11 from .compat
import compat_expanduser
12 from .cookies
import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
13 from .downloader
.external
import list_external_downloaders
14 from .postprocessor
import (
17 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
,
18 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
,
22 from .postprocessor
.modify_chapters
import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
23 from .update
import UPDATE_SOURCES
, detect_variant
, is_non_updateable
32 get_system_config_dirs
,
35 orderedSet_from_options
,
39 from .version
import CHANNEL
, __version__
42 def parseOpts(overrideArguments
=None, ignore_config_files
='if_override'):
43 PACKAGE_NAME
= 'yt-dlp'
45 root
= Config(create_parser())
46 if ignore_config_files
== 'if_override':
47 ignore_config_files
= overrideArguments
is not None
49 def read_config(*paths
):
50 path
= os
.path
.join(*paths
)
51 conf
= Config
.read_file(path
, default
=None)
55 def _load_from_config_dirs(config_dirs
):
56 for config_dir
in config_dirs
:
57 head
, tail
= os
.path
.split(config_dir
)
58 assert tail
== PACKAGE_NAME
or config_dir
== os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), f
'.{PACKAGE_NAME}')
60 yield read_config(head
, f
'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf')
61 if tail
.startswith('.'): # ~/.PACKAGE_NAME
62 yield read_config(head
, f
'{PACKAGE_NAME}.conf.txt')
63 yield read_config(config_dir
, 'config')
64 yield read_config(config_dir
, 'config.txt')
66 def add_config(label
, path
=None, func
=None):
67 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
68 if root
.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig
:
72 args
, current_path
= next(
73 filter(None, _load_from_config_dirs(func(PACKAGE_NAME
))), (None, None))
75 current_path
= os
.path
.join(path
, 'yt-dlp.conf')
76 args
= Config
.read_file(current_path
, default
=None)
78 root
.append_config(args
, current_path
, label
=label
)
82 yield not ignore_config_files
83 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
84 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root
.parse_known_args()[0].paths
.get('home', '')).strip())
85 yield add_config('User', func
=get_user_config_dirs
)
86 yield add_config('System', func
=get_system_config_dirs
)
88 opts
= optparse
.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False}
)
91 if overrideArguments
is not None:
92 root
.append_config(overrideArguments
, label
='Override')
94 root
.append_config(sys
.argv
[1:], label
='Command-line')
95 loaded_all_configs
= all(load_configs())
96 except ValueError as err
:
97 raise root
.parser
.error(err
)
99 if loaded_all_configs
:
100 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
101 # the user configuration is removed
102 if root
.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig
:
103 user_conf
= next((i
for i
, conf
in enumerate(root
.configs
) if conf
.label
== 'User'), None)
104 if user_conf
is not None:
105 root
.configs
.pop(user_conf
)
108 root
.configs
[0].load_configs() # Resolve any aliases using --config-location
109 except ValueError as err
:
110 raise root
.parser
.error(err
)
112 opts
, args
= root
.parse_args()
113 except optparse
.OptParseError
:
114 with contextlib
.suppress(optparse
.OptParseError
):
115 opts
, _
= root
.parse_known_args(strict
=False)
117 except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
121 verbose
= opts
.verbose
and f
'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:]
123 write_string(f
'{verbose}\n')
127 root
.parser
.print_help()
130 return root
.parser
, opts
, args
133 class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse
.IndentedHelpFormatter
):
135 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
136 max_width
= shutil
.get_terminal_size().columns
or 80
137 # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
138 super().__init
__(width
=max_width
, max_help_position
=int(0.45 * max_width
))
141 def format_option_strings(option
):
142 """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
143 opts
= join_nonempty(
144 option
._short
_opts
and option
._short
_opts
[0],
145 option
._long
_opts
and option
._long
_opts
[0],
147 if option
.takes_value():
148 opts
+= f
' {option.metavar}'
152 class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse
.OptionParser
):
153 # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
154 ALIAS_DEST
= '_triggered_aliases'
155 ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT
= 100
159 prog
='yt-dlp' if detect_variant() == 'source' else None,
161 usage
='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
162 epilog
='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
163 formatter
=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
164 conflict_handler
='resolve',
166 self
.set_default(self
.ALIAS_DEST
, collections
.defaultdict(int))
168 _UNKNOWN_OPTION
= (optparse
.BadOptionError
, optparse
.AmbiguousOptionError
)
169 _BAD_OPTION
= optparse
.OptionValueError
171 def parse_known_args(self
, args
=None, values
=None, strict
=True):
172 """Same as parse_args, but ignore unknown switches. Similar to argparse.parse_known_args"""
173 self
.rargs
, self
.largs
= self
._get
_args
(args
), []
174 self
.values
= values
or self
.get_default_values()
181 elif arg
.startswith('--'):
182 self
._process
_long
_opt
(self
.rargs
, self
.values
)
183 elif arg
.startswith('-') and arg
!= '-':
184 self
._process
_short
_opts
(self
.rargs
, self
.values
)
185 elif self
.allow_interspersed_args
:
186 self
.largs
.append(self
.rargs
.pop(0))
189 except optparse
.OptParseError
as err
:
190 if isinstance(err
, self
._UNKNOWN
_OPTION
):
191 self
.largs
.append(err
.opt_str
)
193 if isinstance(err
, self
._BAD
_OPTION
):
196 return self
.check_values(self
.values
, self
.largs
)
198 def error(self
, msg
):
199 msg
= f
'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
200 raise optparse
.OptParseError(f
'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self
.usage
else msg
)
202 def _get_args(self
, args
):
203 return sys
.argv
[1:] if args
is None else list(args
)
205 def _match_long_opt(self
, opt
):
206 """Improve ambiguous argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
208 return super()._match
_long
_opt
(opt
)
209 except optparse
.AmbiguousOptionError
as e
:
210 if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}
) == 1:
211 return e
.possibilities
[0]
216 def _list_from_options_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, append
=True, delim
=',', process
=str.strip
):
217 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
218 current
= list(getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)) if append
else []
219 value
= list(filter(None, [process(value
)] if delim
is None else map(process
, value
.split(delim
))))
221 parser
.values
, option
.dest
,
222 current
+ value
if append
is True else value
+ current
)
224 def _set_from_options_callback(
225 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, allowed_values
, delim
=',', aliases
={},
226 process
=lambda x
: x
.lower().strip()):
227 values
= [process(value
)] if delim
is None else map(process
, value
.split(delim
))
229 requested
= orderedSet_from_options(values
, collections
.ChainMap(aliases
, {'all': allowed_values}
),
230 start
=getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
))
231 except ValueError as e
:
232 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {e.args[0]}')
234 setattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
, set(requested
))
236 def _dict_from_options_callback(
237 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
,
238 allowed_keys
=r
'[\w-]+', delimiter
=':', default_key
=None, process
=None, multiple_keys
=True,
239 process_key
=str.lower
, append
=False):
241 out_dict
= dict(getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
))
242 multiple_args
= not isinstance(value
, str)
244 allowed_keys
= fr
'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
246 fr
'(?is)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
247 value
[0] if multiple_args
else value
)
249 keys
, val
= mobj
.group('keys').split(','), mobj
.group('val')
251 val
= [val
, *value
[1:]]
252 elif default_key
is not None:
253 keys
, val
= [default_key
], value
255 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(
256 f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
258 keys
= map(process_key
, keys
) if process_key
else keys
259 val
= process(val
) if process
else val
260 except Exception as err
:
261 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
263 out_dict
[key
] = out_dict
.get(key
, []) + [val
] if append
else val
264 setattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
, out_dict
)
266 def when_prefix(default
):
270 'action': 'callback',
271 'callback': _dict_from_options_callback
,
273 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, POSTPROCESS_WHEN
)),
274 'default_key': default
,
275 'multiple_keys': False,
280 parser
= _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
281 alias_group
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Aliases')
282 Formatter
= string
.Formatter()
284 def _create_alias(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
):
285 aliases
, opts
= value
287 nargs
= len({i
if f
== '' else f
288 for i
, (_
, f
, _
, _
) in enumerate(Formatter
.parse(opts
)) if f
is not None})
289 opts
.format(*map(str, range(nargs
))) # validate
290 except Exception as err
:
291 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} OPTIONS formatting; {err}')
292 if alias_group
not in parser
.option_groups
:
293 parser
.add_option_group(alias_group
)
295 aliases
= (x
if x
.startswith('-') else f
'--{x}' for x
in map(str.strip
, aliases
.split(',')))
297 args
= [f
'ARG{i}' for i
in range(nargs
)]
298 alias_group
.add_option(
299 *aliases
, nargs
=nargs
, dest
=parser
.ALIAS_DEST
, type='str' if nargs
else None,
300 metavar
=' '.join(args
), help=opts
.format(*args
), action
='callback',
301 callback
=_alias_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs}
)
302 except Exception as err
:
303 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
305 def _alias_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, opts
, nargs
):
306 counter
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)
307 counter
[opt_str
] += 1
308 if counter
[opt_str
] > parser
.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT
:
309 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'Alias {opt_str} exceeded invocation limit')
312 assert (nargs
== 0 and value
is None) or len(value
) == nargs
313 parser
.rargs
[:0] = shlex
.split(
314 opts
if value
is None else opts
.format(*map(shlex
.quote
, value
)))
316 general
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'General Options')
318 '-h', '--help', dest
='print_help', action
='store_true',
319 help='Print this help text and exit')
323 help='Print program version and exit')
326 action
='store_true', dest
='update_self',
328 is_non_updateable(), None, 'Check if updates are available. %s',
329 default
=f
'Update this program to the latest {CHANNEL} version'))
332 action
='store_false', dest
='update_self',
333 help='Do not check for updates (default)')
336 action
='store', dest
='update_self', metavar
='[CHANNEL]@[TAG]',
338 'Upgrade/downgrade to a specific version. CHANNEL and TAG defaults to '
339 f
'"{CHANNEL}" and "latest" respectively if omitted; See "UPDATE" for details. '
340 f
'Supported channels: {", ".join(UPDATE_SOURCES)}'))
342 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
343 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreerrors',
344 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
346 '--no-abort-on-error',
347 action
='store_const', dest
='ignoreerrors', const
='only_download',
348 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
350 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
351 action
='store_false', dest
='ignoreerrors',
352 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
355 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_user_agent', default
=False,
356 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
359 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractors', default
=False,
360 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
362 '--extractor-descriptions',
363 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractor_descriptions', default
=False,
364 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
366 '--use-extractors', '--ies',
367 action
='callback', dest
='allowed_extractors', metavar
='NAMES', type='str',
368 default
=[], callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
370 'Extractor names to use separated by commas. '
371 'You can also use regexes, "all", "default" and "end" (end URL matching); '
372 'e.g. --ies "holodex.*,end,youtube". '
373 'Prefix the name with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies default,-generic. '
374 'Use --list-extractors for a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)'))
376 '--force-generic-extractor',
377 action
='store_true', dest
='force_generic_extractor', default
=False,
378 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
381 dest
='default_search', metavar
='PREFIX',
383 'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
384 'E.g. "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
385 'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
386 '"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
387 'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
389 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
390 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreconfig',
392 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
393 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
394 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
396 '--no-config-locations',
397 action
='store_const', dest
='config_locations', const
=[],
399 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
400 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
402 '--config-locations',
403 dest
='config_locations', metavar
='PATH', action
='append',
405 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory '
406 '("-" for stdin). Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
409 action
='store_const', dest
='extract_flat', const
='in_playlist', default
=False,
410 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
412 '--no-flat-playlist',
413 action
='store_false', dest
='extract_flat',
414 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
417 action
='store_true', dest
='live_from_start',
418 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
420 '--no-live-from-start',
421 action
='store_false', dest
='live_from_start',
422 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
425 dest
='wait_for_video', metavar
='MIN[-MAX]', default
=None,
427 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
428 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
430 '--no-wait-for-video',
431 dest
='wait_for_video', action
='store_const', const
=None,
432 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
435 action
='store_true', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
436 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
439 action
='store_false', dest
='mark_watched',
440 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
442 '--no-colors', '--no-colours',
443 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color', default
=False,
444 help='Do not emit color codes in output (Alias: --no-colours)')
447 metavar
='OPTS', dest
='compat_opts', default
=set(), type='str',
448 action
='callback', callback
=_set_from_options_callback
,
451 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
452 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
453 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'no-external-downloader-progress',
454 'embed-metadata', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
455 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
457 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
458 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
459 '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
460 '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress'],
463 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
464 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
465 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
467 '--alias', metavar
='ALIASES OPTIONS', dest
='_', type='str', nargs
=2,
468 action
='callback', callback
=_create_alias
,
470 'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
471 'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
472 'E.g. --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
473 '"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
474 '"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
475 'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
476 f
'As a safety measure, each alias may be triggered a maximum of {_YoutubeDLOptionParser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT} times. '
477 'This option can be used multiple times'))
479 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
481 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
482 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
484 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme, '
485 'e.g. socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
488 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
489 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
492 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
493 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
496 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
497 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
498 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
501 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
502 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
503 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
506 '--enable-file-urls', action
='store_true',
507 dest
='enable_file_urls', default
=False,
508 help='Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.'
511 geo
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Geo-restriction')
513 '--geo-verification-proxy',
514 dest
='geo_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
516 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
517 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
519 '--cn-verification-proxy',
520 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
521 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
523 '--xff', metavar
='VALUE',
524 dest
='geo_bypass', default
="default",
526 'How to fake X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to try bypassing geographic restriction. '
527 'One of "default" (Only when known to be useful), "never", '
528 'a two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code, or an IP block in CIDR notation'))
531 action
='store_const', dest
='geo_bypass', const
='default',
532 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
535 action
='store_const', dest
='geo_bypass', const
='never',
536 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
538 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar
='CODE', dest
='geo_bypass',
539 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
541 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar
='IP_BLOCK', dest
='geo_bypass',
542 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
544 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
545 selection
.add_option(
547 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
548 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
549 selection
.add_option(
551 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
552 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
553 selection
.add_option(
554 '-I', '--playlist-items',
555 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
557 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. '
558 'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
559 'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
560 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
561 selection
.add_option(
563 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
564 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
565 selection
.add_option(
567 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
568 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
569 selection
.add_option(
571 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
572 help='Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
573 selection
.add_option(
575 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
576 help='Abort download if filesize is larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
577 selection
.add_option(
579 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
581 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
582 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format [now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. '
583 'E.g. "--date today-2weeks" downloads only videos uploaded on the same day two weeks ago'))
584 selection
.add_option(
586 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
588 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
589 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
590 selection
.add_option(
592 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
594 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
595 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
596 selection
.add_option(
598 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
599 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
600 selection
.add_option(
602 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
603 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
604 selection
.add_option(
606 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', action
='append',
608 'Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" field can be compared with a '
609 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering Formats". '
610 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
611 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
612 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
613 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter '
614 '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
615 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
616 '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
617 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
618 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
619 selection
.add_option(
621 dest
='match_filter', action
='store_const', const
=None,
622 help='Do not use any --match-filter (default)')
623 selection
.add_option(
624 '--break-match-filters',
625 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='breaking_match_filter', action
='append',
626 help='Same as "--match-filters" but stops the download process when a video is rejected')
627 selection
.add_option(
628 '--no-break-match-filters',
629 dest
='breaking_match_filter', action
='store_const', const
=None,
630 help='Do not use any --break-match-filters (default)')
631 selection
.add_option(
633 action
='store_true', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
634 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
635 selection
.add_option(
637 action
='store_false', dest
='noplaylist',
638 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
639 selection
.add_option(
641 metavar
='YEARS', dest
='age_limit', default
=None, type=int,
642 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
643 selection
.add_option(
644 '--download-archive', metavar
='FILE',
645 dest
='download_archive',
646 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
647 selection
.add_option(
648 '--no-download-archive',
649 dest
='download_archive', action
="store_const", const
=None,
650 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
651 selection
.add_option(
653 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
654 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
655 selection
.add_option(
656 '--break-on-existing',
657 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_existing', default
=False,
658 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
659 selection
.add_option(
661 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_reject', default
=False,
662 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
663 selection
.add_option(
665 action
='store_true', dest
='break_per_url', default
=False,
666 help='Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing, --break-match-filter, and autonumber to reset per input URL')
667 selection
.add_option(
668 '--no-break-per-input',
669 action
='store_false', dest
='break_per_url',
670 help='--break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue')
671 selection
.add_option(
672 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar
='N',
673 dest
='skip_playlist_after_errors', default
=None, type=int,
674 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
675 selection
.add_option(
677 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_true',
678 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
679 selection
.add_option(
681 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_false',
682 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
684 authentication
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Authentication Options')
685 authentication
.add_option(
687 dest
='username', metavar
='USERNAME',
688 help='Login with this account ID')
689 authentication
.add_option(
691 dest
='password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
692 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
693 authentication
.add_option(
695 dest
='twofactor', metavar
='TWOFACTOR',
696 help='Two-factor authentication code')
697 authentication
.add_option(
699 action
='store_true', dest
='usenetrc', default
=False,
700 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
701 authentication
.add_option(
703 dest
='netrc_location', metavar
='PATH',
704 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
705 authentication
.add_option(
707 dest
='videopassword', metavar
='PASSWORD',
708 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
709 authentication
.add_option(
711 dest
='ap_mso', metavar
='MSO',
712 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
713 authentication
.add_option(
715 dest
='ap_username', metavar
='USERNAME',
716 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
717 authentication
.add_option(
719 dest
='ap_password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
720 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
721 authentication
.add_option(
723 action
='store_true', dest
='ap_list_mso', default
=False,
724 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
725 authentication
.add_option(
726 '--client-certificate',
727 dest
='client_certificate', metavar
='CERTFILE',
728 help='Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key')
729 authentication
.add_option(
730 '--client-certificate-key',
731 dest
='client_certificate_key', metavar
='KEYFILE',
732 help='Path to private key file for client certificate')
733 authentication
.add_option(
734 '--client-certificate-password',
735 dest
='client_certificate_password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
736 help='Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted. '
737 'If not provided, and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
739 video_format
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Format Options')
740 video_format
.add_option(
742 action
='store', dest
='format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
743 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
744 video_format
.add_option(
745 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar
='SORTORDER',
746 dest
='format_sort', default
=[], type='str', action
='callback',
747 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'append': -1}
,
748 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
749 video_format
.add_option(
750 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
751 action
='store_true', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
753 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
754 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)'))
755 video_format
.add_option(
756 '--no-format-sort-force',
757 action
='store_false', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
758 help='Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default)')
759 video_format
.add_option(
760 '--video-multistreams',
761 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams', default
=None,
762 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
763 video_format
.add_option(
764 '--no-video-multistreams',
765 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams',
766 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
767 video_format
.add_option(
768 '--audio-multistreams',
769 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default
=None,
770 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
771 video_format
.add_option(
772 '--no-audio-multistreams',
773 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
774 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
775 video_format
.add_option(
777 action
='store_const', dest
='format', const
='all',
778 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
779 video_format
.add_option(
780 '--prefer-free-formats',
781 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
783 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
784 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
785 video_format
.add_option(
786 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
787 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
788 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
789 video_format
.add_option(
791 action
='store_const', const
='selected', dest
='check_formats', default
=None,
792 help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
793 video_format
.add_option(
794 '--check-all-formats',
795 action
='store_true', dest
='check_formats',
796 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
797 video_format
.add_option(
798 '--no-check-formats',
799 action
='store_false', dest
='check_formats',
800 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
801 video_format
.add_option(
802 '-F', '--list-formats',
803 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats',
804 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
805 video_format
.add_option(
806 '--list-formats-as-table',
807 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats_table', default
=True,
808 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
809 video_format
.add_option(
810 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
811 action
='store_false', dest
='listformats_table',
812 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
813 video_format
.add_option(
814 '--merge-output-format',
815 action
='store', dest
='merge_output_format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
817 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv". '
818 'Ignored if no merge is required. '
819 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
820 video_format
.add_option(
821 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
822 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats', default
=False,
823 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
824 video_format
.add_option(
825 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
826 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats',
827 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
829 subtitles
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Subtitle Options')
830 subtitles
.add_option(
831 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
832 action
='store_true', dest
='writesubtitles', default
=False,
833 help='Write subtitle file')
834 subtitles
.add_option(
835 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
836 action
='store_false', dest
='writesubtitles',
837 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
838 subtitles
.add_option(
839 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
840 action
='store_true', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
841 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
842 subtitles
.add_option(
843 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
844 action
='store_false', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
845 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
846 subtitles
.add_option(
848 action
='store_true', dest
='allsubtitles', default
=False,
849 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
850 subtitles
.add_option(
852 action
='store_true', dest
='listsubtitles', default
=False,
853 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
854 subtitles
.add_option(
856 action
='store', dest
='subtitlesformat', metavar
='FORMAT', default
='best',
857 help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
858 subtitles
.add_option(
859 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
860 action
='callback', dest
='subtitleslangs', metavar
='LANGS', type='str',
861 default
=[], callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
863 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas, e.g. --sub-langs "en.*,ja". '
864 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs all,-live_chat. '
865 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
867 downloader
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Download Options')
868 downloader
.add_option(
869 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
870 dest
='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar
='N', default
=1, type=int,
871 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
872 downloader
.add_option(
873 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
874 dest
='ratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
875 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second, e.g. 50K or 4.2M')
876 downloader
.add_option(
878 dest
='throttledratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
879 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted, e.g. 100K')
880 downloader
.add_option(
882 dest
='retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
883 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
884 downloader
.add_option(
885 '--file-access-retries',
886 dest
='file_access_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
887 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
888 downloader
.add_option(
889 '--fragment-retries',
890 dest
='fragment_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
891 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
892 downloader
.add_option(
894 dest
='retry_sleep', metavar
='[TYPE:]EXPR', default
={}, type='str',
895 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
897 'allowed_keys': 'http|fragment|file_access|extractor',
898 'default_key': 'http',
900 'Time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry '
901 '(http (default), fragment, file_access, extractor) to apply the sleep to. '
902 'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
903 'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types, '
904 'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
905 downloader
.add_option(
906 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments',
907 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments', default
=True,
908 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragments)')
909 downloader
.add_option(
910 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragments', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
911 action
='store_false', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments',
912 help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
913 downloader
.add_option(
915 action
='store_true', dest
='keep_fragments', default
=False,
916 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
917 downloader
.add_option(
918 '--no-keep-fragments',
919 action
='store_false', dest
='keep_fragments',
920 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
921 downloader
.add_option(
923 dest
='buffersize', metavar
='SIZE', default
='1024',
924 help='Size of download buffer, e.g. 1024 or 16K (default is %default)')
925 downloader
.add_option(
927 action
='store_false', dest
='noresizebuffer',
928 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
929 downloader
.add_option(
930 '--no-resize-buffer',
931 action
='store_true', dest
='noresizebuffer', default
=False,
932 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
933 downloader
.add_option(
935 dest
='http_chunk_size', metavar
='SIZE', default
=None,
937 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading, e.g. 10485760 or 10M (default is disabled). '
938 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
939 downloader
.add_option(
941 action
='store_true', dest
='test', default
=False,
942 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
943 downloader
.add_option(
944 '--playlist-reverse',
945 action
='store_true', dest
='playlist_reverse',
946 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
947 downloader
.add_option(
948 '--no-playlist-reverse',
949 action
='store_false', dest
='playlist_reverse',
950 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
951 downloader
.add_option(
953 action
='store_true', dest
='playlist_random',
954 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
955 downloader
.add_option(
957 action
='store_true', dest
='lazy_playlist',
958 help='Process entries in the playlist as they are received. This disables n_entries, --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse')
959 downloader
.add_option(
960 '--no-lazy-playlist',
961 action
='store_false', dest
='lazy_playlist',
962 help='Process videos in the playlist only after the entire playlist is parsed (default)')
963 downloader
.add_option(
964 '--xattr-set-filesize',
965 dest
='xattr_set_filesize', action
='store_true',
966 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
967 downloader
.add_option(
968 '--hls-prefer-native',
969 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_true', default
=None,
970 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
971 downloader
.add_option(
972 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
973 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_false', default
=None,
974 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
975 downloader
.add_option(
977 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_true', default
=None,
979 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
980 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
981 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
982 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
983 downloader
.add_option(
984 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
985 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_false',
987 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
988 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
989 downloader
.add_option(
990 '--download-sections',
991 metavar
='REGEX', dest
='download_ranges', action
='append',
993 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
994 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
995 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
996 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
997 downloader
.add_option(
998 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
999 dest
='external_downloader', metavar
='[PROTO:]NAME', default
={}, type='str',
1000 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1002 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
1003 'default_key': 'default',
1004 'process': str.strip
1006 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
1007 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
1008 f
'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
1009 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
1010 'E.g. --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
1011 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
1012 '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
1013 downloader
.add_option(
1014 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
1015 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='external_downloader_args', default
={}, type='str',
1016 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1018 'allowed_keys': r
'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, list_external_downloaders())),
1019 'default_key': 'default',
1020 'process': shlex
.split
1022 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
1023 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
1024 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
1025 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
1026 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
1028 workarounds
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Workarounds')
1029 workarounds
.add_option(
1031 dest
='encoding', metavar
='ENCODING',
1032 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
1033 workarounds
.add_option(
1034 '--legacy-server-connect',
1035 action
='store_true', dest
='legacy_server_connect', default
=False,
1036 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
1037 workarounds
.add_option(
1038 '--no-check-certificates',
1039 action
='store_true', dest
='no_check_certificate', default
=False,
1040 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
1041 workarounds
.add_option(
1042 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
1043 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_insecure',
1044 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
1045 workarounds
.add_option(
1047 metavar
='UA', dest
='user_agent',
1048 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1049 workarounds
.add_option(
1051 metavar
='URL', dest
='referer', default
=None,
1052 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1053 workarounds
.add_option(
1055 metavar
='FIELD:VALUE', dest
='headers', default
={}, type='str',
1056 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1057 callback_kwargs
={'multiple_keys': False}
,
1058 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
1060 workarounds
.add_option(
1061 '--bidi-workaround',
1062 dest
='bidi_workaround', action
='store_true',
1063 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1064 workarounds
.add_option(
1065 '--sleep-requests', metavar
='SECONDS',
1066 dest
='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
1067 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
1068 workarounds
.add_option(
1069 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
1070 dest
='sleep_interval', type=float,
1072 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
1073 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
1074 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
1075 workarounds
.add_option(
1076 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
1077 dest
='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
1078 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
1079 workarounds
.add_option(
1080 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar
='SECONDS',
1081 dest
='sleep_interval_subtitles', default
=0, type=int,
1082 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
1084 verbosity
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
1085 verbosity
.add_option(
1087 action
='store_true', dest
='quiet', default
=None,
1088 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
1089 verbosity
.add_option(
1091 action
='store_false', dest
='quiet',
1092 help='Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)')
1093 verbosity
.add_option(
1095 dest
='no_warnings', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1096 help='Ignore warnings')
1097 verbosity
.add_option(
1099 action
='store_true', dest
='simulate', default
=None,
1100 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
1101 verbosity
.add_option(
1103 action
='store_false', dest
='simulate',
1104 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
1105 verbosity
.add_option(
1106 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
1107 action
='store_true', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error', default
=False,
1109 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
1110 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
1111 verbosity
.add_option(
1112 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
1113 action
='store_false', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error',
1114 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
1115 verbosity
.add_option(
1116 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
1117 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_download', default
=False,
1118 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
1119 verbosity
.add_option(
1121 metavar
='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest
='forceprint', **when_prefix('video'),
1123 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
1124 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: video). '
1125 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
1126 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1127 verbosity
.add_option(
1129 metavar
='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest
='print_to_file', nargs
=2, **when_prefix('video'),
1131 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
1132 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
1133 verbosity
.add_option(
1135 action
='store_true', dest
='geturl', default
=False,
1136 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1137 verbosity
.add_option(
1138 '-e', '--get-title',
1139 action
='store_true', dest
='gettitle', default
=False,
1140 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1141 verbosity
.add_option(
1143 action
='store_true', dest
='getid', default
=False,
1144 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1145 verbosity
.add_option(
1147 action
='store_true', dest
='getthumbnail', default
=False,
1148 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1149 verbosity
.add_option(
1150 '--get-description',
1151 action
='store_true', dest
='getdescription', default
=False,
1152 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1153 verbosity
.add_option(
1155 action
='store_true', dest
='getduration', default
=False,
1156 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1157 verbosity
.add_option(
1159 action
='store_true', dest
='getfilename', default
=False,
1160 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1161 verbosity
.add_option(
1163 action
='store_true', dest
='getformat', default
=False,
1164 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1165 verbosity
.add_option(
1166 '-j', '--dump-json',
1167 action
='store_true', dest
='dumpjson', default
=False,
1168 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
1169 verbosity
.add_option(
1170 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
1171 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_single_json', default
=False,
1173 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1174 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
1175 verbosity
.add_option(
1177 action
='store_true', dest
='print_json', default
=False,
1178 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1179 verbosity
.add_option(
1180 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
1181 action
='store_true', dest
='force_write_download_archive', default
=False,
1183 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
1184 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
1185 verbosity
.add_option(
1187 action
='store_true', dest
='progress_with_newline', default
=False,
1188 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
1189 verbosity
.add_option(
1191 action
='store_true', dest
='noprogress', default
=None,
1192 help='Do not print progress bar')
1193 verbosity
.add_option(
1195 action
='store_false', dest
='noprogress',
1196 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
1197 verbosity
.add_option(
1199 action
='store_true', dest
='consoletitle', default
=False,
1200 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
1201 verbosity
.add_option(
1202 '--progress-template',
1203 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='progress_template', default
={}, type='str',
1204 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1206 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1207 'default_key': 'download'
1209 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1210 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1211 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
1212 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
1213 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1214 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
1215 verbosity
.add_option(
1217 action
='store_true', dest
='verbose', default
=False,
1218 help='Print various debugging information')
1219 verbosity
.add_option(
1220 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
1221 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_intermediate_pages', default
=False,
1222 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
1223 verbosity
.add_option(
1225 action
='store_true', dest
='write_pages', default
=False,
1226 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
1227 verbosity
.add_option(
1229 action
='store_true', dest
='load_pages', default
=False,
1230 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1231 verbosity
.add_option(
1232 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1233 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_print_sig_code', default
=False,
1234 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1235 verbosity
.add_option(
1236 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
1237 dest
='debug_printtraffic', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1238 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
1239 verbosity
.add_option(
1240 '-C', '--call-home',
1241 dest
='call_home', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1242 # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
1243 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1244 verbosity
.add_option(
1246 dest
='call_home', action
='store_false',
1247 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
1248 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1250 filesystem
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Filesystem Options')
1251 filesystem
.add_option(
1252 '-a', '--batch-file',
1253 dest
='batchfile', metavar
='FILE',
1255 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1256 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
1257 filesystem
.add_option(
1259 dest
='batchfile', action
='store_const', const
=None,
1260 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
1261 filesystem
.add_option(
1262 '--id', default
=False,
1263 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1264 filesystem
.add_option(
1266 metavar
='[TYPES:]PATH', dest
='paths', default
={}, type='str',
1267 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1269 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys())),
1270 'default_key': 'home'
1272 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
1273 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
1274 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
1275 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
1276 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1277 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
1278 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
1279 filesystem
.add_option(
1281 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='outtmpl', default
={}, type='str',
1282 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1284 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys())),
1285 'default_key': 'default'
1286 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
1287 filesystem
.add_option(
1288 '--output-na-placeholder',
1289 dest
='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar
='TEXT', default
='NA',
1290 help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
1291 filesystem
.add_option(
1292 '--autonumber-size',
1293 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int,
1294 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1295 filesystem
.add_option(
1296 '--autonumber-start',
1297 dest
='autonumber_start', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
1298 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1299 filesystem
.add_option(
1300 '--restrict-filenames',
1301 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
1302 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
1303 filesystem
.add_option(
1304 '--no-restrict-filenames',
1305 action
='store_false', dest
='restrictfilenames',
1306 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
1307 filesystem
.add_option(
1308 '--windows-filenames',
1309 action
='store_true', dest
='windowsfilenames', default
=False,
1310 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
1311 filesystem
.add_option(
1312 '--no-windows-filenames',
1313 action
='store_false', dest
='windowsfilenames',
1314 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
1315 filesystem
.add_option(
1316 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar
='LENGTH',
1317 dest
='trim_file_name', default
=0, type=int,
1318 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
1319 filesystem
.add_option(
1320 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
1321 action
='store_false', dest
='overwrites', default
=None,
1322 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1323 filesystem
.add_option(
1324 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1325 action
='store_true', dest
='overwrites',
1326 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1327 filesystem
.add_option(
1328 '--no-force-overwrites',
1329 action
='store_const', dest
='overwrites', const
=None,
1330 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
1331 filesystem
.add_option(
1333 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
1334 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
1335 filesystem
.add_option(
1337 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
1339 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
1340 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
1341 filesystem
.add_option(
1343 action
='store_false', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
1344 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
1345 filesystem
.add_option(
1347 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart',
1348 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
1349 filesystem
.add_option(
1351 action
='store_true', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
1352 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
1353 filesystem
.add_option(
1355 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime',
1356 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
1357 filesystem
.add_option(
1358 '--write-description',
1359 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
1360 help='Write video description to a .description file')
1361 filesystem
.add_option(
1362 '--no-write-description',
1363 action
='store_false', dest
='writedescription',
1364 help='Do not write video description (default)')
1365 filesystem
.add_option(
1366 '--write-info-json',
1367 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=None,
1368 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
1369 filesystem
.add_option(
1370 '--no-write-info-json',
1371 action
='store_false', dest
='writeinfojson',
1372 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
1373 filesystem
.add_option(
1374 '--write-annotations',
1375 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
1376 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1377 filesystem
.add_option(
1378 '--no-write-annotations',
1379 action
='store_false', dest
='writeannotations',
1380 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1381 filesystem
.add_option(
1382 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
1383 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_playlist_files', default
=None,
1385 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1386 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1387 filesystem
.add_option(
1388 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1389 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_playlist_files',
1390 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
1391 filesystem
.add_option(
1392 '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
1393 action
='store_true', dest
='clean_infojson', default
=None,
1395 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1396 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1397 filesystem
.add_option(
1398 '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
1399 action
='store_false', dest
='clean_infojson',
1400 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1401 filesystem
.add_option(
1402 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
1403 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1405 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1406 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1407 filesystem
.add_option(
1408 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
1409 action
='store_false', dest
='getcomments',
1410 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
1411 filesystem
.add_option(
1412 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1413 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
1414 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1415 filesystem
.add_option(
1417 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1418 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1419 filesystem
.add_option(
1421 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1422 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1423 filesystem
.add_option(
1424 '--cookies-from-browser',
1425 dest
='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar
='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
1427 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
1428 f
'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
1429 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
1430 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
1431 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
1432 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
1433 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
1434 f
'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
1435 filesystem
.add_option(
1436 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1437 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiesfrombrowser',
1438 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
1439 filesystem
.add_option(
1440 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
1442 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
1443 '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
1444 filesystem
.add_option(
1445 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_false', dest
='cachedir',
1446 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1447 filesystem
.add_option(
1449 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
1450 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1452 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail Options')
1453 thumbnail
.add_option(
1454 '--write-thumbnail',
1455 action
='callback', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
1456 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1457 callback
=lambda option
, _
, __
, parser
: setattr(
1458 parser
.values
, option
.dest
, getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
) or True),
1459 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1460 thumbnail
.add_option(
1461 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1462 action
='store_false', dest
='writethumbnail',
1463 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1464 thumbnail
.add_option(
1465 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1466 action
='store_const', dest
='writethumbnail', const
='all',
1467 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1468 thumbnail
.add_option(
1469 '--list-thumbnails',
1470 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
1471 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
1473 link
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1476 action
='store_true', dest
='writelink', default
=False,
1477 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1480 action
='store_true', dest
='writeurllink', default
=False,
1481 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1483 '--write-webloc-link',
1484 action
='store_true', dest
='writewebloclink', default
=False,
1485 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1487 '--write-desktop-link',
1488 action
='store_true', dest
='writedesktoplink', default
=False,
1489 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1491 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-Processing Options')
1492 postproc
.add_option(
1493 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1494 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
1495 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1496 postproc
.add_option(
1497 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
1499 'Format to convert the audio to when -x is used. '
1500 f
'(currently supported: best (default), {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1501 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1502 postproc
.add_option(
1503 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
1504 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
1506 'Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. '
1507 'Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)'))
1508 postproc
.add_option(
1510 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='remuxvideo', default
=None,
1512 'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
1513 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
1514 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
1515 'e.g. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
1516 postproc
.add_option(
1518 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
1519 help='Re-encode the video into another format if necessary. The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video')
1520 postproc
.add_option(
1521 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1522 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='postprocessor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1523 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1525 'allowed_keys': r
'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1526 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1527 'process': shlex
.split
,
1528 'multiple_keys': False
1530 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1531 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1532 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1533 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1534 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1535 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1536 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
1537 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1538 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1539 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1540 'before the specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1541 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1542 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1543 postproc
.add_option(
1544 '-k', '--keep-video',
1545 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
1546 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1547 postproc
.add_option(
1549 action
='store_false', dest
='keepvideo',
1550 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1551 postproc
.add_option(
1552 '--post-overwrites',
1553 action
='store_false', dest
='nopostoverwrites',
1554 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1555 postproc
.add_option(
1556 '--no-post-overwrites',
1557 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
1558 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1559 postproc
.add_option(
1561 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
1562 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1563 postproc
.add_option(
1565 action
='store_false', dest
='embedsubtitles',
1566 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1567 postproc
.add_option(
1568 '--embed-thumbnail',
1569 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
1570 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
1571 postproc
.add_option(
1572 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1573 action
='store_false', dest
='embedthumbnail',
1574 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1575 postproc
.add_option(
1576 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
1577 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
1579 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1580 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
1581 postproc
.add_option(
1582 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
1583 action
='store_false', dest
='addmetadata',
1584 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1585 postproc
.add_option(
1586 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1587 action
='store_true', dest
='addchapters', default
=None,
1588 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1589 postproc
.add_option(
1590 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1591 action
='store_false', dest
='addchapters',
1592 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
1593 postproc
.add_option(
1594 '--embed-info-json',
1595 action
='store_true', dest
='embed_infojson', default
=None,
1596 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1597 postproc
.add_option(
1598 '--no-embed-info-json',
1599 action
='store_false', dest
='embed_infojson',
1600 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
1601 postproc
.add_option(
1602 '--metadata-from-title',
1603 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
1604 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1605 postproc
.add_option(
1607 metavar
='[WHEN:]FROM:TO', dest
='parse_metadata', **when_prefix('pre_process'),
1609 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details. '
1610 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
1611 postproc
.add_option(
1612 '--replace-in-metadata',
1613 dest
='parse_metadata', metavar
='[WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', nargs
=3, **when_prefix('pre_process'),
1615 'Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times. '
1616 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
1617 postproc
.add_option(
1618 '--xattrs', '--xattr',
1619 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
1620 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1621 postproc
.add_option(
1622 '--concat-playlist',
1623 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='concat_playlist', default
='multi_video',
1624 choices
=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1626 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1627 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
1628 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1629 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1630 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1631 postproc
.add_option(
1633 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
=None,
1634 choices
=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
1636 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1637 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1638 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1639 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
1640 postproc
.add_option(
1641 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1642 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
1643 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1644 postproc
.add_option(
1645 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1646 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg', default
=True,
1647 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1648 postproc
.add_option(
1649 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
1650 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
1651 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1652 postproc
.add_option(
1654 metavar
='[WHEN:]CMD', dest
='exec_cmd', **when_prefix('after_move'),
1656 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it, separated by a ":". '
1657 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: after_move). '
1658 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1659 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
1660 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1661 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1662 postproc
.add_option(
1664 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_cmd', const
={},
1665 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1666 postproc
.add_option(
1667 '--exec-before-download', metavar
='CMD',
1668 action
='append', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1669 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1670 postproc
.add_option(
1671 '--no-exec-before-download',
1672 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd', const
=None,
1673 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1674 postproc
.add_option(
1675 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1676 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
1678 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1679 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(sorted(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
))))
1680 postproc
.add_option(
1681 '--convert-thumbnails',
1682 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertthumbnails', default
=None,
1684 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1685 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1686 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1687 postproc
.add_option(
1688 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1689 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1691 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1692 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1693 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1694 postproc
.add_option(
1695 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1696 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_false',
1697 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1698 postproc
.add_option(
1699 '--remove-chapters',
1700 metavar
='REGEX', dest
='remove_chapters', action
='append',
1702 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1703 'The syntax is the same as --download-sections. This option can be used multiple times'))
1704 postproc
.add_option(
1705 '--no-remove-chapters', dest
='remove_chapters', action
='store_const', const
=None,
1706 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1707 postproc
.add_option(
1708 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1709 action
='store_true', dest
='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default
=False,
1711 'Force keyframes at cuts when downloading/splitting/removing sections. '
1712 'This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but the resulting video may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1713 postproc
.add_option(
1714 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1715 action
='store_false', dest
='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1716 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
1717 _postprocessor_opts_parser
= lambda key
, val
='': (
1718 *(item
.split('=', 1) for item
in (val
.split(';') if val
else [])),
1719 ('key', remove_end(key
, 'PP')))
1720 postproc
.add_option(
1721 '--use-postprocessor',
1722 metavar
='NAME[:ARGS]', dest
='add_postprocessors', default
=[], type='str',
1723 action
='callback', callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
1726 'process': lambda val
: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val
.split(':', 1)))
1728 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
1729 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
1730 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1731 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1732 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
1733 '"video" (after --format; before --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each video download), '
1734 '"post_process" (after each video download; default), '
1735 '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
1736 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
1737 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
1738 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
1740 sponsorblock
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'SponsorBlock Options', description
=(
1741 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1742 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1743 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1744 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar
='CATS',
1745 dest
='sponsorblock_mark', default
=set(), action
='callback', type='str',
1746 callback
=_set_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={
1747 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP
.CATEGORIES
.keys(),
1748 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1750 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
1751 f
'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
1752 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1753 'E.g. --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
1754 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1755 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar
='CATS',
1756 dest
='sponsorblock_remove', default
=set(), action
='callback', type='str',
1757 callback
=_set_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={
1758 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP
.CATEGORIES
.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP
.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES
.keys()),
1759 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1760 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1761 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1762 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1764 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1765 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
1766 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1767 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1768 f
'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
1769 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1770 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar
='TEMPLATE',
1771 default
=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
, dest
='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1773 'An output template for the title of the SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1774 'The only available fields are start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. '
1775 'Defaults to "%default"'))
1776 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1777 '--no-sponsorblock', default
=False,
1778 action
='store_true', dest
='no_sponsorblock',
1779 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1780 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1781 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar
='URL',
1782 default
='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest
='sponsorblock_api',
1783 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1785 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1787 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub', default
=False,
1788 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1789 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1791 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub',
1792 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1793 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1794 '--sponskrub-cut', default
=False,
1795 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1796 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1797 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1798 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1799 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1800 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1801 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1802 '--sponskrub-force', default
=False,
1803 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1804 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1805 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1806 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1807 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1808 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1809 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1810 '--sponskrub-location', metavar
='PATH',
1811 dest
='sponskrub_path', default
='',
1812 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1813 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1814 '--sponskrub-args', dest
='sponskrub_args', metavar
='ARGS',
1815 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1817 extractor
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Extractor Options')
1818 extractor
.add_option(
1819 '--extractor-retries',
1820 dest
='extractor_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
1821 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1822 extractor
.add_option(
1823 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1824 action
='store_true', dest
='dynamic_mpd', default
=True,
1825 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1826 extractor
.add_option(
1827 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1828 action
='store_false', dest
='dynamic_mpd',
1829 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1830 extractor
.add_option(
1831 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1832 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1833 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1835 extractor
.add_option(
1836 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1837 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_false',
1838 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1839 _extractor_arg_parser
= lambda key
, vals
='': (key
.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1840 val
.replace(r
'\,', ',').strip() for val
in re
.split(r
'(?<!\\),', vals
)])
1841 extractor
.add_option(
1843 metavar
='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest
='extractor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1844 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1846 'multiple_keys': False,
1847 'process': lambda val
: dict(
1848 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg
.split('=', 1)) for arg
in val
.split(';'))
1850 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
1851 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
1852 extractor
.add_option(
1853 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1854 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
1855 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1856 extractor
.add_option(
1857 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1858 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1859 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1860 extractor
.add_option(
1861 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1862 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default
=True,
1863 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1864 extractor
.add_option(
1865 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1866 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1867 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1869 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
1870 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
1871 parser
.add_option_group(geo
)
1872 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
1873 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
1874 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
1875 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
1876 parser
.add_option_group(link
)
1877 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
1878 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
1879 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
1880 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
1881 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
1882 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
1883 parser
.add_option_group(sponsorblock
)
1884 parser
.add_option_group(extractor
)
1889 def _hide_login_info(opts
):
1890 deprecation_warning(f
'"{__name__}._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed '
1891 'in a future version. Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead')
1892 return Config
.hide_login_info(opts
)