3 [](#readme)
5 []
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest)
6 []
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions)
7 [](LICENSE)
8 [](Collaborators.md#collaborators)
9 [](supportedsites.md)
10 []
(https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r)
11 []
(https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io)
12 []
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commits)
13 []
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commits)
14 []
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest)
15 []
(https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp)
19 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
21 * [NEW FEATURES](#new-features)
22 * [Differences in default behavior](#differences-in-default-behavior)
23 * [INSTALLATION](#installation)
25 * [Release Files](#release-files)
26 * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
28 * [USAGE AND OPTIONS](#usage-and-options)
29 * [General Options](#general-options)
30 * [Network Options](#network-options)
31 * [Geo-restriction](#geo-restriction)
32 * [Video Selection](#video-selection)
33 * [Download Options](#download-options)
34 * [Filesystem Options](#filesystem-options)
35 * [Thumbnail Options](#thumbnail-options)
36 * [Internet Shortcut Options](#internet-shortcut-options)
37 * [Verbosity and Simulation Options](#verbosity-and-simulation-options)
38 * [Workarounds](#workarounds)
39 * [Video Format Options](#video-format-options)
40 * [Subtitle Options](#subtitle-options)
41 * [Authentication Options](#authentication-options)
42 * [Post-processing Options](#post-processing-options)
43 * [SponsorBlock Options](#sponsorblock-options)
44 * [Extractor Options](#extractor-options)
45 * [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
46 * [Authentication with .netrc file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
47 * [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
48 * [Output template and Windows batch files](#output-template-and-windows-batch-files)
49 * [Output template examples](#output-template-examples)
50 * [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
51 * [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
52 * [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
53 * [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
54 * [MODIFYING METADATA](#modifying-metadata)
55 * [Modifying metadata examples](#modifying-metadata-examples)
56 * [EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS](#extractor-arguments)
58 * [EMBEDDING YT-DLP](#embedding-yt-dlp)
59 * [DEPRECATED OPTIONS](#deprecated-options)
60 * [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-yt-dlp)
61 * [Opening an Issue](CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
62 * [Developer Instructions](CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions)
68 The major new features from the latest release of
[blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) are:
70 * **
[SponsorBlock Integration](#sponsorblock-options)**: You can mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the [SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
72 * **[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))
74 * **Merged with youtube-dl
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)**: (v2021.06
.06) You get all the latest features and patches of
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
76 * **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 improvements are not available. See
[#31](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/31) for details.
78 * **Youtube improvements**:
79 * All Feeds (
`:ytfav`,
`:ytwatchlater`,
`:ytsubs`,
`:ythistory`,
`:ytrec`) and private playlists supports downloading multiple pages of content
80 * Search (
`ytsearch:`,
`ytsearchdate:`), search URLs and in-channel search works
81 * Mixes supports downloading multiple pages of content
82 * Most (but not all) age-gated content can be downloaded without cookies
83 * Partial workaround for throttling issue
84 * Redirect channel's home URL automatically to
`/video` to preserve the old behaviour
85 * `255kbps` audio is extracted (if available) from youtube music when premium cookies are given
86 * Youtube music Albums, channels etc can be downloaded (
[except self-uploaded music](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/723))
88 * **Cookies from browser**: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE]`
90 * **Split video by chapters**: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using
`--split-chapters`
92 * **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
94 * **Aria2c with HLS/DASH**: You can use
`aria2c` as the external downloader for DASH(mpd) and HLS(m3u8) formats
96 * **New extractors**: AnimeLab, Philo MSO, Spectrum MSO, SlingTV MSO, Cablevision MSO, RCN MSO, Rcs, Gedi, bitwave.tv, mildom, audius, zee5, mtv.it, wimtv, pluto.tv, niconico users, discoveryplus.in, mediathek, NFHSNetwork, nebula, ukcolumn, whowatch, MxplayerShow, parlview (au), YoutubeWebArchive, fancode, Saitosan, ShemarooMe, telemundo, VootSeries, SonyLIVSeries, HotstarSeries, VidioPremier, VidioLive, RCTIPlus, TBS Live, douyin, pornflip, ParamountPlusSeries, ScienceChannel, Utreon, OpenRec, BandcampMusic, blackboardcollaborate, eroprofile albums, mirrativ, BannedVideo, bilibili categories, Epicon, filmmodu, GabTV, HungamaAlbum, ManotoTV, Niconico search, Patreon User, peloton, ProjectVeritas, radiko, StarTV, tiktok user, Tokentube, voicy, TV2HuSeries, biliintl,
17live, NewgroundsUser, peertube channel/playlist, ZenYandex, CAM4, CGTN, damtomo, gotostage, Koo, Mediaite, Mediaklikk, MuseScore, nzherald, Olympics replay, radlive, SovietsCloset, Streamanity, Theta, Chingari, ciscowebex, Gettr, GoPro, N1, Theta, Veo, Vupload, NovaPlay
98 * **Fixed/improved extractors**: archive.org, roosterteeth.com, skyit, instagram, itv, SouthparkDe, spreaker, Vlive, akamai, ina, rumble, tennistv, amcnetworks, la7 podcasts, linuxacadamy, nitter, twitcasting, viu, crackle, curiositystream, mediasite, rmcdecouverte, sonyliv, tubi, tenplay, patreon, videa, yahoo, BravoTV, crunchyroll playlist, RTP, viki, Hotstar, vidio, vimeo, mediaset, Mxplayer, nbcolympics, ParamountPlus, Newgrounds, SAML Verizon login, Hungama, afreecatv, aljazeera, ATV, bitchute, camtube, CDA, eroprofile, facebook, HearThisAtIE, iwara, kakao, Motherless, Nova, peertube, pornhub, reddit, tiktok, TV2, TV2Hu, tv5mondeplus, VH1, Viafree, XHamster,
9Now, AnimalPlanet, Arte, CBC, Chingari, comedycentral, DIYNetwork, niconico, dw, funimation, globo, HiDive, NDR, Nuvid, Oreilly, pbs, plutotv, reddit, redtube, soundcloud, SpankBang, VrtNU, bbc, Bilibili, LinkedInLearning, parliamentlive, PolskieRadio, Streamable, vidme, francetv
100 * **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
102 * **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`)
104 * **Portable Configuration**: Configuration files are automatically loaded from the home and root directories. See [configuration](#configuration) for details
106 * **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`
108 * **Other new options**:
`--print`,
`--sleep-requests`,
`--convert-thumbnails`,
`--write-link`,
`--force-download-archive`,
`--force-overwrites`,
`--break-on-reject` etc
110 * **Improvements**: Regex and other operators in
`--match-filter`, multiple
`--postprocessor-args` and
`--downloader-args`, faster archive checking, more [format selection options](#format-selection) etc
112 * **Plugin extractors**: Extractors can be loaded from an external file. See [plugins](#plugins) for details
114 * **Self-updater**: The releases can be updated using
`yt-dlp -U`
117 See
[changelog](Changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commits) for the full list of changes
120 **PS**: Some of these changes are already in youtube-dlc, but are still unreleased. See [this](Changelog.md#unreleased-changes-in-blackjack4494yt-dlc) for details
122 If you are coming from
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl), the amount of changes are very large. Compare
[options](#options) and [supported sites](supportedsites.md) with youtube-dl's to get an idea of the massive number of features/patches [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) has accumulated.
124 ### Differences in default behavior
126 Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc.
128 * The options
`--id`,
`--auto-number` (
`-A`),
`--title` (
`-t`) and
`--literal` (
`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
129 * `avconv` is not supported as as an alternative to
`ffmpeg`
130 * 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`
131 * 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
132 * 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 prefered. Use
`-f bv+ba/b` or
`--compat-options format-spec` to revert this
133 * 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
134 * `--ignore-errors` is enabled by default. Use
`--abort-on-error` or
`--compat-options abort-on-error` to abort on errors instead
135 * 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
136 * `--add-metadata` attaches the
`infojson` to
`mkv` files in addition to writing the metadata when used with
`--write-infojson`. Use
`--compat-options no-attach-info-json` to revert this
137 * `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
138 * The output of
`-F` is listed in a new format. Use
`--compat-options list-formats` to revert this
139 * All *experiences* of a funimation episode are considered as a single video. This behavior breaks existing archives. Use
`--compat-options seperate-video-versions` to extract information from only the default player
140 * Youtube live chat (if available) is considered as a subtitle. Use
`--sub-langs all,-live_chat` to download all subtitles except live chat. You can also use
`--compat-options no-live-chat` to prevent live chat from downloading
141 * Youtube channel URLs are automatically redirected to
`/video`. Append a
`/featured` to the URL to download only the videos in the home page. If the channel does not have a videos tab, we try to download the equivalent
`UU` playlist instead. 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
142 * Unavailable videos are also listed for youtube playlists. Use
`--compat-options no-youtube-unavailable-videos` to remove this
143 * 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
144 * Thumbnail embedding in
`mp4` is done with mutagen if possible. Use
`--compat-options embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley` to force the use of AtomicParsley instead
145 * 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
146 * 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 seperate 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.
148 For ease of use, a few more compat options are available:
149 * `--compat-options all`: Use all compat options
150 * `--compat-options youtube-dl`: Same as
`--compat-options all,-multistreams`
151 * `--compat-options youtube-dlc`: Same as
`--compat-options all,-no-live-chat,-no-youtube-channel-redirect`
155 yt-dlp is not platform specific. So it should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS
157 You can install yt-dlp using one of the following methods:
158 * Download the binary from the
[latest release](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest)
159 * With Homebrew,
`brew install yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp`
160 * Use
[PyPI package](https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp):
`python3 -m pip install --upgrade yt-dlp`
161 * Use pip+git:
`python3 -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.git@release`
162 * Install master branch:
`python3 -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp`
164 Note that on some systems, you may need to use
`py` or
`python` instead of
`python3`
166 UNIX users (Linux, macOS, BSD) can also install the
[latest release](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest) one of the following ways:
169 sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
170 sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
174 sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
175 sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
179 sudo aria2c https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
180 sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
183 macOS or Linux users that are using Homebrew (formerly known as Linuxbrew for Linux users) can also install it by:
186 brew install yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp
190 You can use
`yt-dlp -U` to update if you are using the provided release.
191 If you are using
`pip`, simply re-run the same command that was used to install the program.
192 If you have installed using Homebrew, run
`brew upgrade yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp`
198 [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp)|Platform independant binary. Needs Python (Recommended for UNIX like OSes)
199 [yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows standalone x64 binary (Recommended for Windows)
200 [yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows standalone x86 (
32bit) binary
201 [yt-dlp_win.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win.zip)|Unpackaged windows executable
202 [yt-dlp_macos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)|MacOS standalone executable
203 [yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS executable
204 [yt-dlp_min.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows standalone x64 binary built with
`py2exe`. Does not contain
`pycryptodomex`, needs VC++
14
205 [yt-dlp.tar.gz](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.tar.gz)|Source tarball. Also contains manpages, completions, etc
206 [SHA2-512SUMS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/SHA2-512SUMS)|GNU-style SHA512 sums
207 [SHA2-256SUMS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/SHA2-256SUMS)|GNU-style SHA256 sums
210 Python versions
3.6+ (CPython and PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
212 <!-- Python
3.5+ uses VC++
14 and it is already embedded in the binary created
213 <!x-- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=
26999 --x>
214 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.
217 While all the other dependancies are optional,
`ffmpeg` and
`ffprobe` are highly recommended
218 * [**ffmpeg** and **ffprobe**](https://www.ffmpeg.org) - Required for
[merging seperate video and audio files](#format-selection) as well as for various [post-processing](#post-processing-options) tasks. Licence [depends on the build](https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html)
219 * [**mutagen**](https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen) - For embedding thumbnail in certain formats. Licenced under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen/blob/master/COPYING)
220 * [**pycryptodomex**](https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome) - For decrypting AES-
128 HLS streams and various other data. Licenced under
[BSD2](https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/master/LICENSE.rst)
221 * [**websockets**](https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets) - For downloading over websocket. Licenced under
[BSD3](https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/blob/main/LICENSE)
222 * [**keyring**](https://github.com/jaraco/keyring) - For decrypting cookies of chromium-based browsers on Linux. Licenced under
[MIT](https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/blob/main/LICENSE)
223 * [**AtomicParsley**](https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley) - For embedding thumbnail in mp4/m4a if mutagen is not present. Licenced under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley/blob/master/COPYING)
224 * [**rtmpdump**](http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu) - For downloading
`rtmp` streams. ffmpeg will be used as a fallback. Licenced under
[GPLv2+](http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu)
225 * [**mplayer**](http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html) or
[**mpv**](https://mpv.io) - For downloading
`rstp` streams. ffmpeg will be used as a fallback. Licenced under
[GPLv2+](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright)
226 * [**phantomjs**](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs) - Used in extractors where javascript needs to be run. Licenced under
[BSD3](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/blob/master/LICENSE.BSD)
227 * [**sponskrub**](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) - For using the now **deprecated**
[sponskrub options](#sponskrub-options). Licenced under [GPLv3+](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub/blob/master/LICENCE.md)
228 * Any external downloader that you want to use with
`--downloader`
230 To use or redistribute the dependencies, you must agree to their respective licensing terms.
232 The windows releases are already built with the python interpreter, mutagen, pycryptodomex and websockets included.
234 **Note**: There are some regressions in newer ffmpeg versions that causes various issues when used alongside yt-dlp. Since ffmpeg is such an important dependancy, we provide
[custom builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/wiki/Latest#latest-autobuilds) 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 specifc issues solved by these builds
240 To build the Windows executable, you must have pyinstaller (and optionally mutagen, pycryptodomex, websockets)
242 python3 -m pip install -U -r requirements.txt
244 Once you have all the necessary dependencies installed, just run
`py pyinst.py`. The executable will be built for the same architecture (
32/
64 bit) as the python used to build it.
246 You can also build the executable without any version info or metadata by using:
248 pyinstaller.exe yt_dlp\__main__.py --onefile --name yt-dlp
250 Note that pyinstaller
[does not support](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms) Python installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment
253 You will need the required build tools:
`python`,
`make` (GNU),
`pandoc`,
`zip`,
`pytest`
254 Then simply run
`make`. You can also run
`make yt-dlp` instead to compile only the binary without updating any of the additional files
256 **Note**: In either platform,
`devscripts\update-version.py` can be used to automatically update the version number
260 yt-dlp [OPTIONS] [--] URL [URL...]
262 `Ctrl+F` is your friend :D
263 <!-- Auto generated -->
266 -h, --help Print this help text and exit
267 --version Print program version and exit
268 -U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
269 sure that you have sufficient permissions
270 (run with sudo if needed)
271 -i, --ignore-errors Ignore download and postprocessing errors.
272 The download will be considered successfull
273 even if the postprocessing fails
274 --no-abort-on-error Continue with next video on download
275 errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in
277 --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
278 error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)
279 --dump-user-agent Display the current user-agent and exit
280 --list-extractors List all supported extractors and exit
281 --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
283 --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
285 --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
286 example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
287 from google videos for the search term
288 "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let
289 yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
290 warning when guessing). "error" just throws
291 an error. The default value "fixup_error"
292 repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
293 this is not possible instead of searching
294 --ignore-config, --no-config Disable loading any configuration files
295 except the one provided by --config-location.
296 When given inside a configuration
297 file, no further configuration files are
298 loaded. Additionally, (for backward
299 compatibility) if this option is found
300 inside the system configuration file, the
301 user configuration is not loaded
302 --config-location PATH Location of the main configuration file;
303 either the path to the config or its
305 --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
307 --no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
308 --mark-watched Mark videos watched (even with --simulate).
309 Currently only supported for YouTube
310 --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (default)
311 --no-colors Do not emit color codes in output
312 --compat-options OPTS Options that can help keep compatibility
313 with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc
314 configurations by reverting some of the
315 changes made in yt-dlp. See "Differences in
316 default behavior" for details
319 --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
320 To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
322 socks5://
127.0.0.1:
1080/. Pass in an empty
323 string (--proxy "") for direct connection
324 --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
325 --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
326 -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
327 -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
330 --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
331 some geo-restricted sites. The default
332 proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
333 option is not present) is used for the
335 --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
336 X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
337 --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
338 faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
339 --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
340 explicitly provided two-letter ISO
3166-
2
342 --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
343 explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
347 --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is
1)
348 --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
349 --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
350 indices of the videos in the playlist
351 separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
352 1,
2,
5,
8" if you want to download videos
353 indexed
1,
2,
5,
8 in the playlist. You can
354 specify range: "--playlist-items
355 1-
3,
7,
10-
13", it will download the videos
356 at index
1,
2,
3,
7,
10,
11,
12 and
13
357 --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
358 --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
359 SIZE (e.g.
50k or
44.6m)
360 --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
362 --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date.
363 The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
364 "(now|today)[+-][
0-
9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
365 --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
366 this date. The date formats accepted is the
368 --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
369 this date. The date formats accepted is the
371 --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Any field (see
372 "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a
373 number or a string using the operators
374 defined in "Filtering formats". You can
375 also simply specify a field to match if the
376 field is present and "!field" to check if
377 the field is not present. In addition,
378 Python style regular expression matching
379 can be done using "~=", and multiple
380 filters can be checked with "&". Use a "
\"
381 to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg:
382 --match-filter "!is_live & like_count>?
100
383 & description~='(?i)
\bcats \& dogs
\b'"
384 matches only videos that are not live, has
385 a like count more than
100 (or the like
386 field is not available), and also has a
387 description that contains the phrase "cats
388 & dogs" (ignoring case)
389 --no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
390 --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
391 to a video and a playlist
392 --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
393 a video and a playlist
394 --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
396 --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
397 archive file. Record the IDs of all
398 downloaded videos in it
399 --break-on-existing Stop the download process when encountering
400 a file that is in the archive
401 --break-on-reject Stop the download process when encountering
402 a file that has been filtered out
403 --skip-playlist-after-errors N Number of allowed failures until the rest
404 of the playlist is skipped
405 --no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
408 -N, --concurrent-fragments N Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative
409 video that should be download concurrently
411 -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
413 --throttled-rate RATE Minimum download rate in bytes per second
414 below which throttling is assumed and the
415 video data is re-extracted (e.g.
100K)
416 -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is
10), or
418 --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
419 is
10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
421 --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
422 hlsnative and ISM (default)
423 (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
424 --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
425 (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
426 --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
427 downloading is finished
428 --no-keep-fragments Delete downloaded fragments after
429 downloading is finished (default)
430 --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g.
1024 or
16K)
432 --resize-buffer The buffer size is automatically resized
433 from an initial value of --buffer-size
435 --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size
436 --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
437 downloading (e.g.
10485760 or
10M) (default
438 is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
439 bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
441 --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
442 --no-playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in default order
444 --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
445 --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
447 --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos;
448 allowing some players to play the video
449 while downloading, and reducing the chance
450 of file corruption if download is
451 interrupted. This is enabled by default for
453 --no-hls-use-mpegts Do not use the mpegts container for HLS
454 videos. This is default when not
455 downloading live streams
456 --downloader [PROTO:]NAME Name or path of the external downloader to
457 use (optionally) prefixed by the protocols
458 (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to
459 use it for. Currently supports native,
460 aria2c, avconv, axel, curl, ffmpeg, httpie,
461 wget (Recommended: aria2c). You can use
462 this option multiple times to set different
463 downloaders for different protocols. For
464 example, --downloader aria2c --downloader
465 "dash,m3u8:native" will use aria2c for
466 http/ftp downloads, and the native
467 downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads
468 (Alias: --external-downloader)
469 --downloader-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the external
470 downloader. Specify the downloader name and
471 the arguments separated by a colon ":". For
472 ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to
473 different positions using the same syntax
474 as --postprocessor-args. You can use this
475 option multiple times to give different
476 arguments to different downloaders
477 (Alias: --external-downloader-args)
479 ## Filesystem Options:
480 -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
481 stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
482 with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
484 --no-batch-file Do not read URLs from batch file (default)
485 -P, --paths [TYPES:]PATH The paths where the files should be
486 downloaded. Specify the type of file and
487 the path separated by a colon ":". All the
488 same types as --output are supported.
489 Additionally, you can also provide "home"
490 (default) and "temp" paths. All
491 intermediary files are first downloaded to
492 the temp path and then the final files are
493 moved over to the home path after download
494 is finished. This option is ignored if
495 --output is an absolute path
496 -o, --output [TYPES:]TEMPLATE Output filename template; see "OUTPUT
497 TEMPLATE" for details
498 --output-na-placeholder TEXT Placeholder value for unavailable meta
499 fields in output filename template
501 --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
502 characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
504 --no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
506 --windows-filenames Force filenames to be windows compatible
507 --no-windows-filenames Make filenames windows compatible only if
508 using windows (default)
509 --trim-filenames LENGTH Limit the filename length (excluding
510 extension) to the specified number of
512 -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite any files
513 --force-overwrites Overwrite all video and metadata files.
514 This option includes --no-continue
515 --no-force-overwrites Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite
516 related files (default)
517 -c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files/fragments
519 --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded
520 fragments. If the file is not fragmented,
521 restart download of the entire file
522 --part Use .part files instead of writing directly
523 into output file (default)
524 --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
526 --mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the
527 file modification time (default)
528 --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
529 the file modification time
530 --write-description Write video description to a .description
532 --no-write-description Do not write video description (default)
533 --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
534 (this may contain personal information)
535 --no-write-info-json Do not write video metadata (default)
536 --write-playlist-metafiles Write playlist metadata in addition to the
537 video metadata when using --write-info-json,
538 --write-description etc. (default)
539 --no-write-playlist-metafiles Do not write playlist metadata when using
540 --write-info-json, --write-description etc.
541 --clean-infojson Remove some private fields such as
542 filenames from the infojson. Note that it
543 could still contain some personal
544 information (default)
545 --no-clean-infojson Write all fields to the infojson
546 --write-comments Retrieve video comments to be placed in the
547 infojson. The comments are fetched even
548 without this option if the extraction is
549 known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)
550 --no-write-comments Do not retrieve video comments unless the
551 extraction is known to be quick
552 (Alias: --no-get-comments)
553 --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
554 (created with the "--write-info-json"
556 --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
558 --no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies from/to file
560 --cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE]
561 Load cookies from a user profile of the
562 given web browser. Currently supported
563 browsers are: brave, chrome, chromium,
564 edge, firefox, opera, safari, vivaldi. You
565 can specify the user profile name or
566 directory using "BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or
567 "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". If no profile is
568 given, the most recently accessed one is
570 --no-cookies-from-browser Do not load cookies from browser (default)
571 --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
572 can store some downloaded information (such
573 as client ids and signatures) permanently.
574 By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or
576 --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
577 --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
579 ## Thumbnail Options:
580 --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
581 --no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk
583 --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
584 --list-thumbnails List available thumbnails of each video.
585 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
587 ## Internet Shortcut Options:
588 --write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending
589 on the current platform (.url, .webloc or
590 .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS
591 --write-url-link Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The
592 OS caches the URL based on the file path
593 --write-webloc-link Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut
594 --write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut
596 ## Verbosity and Simulation Options:
597 -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode. If used with
598 --verbose, print the log to stderr
599 --no-warnings Ignore warnings
600 -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
602 --no-simulate Download the video even if printing/listing
604 --ignore-no-formats-error Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull
605 for extracting metadata even if the videos
606 are not actually available for download
608 --no-ignore-no-formats-error Throw error when no downloadable video
609 formats are found (default)
610 --skip-download Do not download the video but write all
611 related files (Alias: --no-download)
612 -O, --print TEMPLATE Quiet, but print the given fields for each
613 video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
614 used. Either a field name or same syntax as
615 the output template can be used
616 -j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
617 video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
618 used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
619 description of available keys
620 -J, --dump-single-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
621 url or infojson passed. Simulate unless
622 --no-simulate is used. If the URL refers to
623 a playlist, the whole playlist information
624 is dumped in a single line
625 --force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be
626 written as far as no errors occur, even if
627 -s or another simulation option is used
628 (Alias: --force-download-archive)
629 --newline Output progress bar as new lines
630 --no-progress Do not print progress bar
631 --progress Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode
632 --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
633 --progress-template [TYPES:]TEMPLATE
634 Template for progress outputs, optionally
635 prefixed with one of "download:" (default),
636 "download-title:" (the console title),
637 "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:".
638 The video's fields are accessible under the
639 "info" key and the progress attributes are
640 accessible under "progress" key. Eg:
641 --console-title --progress-template
642 "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"
643 -v, --verbose Print various debugging information
644 --dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
645 to debug problems (very verbose)
646 --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
647 files in the current directory to debug
649 --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
652 --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
653 --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
654 --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
655 information about the video (Currently
656 supported only for YouTube)
657 --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
658 --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
659 access is restricted to one domain
660 --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
661 separated by a colon ":". You can use this
662 option multiple times
663 --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
664 bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
665 or fribidi executable in PATH
666 --sleep-requests SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep between requests
667 during data extraction
668 --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
669 download. This is the minimum time to sleep
670 when used along with --max-sleep-interval
671 (Alias: --min-sleep-interval)
672 --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can
673 only be used along with --min-sleep-interval
674 --sleep-subtitles SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
677 ## Video Format Options:
678 -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION"
680 -S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
681 "Sorting Formats" for more details
682 --S-force, --format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
683 precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
684 Formats" for more details
685 --no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
686 specified sort order (default), see
687 "Sorting Formats" for more details
688 --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged
690 --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for
691 each output file (default)
692 --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged
694 --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for
695 each output file (default)
696 --prefer-free-formats Prefer video formats with free containers
697 over non-free ones of same quality. Use
698 with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free
699 containers irrespective of quality
700 --no-prefer-free-formats Don't give any special preference to free
702 --check-formats Check that the formats selected are
703 actually downloadable
704 --no-check-formats Do not check that the formats selected are
705 actually downloadable
706 -F, --list-formats List available formats of each video.
707 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
708 --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
709 bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
710 container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
711 webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
714 --write-subs Write subtitle file
715 --no-write-subs Do not write subtitle file (default)
716 --write-auto-subs Write automatically generated subtitle file
717 (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)
718 --no-write-auto-subs Do not write auto-generated subtitles
719 (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)
720 --list-subs List available subtitles of each video.
721 Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
722 --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
723 preference, for example: "srt" or
725 --sub-langs LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download (can
726 be regex) or "all" separated by commas.
727 (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) You can prefix
728 the language code with a "-" to exempt it
729 from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-
730 langs all,-live_chat) Use --list-subs for a
731 list of available language tags
733 ## Authentication Options:
734 -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
735 -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
736 out, yt-dlp will ask interactively
737 -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
738 -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
739 --netrc-location PATH Location of .netrc authentication data;
740 either the path or its containing
741 directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc
742 --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
743 --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
744 provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
745 a list of available MSOs
746 --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
747 --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
748 If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask
750 --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
753 ## Post-Processing Options:
754 -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
755 (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)
756 --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format to convert the audio
757 to when -x is used. Currently supported
758 formats are: best (default) or one of
759 best|aac|flac|mp3|m4a|opus|vorbis|wav
760 --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a
761 value between
0 (better) and
9 (worse) for
762 VBR or a specific bitrate like
128K
764 --remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
765 necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv|flv
766 |webm|mov|avi|mp3|mka|m4a|ogg|opus). If
767 target container does not support the
768 video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You
769 can specify multiple rules; Eg.
770 "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to
771 m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv.
772 --recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
773 re-encoding is necessary. The syntax and
774 supported formats are the same as --remux-video
775 --postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
776 Specify the postprocessor/executable name
777 and the arguments separated by a colon ":"
778 to give the argument to the specified
779 postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are:
780 Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters,
781 ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor,
782 Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail,
783 SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor,
784 FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8,
785 FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. The
786 supported executables are: AtomicParsley,
787 FFmpeg and FFprobe. You can also specify
788 "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the
789 specified executable only when being used
790 by the specified postprocessor.
791 Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, "_i"/"_o"
792 can be appended to the prefix optionally
793 followed by a number to pass the argument
794 before the specified input/output file. Eg:
795 --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". You can
796 use this option multiple times to give
797 different arguments to different
798 postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)
799 -k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
800 after post-processing
801 --no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
802 post-processing (default)
803 --post-overwrites Overwrite post-processed files (default)
804 --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files
805 --embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
807 --no-embed-subs Do not embed subtitles (default)
808 --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art
809 --no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
810 --embed-metadata Embed metadata to the video file. Also adds
811 chapters to file unless --no-add-chapters
812 is used (Alias: --add-metadata)
813 --no-embed-metadata Do not add metadata to file (default)
814 (Alias: --no-add-metadata)
815 --embed-chapters Add chapter markers to the video file
816 (Alias: --add-chapters)
817 --no-embed-chapters Do not add chapter markers (default)
818 (Alias: --no-add-chapters)
819 --parse-metadata FROM:TO Parse additional metadata like title/artist
820 from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA"
822 --replace-in-metadata FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
823 Replace text in a metadata field using the
824 given regex. This option can be used
826 --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
827 (using dublin core and xdg standards)
828 --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
829 file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
830 emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
831 default; fix file if we can, warn
832 otherwise), force (try fixing even if file
834 --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the
835 path to the binary or its containing
837 --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
838 downloading and post-processing. Same
839 syntax as the output template can be used
840 to pass any field as arguments to the
841 command. An additional field "filepath"
842 that contains the final path of the
843 downloaded file is also available. If no
844 fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended
845 to the end of the command. This option can
846 be used multiple times
847 --no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
848 --exec-before-download CMD Execute a command before the actual
849 download. The syntax is the same as --exec
850 but "filepath" is not available. This
851 option can be used multiple times
852 --no-exec-before-download Remove any previously defined
853 --exec-before-download
854 --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to another format
855 (currently supported: srt|vtt|ass|lrc)
856 (Alias: --convert-subtitles)
857 --convert-thumbnails FORMAT Convert the thumbnails to another format
858 (currently supported: jpg|png)
859 --split-chapters Split video into multiple files based on
860 internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix
861 can be used with "--paths" and "--output"
862 to set the output filename for the split
863 files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details
864 --no-split-chapters Do not split video based on chapters
866 --remove-chapters REGEX Remove chapters whose title matches the
867 given regular expression. Time ranges
868 prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place
869 of chapters to remove the specified range.
870 Eg: --remove-chapters "*
10:
15-
15:
00"
871 --remove-chapters "intro". This option can
872 be used multiple times
873 --no-remove-chapters Do not remove any chapters from the file
875 --force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes around the chapters before
876 removing/splitting them. Requires a
877 reencode and thus is very slow, but the
878 resulting video may have fewer artifacts
880 --no-force-keyframes-at-cuts Do not force keyframes around the chapters
881 when cutting/splitting (default)
882 --use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS] The (case sensitive) name of plugin
883 postprocessors to be enabled, and
884 (optionally) arguments to be passed to it,
885 seperated by a colon ":". ARGS are a
886 semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE.
887 The "when" argument determines when the
888 postprocessor is invoked. It can be one of
889 "pre_process" (after extraction),
890 "before_dl" (before video download),
891 "post_process" (after video download;
892 default) or "after_move" (after moving file
893 to their final locations). This option can
894 be used multiple times to add different
897 ## SponsorBlock Options:
898 Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor,
899 introductions, etc.) from downloaded YouTube videos using the
900 [SponsorBlock API](https://sponsor.ajay.app)
902 --sponsorblock-mark CATS SponsorBlock categories to create chapters
903 for, separated by commas. Available
904 categories are all, sponsor, intro, outro,
905 selfpromo, interaction, preview,
906 music_offtopic. You can prefix the category
907 with a "-" to exempt it. See
908 https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/index.php/Segment_Categories
909 for description of the categories. Eg:
910 --sponsorblock-query all,-preview
911 --sponsorblock-remove CATS SponsorBlock categories to be removed from
912 the video file, separated by commas. If a
913 category is present in both mark and
914 remove, remove takes precedence. The syntax
915 and available categories are the same as
916 for --sponsorblock-mark
917 --sponsorblock-chapter-title TEMPLATE
918 The title template for SponsorBlock
919 chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark.
920 The same syntax as the output template is
921 used, but the only available fields are
922 start_time, end_time, category, categories,
923 name, category_names. Defaults to
924 "[SponsorBlock]: %(category_names)l"
925 --no-sponsorblock Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and
926 --sponsorblock-remove
927 --sponsorblock-api URL SponsorBlock API location, defaults to
928 https://sponsor.ajay.app
930 ## Extractor Options:
931 --extractor-retries RETRIES Number of retries for known extractor
932 errors (default is
3), or "infinite"
933 --allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
934 (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
935 --ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
936 (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
937 --hls-split-discontinuity Split HLS playlists to different formats at
938 discontinuities such as ad breaks
939 --no-hls-split-discontinuity Do not split HLS playlists to different
940 formats at discontinuities such as ad
942 --extractor-args KEY:ARGS Pass these arguments to the extractor. See
943 "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. You can
944 use this option multiple times to give
945 arguments for different extractors
949 You can configure yt-dlp by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. The configuration is loaded from the following locations:
951 1. **Main Configuration**: The file given by
`--config-location`
952 1. **Portable Configuration**:
`yt-dlp.conf` in the same directory as the bundled binary. If you are running from source-code (
`<root dir>/yt_dlp/__main__.py`), the root directory is used instead.
953 1. **Home Configuration**:
`yt-dlp.conf` in the home path given by
`-P "home:<path>"`, or in the current directory if no such path is given
954 1. **User Configuration**:
955 * `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Linux/macOS)
956 * `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp.conf`
957 * `%APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Windows)
958 * `%APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config.txt`
960 * `~/yt-dlp.conf.txt`
962 `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%` defaults to
`~/.config` if undefined. On windows,
`~` points to %HOME% if present,
`%USERPROFILE%` (generally
`C:\Users\<user name>`) or
`%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%`.
963 1. **System Configuration**:
`/etc/yt-dlp.conf`
965 For example, 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:
967 # Lines starting with # are comments
969 # Always extract audio
972 # Do not copy the mtime
976 --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
978 # Save all videos under YouTube directory in your home directory
979 -o ~/YouTube/%(title)s.%(ext)s
982 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`.
984 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 user and system configurations. Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if
`--ignore-config` is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded.
986 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file
988 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:
991 chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
993 After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase:
995 machine <extractor> login <username> password <password>
999 machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
1000 machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
1002 To activate authentication with the
`.netrc` file you should pass
`--netrc` to yt-dlp or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
1004 The default location of the .netrc file is
`$HOME` (
`~`) in UNIX. On Windows, it is
`%HOME%` if present,
`%USERPROFILE%` (generally
`C:\Users\<user name>`) or
`%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%`
1008 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.
1010 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
1012 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).
1014 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). For example,
`%(NAME)s` or
`%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations.
1016 The field names themselves (the part inside the parenthesis) can also have some special formatting:
1017 1. **Object traversal**: The dictionaries and lists available in metadata can be traversed by using a
`.` (dot) separator. You can also do python slicing using
`:`. Eg:
`%(tags.0)s`,
`%(subtitles.en.-1.ext)s`,
`%(id.3:7:-1)s`,
`%(formats.:.format_id)s`.
`%()s` refers to the entire infodict. Note that all the fields that become available using this method are not listed below. Use
`-j` to see such fields
1018 1. **Addition**: Addition and subtraction of numeric fields can be done using
`+` and
`-` respectively. Eg:
`%(playlist_index+10)03d`,
`%(n_entries+1-playlist_index)d`
1019 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
`>`. Eg:
`%(duration>%H-%M-%S)s`,
`%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`,
`%(epoch-3600>%H-%M-%S)s`
1020 1. **Alternatives**: Alternate fields can be specified seperated with a
`,`. Eg:
`%(release_date>%Y,upload_date>%Y|Unknown)s`
1021 1. **Default**: A literal default value can be specified for when the field is empty using a
`|` seperator. This overrides
`--output-na-template`. Eg:
`%(uploader|Unknown)s`
1022 1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types
`diouxXeEfFgGcrs`,
`B`,
`j`,
`l`,
`q` can be used for converting to **B**ytes, **j**son, a comma seperated **l**ist (alternate form flag
`#` makes it new line
`\n` seperated) and a string **q**uoted for the terminal, respectively
1023 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. Eg:
`%(title)+.100U` is NFKC
1025 To summarize, the general syntax for a field is:
1027 %(name[.keys][addition][>strf][,alternate][|default])[flags][width][.precision][length]type
1030 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`,
`pl_thumbnail`,
`pl_description`,
`pl_infojson`,
`chapter`. For example,
`-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 (except default) is empty, that type of file will not be written. Eg:
`--write-thumbnail -o "thumbnail:"` will write thumbnails only for playlists and not for video.
1032 The available fields are:
1034 - `id` (string): Video identifier
1035 - `title` (string): Video title
1036 - `url` (string): Video URL
1037 - `ext` (string): Video filename extension
1038 - `alt_title` (string): A secondary title of the video
1039 - `description` (string): The description of the video
1040 - `display_id` (string): An alternative identifier for the video
1041 - `uploader` (string): Full name of the video uploader
1042 - `license` (string): License name the video is licensed under
1043 - `creator` (string): The creator of the video
1044 - `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
1045 - `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
1046 - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
1047 - `release_timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was released
1048 - `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
1049 - `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
1050 - `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
1051 - `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
1052 - `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
1053 - `duration_string` (string): Length of the video (HH:mm:ss)
1054 - `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
1055 - `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
1056 - `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
1057 - `repost_count` (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
1058 - `average_rating` (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
1059 - `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)
1060 - `age_limit` (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
1061 - `live_status` (string): One of 'is_live', 'was_live', 'is_upcoming', 'not_live'
1062 - `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
1063 - `was_live` (boolean): Whether this video was originally a live stream
1064 - `playable_in_embed` (string): Whether this video is allowed to play in embedded players on other sites
1065 - `availability` (string): Whether the video is 'private', 'premium_only', 'subscriber_only', 'needs_auth', 'unlisted' or 'public'
1066 - `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
1067 - `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
1068 - `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
1069 - `format_id` (string): Format code specified by
`--format`
1070 - `format_note` (string): Additional info about the format
1071 - `width` (numeric): Width of the video
1072 - `height` (numeric): Height of the video
1073 - `resolution` (string): Textual description of width and height
1074 - `tbr` (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
1075 - `abr` (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
1076 - `acodec` (string): Name of the audio codec in use
1077 - `asr` (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
1078 - `vbr` (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
1079 - `fps` (numeric): Frame rate
1080 - `dynamic_range` (string): The dynamic range of the video
1081 - `vcodec` (string): Name of the video codec in use
1082 - `container` (string): Name of the container format
1083 - `filesize` (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
1084 - `filesize_approx` (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
1085 - `protocol` (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual download
1086 - `extractor` (string): Name of the extractor
1087 - `extractor_key` (string): Key name of the extractor
1088 - `epoch` (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
1089 - `autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each download, starting at
`--autonumber-start`
1090 - `n_entries` (numeric): Total number of extracted items in the playlist
1091 - `playlist` (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
1092 - `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according the final index
1093 - `playlist_autonumber` (numeric): Position of the video in the playlist download queue padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
1094 - `playlist_id` (string): Playlist identifier
1095 - `playlist_title` (string): Playlist title
1096 - `playlist_uploader` (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
1097 - `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
1098 - `webpage_url` (string): A URL to the video webpage which if given to yt-dlp should allow to get the same result again
1099 - `original_url` (string): The URL given by the user (or same as
`webpage_url` for playlist entries)
1101 Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
1103 - `chapter` (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
1104 - `chapter_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
1105 - `chapter_id` (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
1107 Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
1109 - `series` (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
1110 - `season` (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
1111 - `season_number` (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to
1112 - `season_id` (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
1113 - `episode` (string): Title of the video episode
1114 - `episode_number` (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season
1115 - `episode_id` (string): Id of the video episode
1117 Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
1119 - `track` (string): Title of the track
1120 - `track_number` (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc
1121 - `track_id` (string): Id of the track
1122 - `artist` (string): Artist(s) of the track
1123 - `genre` (string): Genre(s) of the track
1124 - `album` (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
1125 - `album_type` (string): Type of the album
1126 - `album_artist` (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
1127 - `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
1128 - `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
1130 Available for
`chapter:` prefix when using
`--split-chapters` for videos with internal chapters:
1132 - `section_title` (string): Title of the chapter
1133 - `section_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter within the file
1134 - `section_start` (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds
1135 - `section_end` (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds
1137 Available only when used in
`--print`:
1139 - `urls` (string): The URLs of all requested formats, one in each line
1140 - `filename` (string): Name of the video file. Note that the actual filename may be different due to post-processing. Use
`--exec echo` to get the name after all postprocessing is complete
1142 Available only in
`--sponsorblock-chapter-title`:
1144 - `start_time` (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds
1145 - `end_time` (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds
1146 - `categories` (list): The SponsorBlock categories the chapter belongs to
1147 - `category` (string): The smallest SponsorBlock category the chapter belongs to
1148 - `category_names` (list): Friendly names of the categories
1149 - `name` (string): Friendly name of the smallest category
1151 Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor. Such sequences will be replaced with placeholder value provided with
`--output-na-placeholder` (
`NA` by default).
1153 For example 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.
1155 For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for example,
`%(view_count)05d` will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up to
5 characters, like in
`00042`.
1157 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.
1159 To use percent literals in an output template use
`%%`. To output to stdout use
`-o -`.
1161 The current default template is
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`.
1163 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:
1165 #### Output template and Windows batch files
1167 If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you must escape plain percent characters (
`%`) by doubling, so that
`-o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"` should become
`-o "%%(title)s-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"`. However you should not touch
`%`'s that are not plain characters, e.g. environment variables for expansion should stay intact:
`-o "C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"`.
1169 #### Output template examples
1171 Note that on Windows you need to use double quotes instead of single.
1174 $ yt-dlp --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc
1175 youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
1177 $ yt-dlp --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
1178 youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
1180 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
1181 $ yt-dlp -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
1183 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directories according to their uploaded year
1184 $ yt-dlp -o '%(upload_date>%Y)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
1186 # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
1187 $ yt-dlp -o '%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
1189 # Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
1190 $ 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/
1192 # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
1193 $ 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
1195 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
1196 $ yt-dlp -o - BaW_jenozKc
1201 By default, yt-dlp tries to download the best available quality if you **don't** pass any options.
1202 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`.
1204 **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.
1206 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.
1208 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
1210 The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with
`-f 22` you can download the format with format code equal to
22. You can get the list of available format codes for particular video using
`--list-formats` or
`-F`. Note that these format codes are extractor specific.
1212 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.
1214 You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
1216 - `all`: Select all formats
1217 - `mergeall`: Select and merge all formats (Must be used with
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--video-multistreams` or both)
1218 - `b*`,
`best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio
1219 - `w*`,
`worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio
1220 - `b`,
`best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
1221 - `w`,
`worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
1222 - `bv`,
`bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec=none]`
1223 - `wv`,
`worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec=none]`
1224 - `bv*`,
`bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none]`
1225 - `wv*`,
`worstvideo*`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none]`
1226 - `ba`,
`bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec=none]`
1227 - `wa`,
`worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec=none]`
1228 - `ba*`,
`bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec!=none]`
1229 - `wa*`,
`worstaudio*`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec!=none]`
1231 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
`-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps` instead of
`-f worst`. See [sorting formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
1233 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.
1235 If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example
`-f 22/17/18` will download format
22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
1237 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`.
1239 You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using
`-f <format1>+<format2>+...` (requires ffmpeg installed), for example
`-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg.
1241 **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
1243 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. For example,
`-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 and merge both formats while
`-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams` will ignore
`best` and download only
`bestaudio`.
1245 ## Filtering Formats
1247 You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in
`-f "best[height=720]"` (or
`-f "[filesize>10M]"`).
1249 The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons
`<`,
`<=`,
`>`,
`>=`,
`=` (equals),
`!=` (not equals):
1251 - `filesize`: The number of bytes, if known in advance
1252 - `width`: Width of the video, if known
1253 - `height`: Height of the video, if known
1254 - `tbr`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
1255 - `abr`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
1256 - `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
1257 - `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
1260 Also filtering work for comparisons
`=` (equals),
`^=` (starts with),
`$=` (ends with),
`*=` (contains) and following string meta fields:
1262 - `ext`: File extension
1263 - `acodec`: Name of the audio codec in use
1264 - `vcodec`: Name of the video codec in use
1265 - `container`: Name of the container format
1266 - `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`)
1267 - `format_id`: A short description of the format
1268 - `language`: Language code
1270 Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation
`!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g.
`!*=` (does not contain).
1272 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.
1274 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. For example,
`-f "all[vcodec=none]"` selects all audio-only formats.
1276 Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than
480 you can use
`-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.
1280 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...`.
1282 The available fields are:
1284 - `hasvid`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
1285 - `hasaud`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
1286 - `ie_pref`: The format preference as given by the extractor
1287 - `lang`: Language preference as given by the extractor
1288 - `quality`: The quality of the format as given by the extractor
1289 - `source`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
1290 - `proto`: Protocol used for download (
`https`/
`ftps` >
`http`/
`ftp` >
`m3u8_native`/
`m3u8` >
`http_dash_segments`>
`websocket_frag` > other >
`mms`/
`rtsp` > unknown >
`f4f`/
`f4m`)
1291 - `vcodec`: Video Codec (
`av01` >
`vp9.2` >
`vp9` >
`h265` >
`h264` >
`vp8` >
`h263` >
`theora` > other > unknown)
1292 - `acodec`: Audio Codec (
`opus` >
`vorbis` >
`aac` >
`mp4a` >
`mp3` >
`ac3` >
`dts` > other > unknown)
1293 - `codec`: Equivalent to
`vcodec,acodec`
1294 - `vext`: Video Extension (
`mp4` >
`webm` >
`flv` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used,
`webm` is prefered.
1295 - `aext`: Audio Extension (
`m4a` >
`aac` >
`mp3` >
`ogg` >
`opus` >
`webm` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used, the order changes to
`opus` >
`ogg` >
`webm` >
`m4a` >
`mp3` >
`aac`.
1296 - `ext`: Equivalent to
`vext,aext`
1297 - `filesize`: Exact filesize, if know in advance. This will be unavailable for mu38 and DASH formats.
1298 - `fs_approx`: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests
1299 - `size`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
1300 - `height`: Height of video
1301 - `width`: Width of video
1302 - `res`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
1303 - `fps`: Framerate of video
1304 - `hdr`: The dynamic range of the video (
`DV` >
`HDR12` >
`HDR10+` >
`HDR10` >
`SDR`)
1305 - `tbr`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
1306 - `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
1307 - `abr`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
1308 - `br`: Equivalent to using
`tbr,vbr,abr`
1309 - `asr`: Audio sample rate in Hz
1311 **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.
1313 All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in descending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a
`+`. Eg:
`+res` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a preferred value for the fields, separated by a
`:`. Eg:
`res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than
720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than
720p. For
`codec` and
`ext`, you can provide two preferred values, the first for video and the second for audio. Eg:
`+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to
`+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to
`h264` >
`h265` >
`vp9` >
`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. Eg:
`filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to
1 GiB.
1315 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,codec:vp9.2,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id`. The extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
1317 Note that the default has
`codec:vp9.2`; i.e.
`av1` is not prefered. Similarly, the default for hdr is
`hdr:12`; i.e. dolby vision is not prefered. 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.
1319 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`.
1321 **Tip**: You can use the
`-v -F` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
1323 ## Format Selection examples
1325 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
1328 # Download and merge the best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
1329 # or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
1330 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv+ba/b'
1332 # Download best format that contains video,
1333 # and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
1334 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv*+ba/b'
1339 # Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
1340 # For this case, an output template should be used since
1341 # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
1342 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
1344 # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
1345 # and all audio-only formats into one file
1346 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]' --audio-multistreams
1348 # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
1349 # and the best 2 audio-only formats into one file
1350 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv*+ba+ba.2' --audio-multistreams
1353 # The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection
1354 # and how to use -S to achieve a similar but (generally) better result
1356 # Download the worst video available (old method)
1357 $ yt-dlp -f 'wv*+wa/w'
1359 # Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
1362 # Download the smallest video available
1363 $ yt-dlp -S '+size,+br'
1367 # Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
1368 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b'
1370 # Download the best video with the best extension
1371 # (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
1376 # Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
1377 # or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
1378 $ yt-dlp -f 'bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w'
1380 # Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
1381 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
1382 $ yt-dlp -S 'height:480'
1384 # Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
1385 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
1386 # Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
1387 # So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
1388 $ yt-dlp -S 'res:480'
1392 # Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
1393 # or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
1394 $ yt-dlp -f 'b[filesize<50M] / w'
1396 # Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
1397 # or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
1398 $ yt-dlp -f 'b' -S 'filesize:50M'
1400 # Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
1401 $ yt-dlp -f 'b' -S 'filesize~50M'
1405 # Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
1406 # or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
1407 $ yt-dlp -f '(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)'
1409 # Download best video available via the best protocol
1410 # (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
1415 # Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
1416 $ yt-dlp -f '(bv*+ba/b)[vcodec^=avc1] / (bv*+ba/b)'
1418 # Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
1419 # or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
1420 $ yt-dlp -S 'codec:h264'
1422 # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
1423 # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
1424 $ yt-dlp -S '+codec:h264'
1428 # More complex examples
1430 # Download the best video no better than 720p preferring framerate greater than 30,
1431 # or the worst video (still preferring framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
1432 $ yt-dlp -f '((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)'
1434 # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
1435 # or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
1436 # preferring larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
1437 $ yt-dlp -S 'res:720,fps'
1441 # Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
1442 # or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
1443 # preferring better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
1444 $ yt-dlp -S '+res:480,codec,br'
1447 # MODIFYING METADATA
1449 The metadata obtained the the extractors can be modified by using
`--parse-metadata` and
`--replace-in-metadata`
1451 `--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.
1453 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 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.
1455 Note that any field created by this can be used in the [output template](#output-template) and will also affect the media file's metadata added when using
`--add-metadata`.
1457 This option also has a few special uses:
1458 * 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. Eg:
`--parse-metadata "description:(?P<additional_urls>https?://www\.vimeo\.com/\d+)` will download the first vimeo video found in the description
1459 * 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. For example, you can use this to set a different "description" and "synopsis". Any value set to the
`meta_` field will overwrite all default values.
1461 For reference, these are the fields yt-dlp adds by default to the file metadata:
1463 Metadata fields|From
1465 `title`|
`track` or
`title`
1466 `date`|
`upload_date`
1467 `description`,
`synopsis`|
`description`
1468 `purl`,
`comment`|
`webpage_url`
1469 `track`|
`track_number`
1470 `artist`|
`artist`,
`creator`,
`uploader` or
`uploader_id`
1473 `album_artist`|
`album_artist`
1474 `disc`|
`disc_number`
1476 `season_number`|
`season_number`
1477 `episode_id`|
`episode` or
`episode_id`
1478 `episode_sort`|
`episode_number`
1479 `language` of each stream|From the format's
`language`
1480 **Note**: The file format may not support some of these fields
1483 ## Modifying metadata examples
1485 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
1488 # Interpret the title as "Artist - Title"
1489 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata 'title:%(artist)s - %(title)s'
1492 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata 'description:Artist - (?P<artist>.+)'
1494 # Set title as "Series name S01E05"
1495 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata '%(series)s S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d:%(title)s'
1497 # Set "comment" field in video metadata using description instead of webpage_url
1498 $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata 'description:(?s)(?P<meta_comment>.+)' --add-metadata
1500 # Replace all spaces and "_" in title and uploader with a `-`
1501 $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata 'title,uploader' '[ _]' '-'
1505 # EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS
1507 Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using
`--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`.
`ARGS` is a
`;` (semicolon) seperated string of
`ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. Eg:
`--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=android_agegate,web;include_live_dash" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
1509 The following extractors use this feature:
1511 * `skip`:
`hls` or
`dash` (or both) to skip download of the respective manifests
1512 * `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are
`web`,
`android`,
`ios`,
`mweb`. These also have
`_music`,
`_embedded`,
`_agegate`, and
`_creator` variants (Eg:
`web_embedded`) (
`mweb` has only
`_agegate`). By default,
`android,web` is used, but the agegate and creator variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly the music variants are added for
`music.youtube.com` urls. You can also use
`all` to use all the clients
1513 * `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
1514 * `include_live_dash`: Include live dash formats (These formats don't download properly)
1515 * `comment_sort`:
`top` or
`new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side).
1516 * `max_comments`: Maximum amount of comments to download (default all).
1517 * `max_comment_depth`: Maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths
1 or
2 (default).
1519 (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
1520 * `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)
1523 * `language`: Languages to extract. Eg:
`funimation:language=english,japanese`
1524 * `version`: The video version to extract -
`uncut` or
`simulcast`
1527 * `video_types`: Types of videos to download - one or more of
`episodes`,
`movies`,
`clips`,
`trailers`
1529 NOTE: These options may be changed/removed in the future without concern for backward compatibility
1534 Plugins are loaded from
`<root-dir>/ytdlp_plugins/<type>/__init__.py`; where
`<root-dir>` is the directory of the binary (
`<root-dir>/yt-dlp`), or the root directory of the module if you are running directly from source-code (
`<root dir>/yt_dlp/__main__.py`). Plugins are currently not supported for the
`pip` version
1536 Plugins can be of
`<type>`s
`extractor` or
`postprocessor`. Extractor plugins do not need to be enabled from the CLI and are automatically invoked when the input URL is suitable for it. Postprocessor plugins can be invoked using
`--use-postprocessor NAME`.
1538 See [ytdlp_plugins](ytdlp_plugins) for example plugins.
1540 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
1542 If you are a plugin author, add
[ytdlp-plugins](https://github.com/topics/ytdlp-plugins) as a topic to your repository for discoverability
1548 yt-dlp makes the best effort to be a good command-line program, and thus should be callable from any programming language.
1550 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.
1552 From a Python program, you can embed yt-dlp in a more powerful fashion, like this:
1558 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1559 ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
1562 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#L154-L452).
1564 Here's a more complete example of a program that outputs only errors (and a short message after the download is finished), converts the video to an mp3 file, implements a custom postprocessor and prints the final info_dict as json:
1570 from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor
1574 def debug(self, msg):
1575 # For compatability with youtube-dl, both debug and info are passed into debug
1576 # You can distinguish them by the prefix '[debug] '
1577 if msg.startswith('[debug] '):
1582 def info(self, msg):
1585 def warning(self, msg):
1588 def error(self, msg):
1592 class MyCustomPP(PostProcessor):
1593 def run(self, info):
1594 self.to_screen('Doing stuff')
1599 if d['status'] == 'finished':
1600 print('Done downloading, now converting ...')
1604 'format': 'bestaudio/best',
1605 'postprocessors': [{
1606 'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
1607 'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
1608 'preferredquality': '192',
1610 'logger': MyLogger(),
1611 'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
1614 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
1615 ydl.add_post_processor(MyCustomPP())
1616 info = ydl.extract_info('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc')
1617 print(json.dumps(ydl.sanitize_info(info)))
1620 See the public functions in [
`yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py`](yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py) for other available functions. Eg:
`ydl.download`,
`ydl.download_with_info_file`
1623 # DEPRECATED OPTIONS
1625 These are all the deprecated options and the current alternative to achieve the same effect
1627 #### Redundant options
1628 While these options are redundant, they are still expected to be used due to their ease of use
1630 --get-description --print description
1631 --get-duration --print duration_string
1632 --get-filename --print filename
1633 --get-format --print format
1635 --get-thumbnail --print thumbnail
1636 -e, --get-title --print title
1637 -g, --get-url --print urls
1638 -j, --dump-json --print "%()j"
1639 --match-title REGEX --match-filter "title ~= (?i)REGEX"
1640 --reject-title REGEX --match-filter "title !~= (?i)REGEX"
1641 --min-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count >=? COUNT"
1642 --max-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count <=? COUNT"
1645 #### Not recommended
1646 While these options still work, their use is not recommended since there are other alternatives to achieve the same
1648 --all-formats -f all
1649 --all-subs --sub-langs all --write-subs
1650 --print-json -j --no-simulate
1651 --autonumber-size NUMBER Use string formatting. Eg: %(autonumber)
03d
1652 --autonumber-start NUMBER Use internal field formatting like %(autonumber+NUMBER)s
1653 --metadata-from-title FORMAT --parse-metadata "%(title)s:FORMAT"
1654 --hls-prefer-native --downloader "m3u8:native"
1655 --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --downloader "m3u8:ffmpeg"
1656 --list-formats-old --compat-options list-formats (Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)
1657 --list-formats-as-table --compat-options -list-formats [Default] (Alias: --no-list-formats-old)
1658 --youtube-skip-dash-manifest --extractor-args "youtube:skip=dash" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
1659 --youtube-skip-hls-manifest --extractor-args "youtube:skip=hls" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
1660 --youtube-include-dash-manifest Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
1661 --youtube-include-hls-manifest Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
1664 #### Developer options
1665 These options are not intended to be used by the end-user
1667 --test Download only part of video for testing extractors
1668 --youtube-print-sig-code For testing youtube signatures
1669 --allow-unplayable-formats List unplayable formats also
1670 --no-allow-unplayable-formats Default
1674 These are aliases that are no longer documented for various reasons
1676 --avconv-location --ffmpeg-location
1677 --cn-verification-proxy URL --geo-verification-proxy URL
1678 --dump-headers --print-traffic
1679 --dump-intermediate-pages --dump-pages
1680 --force-write-download-archive --force-write-archive
1681 --load-info --load-info-json
1682 --no-split-tracks --no-split-chapters
1683 --no-write-srt --no-write-subs
1684 --prefer-unsecure --prefer-insecure
1685 --rate-limit RATE --limit-rate RATE
1686 --split-tracks --split-chapters
1687 --srt-lang LANGS --sub-langs LANGS
1688 --trim-file-names LENGTH --trim-filenames LENGTH
1689 --write-srt --write-subs
1690 --yes-overwrites --force-overwrites
1692 #### Sponskrub Options
1693 Support for
[SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) has been deprecated in favor of
`--sponsorblock`
1695 --sponskrub --sponsorblock-mark all
1696 --no-sponskrub --no-sponsorblock
1697 --sponskrub-cut --sponsorblock-remove all
1698 --no-sponskrub-cut --sponsorblock-remove -all
1699 --sponskrub-force Not applicable
1700 --no-sponskrub-force Not applicable
1701 --sponskrub-location Not applicable
1702 --sponskrub-args Not applicable
1704 #### No longer supported
1705 These options may no longer work as intended
1707 --prefer-avconv avconv is not officially supported by yt-dlp (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
1708 --prefer-ffmpeg Default (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv)
1709 -C, --call-home Not implemented
1710 --no-call-home Default
1711 --include-ads No longer supported
1712 --no-include-ads Default
1713 --write-annotations No supported site has annotations now
1714 --no-write-annotations Default
1717 These options were deprecated since
2014 and have now been entirely removed
1719 --id -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s"
1720 -A, --auto-number -o "%(autonumber)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
1721 -t, --title -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
1722 -l, --literal -o accepts literal names
1725 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)
1728 For FAQ see the
[youtube-dl README](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#faq)
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