download-options)
39 * [Filesystem Options](#filesystem-options)
40 * [Thumbnail Options](#thumbnail-options)
41 * [Internet Shortcut Options](#internet-shortcut-options)
42 * [Verbosity and Simulation Options](#verbosity-and-simulation-options)
43 * [Workarounds](#workarounds)
44 * [Video Format Options](#video-format-options)
45 * [Subtitle Options](#subtitle-options)
46 * [Authentication Options](#authentication-options)
47 * [Post-processing Options](#post-processing-options)
48 * [SponsorBlock Options](#sponsorblock-options)
49 * [Extractor Options](#extractor-options)
50 * [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
51 * [Configuration file encoding](#configuration-file-encoding)
52 * [Authentication with .netrc file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
53 * [Notes about environment variables](#notes-about-environment-variables)
54 * [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
55 * [Output template examples](#output-template-examples)
56 * [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
57 * [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
58 * [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
59 * [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
60 * [MODIFYING METADATA](#modifying-metadata)
61 * [Modifying metadata examples](#modifying-metadata-examples)
62 * [EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS](#extractor-arguments)
64 * [Installing Plugins](#installing-plugins)
65 * [Developing Plugins](#developing-plugins)
66 * [EMBEDDING YT-DLP](#embedding-yt-dlp)
67 * [Embedding examples](#embedding-examples)
68 * [DEPRECATED OPTIONS](#deprecated-options)
69 * [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-yt-dlp)
70 * [Opening an Issue](CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
71 * [Developer Instructions](CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions)
72 * [WIKI](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki)
73 * [FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ)
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79 * Merged with **youtube-dl v2021.12
.17+
[commit/de39d12](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/de39d128)** <!--(
[exceptions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/21))--> and **youtube-dlc v2020.11
.11-
3+
[commit/f9401f2](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commit/f9401f2a91987068139c5f757b12fc711d4c0cee)**: You get all the features and patches of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) in addition to the latest
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
81 * **
[SponsorBlock Integration](#sponsorblock-options)**: You can mark/remove sponsor sections in YouTube videos by utilizing the [SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
83 * **[Format Sorting](#sorting-formats)**: The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now preferred instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, you can now specify the sort order using
`-S`. This allows for much easier format selection than what is possible by simply using
`--format` ([examples](#format-selection-examples))
85 * **Merged with animelover1984/youtube-dl**: You get most of the features and improvements from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl) including
`--write-comments`,
`BiliBiliSearch`,
`BilibiliChannel`, Embedding thumbnail in mp4/ogg/opus, playlist infojson etc. Note that the NicoNico livestreams are not available. See
[#31](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/31) for details.
87 * **YouTube improvements**:
88 * Supports Clips, Stories (
`ytstories:<channel UCID>`), Search (including filters)**\***, YouTube Music Search, Channel-specific search, Search prefixes (
`ytsearch:`,
`ytsearchdate:`)**\***, Mixes, YouTube Music Albums/Channels (
[except self-uploaded music](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/723)), and Feeds (
`:ytfav`,
`:ytwatchlater`,
`:ytsubs`,
`:ythistory`,
`:ytrec`,
`:ytnotif`)
89 * Fix for
[n-sig based throttling](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29326) **\***
90 * Supports some (but not all) age-gated content without cookies
91 * Download livestreams from the start using
`--live-from-start` (*experimental*)
92 * `255kbps` audio is extracted (if available) from YouTube Music when premium cookies are given
93 * Channel URLs download all uploads of the channel, including shorts and live
95 * **Cookies from browser**: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]`
97 * **Download time range**: Videos can be downloaded partially based on either timestamps or chapters using
`--download-sections`
99 * **Split video by chapters**: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using
`--split-chapters`
101 * **Multi-threaded fragment downloads**: Download multiple fragments of m3u8/mpd videos in parallel. Use
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) option to set the number of threads used
103 * **Aria2c with HLS/DASH**: You can use
`aria2c` as the external downloader for DASH(mpd) and HLS(m3u8) formats
105 * **New and fixed extractors**: Many new extractors have been added and a lot of existing ones have been fixed. See the [changelog](Changelog.md) or the [list of supported sites](supportedsites.md)
107 * **New MSOs**: Philo, Spectrum, SlingTV, Cablevision, RCN etc.
109 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests**: Subtitles can be extracted from streaming media manifests. See
[commit/be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
111 * **Multiple paths and output templates**: You can give different [output templates](#output-template) and download paths for different types of files. You can also set a temporary path where intermediary files are downloaded to using
`--paths` (
`-P`)
113 * **Portable Configuration**: Configuration files are automatically loaded from the home and root directories. See [CONFIGURATION](#configuration) for details
115 * **Output template improvements**: Output templates can now have date-time formatting, numeric offsets, object traversal etc. See [output template](#output-template) for details. Even more advanced operations can also be done with the help of
`--parse-metadata` and
`--replace-in-metadata`
117 * **Other new options**: Many new options have been added such as
`--alias`,
`--print`,
`--concat-playlist`,
`--wait-for-video`,
`--retry-sleep`,
`--sleep-requests`,
`--convert-thumbnails`,
`--force-download-archive`,
`--force-overwrites`,
`--break-on-reject` etc
119 * **Improvements**: Regex and other operators in
`--format`/
`--match-filter`, multiple
`--postprocessor-args` and
`--downloader-args`, faster archive checking, more [format selection options](#format-selection), merge multi-video/audio, multiple
`--config-locations`,
`--exec` at different stages, etc
121 * **Plugins**: Extractors and PostProcessors can be loaded from an external file. See [plugins](#plugins) for details
123 * **Self-updater**: The releases can be updated using
`yt-dlp -U`
125 See
[changelog](Changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commits) for the full list of changes
127 Features marked with a **\*** have been back-ported to youtube-dl
129 ### Differences in default behavior
131 Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc:
133 * The options
`--auto-number` (
`-A`),
`--title` (
`-t`) and
`--literal` (
`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
134 * `avconv` is not supported as an alternative to
`ffmpeg`
135 * yt-dlp stores config files in slightly different locations to youtube-dl. See [CONFIGURATION](#configuration) for a list of correct locations
136 * The default [output template](#output-template) is
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`. There is no real reason for this change. This was changed before yt-dlp was ever made public and now there are no plans to change it back to
`%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. Instead, you may use
`--compat-options filename`
137 * The default [format sorting](#sorting-formats) is different from youtube-dl and prefers higher resolution and better codecs rather than higher bitrates. You can use the
`--format-sort` option to change this to any order you prefer, or use
`--compat-options format-sort` to use youtube-dl's sorting order
138 * The default format selector is
`bv*+ba/b`. This means that if a combined video + audio format that is better than the best video-only format is found, the former will be preferred. Use
`-f bv+ba/b` or
`--compat-options format-spec` to revert this
139 * Unlike youtube-dlc, yt-dlp does not allow merging multiple audio/video streams into one file by default (since this conflicts with the use of
`-f bv*+ba`). If needed, this feature must be enabled using
`--audio-multistreams` and
`--video-multistreams`. You can also use
`--compat-options multistreams` to enable both
140 * `--no-abort-on-error` is enabled by default. Use
`--abort-on-error` or
`--compat-options abort-on-error` to abort on errors instead
141 * When writing metadata files such as thumbnails, description or infojson, the same information (if available) is also written for playlists. Use
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` or
`--compat-options no-playlist-metafiles` to not write these files
142 * `--add-metadata` attaches the
`infojson` to
`mkv` files in addition to writing the metadata when used with
`--write-info-json`. Use
`--no-embed-info-json` or
`--compat-options no-attach-info-json` to revert this
143 * Some metadata are embedded into different fields when using
`--add-metadata` as compared to youtube-dl. Most notably,
`comment` field contains the
`webpage_url` and
`synopsis` contains the
`description`. You can [use
`--parse-metadata`](#modifying-metadata) to modify this to your liking or use
`--compat-options embed-metadata` to revert this
144 * `playlist_index` behaves differently when used with options like
`--playlist-reverse` and
`--playlist-items`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details. You can use
`--compat-options playlist-index` if you want to keep the earlier behavior
145 * The output of
`-F` is listed in a new format. Use
`--compat-options list-formats` to revert this
146 * Live chats (if available) are considered as subtitles. Use
`--sub-langs all,-live_chat` to download all subtitles except live chat. You can also use
`--compat-options no-live-chat` to prevent any live chat/danmaku from downloading
147 * YouTube channel URLs download all uploads of the channel. To download only the videos in a specific tab, pass the tab's URL. If the channel does not show the requested tab, an error will be raised. Also,
`/live` URLs raise an error if there are no live videos instead of silently downloading the entire channel. You may use
`--compat-options no-youtube-channel-redirect` to revert all these redirections
148 * Unavailable videos are also listed for YouTube playlists. Use
`--compat-options no-youtube-unavailable-videos` to remove this
149 * The upload dates extracted from YouTube are in UTC
[when available](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/89e4d86171c7b7c997c77d4714542e0383bf0db0/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L3898-L3900). Use
`--compat-options no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date` to prefer the non-UTC upload date.
150 * If
`ffmpeg` is used as the downloader, the downloading and merging of formats happen in a single step when possible. Use
`--compat-options no-direct-merge` to revert this
151 * Thumbnail embedding in
`mp4` is done with mutagen if possible. Use
`--compat-options embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley` to force the use of AtomicParsley instead
152 * Some private fields such as filenames are removed by default from the infojson. Use
`--no-clean-infojson` or
`--compat-options no-clean-infojson` to revert this
153 * When
`--embed-subs` and
`--write-subs` are used together, the subtitles are written to disk and also embedded in the media file. You can use just
`--embed-subs` to embed the subs and automatically delete the separate file. See
[#630 (comment)](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/630#issuecomment-893659460) for more info.
`--compat-options no-keep-subs` can be used to revert this
154 * `certifi` will be used for SSL root certificates, if installed. If you want to use system certificates (e.g. self-signed), use
`--compat-options no-certifi`
155 * yt-dlp's sanitization of invalid characters in filenames is different/smarter than in youtube-dl. You can use
`--compat-options filename-sanitization` to revert to youtube-dl's behavior
157 For ease of use, a few more compat options are available:
159 * `--compat-options all`: Use all compat options (Do NOT use)
160 * `--compat-options youtube-dl`: Same as
`--compat-options all,-multistreams`
161 * `--compat-options youtube-dlc`: Same as
`--compat-options all,-no-live-chat,-no-youtube-channel-redirect`
162 * `--compat-options 2021`: Same as
`--compat-options 2022,no-certifi,filename-sanitization,no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date`
163 * `--compat-options 2022`: Currently does nothing. Use this to enable all future compat options
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178 You can install yt-dlp using
[the binaries](#release-files), [PIP](https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp) or one using a third-party package manager. See
[the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation) for detailed instructions
182 You can use
`yt-dlp -U` to update if you are [using the release binaries](#release-files)
184 If you
[installed with PIP](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation#with-pip), simply re-run the same command that was used to install the program
186 For other third-party package managers, see
[the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation) or refer their documentation
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196 [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp)|Platform-independent
[zipimport](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipimport.html) binary. Needs Python (recommended for **Linux/BSD**)
197 [yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary (recommended for **Windows**)
198 [yt-dlp_macos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)|Universal MacOS (
10.15+) standalone executable (recommended for **MacOS**)
204 [yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows (Vista SP2+) standalone x86 (
32-bit) binary
205 [yt-dlp_min.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_min.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary built with
`py2exe`<br/> ([Not recommended](#standalone-py2exe-builds-windows))
206 [yt-dlp_linux](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux)|Linux standalone x64 binary
207 [yt-dlp_linux.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux.zip)|Unpackaged Linux executable (no auto-update)
208 [yt-dlp_linux_armv7l](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l)|Linux standalone armv7l (
32-bit) binary
209 [yt-dlp_linux_aarch64](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_aarch64)|Linux standalone aarch64 (
64-bit) binary
210 [yt-dlp_win.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win.zip)|Unpackaged Windows executable (no auto-update)
211 [yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS (
10.15+) executable (no auto-update)
212 [yt-dlp_macos_legacy](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos_legacy)|MacOS (
10.9+) standalone x64 executable
218 [yt-dlp.tar.gz](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.tar.gz)|Source tarball
219 [SHA2-512SUMS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/SHA2-512SUMS)|GNU-style SHA512 sums
220 [SHA2-256SUMS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/SHA2-256SUMS)|GNU-style SHA256 sums
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224 Note: The manpages, shell completion files etc. are available in the
[source tarball](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.tar.gz)
227 Python versions
3.7+ (CPython and PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
229 <!-- Python
3.5+ uses VC++
14 and it is already embedded in the binary created
230 <!x-- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=
26999 --x>
231 On windows,
[Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe) is also necessary to run yt-dlp. You probably already have this, but if the executable throws an error due to missing
`MSVCR100.dll` you need to install it manually.
234 While all the other dependencies are optional,
`ffmpeg` and
`ffprobe` are highly recommended
236 ### Strongly recommended
238 * [**ffmpeg** and **ffprobe**](https://www.ffmpeg.org) - Required for
[merging separate video and audio files](#format-selection) as well as for various [post-processing](#post-processing-options) tasks. License [depends on the build](https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html)
240 <!-- TODO: ffmpeg has merged this patch. Remove this note once there is new release -->
241 **Note**: There are some regressions in newer ffmpeg versions that causes various issues when used alongside yt-dlp. Since ffmpeg is such an important dependency, we provide
[custom builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds#ffmpeg-static-auto-builds) with patches for these issues at
[yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds). See
[the readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds#patches-applied) for details on the specific issues solved by these builds
244 * [**certifi**](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi)\* - Provides Mozilla's root certificate bundle. Licensed under
[MPLv2](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/blob/master/LICENSE)
245 * [**brotli**](https://github.com/google/brotli)\* or
[**brotlicffi**](https://github.com/python-hyper/brotlicffi) -
[Brotli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotli) content encoding support. Both licensed under MIT <sup>
[1](https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/master/LICENSE) [2](https://github.com/python-hyper/brotlicffi/blob/master/LICENSE) </sup>
246 * [**websockets**](https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets)\* - For downloading over websocket. Licensed under
[BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/blob/main/LICENSE)
250 * [**mutagen**](https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen)\* - For
`--embed-thumbnail` in certain formats. Licensed under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen/blob/master/COPYING)
251 * [**AtomicParsley**](https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley) - For
`--embed-thumbnail` in
`mp4`/
`m4a` files when
`mutagen`/
`ffmpeg` cannot. Licensed under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley/blob/master/COPYING)
252 * [**xattr**](https://github.com/xattr/xattr),
[**pyxattr**](https://github.com/iustin/pyxattr) or
[**setfattr**](http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/attr) - For writing xattr metadata (
`--xattr`) on **Linux**. Licensed under
[MIT](https://github.com/xattr/xattr/blob/master/LICENSE.txt),
[LGPL2.1](https://github.com/iustin/pyxattr/blob/master/COPYING) and
[GPLv2+](http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/tree/doc/COPYING) respectively
256 * [**pycryptodomex**](https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome)\* - For decrypting AES-
128 HLS streams and various other data. Licensed under
[BSD-2-Clause](https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/master/LICENSE.rst)
257 * [**phantomjs**](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs) - Used in extractors where javascript needs to be run. Licensed under
[BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/blob/master/LICENSE.BSD)
258 * [**secretstorage**](https://github.com/mitya57/secretstorage) - For
`--cookies-from-browser` to access the **Gnome** keyring while decrypting cookies of **Chromium**-based browsers on **Linux**. Licensed under
[BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/mitya57/secretstorage/blob/master/LICENSE)
259 * Any external downloader that you want to use with
`--downloader`
263 * [**avconv** and **avprobe**](https://www.libav.org) - Now **deprecated** alternative to ffmpeg. License
[depends on the build](https://libav.org/legal)
264 * [**sponskrub**](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) - For using the now **deprecated**
[sponskrub options](#sponskrub-options). Licensed under [GPLv3+](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub/blob/master/LICENCE.md)
265 * [**rtmpdump**](http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu) - For downloading
`rtmp` streams. ffmpeg can be used instead with
`--downloader ffmpeg`. Licensed under
[GPLv2+](http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu)
266 * [**mplayer**](http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html) or
[**mpv**](https://mpv.io) - For downloading
`rstp`/
`mms` streams. ffmpeg can be used instead with
`--downloader ffmpeg`. Licensed under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright)
268 To use or redistribute the dependencies, you must agree to their respective licensing terms.
270 The standalone release binaries are built with the Python interpreter and the packages marked with **\*** included.
272 If you do not have the necessary dependencies for a task you are attempting, yt-dlp will warn you. All the currently available dependencies are visible at the top of the
`--verbose` output
277 ### Standalone PyInstaller Builds
278 To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and
`pyinstaller` (plus any of yt-dlp's [optional dependencies](#dependencies) if needed). Once you have all the necessary dependencies installed, simply run
`pyinst.py`. The executable will be built for the same architecture (x86/ARM,
32/
64 bit) as the Python used.
280 python3 -m pip install -U pyinstaller -r requirements.txt
281 python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
284 On some systems, you may need to use
`py` or
`python` instead of
`python3`.
286 `pyinst.py` accepts any arguments that can be passed to
`pyinstaller`, such as
`--onefile/-F` or
`--onedir/-D`, which is further
[documented here](https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#what-to-generate).
288 Note that pyinstaller with versions below
4.4 [do not support](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms) Python installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment.
290 **Important**: Running
`pyinstaller` directly **without** using
`pyinst.py` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly.
292 ### Platform-independent Binary (UNIX)
293 You will need the build tools
`python` (
3.7+),
`zip`,
`make` (GNU),
`pandoc`\* and
`pytest`\*.
295 After installing these, simply run
`make`.
297 You can also run
`make yt-dlp` instead to compile only the binary without updating any of the additional files. (The build tools marked with **\*** are not needed for this)
299 ### Standalone Py2Exe Builds (Windows)
301 While we provide the option to build with
[py2exe](https://www.py2exe.org), it is recommended to build [using PyInstaller](#standalone-pyinstaller-builds) instead since the py2exe builds **cannot contain
`pycryptodomex`/
`certifi` and needs VC++
14** on the target computer to run.
303 If you wish to build it anyway, install Python and py2exe, and then simply run
`setup.py py2exe`
305 py -m pip install -U py2exe -r requirements.txt
306 py devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
311 * **
`devscripts/update-version.py [revision]`** - Update the version number based on current date
312 * **
`devscripts/set-variant.py variant [-M update_message]`** - Set the build variant of the executable
313 * **
`devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py`** - Create lazy extractors. Running this before building the binaries (any variant) will improve their startup performance. Set the environment variable
`YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS=1` if you wish to forcefully disable lazy extractor loading.
315 You can also fork the project on GitHub and run your fork's [build workflow](.github/workflows/build.yml) to automatically build a full release
319 <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION -->
320 yt-dlp [OPTIONS] [--] URL [URL...]
322 `Ctrl+F` is your friend :D
323 <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION -->
325 <!-- Auto generated -->
327 -h, --help Print this help text and exit
328 --version Print program version and exit
329 -U, --update Update this program to the latest version
330 --no-update Do not check for updates (default)
331 -i, --ignore-errors Ignore download and postprocessing errors.
332 The download will be considered successful
333 even if the postprocessing fails
334 --no-abort-on-error Continue with next video on download errors;
335 e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a
337 --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
338 error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)
339 --dump-user-agent Display the current user-agent and exit
340 --list-extractors List all supported extractors and exit
341 --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
343 --use-extractors NAMES Extractor names to use separated by commas.
344 You can also use regexes, "all", "default"
345 and "end" (end URL matching); e.g. --ies
346 "holodex.*,end,youtube". Prefix the name
347 with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies
348 default,-generic. Use --list-extractors for
349 a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)
350 --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. E.g.
351 "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from
352 google videos for the search term "python".
353 Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess
354 ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when
355 guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
356 default value "fixup_error" repairs broken
357 URLs, but emits an error if this is not
358 possible instead of searching
359 --ignore-config Don't load any more configuration files
360 except those given by --config-locations.
361 For backward compatibility, if this option
362 is found inside the system configuration
363 file, the user configuration is not loaded.
365 --no-config-locations Do not load any custom configuration files
366 (default). When given inside a configuration
367 file, ignore all previous --config-locations
368 defined in the current file
369 --config-locations PATH Location of the main configuration file;
370 either the path to the config or its
371 containing directory ("-" for stdin). Can be
372 used multiple times and inside other
374 --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
376 --no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
377 --live-from-start Download livestreams from the start.
378 Currently only supported for YouTube
380 --no-live-from-start Download livestreams from the current time
382 --wait-for-video MIN[-MAX] Wait for scheduled streams to become
383 available. Pass the minimum number of
384 seconds (or range) to wait between retries
385 --no-wait-for-video Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)
386 --mark-watched Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)
387 --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (default)
388 --no-colors Do not emit color codes in output (Alias:
390 --compat-options OPTS Options that can help keep compatibility
391 with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc
392 configurations by reverting some of the
393 changes made in yt-dlp. See "Differences in
394 default behavior" for details
395 --alias ALIASES OPTIONS Create aliases for an option string. Unless
396 an alias starts with a dash "-", it is
397 prefixed with "--". Arguments are parsed
398 according to the Python string formatting
399 mini-language. E.g. --alias get-audio,-X
400 "-S=aext:{
0},abr -x --audio-format {
0}"
401 creates options "--get-audio" and "-X" that
402 takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to
403 "-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0".
404 All defined aliases are listed in the --help
405 output. Alias options can trigger more
406 aliases; so be careful to avoid defining
407 recursive options. As a safety measure, each
408 alias may be triggered a maximum of
100
409 times. This option can be used multiple times
412 --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To
413 enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme,
414 e.g. socks5://user:pass@
127.0.0.1:
1080/.
415 Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for
417 --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
418 --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
419 -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
420 -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
423 --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
424 some geo-restricted sites. The default proxy
425 specified by --proxy (or none, if the option
426 is not present) is used for the actual
428 --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
429 X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)
430 --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
431 faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
432 --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
433 explicitly provided two-letter ISO
3166-
2
435 --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
436 explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation
439 -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Comma separated playlist_index of the items
440 to download. You can specify a range using
441 "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward
442 compatibility, START-STOP is also supported.
443 Use negative indices to count from the right
444 and negative STEP to download in reverse
445 order. E.g. "-I
1:
3,
7,-
5::
2" used on a
446 playlist of size
15 will download the items
447 at index
1,
2,
3,
7,
11,
13,
15
448 --min-filesize SIZE Abort download if filesize is smaller than
449 SIZE, e.g.
50k or
44.6M
450 --max-filesize SIZE Abort download if filesize is larger than
451 SIZE, e.g.
50k or
44.6M
452 --date DATE Download only videos uploaded on this date.
453 The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
454 [now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]].
455 E.g. --date today-
2weeks
456 --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
457 this date. The date formats accepted is the
459 --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
460 this date. The date formats accepted is the
462 --match-filters FILTER Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
463 field can be compared with a number or a
464 string using the operators defined in
465 "Filtering Formats". You can also simply
466 specify a field to match if the field is
467 present, use "!field" to check if the field
468 is not present, and "&" to check multiple
469 conditions. Use a "
\" to escape "&" or
470 quotes if needed. If used multiple times,
471 the filter matches if atleast one of the
472 conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter
473 !is_live --match-filter "like_count>?
100 &
474 description~='(?i)
\bcats \& dogs
\b'" matches
475 only videos that are not live OR those that
476 have a like count more than
100 (or the like
477 field is not available) and also has a
478 description that contains the phrase "cats &
479 dogs" (caseless). Use "--match-filter -" to
480 interactively ask whether to download each
482 --no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
483 --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
484 to a video and a playlist
485 --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
486 a video and a playlist
487 --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
489 --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
490 archive file. Record the IDs of all
491 downloaded videos in it
492 --no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
493 --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
494 --break-on-existing Stop the download process when encountering
495 a file that is in the archive
496 --break-on-reject Stop the download process when encountering
497 a file that has been filtered out
498 --break-per-input Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing,
499 --break-on-reject, and autonumber to reset
501 --no-break-per-input --break-on-existing and similar options
502 terminates the entire download queue
503 --skip-playlist-after-errors N Number of allowed failures until the rest of
504 the playlist is skipped
507 -N, --concurrent-fragments N Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative
508 video that should be downloaded concurrently
510 -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second,
512 --throttled-rate RATE Minimum download rate in bytes per second
513 below which throttling is assumed and the
514 video data is re-extracted, e.g.
100K
515 -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is
10), or
517 --file-access-retries RETRIES Number of times to retry on file access
518 error (default is
3), or "infinite"
519 --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default is
520 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)
521 --retry-sleep [TYPE:]EXPR Time to sleep between retries in seconds
522 (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry
523 (http (default), fragment, file_access,
524 extractor) to apply the sleep to. EXPR can
525 be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=
1]] or
526 exp=START[:END[:BASE=
2]]. This option can be
527 used multiple times to set the sleep for the
528 different retry types, e.g. --retry-sleep
529 linear=
1::
2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=
1:
20
530 --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
531 hlsnative and ISM downloads (default)
532 (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
533 --abort-on-unavailable-fragment
534 Abort download if a fragment is unavailable
535 (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
536 --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
537 downloading is finished
538 --no-keep-fragments Delete downloaded fragments after
539 downloading is finished (default)
540 --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer, e.g.
1024 or
16K
542 --resize-buffer The buffer size is automatically resized
543 from an initial value of --buffer-size
545 --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size
546 --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
547 downloading, e.g.
10485760 or
10M (default
548 is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
549 bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
551 --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
552 --lazy-playlist Process entries in the playlist as they are
553 received. This disables n_entries,
554 --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse
555 --no-lazy-playlist Process videos in the playlist only after
556 the entire playlist is parsed (default)
557 --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
559 --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos;
560 allowing some players to play the video
561 while downloading, and reducing the chance
562 of file corruption if download is
563 interrupted. This is enabled by default for
565 --no-hls-use-mpegts Do not use the mpegts container for HLS
566 videos. This is default when not downloading
568 --download-sections REGEX Download only chapters whose title matches
569 the given regular expression. Time ranges
570 prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place
571 of chapters to download the specified range.
572 Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used
573 multiple times to download multiple
574 sections, e.g. --download-sections
575 "*
10:
15-inf" --download-sections "intro"
576 --downloader [PROTO:]NAME Name or path of the external downloader to
577 use (optionally) prefixed by the protocols
578 (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to
579 use it for. Currently supports native,
580 aria2c, avconv, axel, curl, ffmpeg, httpie,
581 wget. You can use this option multiple times
582 to set different downloaders for different
583 protocols. E.g. --downloader aria2c
584 --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use
585 aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the
586 native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads
587 (Alias: --external-downloader)
588 --downloader-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the external
589 downloader. Specify the downloader name and
590 the arguments separated by a colon ":". For
591 ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different
592 positions using the same syntax as
593 --postprocessor-args. You can use this
594 option multiple times to give different
595 arguments to different downloaders (Alias:
596 --external-downloader-args)
598 ## Filesystem Options:
599 -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ("-" for
600 stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
601 with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as
603 --no-batch-file Do not read URLs from batch file (default)
604 -P, --paths [TYPES:]PATH The paths where the files should be
605 downloaded. Specify the type of file and the
606 path separated by a colon ":". All the same
607 TYPES as --output are supported.
608 Additionally, you can also provide "home"
609 (default) and "temp" paths. All intermediary
610 files are first downloaded to the temp path
611 and then the final files are moved over to
612 the home path after download is finished.
613 This option is ignored if --output is an
615 -o, --output [TYPES:]TEMPLATE Output filename template; see "OUTPUT
616 TEMPLATE" for details
617 --output-na-placeholder TEXT Placeholder for unavailable fields in
618 "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "NA")
619 --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters,
620 and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
621 --no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
623 --windows-filenames Force filenames to be Windows-compatible
624 --no-windows-filenames Make filenames Windows-compatible only if
625 using Windows (default)
626 --trim-filenames LENGTH Limit the filename length (excluding
627 extension) to the specified number of
629 -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite any files
630 --force-overwrites Overwrite all video and metadata files. This
631 option includes --no-continue
632 --no-force-overwrites Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite
633 related files (default)
634 -c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files/fragments
636 --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded
637 fragments. If the file is not fragmented,
638 restart download of the entire file
639 --part Use .part files instead of writing directly
640 into output file (default)
641 --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly into
643 --mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the file
644 modification time (default)
645 --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
646 the file modification time
647 --write-description Write video description to a .description file
648 --no-write-description Do not write video description (default)
649 --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
650 (this may contain personal information)
651 --no-write-info-json Do not write video metadata (default)
652 --write-playlist-metafiles Write playlist metadata in addition to the
653 video metadata when using --write-info-json,
654 --write-description etc. (default)
655 --no-write-playlist-metafiles Do not write playlist metadata when using
656 --write-info-json, --write-description etc.
657 --clean-info-json Remove some private fields such as filenames
658 from the infojson. Note that it could still
659 contain some personal information (default)
660 --no-clean-info-json Write all fields to the infojson
661 --write-comments Retrieve video comments to be placed in the
662 infojson. The comments are fetched even
663 without this option if the extraction is
664 known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)
665 --no-write-comments Do not retrieve video comments unless the
666 extraction is known to be quick (Alias:
668 --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
669 (created with the "--write-info-json" option)
670 --cookies FILE Netscape formatted file to read cookies from
671 and dump cookie jar in
672 --no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies from/to file
674 --cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]
675 The name of the browser to load cookies
676 from. Currently supported browsers are:
677 brave, chrome, chromium, edge, firefox,
678 opera, safari, vivaldi. Optionally, the
679 KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies
680 on Linux, the name/path of the PROFILE to
681 load cookies from, and the CONTAINER name
682 (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) can
683 be given with their respective seperators.
684 By default, all containers of the most
685 recently accessed profile are used.
686 Currently supported keyrings are: basictext,
687 gnomekeyring, kwallet
688 --no-cookies-from-browser Do not load cookies from browser (default)
689 --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can
690 store some downloaded information (such as
691 client ids and signatures) permanently. By
692 default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp
693 --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
694 --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
696 ## Thumbnail Options:
697 --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
698 --no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)
699 --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
700 --list-thumbnails List available thumbnails of each video.
701 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
703 ## Internet Shortcut Options:
704 --write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending
705 on the current platform (.url, .webloc or
706 .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS
707 --write-url-link Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The
708 OS caches the URL based on the file path
709 --write-webloc-link Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut
710 --write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut
712 ## Verbosity and Simulation Options:
713 -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose,
714 print the log to stderr
715 --no-warnings Ignore warnings
716 -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
718 --no-simulate Download the video even if printing/listing
720 --ignore-no-formats-error Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for
721 extracting metadata even if the videos are
722 not actually available for download
724 --no-ignore-no-formats-error Throw error when no downloadable video
725 formats are found (default)
726 --skip-download Do not download the video but write all
727 related files (Alias: --no-download)
728 -O, --print [WHEN:]TEMPLATE Field name or output template to print to
729 screen, optionally prefixed with when to
730 print it, separated by a ":". Supported
731 values of "WHEN" are the same as that of
732 --use-postprocessor (default: video).
733 Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless
734 --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are
735 used. This option can be used multiple times
736 --print-to-file [WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE
737 Append given template to the file. The
738 values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that
739 of --print. FILE uses the same syntax as the
740 output template. This option can be used
742 -j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
743 video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
744 used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
745 description of available keys
746 -J, --dump-single-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
747 url or infojson passed. Simulate unless
748 --no-simulate is used. If the URL refers to
749 a playlist, the whole playlist information
750 is dumped in a single line
751 --force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be written
752 as far as no errors occur, even if -s or
753 another simulation option is used (Alias:
754 --force-download-archive)
755 --newline Output progress bar as new lines
756 --no-progress Do not print progress bar
757 --progress Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode
758 --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
759 --progress-template [TYPES:]TEMPLATE
760 Template for progress outputs, optionally
761 prefixed with one of "download:" (default),
762 "download-title:" (the console title),
763 "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:".
764 The video's fields are accessible under the
765 "info" key and the progress attributes are
766 accessible under "progress" key. E.g.
767 --console-title --progress-template
768 "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"
769 -v, --verbose Print various debugging information
770 --dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
771 to debug problems (very verbose)
772 --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files
773 in the current directory to debug problems
774 --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
777 --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
778 --legacy-server-connect Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers
779 that do not support RFC
5746 secure
781 --no-check-certificates Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
782 --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
783 information about the video (Currently
784 supported only for YouTube)
785 --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
786 separated by a colon ":". You can use this
787 option multiple times
788 --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
789 bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
790 or fribidi executable in PATH
791 --sleep-requests SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep between requests
792 during data extraction
793 --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
794 download. This is the minimum time to sleep
795 when used along with --max-sleep-interval
796 (Alias: --min-sleep-interval)
797 --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only
798 be used along with --min-sleep-interval
799 --sleep-subtitles SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
802 ## Video Format Options:
803 -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION"
805 -S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
806 "Sorting Formats" for more details
807 --format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
808 precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
809 Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)
810 --no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
811 specified sort order (default)
812 --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged
814 --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each
815 output file (default)
816 --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged
818 --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each
819 output file (default)
820 --prefer-free-formats Prefer video formats with free containers
821 over non-free ones of same quality. Use with
822 "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers
823 irrespective of quality
824 --no-prefer-free-formats Don't give any special preference to free
826 --check-formats Make sure formats are selected only from
827 those that are actually downloadable
828 --check-all-formats Check all formats for whether they are
829 actually downloadable
830 --no-check-formats Do not check that the formats are actually
832 -F, --list-formats List available formats of each video.
833 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
834 --merge-output-format FORMAT Containers that may be used when merging
835 formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv".
836 Ignored if no merge is required. (currently
837 supported: avi, flv, mkv, mov, mp4, webm)
840 --write-subs Write subtitle file
841 --no-write-subs Do not write subtitle file (default)
842 --write-auto-subs Write automatically generated subtitle file
843 (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)
844 --no-write-auto-subs Do not write auto-generated subtitles
845 (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)
846 --list-subs List available subtitles of each video.
847 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
848 --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format; accepts formats preference,
849 e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"
850 --sub-langs LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download (can
851 be regex) or "all" separated by commas, e.g.
852 --sub-langs "en.*,ja". You can prefix the
853 language code with a "-" to exclude it from
854 the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs
855 all,-live_chat. Use --list-subs for a list
856 of available language tags
858 ## Authentication Options:
859 -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
860 -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
861 out, yt-dlp will ask interactively
862 -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
863 -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
864 --netrc-location PATH Location of .netrc authentication data;
865 either the path or its containing directory.
867 --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
868 --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
869 provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
870 a list of available MSOs
871 --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
872 --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
873 If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask
875 --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system operators
876 --client-certificate CERTFILE Path to client certificate file in PEM
877 format. May include the private key
878 --client-certificate-key KEYFILE
879 Path to private key file for client
881 --client-certificate-password PASSWORD
882 Password for client certificate private key,
883 if encrypted. If not provided, and the key
884 is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively
886 ## Post-Processing Options:
887 -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
888 (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)
889 --audio-format FORMAT Format to convert the audio to when -x is
890 used. (currently supported: best (default),
891 aac, alac, flac, m4a, mp3, opus, vorbis,
892 wav). You can specify multiple rules using
893 similar syntax as --remux-video
894 --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when
895 converting the audio with -x. Insert a value
896 between
0 (best) and
10 (worst) for VBR or a
897 specific bitrate like
128K (default
5)
898 --remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
899 necessary (currently supported: avi, flv,
900 gif, mkv, mov, mp4, webm, aac, aiff, alac,
901 flac, m4a, mka, mp3, ogg, opus, vorbis,
902 wav). If target container does not support
903 the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail.
904 You can specify multiple rules; e.g.
905 "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a,
906 mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv
907 --recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
908 necessary. The syntax and supported formats
909 are the same as --remux-video
910 --postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
911 Specify the postprocessor/executable name
912 and the arguments separated by a colon ":"
913 to give the argument to the specified
914 postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are:
915 Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters,
916 ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor,
917 Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail,
918 SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor,
919 FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8,
920 FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. The
921 supported executables are: AtomicParsley,
922 FFmpeg and FFprobe. You can also specify
923 "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the
924 specified executable only when being used by
925 the specified postprocessor. Additionally,
926 for ffmpeg/ffprobe, "_i"/"_o" can be
927 appended to the prefix optionally followed
928 by a number to pass the argument before the
929 specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa
930 "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". You can use
931 this option multiple times to give different
932 arguments to different postprocessors.
934 -k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
935 after post-processing
936 --no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
937 post-processing (default)
938 --post-overwrites Overwrite post-processed files (default)
939 --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files
940 --embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
942 --no-embed-subs Do not embed subtitles (default)
943 --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art
944 --no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
945 --embed-metadata Embed metadata to the video file. Also
946 embeds chapters/infojson if present unless
947 --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are
948 used (Alias: --add-metadata)
949 --no-embed-metadata Do not add metadata to file (default)
950 (Alias: --no-add-metadata)
951 --embed-chapters Add chapter markers to the video file
952 (Alias: --add-chapters)
953 --no-embed-chapters Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias:
955 --embed-info-json Embed the infojson as an attachment to
957 --no-embed-info-json Do not embed the infojson as an attachment
959 --parse-metadata [WHEN:]FROM:TO
960 Parse additional metadata like title/artist
961 from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA"
962 for details. Supported values of "WHEN" are
963 the same as that of --use-postprocessor
964 (default: pre_process)
965 --replace-in-metadata [WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
966 Replace text in a metadata field using the
967 given regex. This option can be used
968 multiple times. Supported values of "WHEN"
969 are the same as that of --use-postprocessor
970 (default: pre_process)
971 --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
972 (using dublin core and xdg standards)
973 --concat-playlist POLICY Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of
974 "never", "always", or "multi_video"
975 (default; only when the videos form a single
976 show). All the video files must have same
977 codecs and number of streams to be
978 concatable. The "pl_video:" prefix can be
979 used with "--paths" and "--output" to set
980 the output filename for the concatenated
981 files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details
982 --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
983 file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
984 emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
985 default; fix file if we can, warn
986 otherwise), force (try fixing even if file
988 --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the
989 path to the binary or its containing directory
990 --exec [WHEN:]CMD Execute a command, optionally prefixed with
991 when to execute it, separated by a ":".
992 Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as
993 that of --use-postprocessor (default:
994 after_move). Same syntax as the output
995 template can be used to pass any field as
996 arguments to the command. After download, an
997 additional field "filepath" that contains
998 the final path of the downloaded file is
999 also available, and if no fields are passed,
1000 %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the
1001 command. This option can be used multiple
1003 --no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
1004 --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to another format
1005 (currently supported: ass, lrc, srt, vtt)
1006 (Alias: --convert-subtitles)
1007 --convert-thumbnails FORMAT Convert the thumbnails to another format
1008 (currently supported: jpg, png, webp). You
1009 can specify multiple rules using similar
1010 syntax as --remux-video
1011 --split-chapters Split video into multiple files based on
1012 internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix can
1013 be used with "--paths" and "--output" to set
1014 the output filename for the split files. See
1015 "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details
1016 --no-split-chapters Do not split video based on chapters (default)
1017 --remove-chapters REGEX Remove chapters whose title matches the
1018 given regular expression. The syntax is the
1019 same as --download-sections. This option can
1020 be used multiple times
1021 --no-remove-chapters Do not remove any chapters from the file
1023 --force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes at cuts when
1024 downloading/splitting/removing sections.
1025 This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but
1026 the resulting video may have fewer artifacts
1028 --no-force-keyframes-at-cuts Do not force keyframes around the chapters
1029 when cutting/splitting (default)
1030 --use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS]
1031 The (case sensitive) name of plugin
1032 postprocessors to be enabled, and
1033 (optionally) arguments to be passed to it,
1034 separated by a colon ":". ARGS are a
1035 semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE.
1036 The "when" argument determines when the
1037 postprocessor is invoked. It can be one of
1038 "pre_process" (after video extraction),
1039 "after_filter" (after video passes filter),
1040 "video" (after --format; before
1041 --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each
1042 video download), "post_process" (after each
1043 video download; default), "after_move"
1044 (after moving video file to it's final
1045 locations), "after_video" (after downloading
1046 and processing all formats of a video), or
1047 "playlist" (at end of playlist). This option
1048 can be used multiple times to add different
1051 ## SponsorBlock Options:
1052 Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor,
1053 introductions, etc.) from downloaded YouTube videos using the
1054 [SponsorBlock API](https://sponsor.ajay.app)
1056 --sponsorblock-mark CATS SponsorBlock categories to create chapters
1057 for, separated by commas. Available
1058 categories are sponsor, intro, outro,
1059 selfpromo, preview, filler, interaction,
1060 music_offtopic, poi_highlight, chapter, all
1061 and default (=all). You can prefix the
1062 category with a "-" to exclude it. See [
1]
1063 for description of the categories. E.g.
1064 --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview
1065 [
1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories
1066 --sponsorblock-remove CATS SponsorBlock categories to be removed from
1067 the video file, separated by commas. If a
1068 category is present in both mark and remove,
1069 remove takes precedence. The syntax and
1070 available categories are the same as for
1071 --sponsorblock-mark except that "default"
1072 refers to "all,-filler" and poi_highlight,
1073 chapter are not available
1074 --sponsorblock-chapter-title TEMPLATE
1075 An output template for the title of the
1076 SponsorBlock chapters created by
1077 --sponsorblock-mark. The only available
1078 fields are start_time, end_time, category,
1079 categories, name, category_names. Defaults
1080 to "[SponsorBlock]: %(category_names)l"
1081 --no-sponsorblock Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and
1082 --sponsorblock-remove
1083 --sponsorblock-api URL SponsorBlock API location, defaults to
1084 https://sponsor.ajay.app
1086 ## Extractor Options:
1087 --extractor-retries RETRIES Number of retries for known extractor errors
1088 (default is
3), or "infinite"
1089 --allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
1090 (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
1091 --ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
1092 (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
1093 --hls-split-discontinuity Split HLS playlists to different formats at
1094 discontinuities such as ad breaks
1095 --no-hls-split-discontinuity Do not split HLS playlists to different
1096 formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks
1098 --extractor-args IE_KEY:ARGS Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor.
1099 See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. You
1100 can use this option multiple times to give
1101 arguments for different extractors
1105 You can configure yt-dlp by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. The configuration is loaded from the following locations:
1107 1. **Main Configuration**:
1108 * The file given by
`--config-location`
1109 1. **Portable Configuration**: (Recommended for portable installations)
1110 * If using a binary,
`yt-dlp.conf` in the same directory as the binary
1111 * If running from source-code,
`yt-dlp.conf` in the parent directory of
`yt_dlp`
1112 1. **Home Configuration**:
1113 * `yt-dlp.conf` in the home path given by
`-P`
1114 * If
`-P` is not given, the current directory is searched
1115 1. **User Configuration**:
1116 * `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Linux/macOS)
1117 * `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp/config.txt`
1118 * `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp.conf`
1119 * `${APPDATA}/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Windows)
1120 * `${APPDATA}/yt-dlp/config.txt`
1122 * `~/yt-dlp.conf.txt`
1123 * `~/.yt-dlp/config`
1124 * `~/.yt-dlp/config.txt`
1126 See also: [Notes about environment variables](#notes-about-environment-variables)
1127 1. **System Configuration**:
1128 * `/etc/yt-dlp.conf`
1129 * `/etc/yt-dlp/config`
1130 * `/etc/yt-dlp/config.txt`
1132 E.g. with the following configuration file yt-dlp will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under
`YouTube` directory in your home directory:
1134 # Lines starting with # are comments
1136 # Always extract audio
1139 # Do not copy the mtime
1143 --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
1145 # Save all videos under YouTube directory in your home directory
1146 -o ~/YouTube/%(title)s.%(ext)s
1149 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`. They must also be quoted when necessary as-if it were a UNIX shell.
1151 You can use
`--ignore-config` if you want to disable all configuration files for a particular yt-dlp run. If
`--ignore-config` is found inside any configuration file, no further configuration will be loaded. For example, having the option in the portable configuration file prevents loading of home, user, and system configurations. Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if
`--ignore-config` is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded.
1153 ### Configuration file encoding
1155 The configuration files are decoded according to the UTF BOM if present, and in the encoding from system locale otherwise.
1157 If you want your file to be decoded differently, add
`# coding: ENCODING` to the beginning of the file (e.g.
`# coding: shift-jis`). There must be no characters before that, even spaces or BOM.
1159 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file
1161 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 yt-dlp 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
`--netrc-location` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
1163 touch ${HOME}/.netrc
1164 chmod a-rwx,u+rw ${HOME}/.netrc
1166 After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase:
1168 machine <extractor> login <username> password <password>
1172 machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
1173 machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
1175 To activate authentication with the
`.netrc` file you should pass
`--netrc` to yt-dlp or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
1177 The default location of the .netrc file is
`~` (see below).
1179 ### Notes about environment variables
1180 * Environment variables are normally specified as
`${VARIABLE}`/
`$VARIABLE` on UNIX and
`%VARIABLE%` on Windows; but is always shown as
`${VARIABLE}` in this documentation
1181 * yt-dlp also allow using UNIX-style variables on Windows for path-like options; e.g.
`--output`,
`--config-location`
1182 * If unset,
`${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}` defaults to
`~/.config` and
`${XDG_CACHE_HOME}` to
`~/.cache`
1183 * On Windows,
`~` points to
`${HOME}` if present; or,
`${USERPROFILE}` or
`${HOMEDRIVE}${HOMEPATH}` otherwise
1184 * On Windows,
`${USERPROFILE}` generally points to
`C:\Users\<user name>` and
`${APPDATA}` to
`${USERPROFILE}\AppData\Roaming`
1188 The
`-o` option is used to indicate a template for the output file names while
`-P` option is used to specify the path each type of file should be saved to.
1190 <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION -->
1191 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
1192 <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION -->
1194 The simplest usage of
`-o` is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in
`yt-dlp -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"` (hard-coding file extension like this is _not_ recommended and could break some post-processing).
1196 It may however also 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/3/library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-formatting), e.g.
`%(NAME)s` or
`%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations.
1198 The field names themselves (the part inside the parenthesis) can also have some special formatting:
1200 1. **Object traversal**: The dictionaries and lists available in metadata can be traversed by using a dot
`.` separator; e.g.
`%(tags.0)s`,
`%(subtitles.en.-1.ext)s`. You can do Python slicing with colon
`:`; E.g.
`%(id.3:7:-1)s`,
`%(formats.:.format_id)s`. Curly braces
`{}` can be used to build dictionaries with only specific keys; e.g.
`%(formats.:.{format_id,height})#j`. An empty field name
`%()s` refers to the entire infodict; e.g.
`%(.{id,title})s`. Note that all the fields that become available using this method are not listed below. Use
`-j` to see such fields
1202 1. **Addition**: Addition and subtraction of numeric fields can be done using
`+` and
`-` respectively. E.g.
`%(playlist_index+10)03d`,
`%(n_entries+1-playlist_index)d`
1204 1. **Date/time Formatting**: Date/time fields can be formatted according to
[strftime formatting](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) by specifying it separated from the field name using a
`>`. E.g.
`%(duration>%H-%M-%S)s`,
`%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`,
`%(epoch-3600>%H-%M-%S)s`
1206 1. **Alternatives**: Alternate fields can be specified separated with a
`,`. E.g.
`%(release_date>%Y,upload_date>%Y|Unknown)s`
1208 1. **Replacement**: A replacement value can be specified using a
`&` separator. If the field is *not* empty, this replacement value will be used instead of the actual field content. This is done after alternate fields are considered; thus the replacement is used if *any* of the alternative fields is *not* empty.
1210 1. **Default**: A literal default value can be specified for when the field is empty using a
`|` separator. This overrides
`--output-na-placeholder`. E.g.
`%(uploader|Unknown)s`
1212 1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types
`diouxXeEfFgGcrs`, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to
`B` = **B**ytes,
`j` = **j**son (flag
`#` for pretty-printing,
`+` for Unicode),
`h` = HTML escaping,
`l` = a comma separated **l**ist (flag
`#` for
`\n` newline-separated),
`q` = a string **q**uoted for the terminal (flag
`#` to split a list into different arguments),
`D` = add **D**ecimal suffixes (e.g.
10M) (flag
`#` to use
1024 as factor), and
`S` = **S**anitize as filename (flag
`#` for restricted)
1214 1. **Unicode normalization**: The format type
`U` can be used for NFC
[Unicode normalization](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unicodedata.html#unicodedata.normalize). The alternate form flag (
`#`) changes the normalization to NFD and the conversion flag
`+` can be used for NFKC/NFKD compatibility equivalence normalization. E.g.
`%(title)+.100U` is NFKC
1216 To summarize, the general syntax for a field is:
1218 %(name[.keys][addition][>strf][,alternate][&replacement][|default])[flags][width][.precision][length]type
1221 Additionally, you can set different output templates for the various metadata files separately from the general output template by specifying the type of file followed by the template separated by a colon
`:`. The different file types supported are
`subtitle`,
`thumbnail`,
`description`,
`annotation` (deprecated),
`infojson`,
`link`,
`pl_thumbnail`,
`pl_description`,
`pl_infojson`,
`chapter`,
`pl_video`. E.g.
`-o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -o "thumbnail:%(title)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s"` will put the thumbnails in a folder with the same name as the video. If any of the templates is empty, that type of file will not be written. E.g.
`--write-thumbnail -o "thumbnail:"` will write thumbnails only for playlists and not for video.
1223 <a id="outtmpl-postprocess-note"></a>
1225 Note: Due to post-processing (i.e. merging etc.), the actual output filename might differ. Use
`--print after_move:filepath` to get the name after all post-processing is complete.
1227 The available fields are:
1229 - `id` (string): Video identifier
1230 - `title` (string): Video title
1231 - `fulltitle` (string): Video title ignoring live timestamp and generic title
1232 - `ext` (string): Video filename extension
1233 - `alt_title` (string): A secondary title of the video
1234 - `description` (string): The description of the video
1235 - `display_id` (string): An alternative identifier for the video
1236 - `uploader` (string): Full name of the video uploader
1237 - `license` (string): License name the video is licensed under
1238 - `creator` (string): The creator of the video
1239 - `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
1240 - `upload_date` (string): Video upload date in UTC (YYYYMMDD)
1241 - `release_timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was released
1242 - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released in UTC
1243 - `modified_timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was last modified
1244 - `modified_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was last modified in UTC
1245 - `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
1246 - `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
1247 - `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
1248 - `channel_follower_count` (numeric): Number of followers of the channel
1249 - `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
1250 - `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
1251 - `duration_string` (string): Length of the video (HH:mm:ss)
1252 - `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
1253 - `concurrent_view_count` (numeric): How many users are currently watching the video on the platform.
1254 - `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
1255 - `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
1256 - `repost_count` (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
1257 - `average_rating` (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
1258 - `comment_count` (numeric): Number of comments on the video (For some extractors, comments are only downloaded at the end, and so this field cannot be used)
1259 - `age_limit` (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
1260 - `live_status` (string): One of "not_live", "is_live", "is_upcoming", "was_live", "post_live" (was live, but VOD is not yet processed)
1261 - `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
1262 - `was_live` (boolean): Whether this video was originally a live stream
1263 - `playable_in_embed` (string): Whether this video is allowed to play in embedded players on other sites
1264 - `availability` (string): Whether the video is "private", "premium_only", "subscriber_only", "needs_auth", "unlisted" or "public"
1265 - `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
1266 - `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
1267 - `extractor` (string): Name of the extractor
1268 - `extractor_key` (string): Key name of the extractor
1269 - `epoch` (numeric): Unix epoch of when the information extraction was completed
1270 - `autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each download, starting at
`--autonumber-start`
1271 - `video_autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each video
1272 - `n_entries` (numeric): Total number of extracted items in the playlist
1273 - `playlist_id` (string): Identifier of the playlist that contains the video
1274 - `playlist_title` (string): Name of the playlist that contains the video
1275 - `playlist` (string):
`playlist_id` or
`playlist_title`
1276 - `playlist_count` (numeric): Total number of items in the playlist. May not be known if entire playlist is not extracted
1277 - `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according the final index
1278 - `playlist_autonumber` (numeric): Position of the video in the playlist download queue padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
1279 - `playlist_uploader` (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
1280 - `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
1281 - `webpage_url` (string): A URL to the video webpage which if given to yt-dlp should allow to get the same result again
1282 - `webpage_url_basename` (string): The basename of the webpage URL
1283 - `webpage_url_domain` (string): The domain of the webpage URL
1284 - `original_url` (string): The URL given by the user (or same as
`webpage_url` for playlist entries)
1286 All the fields in [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats) can also be used
1288 Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
1290 - `chapter` (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
1291 - `chapter_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
1292 - `chapter_id` (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
1294 Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
1296 - `series` (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
1297 - `season` (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
1298 - `season_number` (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to
1299 - `season_id` (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
1300 - `episode` (string): Title of the video episode
1301 - `episode_number` (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season
1302 - `episode_id` (string): Id of the video episode
1304 Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
1306 - `track` (string): Title of the track
1307 - `track_number` (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc
1308 - `track_id` (string): Id of the track
1309 - `artist` (string): Artist(s) of the track
1310 - `genre` (string): Genre(s) of the track
1311 - `album` (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
1312 - `album_type` (string): Type of the album
1313 - `album_artist` (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
1314 - `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
1315 - `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
1317 Available only when using
`--download-sections` and for
`chapter:` prefix when using
`--split-chapters` for videos with internal chapters:
1319 - `section_title` (string): Title of the chapter
1320 - `section_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter within the file
1321 - `section_start` (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds
1322 - `section_end` (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds
1324 Available only when used in
`--print`:
1326 - `urls` (string): The URLs of all requested formats, one in each line
1327 - `filename` (string): Name of the video file. Note that the [actual filename may differ](#outtmpl-postprocess-note)
1328 - `formats_table` (table): The video format table as printed by
`--list-formats`
1329 - `thumbnails_table` (table): The thumbnail format table as printed by
`--list-thumbnails`
1330 - `subtitles_table` (table): The subtitle format table as printed by
`--list-subs`
1331 - `automatic_captions_table` (table): The automatic subtitle format table as printed by
`--list-subs`
1334 Available only in
`--sponsorblock-chapter-title`:
1336 - `start_time` (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds
1337 - `end_time` (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds
1338 - `categories` (list): The
[SponsorBlock categories](https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types#Category) the chapter belongs to
1339 - `category` (string): The smallest SponsorBlock category the chapter belongs to
1340 - `category_names` (list): Friendly names of the categories
1341 - `name` (string): Friendly name of the smallest category
1342 - `type` (string): The
[SponsorBlock action type](https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types#Action_Type) of the chapter
1344 Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. E.g. for
`-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title
`yt-dlp test video` and id
`BaW_jenozKc`, this will result in a
`yt-dlp test video-BaW_jenozKc.mp4` file created in the current directory.
1346 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 placeholder value provided with
`--output-na-placeholder` (
`NA` by default).
1348 **Tip**: Look at the
`-j` output to identify which fields are available for the particular URL
1350 For numeric sequences you can use
[numeric related formatting](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-formatting); e.g.
`%(view_count)05d` will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up to
5 characters, like in
`00042`.
1352 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.
1354 To use percent literals in an output template use
`%%`. To output to stdout use
`-o -`.
1356 The current default template is
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`.
1358 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.
1360 #### Output template examples
1363 $ yt-dlp --print filename -o "test video.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
1364 test video.webm # Literal name with correct extension
1366 $ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
1367 youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.webm # All kinds of weird characters
1369 $ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
1370 youtube-dl_test_video_.webm # Restricted file name
1372 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
1373 $ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"
1375 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directories according to their uploaded year
1376 $ yt-dlp -o "%(upload_date>%Y)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"
1378 # Prefix playlist index with " - " separator, but only if it is available
1379 $ yt-dlp -o '%(playlist_index|)s%(playlist_index& - |)s%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"
1381 # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
1382 $ yt-dlp -o "%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"
1384 # Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
1385 $ yt-dlp -u user -p password -P "~/MyVideos" -o "%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial"
1387 # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
1388 $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" "https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617"
1390 # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext", subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\subs\uploader\title.ext"
1391 # and put all temporary files in "C:\MyVideos\tmp"
1392 $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -P "temp:tmp" -P "subtitle:subs" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenoz --write-subs
1394 # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext" and subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\subs\title.ext"
1395 $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -o "subtitle:%(uploader)s/subs/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --write-subs
1397 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
1398 $ yt-dlp -o - BaW_jenozKc
1403 By default, yt-dlp tries to download the best available quality if you **don't** pass any options.
1404 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 is unavailable, or if you use yt-dlp to stream to
`stdout` (
`-o -`), the default becomes
`-f best/bestvideo+bestaudio`.
1406 **Deprecation warning**: Latest versions of yt-dlp can stream multiple formats to the stdout simultaneously using ffmpeg. So, in future versions, the default for this will be set to
`-f bv*+ba/b` similar to normal downloads. If you want to preserve the
`-f b/bv+ba` setting, it is recommended to explicitly specify it in the configuration options.
1408 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.
1410 <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION -->
1411 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
1412 <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION -->
1414 The simplest case is requesting a specific format; e.g. 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.
1416 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.
1418 You can use
`-f -` to interactively provide the format selector *for each video*
1420 You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
1422 - `all`: Select **all formats** separately
1423 - `mergeall`: Select and **merge all formats** (Must be used with
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--video-multistreams` or both)
1424 - `b*`,
`best*`: Select the best quality format that **contains either** a video or an audio or both (ie;
`vcodec!=none or acodec!=none`)
1425 - `b`,
`best`: Select the best quality format that **contains both** video and audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
1426 - `bv`,
`bestvideo`: Select the best quality **video-only** format. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec=none]`
1427 - `bv*`,
`bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that **contains video**. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none]`
1428 - `ba`,
`bestaudio`: Select the best quality **audio-only** format. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec=none]`
1429 - `ba*`,
`bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that **contains audio**. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec!=none]` ([Do not use!](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/979#issuecomment-919629354))
1430 - `w*
`, `worst*
`: Select the worst quality format that contains either a video or an audio
1431 - `w
`, `worst
`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]
`
1432 - `wv
`, `worstvideo
`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec=none]
`
1433 - `wv*
`, `worstvideo*
`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none]
`
1434 - `wa
`, `worstaudio
`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec=none]
`
1435 - `wa*
`, `worstaudio*
`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec!=none]
`
1437 For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use `-f worstvideo
`. It is however recommended not to 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 `-S +size
` or more rigorously, `-S +size,+br,+res,+fps
` instead of `-f worst
`. See [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
1439 You can select the n'th best format of a type by using `best<type>.<n>
`. For example, `best
.2` will select the 2nd best combined format. Similarly, `bv*
.3` will select the 3rd best format that contains a video stream.
1441 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; e.g. `-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.
1443 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
`.
1445 You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using `-f <format1>+<format2>+...
` (requires ffmpeg installed); e.g. `-f bestvideo+bestaudio
` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg.
1447 **Deprecation warning**: Since the *below* described behavior is complex and counter-intuitive, this will be removed and multistreams will be enabled by default in the future. A new operator will be instead added to limit formats to single audio/video
1449 Unless `--video-multistreams
` is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one are ignored. Similarly, unless `--audio-multistreams
` is used, all formats with an audio stream except the first one are ignored. E.g. `-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio --video-multistreams --audio-multistreams
` 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 only `best
` while `-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams
` will ignore `best
` and download only `bestaudio
`.
1451 ## Filtering Formats
1453 You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=
720]"
` (or `-f "[filesize>
10M]"
`).
1455 The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons `<
`, `<=
`, `>
`, `>=
`, `=
` (equals), `!=
` (not equals):
1457 - `filesize
`: The number of bytes, if known in advance
1458 - `filesize_approx
`: An estimate for the number of bytes
1459 - `width
`: Width of the video, if known
1460 - `height
`: Height of the video, if known
1461 - `aspect_ratio
`: Aspect ratio of the video, if known
1462 - `tbr
`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
1463 - `abr
`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
1464 - `vbr
`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
1465 - `asr
`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
1467 - `audio_channels
`: The number of audio channels
1468 - `stretched_ratio
`: `width:height
` of the video's pixels, if not square
1470 Also filtering work for comparisons `=
` (equals), `^=
` (starts with), `$=
` (ends with), `*=
` (contains), `~=
` (matches regex) and following string meta fields:
1473 - `ext
`: File extension
1474 - `acodec
`: Name of the audio codec in use
1475 - `vcodec
`: Name of the video codec in use
1476 - `container
`: Name of the container format
1477 - `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
`)
1478 - `language
`: Language code
1479 - `dynamic_range
`: The dynamic range of the video
1480 - `format_id
`: A short description of the format
1481 - `format
`: A human-readable description of the format
1482 - `format_note
`: Additional info about the format
1483 - `resolution
`: Textual description of width and height
1485 Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation `!
` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g. `!*=
` (does not contain). The comparand of a string comparison needs to be quoted with either double or single quotes if it contains spaces or special characters other than `._-
`.
1487 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 website. Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used for filtering.
1489 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. You can also use the filters with `all
` to download all formats that satisfy the filter, e.g. `-f "all[vcodec=none]"
` selects all audio-only formats.
1491 Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses; e.g. `-f "(mp4,webm)[height<
480]"
` will download the best pre-merged mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480.
1495 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...
`.
1497 The available fields are:
1499 - `hasvid
`: Gives priority to formats that have a video stream
1500 - `hasaud
`: Gives priority to formats that have an audio stream
1501 - `ie_pref
`: The format preference
1502 - `lang
`: The language preference
1503 - `quality
`: The quality of the format
1504 - `source
`: The preference of the source
1505 - `proto
`: Protocol used for download (`https
`/`ftps
` > `http
`/`ftp
` > `m3u8_native
`/`m3u8
` > `http_dash_segments
`> `websocket_frag
` > `mms
`/`rtsp
` > `f4f
`/`f4m
`)
1506 - `vcodec
`: Video Codec (`av01
` > `vp9.2
` > `vp9
` > `h265
` > `h264
` > `vp8
` > `h263
` > `theora
` > other)
1507 - `acodec
`: Audio Codec (`flac
`/`alac
` > `wav
`/`aiff
` > `opus
` > `vorbis
` > `aac
` > `mp4a
` > `mp3
` `ac4
` > > `eac3
` > `ac3
` > `dts
` > other)
1508 - `codec
`: Equivalent to `vcodec,acodec
`
1509 - `vext
`: Video Extension (`mp4
` > `mov
` > `webm
` > `flv
` > other). If `--prefer-free-formats
` is used, `webm
` is preferred.
1510 - `aext
`: Audio Extension (`m4a
` > `aac
` > `mp3
` > `ogg
` > `opus
` > `webm
` > other). If `--prefer-free-formats
` is used, the order changes to `ogg
` > `opus
` > `webm
` > `mp3
` > `m4a
` > `aac
`
1511 - `ext
`: Equivalent to `vext,aext
`
1512 - `filesize
`: Exact filesize, if known in advance
1513 - `fs_approx
`: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests
1514 - `size
`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
1515 - `height
`: Height of video
1516 - `width
`: Width of video
1517 - `res
`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
1518 - `fps
`: Framerate of video
1519 - `hdr
`: The dynamic range of the video (`DV
` > `HDR12
` > `HDR10+
` > `HDR10
` > `HLG
` > `SDR
`)
1520 - `channels
`: The number of audio channels
1521 - `tbr
`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
1522 - `vbr
`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
1523 - `abr
`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
1524 - `br
`: Equivalent to using `tbr,vbr,abr
`
1525 - `asr
`: Audio sample rate in Hz
1527 **Deprecation warning**: Many of these fields have (currently undocumented) aliases, that may be removed in a future version. It is recommended to use only the documented field names.
1529 All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in descending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a `+
`. E.g. `+res
` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a preferred value for the fields, separated by a `:
`. E.g. `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 preferred values, the first for video and the second for audio. E.g. `+codec:avc:m4a
` (equivalent to `+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a
`) sets the video codec preference to `h264
` > `h265
` > `vp9
` > `vp9.2
` > `av01
` > `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. E.g. `filesize~
1G
` prefers the format with filesize closest to 1 GiB.
1531 The fields `hasvid
` and `ie_pref
` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behaviour can be changed by using `--format-sort-force
`. Apart from these, the default order used is: `lang,quality,res,fps,hdr:
12,vcodec:vp9.2,channels,acodec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id
`. The extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
1533 Note that the default has `vcodec:vp9.2
`; i.e. `av1
` is not preferred. Similarly, the default for hdr is `hdr:
12`; i.e. dolby vision is not preferred. These choices are made since DV and AV1 formats are not yet fully compatible with most devices. This may be changed in the future as more devices become capable of smoothly playing back these formats.
1535 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 respects. 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
`.
1537 **Tip**: You can use the `-v -F
` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
1539 ## Format Selection examples
1542 # Download and merge the best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
1543 # or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
1544 $ yt-dlp -f "bv+ba/b"
1546 # Download best format that contains video,
1547 # and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
1548 $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b"
1553 # Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
1554 # For this case, an output template should be used since
1555 # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
1556 $ yt-dlp -f "bv,ba" -o "%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s"
1558 # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
1559 # and all audio-only formats into one file
1560 $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]" --audio-multistreams
1562 # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
1563 # and the best 2 audio-only formats into one file
1564 $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams
1567 # The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection
1568 # and how to use -S to achieve a similar but (generally) better result
1570 # Download the worst video available (old method)
1571 $ yt-dlp -f "wv*+wa/w"
1573 # Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
1576 # Download the smallest video available
1577 $ yt-dlp -S "+size,+br"
1581 # Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
1582 $ yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b"
1584 # Download the best video with the best extension
1585 # (For video, mp4 > mov > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
1590 # Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
1591 # or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
1592 $ yt-dlp -f "bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w"
1594 # Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
1595 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
1596 $ yt-dlp -S "height:480"
1598 # Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
1599 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
1600 # Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
1601 # So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
1602 $ yt-dlp -S "res:480"
1606 # Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
1607 # or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
1608 $ yt-dlp -f "b[filesize<50M] / w"
1610 # Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
1611 # or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
1612 $ yt-dlp -f "b" -S "filesize:50M"
1614 # Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
1615 $ yt-dlp -f "b" -S "filesize~50M"
1619 # Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
1620 # or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
1621 $ yt-dlp -f "(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)"
1623 # Download best video available via the best protocol
1624 # (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
1629 # Download the best video with either h264 or h265 codec,
1630 # or the best video if there is no such video
1631 $ yt-dlp -f "(bv*[vcodec~='^((he|a)vc|h26[45])']+ba) / (bv*+ba/b)"
1633 # Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
1634 # or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
1635 $ yt-dlp -S "codec:h264"
1637 # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
1638 # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
1639 $ yt-dlp -S "+codec:h264"
1643 # More complex examples
1645 # Download the best video no better than 720p preferring framerate greater than 30,
1646 # or the worst video (still preferring framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
1647 $ yt-dlp -f "((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)"
1649 # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
1650 # or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
1651 # preferring larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
1652 $ yt-dlp -S "res:720,fps"
1656 # Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
1657 # or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
1658 # preferring better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
1659 $ yt-dlp -S "+res:480,codec,br"
1662 # MODIFYING METADATA
1664 The metadata obtained by the extractors can be modified by using `--parse-metadata
` and `--replace-in-metadata
`
1666 `--replace-in-metadata FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
` is used to replace text in any metadata field using [python regular expression](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax). [Backreferences](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html?highlight=backreferences#re.sub) can be used in the replace string for advanced use.
1668 The general syntax of `--parse-metadata FROM:TO
` is to give the name of a field or an [output template](#output-template) to extract data from, and the format to interpret it as, separated by a colon `:`. Either a [python regular expression](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax) with named capture groups, a single field name, or a similar syntax to the [output template](#output-template) (only `%(field)s
` formatting is supported) can be used for `TO
`. The option can be used multiple times to parse and modify various fields.
1670 Note that these options preserve their relative order, allowing replacements to be made in parsed fields and viceversa. Also, any field thus created can be used in the [output template](#output-template) and will also affect the media file's metadata added when using `--embed-metadata
`.
1672 This option also has a few special uses:
1674 * You can download an additional URL based on the metadata of the currently downloaded video. To do this, set the field `additional_urls
` to the URL that you want to download. E.g. `--parse-metadata "description:(?P<additional_urls>https?://www\.vimeo\.com/\d+)
` will download the first vimeo video found in the description
1676 * You can use this to change the metadata that is embedded in the media file. To do this, set the value of the corresponding field with a `meta_
` prefix. For example, any value you set to `meta_description
` field will be added to the `description
` field in the file - you can use this to set a different "description" and "synopsis". To modify the metadata of individual streams, use the `meta<n>_
` prefix (e.g. `meta1_language
`). Any value set to the `meta_
` field will overwrite all default values.
1678 **Note**: Metadata modification happens before format selection, post-extraction and other post-processing operations. Some fields may be added or changed during these steps, overriding your changes.
1680 For reference, these are the fields yt-dlp adds by default to the file metadata:
1682 Metadata fields | From
1683 :--------------------------|:------------------------------------------------
1684 `title
` | `track
` or `title
`
1685 `date
` | `upload_date
`
1686 `description
`, `synopsis
` | `description
`
1687 `purl
`, `comment
` | `webpage_url
`
1688 `track
` | `track_number
`
1689 `artist
` | `artist
`, `creator
`, `uploader
` or `uploader_id
`
1692 `album_artist
` | `album_artist
`
1693 `disc
` | `disc_number
`
1695 `season_number
` | `season_number
`
1696 `episode_id
` | `episode
` or `episode_id
`
1697 `episode_sort
` | `episode_number
`
1698 `language
` of each stream | the format's `language
`
1700 **Note**: The file format may not support some of these fields
1703 ## Modifying metadata examples
1706 # Interpret the title as "Artist - Title"
1707 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "title:%(artist)s - %(title)s"
1710 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "description:Artist - (?P<artist>.+)"
1712 # Set title as "Series name S01E05"
1713 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "%(series)s S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d:%(title)s"
1715 # Prioritize uploader as the "artist" field in video metadata
1716 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "%(uploader|)s:%(meta_artist)s" --embed-metadata
1718 # Set "comment" field in video metadata using description instead of webpage_url,
1719 # handling multiple lines correctly
1720 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "description:(?s)(?P<meta_comment>.+)" --embed-metadata
1722 # Do not set any "synopsis" in the video metadata
1723 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata ":(?P<meta_synopsis>)"
1725 # Remove "formats" field from the infojson by setting it to an empty string
1726 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata ":(?P<formats>)" -j
1728 # Replace all spaces and "_" in title and uploader with a `-`
1729 $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata "title,uploader" "[ _]" "-"
1733 # EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS
1735 Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS
`. `ARGS
` is a `;
` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2
`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=android_embedded,web;include_live_dash" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"
`
1737 The following extractors use this feature:
1740 * `lang
`: Language code to prefer translated metadata of this language (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en
` translated. See [youtube.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/c26f9b991a0681fd3ea548d535919cec1fbbd430/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L381-L390) for list of supported content language codes
1741 * `skip
`: One or more of `hls
`, `dash
` or `translated_subs
` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
1742 * `player_client
`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web
`, `android
` and `ios
` with variants `_music
`, `_embedded
`, `_embedscreen
`, `_creator
` (e.g. `web_embedded
`); and `mweb
` and `tv_embedded
` (agegate bypass) with no variants. By default, `android,web
` is used, but `tv_embedded
` and `creator
` variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com
` urls. You can use `all
` to use all the clients, and `default
` for the default clients.
1743 * `player_skip
`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs
` (skip client configs), `webpage
` (skip initial webpage), `js
` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
1744 * `comment_sort
`: `top
` or `new
` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
1745 * `max_comments
`: Limit the amount of comments to gather. Comma-separated list of integers representing `max-comments,max-parents,max-replies,max-replies-per-thread
`. Default is `all,all,all,all
`
1746 * E.g. `all,all,
1000,
10` will get a maximum of 1000 replies total, with up to 10 replies per thread. `1000,all,
100` will get a maximum of 1000 comments, with a maximum of 100 replies total
1747 * `include_incomplete_formats
`: Extract formats that cannot be downloaded completely (live dash and post-live m3u8)
1748 * `innertube_host
`: Innertube API host to use for all API requests; e.g. `studio.youtube.com
`, `youtubei.googleapis.com
`. Note that cookies exported from one subdomain will not work on others
1749 * `innertube_key
`: Innertube API key to use for all API requests
1751 #### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
1752 * `skip
`: One or more of `webpage
` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck
` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
1753 * `approximate_date
`: Extract approximate `upload_date
` and `timestamp
` in flat-playlist. This may cause date-based filters to be slightly off
1756 * `fragment_query
`: Passthrough any query in mpd/m3u8 manifest URLs to their fragments. Does not apply to ffmpeg
1759 * `language
`: Audio languages to extract, e.g. `funimation:language=english,japanese
`
1760 * `version
`: The video version to extract - `uncut
` or `simulcast
`
1762 #### crunchyrollbeta (Crunchyroll)
1763 * `format
`: Which stream type(s) to extract (default: `adaptive_hls
`). Potentially useful values include `adaptive_hls
`, `adaptive_dash
`, `vo_adaptive_hls
`, `vo_adaptive_dash
`, `download_hls
`, `download_dash
`, `multitrack_adaptive_hls_v2
`
1764 * `hardsub
`: Preference order for which hardsub versions to extract, or `all
` (default: `None
` = no hardsubs), e.g. `crunchyrollbeta:hardsub=en-US,None
`
1767 * `video_types
`: Types of videos to download - one or more of `episodes
`, `movies
`, `clips
`, `trailers
`
1770 * `segment_duration
`: Segment duration in milliseconds for HLS-DMC formats. Use it at your own risk since this feature **may result in your account termination.**
1772 #### youtubewebarchive
1773 * `check_all
`: Try to check more at the cost of more requests. One or more of `thumbnails
`, `captures
`
1776 * `comment_sort
`: `hot
` (default), `you
` (cookies needed), `top
`, `new
` - choose comment sorting mode (on GameJolt's side)
1779 * `res
`: resolution to ignore - one or more of `sd
`, `hd
`, `fhd
`
1780 * `vcodec
`: vcodec to ignore - one or more of `h264
`, `h265
`, `dvh265
`
1781 * `dr
`: dynamic range to ignore - one or more of `sdr
`, `hdr10
`, `dv
`
1784 * `api_hostname
`: Hostname to use for mobile API requests, e.g. `api-h2.tiktokv.com
`
1785 * `app_version
`: App version to call mobile APIs with - should be set along with `manifest_app_version
`, e.g. `20.2.1`
1786 * `manifest_app_version
`: Numeric app version to call mobile APIs with, e.g. `221`
1789 * `tab
`: Which tab to download - one of `new
`, `top
`, `videos
`, `podcasts
`, `streams
`, `stacks
`
1792 * `force_graphql
`: Force usage of the GraphQL API. By default it will only be used if login cookies are provided
1794 NOTE: These options may be changed/removed in the future without concern for backward compatibility
1796 <!-- MANPAGE: MOVE "INSTALLATION" SECTION HERE -->
1801 Note that **all** plugins are imported even if not invoked, and that **there are no checks** performed on plugin code. **Use plugins at your own risk and only if you trust the code!**
1803 Plugins can be of `<type>
`s `extractor
` or `postprocessor
`.
1804 - Extractor plugins do not need to be enabled from the CLI and are automatically invoked when the input URL is suitable for it.
1805 - Extractor plugins take priority over builtin extractors.
1806 - Postprocessor plugins can be invoked using `--use-postprocessor NAME
`.
1809 Plugins are loaded from the namespace packages `yt_dlp_plugins.extractor
` and `yt_dlp_plugins.postprocessor
`.
1811 In other words, the file structure on the disk looks something like:
1819 yt-dlp looks for these `yt_dlp_plugins
` namespace folders in many locations (see below) and loads in plugins from **all** of them.
1821 See the [wiki for some known plugins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Plugins)
1823 ## Installing Plugins
1825 Plugins can be installed using various methods and locations.
1827 1. **Configuration directories**:
1828 Plugin packages (containing a `yt_dlp_plugins
` namespace folder) can be dropped into the following standard [configuration locations](#configuration):
1830 * `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp/plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
` (recommended on Linux/macOS)
1831 * `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp-plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1832 * `${APPDATA}/yt-dlp/plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
` (recommended on Windows)
1833 * `~/.yt-dlp/plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1834 * `~/yt-dlp-plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1835 * **System Plugins**
1836 * `/etc/yt-dlp/plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1837 * `/etc/yt-dlp-plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1838 2. **Executable location**: Plugin packages can similarly be installed in a `yt-dlp-plugins
` directory under the executable location:
1839 * Binary: where `<root-dir>/yt-dlp.exe
`, `<root-dir>/yt-dlp-plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1840 * Source: where `<root-dir>/yt_dlp/__main__.py
`, `<root-dir>/yt-dlp-plugins/<package name>/yt_dlp_plugins/
`
1842 3. **pip and other locations in `PYTHONPATH
`**
1843 * Plugin packages can be installed and managed using `pip
`. See [ytdlp-sample-plugins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-sample-plugins) for an example.
1844 * Note: plugin files between plugin packages installed with pip must have unique filenames
1845 * Any path in `PYTHONPATH
` is searched in for the `yt_dlp_plugins
` namespace folder.
1846 * Note: This does not apply for Pyinstaller/py2exe builds.
1849 .zip, .egg and .whl archives containing a `yt_dlp_plugins
` namespace folder in their root are also supported. These can be placed in the same locations `yt_dlp_plugins
` namespace folders can be found.
1850 - e.g. `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/yt-dlp/plugins/mypluginpkg.zip
` where `mypluginpkg.zip
` contains `yt_dlp_plugins/<type>/myplugin.py
`
1852 Run yt-dlp with `--verbose
`/`-v
` to check if the plugin has been loaded.
1854 ## Developing Plugins
1856 See [ytdlp-sample-plugins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-sample-plugins) for a sample plugin package with instructions on how to set up an environment for plugin development.
1858 All public classes with a name ending in `IE
` are imported from each file. This respects underscore prefix (e.g. `_MyBasePluginIE
` is private) and `__all__
`. Modules can similarly be excluded by prefixing the module name with an underscore (e.g. `_myplugin.py
`)
1860 If you are a plugin author, add [yt-dlp-plugins](https://github.com/topics/yt-dlp-plugins) as a topic to your repository for discoverability
1862 See the [Developer Instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions) on how to write and test an extractor.
1866 yt-dlp makes the best effort to be a good command-line program, and thus should be callable from any programming language.
1868 Your program should avoid parsing the normal stdout since they may change in future versions. Instead they should use options such as `-J
`, `--print
`, `--progress-template
`, `--exec
` etc to create console output that you can reliably reproduce and parse.
1870 From a Python program, you can embed yt-dlp in a more powerful fashion, like this:
1873 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
1875 URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
1876 with YoutubeDL() as ydl:
1880 Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options available, have a look at [`yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
`](yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L180).
1882 **Tip**: If you are porting your code from youtube-dl to yt-dlp, one important point to look out for is that we do not guarantee the return value of `YoutubeDL.extract_info
` to be json serializable, or even be a dictionary. It will be dictionary-like, but if you want to ensure it is a serializable dictionary, pass it through `YoutubeDL.sanitize_info
` as shown in the [example below](#extracting-information)
1884 ## Embedding examples
1886 #### Extracting information
1892 URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'
1894 # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL) for a list of available options and public functions
1896 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1897 info = ydl.extract_info(URL, download=False)
1899 # ℹ️ ydl.sanitize_info makes the info json-serializable
1900 print(json.dumps(ydl.sanitize_info(info)))
1902 #### Download using an info-json
1907 INFO_FILE = 'path/to/video.info.json'
1909 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL() as ydl:
1910 error_code = ydl.download_with_info_file(INFO_FILE)
1912 print('Some videos failed to download' if error_code
1913 else 'All videos successfully downloaded')
1921 URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
1924 'format': 'm4a/bestaudio/best',
1925 # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.postprocessor) for a list of available Postprocessors and their arguments
1926 'postprocessors': [{ # Extract audio using ffmpeg
1927 'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
1928 'preferredcodec': 'm4a',
1932 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1933 error_code = ydl.download(URLS)
1941 URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
1943 def longer_than_a_minute(info, *, incomplete):
1944 """Download only videos longer than a minute (or with unknown duration)"""
1945 duration = info.get('duration')
1946 if duration and duration < 60:
1947 return 'The video is too short'
1950 'match_filter': longer_than_a_minute,
1953 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1954 error_code = ydl.download(URLS)
1957 #### Adding logger and progress hook
1962 URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
1965 def debug(self, msg):
1966 # For compatibility with youtube-dl, both debug and info are passed into debug
1967 # You can distinguish them by the prefix '[debug] '
1968 if msg.startswith('[debug] '):
1973 def info(self, msg):
1976 def warning(self, msg):
1979 def error(self, msg):
1983 # ℹ️ See "progress_hooks" in help(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL)
1985 if d['status'] == 'finished':
1986 print('Done downloading, now post-processing ...')
1990 'logger': MyLogger(),
1991 'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
1994 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1998 #### Add a custom PostProcessor
2003 URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
2005 # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.postprocessor.PostProcessor)
2006 class MyCustomPP(yt_dlp.postprocessor.PostProcessor):
2007 def run(self, info):
2008 self.to_screen('Doing stuff')
2012 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL() as ydl:
2013 # ℹ️ "when" can take any value in yt_dlp.utils.POSTPROCESS_WHEN
2014 ydl.add_post_processor(MyCustomPP(), when='pre_process')
2019 #### Use a custom format selector
2024 URL = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
2026 def format_selector(ctx):
2027 """ Select the best video and the best audio that won't result in an mkv.
2028 NOTE: This is just an example and does not handle all cases """
2030 # formats are already sorted worst to best
2031 formats = ctx.get('formats')[::-1]
2033 # acodec='none' means there is no audio
2034 best_video = next(f for f in formats
2035 if f['vcodec'] != 'none' and f['acodec'] == 'none')
2037 # find compatible audio extension
2038 audio_ext = {'mp4': 'm4a', 'webm': 'webm'}[best_video['ext']]
2039 # vcodec='none' means there is no video
2040 best_audio = next(f for f in formats if (
2041 f['acodec'] != 'none' and f['vcodec'] == 'none' and f['ext'] == audio_ext))
2043 # These are the minimum required fields for a merged format
2045 'format_id': f'{best_video["format_id"]}+{best_audio["format_id"]}',
2046 'ext': best_video['ext'],
2047 'requested_formats': [best_video, best_audio],
2048 # Must be + separated list of protocols
2049 'protocol': f'{best_video["protocol"]}+{best_audio["protocol"]}'
2054 'format': format_selector,
2057 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
2061 <!-- MANPAGE: MOVE "NEW FEATURES" SECTION HERE -->
2063 # DEPRECATED OPTIONS
2065 These are all the deprecated options and the current alternative to achieve the same effect
2067 #### Almost redundant options
2068 While these options are almost the same as their new counterparts, there are some differences that prevents them being redundant
2070 -j, --dump-json --print "%()j"
2071 -F, --list-formats --print formats_table
2072 --list-thumbnails --print thumbnails_table --print playlist:thumbnails_table
2073 --list-subs --print automatic_captions_table --print subtitles_table
2075 #### Redundant options
2076 While these options are redundant, they are still expected to be used due to their ease of use
2078 --get-description --print description
2079 --get-duration --print duration_string
2080 --get-filename --print filename
2081 --get-format --print format
2083 --get-thumbnail --print thumbnail
2084 -e, --get-title --print title
2085 -g, --get-url --print urls
2086 --match-title REGEX --match-filter "title ~= (?i)REGEX"
2087 --reject-title REGEX --match-filter "title !~= (?i)REGEX"
2088 --min-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count >=? COUNT"
2089 --max-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count <=? COUNT"
2090 --user-agent UA --add-header "User-Agent:UA"
2091 --referer URL --add-header "Referer:URL"
2092 --playlist-start NUMBER -I NUMBER:
2093 --playlist-end NUMBER -I :NUMBER
2094 --playlist-reverse -I ::-1
2095 --no-playlist-reverse Default
2098 #### Not recommended
2099 While these options still work, their use is not recommended since there are other alternatives to achieve the same
2101 --force-generic-extractor --ies generic,default
2102 --exec-before-download CMD --exec "before_dl:CMD"
2103 --no-exec-before-download --no-exec
2104 --all-formats -f all
2105 --all-subs --sub-langs all --write-subs
2106 --print-json -j --no-simulate
2107 --autonumber-size NUMBER Use string formatting, e.g. %(autonumber)03d
2108 --autonumber-start NUMBER Use internal field formatting like %(autonumber+NUMBER)s
2109 --id -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s"
2110 --metadata-from-title FORMAT --parse-metadata "%(title)s:FORMAT"
2111 --hls-prefer-native --downloader "m3u8:native"
2112 --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --downloader "m3u8:ffmpeg"
2113 --list-formats-old --compat-options list-formats (Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)
2114 --list-formats-as-table --compat-options -list-formats [Default] (Alias: --no-list-formats-old)
2115 --youtube-skip-dash-manifest --extractor-args "youtube:skip=dash" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
2116 --youtube-skip-hls-manifest --extractor-args "youtube:skip=hls" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
2117 --youtube-include-dash-manifest Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
2118 --youtube-include-hls-manifest Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
2121 #### Developer options
2122 These options are not intended to be used by the end-user
2124 --test Download only part of video for testing extractors
2125 --load-pages Load pages dumped by --write-pages
2126 --youtube-print-sig-code For testing youtube signatures
2127 --allow-unplayable-formats List unplayable formats also
2128 --no-allow-unplayable-formats Default
2132 These are aliases that are no longer documented for various reasons
2134 --avconv-location --ffmpeg-location
2135 --clean-infojson --clean-info-json
2136 --cn-verification-proxy URL --geo-verification-proxy URL
2137 --dump-headers --print-traffic
2138 --dump-intermediate-pages --dump-pages
2139 --force-write-download-archive --force-write-archive
2140 --load-info --load-info-json
2141 --no-clean-infojson --no-clean-info-json
2142 --no-split-tracks --no-split-chapters
2143 --no-write-srt --no-write-subs
2144 --prefer-unsecure --prefer-insecure
2145 --rate-limit RATE --limit-rate RATE
2146 --split-tracks --split-chapters
2147 --srt-lang LANGS --sub-langs LANGS
2148 --trim-file-names LENGTH --trim-filenames LENGTH
2149 --write-srt --write-subs
2150 --yes-overwrites --force-overwrites
2152 #### Sponskrub Options
2153 Support for [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) has been deprecated in favor of the `--sponsorblock
` options
2155 --sponskrub --sponsorblock-mark all
2156 --no-sponskrub --no-sponsorblock
2157 --sponskrub-cut --sponsorblock-remove all
2158 --no-sponskrub-cut --sponsorblock-remove -all
2159 --sponskrub-force Not applicable
2160 --no-sponskrub-force Not applicable
2161 --sponskrub-location Not applicable
2162 --sponskrub-args Not applicable
2164 #### No longer supported
2165 These options may no longer work as intended
2167 --prefer-avconv avconv is not officially supported by yt-dlp (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
2168 --prefer-ffmpeg Default (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv)
2169 -C, --call-home Not implemented
2170 --no-call-home Default
2171 --include-ads No longer supported
2172 --no-include-ads Default
2173 --write-annotations No supported site has annotations now
2174 --no-write-annotations Default
2175 --compat-options seperate-video-versions No longer needed
2178 These options were deprecated since 2014 and have now been entirely removed
2180 -A, --auto-number -o "%(autonumber)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
2181 -t, -l, --title, --literal -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
2184 See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-yt-dlp) for instructions on [Opening an Issue](CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue) and [Contributing code to the project](CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions)
2187 See the [Wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki) for more information
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