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1 import collections
2 import contextlib
3 import optparse
4 import os.path
5 import re
6 import shlex
7 import shutil
8 import string
9 import sys
10
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 (
15 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
16 FFmpegMergerPP,
17 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
18 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
19 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
20 SponsorBlockPP,
21 )
22 from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
23 from .update import detect_variant, is_non_updateable
24 from .utils import (
25 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
26 POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
27 Config,
28 deprecation_warning,
29 expand_path,
30 format_field,
31 get_executable_path,
32 join_nonempty,
33 orderedSet_from_options,
34 remove_end,
35 write_string,
36 )
37 from .version import __version__
38
39
40 def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
41 root = Config(create_parser())
42 if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
43 ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
44
45 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
46 # .config
47 xdg_config_home = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
48 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
49 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
50 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
51 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
52 if userConf is not None:
53 return userConf, userConfFile
54
55 # appdata
56 appdata_dir = os.getenv('appdata')
57 if appdata_dir:
58 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
59 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
60 if userConf is None:
61 userConfFile += '.txt'
62 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
63 if userConf is not None:
64 return userConf, userConfFile
65
66 # home
67 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
68 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
69 if userConf is None:
70 userConfFile += '.txt'
71 userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
72 if userConf is not None:
73 return userConf, userConfFile
74
75 return default, None
76
77 def add_config(label, path, user=False):
78 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
79 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
80 return False
81 # Multiple package names can be given here
82 # E.g. ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
83 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
84 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
85 if user:
86 args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
87 else:
88 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
89 args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
90 if args is not None:
91 root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
92 return True
93 return True
94
95 def load_configs():
96 yield not ignore_config_files
97 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
98 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_known_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
99 yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
100 yield add_config('System', '/etc')
101
102 opts = optparse.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False})
103 try:
104 try:
105 if overrideArguments:
106 root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
107 else:
108 root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
109 loaded_all_configs = all(load_configs())
110 except ValueError as err:
111 raise root.parser.error(err)
112
113 if loaded_all_configs:
114 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
115 # the user configuration is removed
116 if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
117 user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
118 if user_conf is not None:
119 root.configs.pop(user_conf)
120
121 try:
122 root.configs[0].load_configs() # Resolve any aliases using --config-location
123 except ValueError as err:
124 raise root.parser.error(err)
125
126 opts, args = root.parse_args()
127 except optparse.OptParseError:
128 with contextlib.suppress(optparse.OptParseError):
129 opts, _ = root.parse_known_args(strict=False)
130 raise
131 except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
132 opts.verbose = False
133 raise
134 finally:
135 verbose = opts.verbose and f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:]
136 if verbose:
137 write_string(f'{verbose}\n')
138 if opts.print_help:
139 if verbose:
140 write_string('\n')
141 root.parser.print_help()
142 if opts.print_help:
143 sys.exit()
144 return root.parser, opts, args
145
146
147 class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
148 def __init__(self):
149 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
150 max_width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns or 80
151 # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
152 super().__init__(width=max_width, max_help_position=int(0.45 * max_width))
153
154 @staticmethod
155 def format_option_strings(option):
156 """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
157 opts = join_nonempty(
158 option._short_opts and option._short_opts[0],
159 option._long_opts and option._long_opts[0],
160 delim=', ')
161 if option.takes_value():
162 opts += f' {option.metavar}'
163 return opts
164
165
166 class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
167 # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
168 ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
169 ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
170
171 def __init__(self):
172 super().__init__(
173 prog='yt-dlp' if detect_variant() == 'source' else None,
174 version=__version__,
175 usage='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
176 epilog='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
177 formatter=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
178 conflict_handler='resolve',
179 )
180 self.set_default(self.ALIAS_DEST, collections.defaultdict(int))
181
182 _UNKNOWN_OPTION = (optparse.BadOptionError, optparse.AmbiguousOptionError)
183 _BAD_OPTION = optparse.OptionValueError
184
185 def parse_known_args(self, args=None, values=None, strict=True):
186 """Same as parse_args, but ignore unknown switches. Similar to argparse.parse_known_args"""
187 self.rargs, self.largs = self._get_args(args), []
188 self.values = values or self.get_default_values()
189 while self.rargs:
190 arg = self.rargs[0]
191 try:
192 if arg == '--':
193 del self.rargs[0]
194 break
195 elif arg.startswith('--'):
196 self._process_long_opt(self.rargs, self.values)
197 elif arg.startswith('-') and arg != '-':
198 self._process_short_opts(self.rargs, self.values)
199 elif self.allow_interspersed_args:
200 self.largs.append(self.rargs.pop(0))
201 else:
202 break
203 except optparse.OptParseError as err:
204 if isinstance(err, self._UNKNOWN_OPTION):
205 self.largs.append(err.opt_str)
206 elif strict:
207 if isinstance(err, self._BAD_OPTION):
208 self.error(str(err))
209 raise
210 return self.check_values(self.values, self.largs)
211
212 def error(self, msg):
213 msg = f'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
214 raise optparse.OptParseError(f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg)
215
216 def _get_args(self, args):
217 return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
218
219 def _match_long_opt(self, opt):
220 """Improve ambiguous argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
221 try:
222 return super()._match_long_opt(opt)
223 except optparse.AmbiguousOptionError as e:
224 if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}) == 1:
225 return e.possibilities[0]
226 raise
227
228
229 def create_parser():
230 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
231 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
232 current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
233 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
234 setattr(
235 parser.values, option.dest,
236 current + value if append is True else value + current)
237
238 def _set_from_options_callback(
239 option, opt_str, value, parser, allowed_values, delim=',', aliases={},
240 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
241 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))
242 try:
243 requested = orderedSet_from_options(values, collections.ChainMap(aliases, {'all': allowed_values}),
244 start=getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
245 except ValueError as e:
246 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {e.args[0]}')
247
248 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, set(requested))
249
250 def _dict_from_options_callback(
251 option, opt_str, value, parser,
252 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
253 process_key=str.lower, append=False):
254
255 out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
256 multiple_args = not isinstance(value, str)
257 if multiple_keys:
258 allowed_keys = fr'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
259 mobj = re.match(
260 fr'(?i)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
261 value[0] if multiple_args else value)
262 if mobj is not None:
263 keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
264 if multiple_args:
265 val = [val, *value[1:]]
266 elif default_key is not None:
267 keys, val = [default_key], value
268 else:
269 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
270 f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
271 try:
272 keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
273 val = process(val) if process else val
274 except Exception as err:
275 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
276 for key in keys:
277 out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
278 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
279
280 parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
281 alias_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Aliases')
282 Formatter = string.Formatter()
283
284 def _create_alias(option, opt_str, value, parser):
285 aliases, opts = value
286 try:
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)
294
295 aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
296 try:
297 alias_group.add_option(
298 *aliases, help=opts, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
299 metavar=' '.join(f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)), action='callback',
300 callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
301 except Exception as err:
302 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
303
304 def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
305 counter = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
306 counter[opt_str] += 1
307 if counter[opt_str] > parser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT:
308 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'Alias {opt_str} exceeded invocation limit')
309 if nargs == 1:
310 value = [value]
311 assert (nargs == 0 and value is None) or len(value) == nargs
312 parser.rargs[:0] = shlex.split(
313 opts if value is None else opts.format(*map(shlex.quote, value)))
314
315 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
316 general.add_option(
317 '-h', '--help', dest='print_help', action='store_true',
318 help='Print this help text and exit')
319 general.add_option(
320 '--version',
321 action='version',
322 help='Print program version and exit')
323 general.add_option(
324 '-U', '--update',
325 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
326 help=format_field(
327 is_non_updateable(), None, 'Check if updates are available. %s',
328 default='Update this program to the latest version'))
329 general.add_option(
330 '--no-update',
331 action='store_false', dest='update_self',
332 help='Do not check for updates (default)')
333 general.add_option(
334 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
335 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
336 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
337 general.add_option(
338 '--no-abort-on-error',
339 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
340 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
341 general.add_option(
342 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
343 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
344 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
345 general.add_option(
346 '--dump-user-agent',
347 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
348 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
349 general.add_option(
350 '--list-extractors',
351 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
352 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
353 general.add_option(
354 '--extractor-descriptions',
355 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
356 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
357 general.add_option(
358 '--use-extractors', '--ies',
359 action='callback', dest='allowed_extractors', metavar='NAMES', type='str',
360 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
361 help=(
362 'Extractor names to use separated by commas. '
363 'You can also use regexes, "all", "default" and "end" (end URL matching); '
364 'e.g. --ies "holodex.*,end,youtube". '
365 'Prefix the name with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies default,-generic. '
366 'Use --list-extractors for a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)'))
367 general.add_option(
368 '--force-generic-extractor',
369 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
370 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
371 general.add_option(
372 '--default-search',
373 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
374 help=(
375 'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
376 'E.g. "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
377 'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
378 '"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
379 'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
380 general.add_option(
381 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
382 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
383 help=(
384 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
385 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
386 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
387 general.add_option(
388 '--no-config-locations',
389 action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
390 help=(
391 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
392 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
393 general.add_option(
394 '--config-locations',
395 dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
396 help=(
397 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory '
398 '("-" for stdin). Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
399 general.add_option(
400 '--flat-playlist',
401 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
402 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
403 general.add_option(
404 '--no-flat-playlist',
405 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
406 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
407 general.add_option(
408 '--live-from-start',
409 action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
410 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
411 general.add_option(
412 '--no-live-from-start',
413 action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
414 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
415 general.add_option(
416 '--wait-for-video',
417 dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
418 help=(
419 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
420 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
421 general.add_option(
422 '--no-wait-for-video',
423 dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
424 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
425 general.add_option(
426 '--mark-watched',
427 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
428 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
429 general.add_option(
430 '--no-mark-watched',
431 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
432 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
433 general.add_option(
434 '--no-colors', '--no-colours',
435 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
436 help='Do not emit color codes in output (Alias: --no-colours)')
437 general.add_option(
438 '--compat-options',
439 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
440 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
441 callback_kwargs={
442 'allowed_values': {
443 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
444 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
445 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley',
446 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
447 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
448 }, 'aliases': {
449 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
450 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
451 }
452 }, help=(
453 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
454 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
455 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
456 general.add_option(
457 '--alias', metavar='ALIASES OPTIONS', dest='_', type='str', nargs=2,
458 action='callback', callback=_create_alias,
459 help=(
460 'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
461 'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
462 'E.g. --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
463 '"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
464 '"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
465 'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
466 f'As a safety measure, each alias may be triggered a maximum of {_YoutubeDLOptionParser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT} times. '
467 'This option can be used multiple times'))
468
469 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
470 network.add_option(
471 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
472 default=None, metavar='URL',
473 help=(
474 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme, '
475 'e.g. socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
476 network.add_option(
477 '--socket-timeout',
478 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
479 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
480 network.add_option(
481 '--source-address',
482 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
483 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
484 )
485 network.add_option(
486 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
487 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
488 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
489 )
490 network.add_option(
491 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
492 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
493 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
494 )
495
496 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
497 geo.add_option(
498 '--geo-verification-proxy',
499 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
500 help=(
501 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
502 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
503 geo.add_option(
504 '--cn-verification-proxy',
505 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
506 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
507 geo.add_option(
508 '--geo-bypass',
509 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
510 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)')
511 geo.add_option(
512 '--no-geo-bypass',
513 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass',
514 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
515 geo.add_option(
516 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
517 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
518 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
519 geo.add_option(
520 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
521 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
522 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
523
524 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
525 selection.add_option(
526 '--playlist-start',
527 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
528 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
529 selection.add_option(
530 '--playlist-end',
531 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
532 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
533 selection.add_option(
534 '-I', '--playlist-items',
535 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
536 help=(
537 'Comma separated playlist_index of the videos to download. '
538 'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
539 'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
540 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
541 selection.add_option(
542 '--match-title',
543 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
544 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
545 selection.add_option(
546 '--reject-title',
547 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
548 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
549 selection.add_option(
550 '--min-filesize',
551 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
552 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
553 selection.add_option(
554 '--max-filesize',
555 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
556 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
557 selection.add_option(
558 '--date',
559 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
560 help=(
561 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
562 '[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. E.g. --date today-2weeks'))
563 selection.add_option(
564 '--datebefore',
565 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
566 help=(
567 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
568 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
569 selection.add_option(
570 '--dateafter',
571 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
572 help=(
573 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
574 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
575 selection.add_option(
576 '--min-views',
577 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
578 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
579 selection.add_option(
580 '--max-views',
581 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
582 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
583 selection.add_option(
584 '--match-filters',
585 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='append',
586 help=(
587 'Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" field can be compared with a '
588 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering Formats". '
589 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
590 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
591 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
592 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter '
593 '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
594 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
595 '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
596 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
597 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
598 selection.add_option(
599 '--no-match-filter',
600 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
601 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
602 selection.add_option(
603 '--no-playlist',
604 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
605 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
606 selection.add_option(
607 '--yes-playlist',
608 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
609 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
610 selection.add_option(
611 '--age-limit',
612 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
613 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
614 selection.add_option(
615 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
616 dest='download_archive',
617 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
618 selection.add_option(
619 '--no-download-archive',
620 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
621 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
622 selection.add_option(
623 '--max-downloads',
624 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
625 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
626 selection.add_option(
627 '--break-on-existing',
628 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
629 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
630 selection.add_option(
631 '--break-on-reject',
632 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
633 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
634 selection.add_option(
635 '--break-per-input',
636 action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
637 help='--break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads, and autonumber resets per input URL')
638 selection.add_option(
639 '--no-break-per-input',
640 action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
641 help='--break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue')
642 selection.add_option(
643 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
644 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
645 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
646 selection.add_option(
647 '--include-ads',
648 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
649 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
650 selection.add_option(
651 '--no-include-ads',
652 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
653 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
654
655 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
656 authentication.add_option(
657 '-u', '--username',
658 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
659 help='Login with this account ID')
660 authentication.add_option(
661 '-p', '--password',
662 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
663 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
664 authentication.add_option(
665 '-2', '--twofactor',
666 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
667 help='Two-factor authentication code')
668 authentication.add_option(
669 '-n', '--netrc',
670 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
671 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
672 authentication.add_option(
673 '--netrc-location',
674 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
675 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
676 authentication.add_option(
677 '--video-password',
678 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
679 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
680 authentication.add_option(
681 '--ap-mso',
682 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
683 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
684 authentication.add_option(
685 '--ap-username',
686 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
687 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
688 authentication.add_option(
689 '--ap-password',
690 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
691 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
692 authentication.add_option(
693 '--ap-list-mso',
694 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
695 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
696 authentication.add_option(
697 '--client-certificate',
698 dest='client_certificate', metavar='CERTFILE',
699 help='Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key')
700 authentication.add_option(
701 '--client-certificate-key',
702 dest='client_certificate_key', metavar='KEYFILE',
703 help='Path to private key file for client certificate')
704 authentication.add_option(
705 '--client-certificate-password',
706 dest='client_certificate_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
707 help='Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted. '
708 'If not provided, and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
709
710 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
711 video_format.add_option(
712 '-f', '--format',
713 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
714 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
715 video_format.add_option(
716 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
717 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
718 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
719 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
720 video_format.add_option(
721 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
722 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
723 help=(
724 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
725 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)'))
726 video_format.add_option(
727 '--no-format-sort-force',
728 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
729 help='Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default)')
730 video_format.add_option(
731 '--video-multistreams',
732 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
733 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
734 video_format.add_option(
735 '--no-video-multistreams',
736 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
737 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
738 video_format.add_option(
739 '--audio-multistreams',
740 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
741 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
742 video_format.add_option(
743 '--no-audio-multistreams',
744 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
745 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
746 video_format.add_option(
747 '--all-formats',
748 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
749 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
750 video_format.add_option(
751 '--prefer-free-formats',
752 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
753 help=(
754 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
755 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
756 video_format.add_option(
757 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
758 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
759 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
760 video_format.add_option(
761 '--check-formats',
762 action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
763 help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
764 video_format.add_option(
765 '--check-all-formats',
766 action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
767 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
768 video_format.add_option(
769 '--no-check-formats',
770 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
771 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
772 video_format.add_option(
773 '-F', '--list-formats',
774 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
775 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
776 video_format.add_option(
777 '--list-formats-as-table',
778 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
779 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
780 video_format.add_option(
781 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
782 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
783 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
784 video_format.add_option(
785 '--merge-output-format',
786 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
787 help=(
788 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv". '
789 'Ignored if no merge is required. '
790 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
791 video_format.add_option(
792 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
793 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
794 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
795 video_format.add_option(
796 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
797 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
798 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
799
800 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
801 subtitles.add_option(
802 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
803 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
804 help='Write subtitle file')
805 subtitles.add_option(
806 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
807 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
808 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
809 subtitles.add_option(
810 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
811 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
812 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
813 subtitles.add_option(
814 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
815 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
816 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
817 subtitles.add_option(
818 '--all-subs',
819 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
820 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
821 subtitles.add_option(
822 '--list-subs',
823 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
824 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
825 subtitles.add_option(
826 '--sub-format',
827 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
828 help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
829 subtitles.add_option(
830 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
831 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
832 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
833 help=(
834 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas, e.g. --sub-langs "en.*,ja". '
835 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs all,-live_chat. '
836 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
837
838 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
839 downloader.add_option(
840 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
841 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
842 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
843 downloader.add_option(
844 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
845 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
846 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second, e.g. 50K or 4.2M')
847 downloader.add_option(
848 '--throttled-rate',
849 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
850 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted, e.g. 100K')
851 downloader.add_option(
852 '-R', '--retries',
853 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
854 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
855 downloader.add_option(
856 '--file-access-retries',
857 dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
858 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
859 downloader.add_option(
860 '--fragment-retries',
861 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
862 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
863 downloader.add_option(
864 '--retry-sleep',
865 dest='retry_sleep', metavar='[TYPE:]EXPR', default={}, type='str',
866 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
867 callback_kwargs={
868 'allowed_keys': 'http|fragment|file_access|extractor',
869 'default_key': 'http',
870 }, help=(
871 'Time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry '
872 '(http (default), fragment, file_access, extractor) to apply the sleep to. '
873 'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
874 'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types, '
875 'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
876 downloader.add_option(
877 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
878 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
879 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
880 downloader.add_option(
881 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
882 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
883 help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
884 downloader.add_option(
885 '--keep-fragments',
886 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
887 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
888 downloader.add_option(
889 '--no-keep-fragments',
890 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
891 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
892 downloader.add_option(
893 '--buffer-size',
894 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
895 help='Size of download buffer, e.g. 1024 or 16K (default is %default)')
896 downloader.add_option(
897 '--resize-buffer',
898 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
899 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
900 downloader.add_option(
901 '--no-resize-buffer',
902 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
903 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
904 downloader.add_option(
905 '--http-chunk-size',
906 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
907 help=(
908 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading, e.g. 10485760 or 10M (default is disabled). '
909 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
910 downloader.add_option(
911 '--test',
912 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
913 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
914 downloader.add_option(
915 '--playlist-reverse',
916 action='store_true', dest='playlist_reverse',
917 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
918 downloader.add_option(
919 '--no-playlist-reverse',
920 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
921 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
922 downloader.add_option(
923 '--playlist-random',
924 action='store_true', dest='playlist_random',
925 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
926 downloader.add_option(
927 '--lazy-playlist',
928 action='store_true', dest='lazy_playlist',
929 help='Process entries in the playlist as they are received. This disables n_entries, --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse')
930 downloader.add_option(
931 '--no-lazy-playlist',
932 action='store_false', dest='lazy_playlist',
933 help='Process videos in the playlist only after the entire playlist is parsed (default)')
934 downloader.add_option(
935 '--xattr-set-filesize',
936 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
937 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
938 downloader.add_option(
939 '--hls-prefer-native',
940 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
941 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
942 downloader.add_option(
943 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
944 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
945 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
946 downloader.add_option(
947 '--hls-use-mpegts',
948 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
949 help=(
950 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
951 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
952 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
953 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
954 downloader.add_option(
955 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
956 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
957 help=(
958 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
959 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
960 downloader.add_option(
961 '--download-sections',
962 metavar='REGEX', dest='download_ranges', action='append',
963 help=(
964 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
965 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
966 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
967 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
968 downloader.add_option(
969 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
970 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
971 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
972 callback_kwargs={
973 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
974 'default_key': 'default',
975 'process': str.strip
976 }, help=(
977 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
978 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
979 f'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
980 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
981 'E.g. --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
982 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
983 '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
984 downloader.add_option(
985 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
986 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
987 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
988 callback_kwargs={
989 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
990 'default_key': 'default',
991 'process': shlex.split
992 }, help=(
993 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
994 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
995 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
996 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
997 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
998
999 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
1000 workarounds.add_option(
1001 '--encoding',
1002 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
1003 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
1004 workarounds.add_option(
1005 '--legacy-server-connect',
1006 action='store_true', dest='legacy_server_connect', default=False,
1007 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
1008 workarounds.add_option(
1009 '--no-check-certificates',
1010 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
1011 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
1012 workarounds.add_option(
1013 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
1014 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
1015 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
1016 workarounds.add_option(
1017 '--user-agent',
1018 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
1019 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1020 workarounds.add_option(
1021 '--referer',
1022 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
1023 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1024 workarounds.add_option(
1025 '--add-header',
1026 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
1027 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1028 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
1029 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
1030 )
1031 workarounds.add_option(
1032 '--bidi-workaround',
1033 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
1034 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1035 workarounds.add_option(
1036 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
1037 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
1038 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
1039 workarounds.add_option(
1040 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
1041 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
1042 help=(
1043 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
1044 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
1045 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
1046 workarounds.add_option(
1047 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
1048 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
1049 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
1050 workarounds.add_option(
1051 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
1052 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1053 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
1054
1055 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
1056 verbosity.add_option(
1057 '-q', '--quiet',
1058 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
1059 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
1060 verbosity.add_option(
1061 '--no-warnings',
1062 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
1063 help='Ignore warnings')
1064 verbosity.add_option(
1065 '-s', '--simulate',
1066 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
1067 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
1068 verbosity.add_option(
1069 '--no-simulate',
1070 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
1071 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
1072 verbosity.add_option(
1073 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
1074 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
1075 help=(
1076 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
1077 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
1078 verbosity.add_option(
1079 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
1080 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
1081 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
1082 verbosity.add_option(
1083 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
1084 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
1085 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
1086 verbosity.add_option(
1087 '-O', '--print',
1088 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
1089 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1090 callback_kwargs={
1091 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
1092 'default_key': 'video',
1093 'multiple_keys': False,
1094 'append': True,
1095 }, help=(
1096 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
1097 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
1098 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
1099 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1100 verbosity.add_option(
1101 '--print-to-file',
1102 metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', default={}, type='str', nargs=2,
1103 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1104 callback_kwargs={
1105 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
1106 'default_key': 'video',
1107 'multiple_keys': False,
1108 'append': True,
1109 }, help=(
1110 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
1111 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
1112 verbosity.add_option(
1113 '-g', '--get-url',
1114 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
1115 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1116 verbosity.add_option(
1117 '-e', '--get-title',
1118 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
1119 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1120 verbosity.add_option(
1121 '--get-id',
1122 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
1123 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1124 verbosity.add_option(
1125 '--get-thumbnail',
1126 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
1127 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1128 verbosity.add_option(
1129 '--get-description',
1130 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
1131 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1132 verbosity.add_option(
1133 '--get-duration',
1134 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
1135 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1136 verbosity.add_option(
1137 '--get-filename',
1138 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
1139 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1140 verbosity.add_option(
1141 '--get-format',
1142 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
1143 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1144 verbosity.add_option(
1145 '-j', '--dump-json',
1146 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
1147 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
1148 verbosity.add_option(
1149 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
1150 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
1151 help=(
1152 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1153 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
1154 verbosity.add_option(
1155 '--print-json',
1156 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
1157 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1158 verbosity.add_option(
1159 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
1160 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
1161 help=(
1162 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
1163 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
1164 verbosity.add_option(
1165 '--newline',
1166 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
1167 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
1168 verbosity.add_option(
1169 '--no-progress',
1170 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
1171 help='Do not print progress bar')
1172 verbosity.add_option(
1173 '--progress',
1174 action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
1175 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
1176 verbosity.add_option(
1177 '--console-title',
1178 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
1179 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
1180 verbosity.add_option(
1181 '--progress-template',
1182 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
1183 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1184 callback_kwargs={
1185 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1186 'default_key': 'download'
1187 }, help=(
1188 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1189 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1190 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
1191 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
1192 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1193 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
1194 verbosity.add_option(
1195 '-v', '--verbose',
1196 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
1197 help='Print various debugging information')
1198 verbosity.add_option(
1199 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
1200 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
1201 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
1202 verbosity.add_option(
1203 '--write-pages',
1204 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
1205 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
1206 verbosity.add_option(
1207 '--load-pages',
1208 action='store_true', dest='load_pages', default=False,
1209 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1210 verbosity.add_option(
1211 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1212 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
1213 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1214 verbosity.add_option(
1215 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
1216 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
1217 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
1218 verbosity.add_option(
1219 '-C', '--call-home',
1220 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
1221 # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
1222 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1223 verbosity.add_option(
1224 '--no-call-home',
1225 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
1226 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
1227 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1228
1229 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
1230 filesystem.add_option(
1231 '-a', '--batch-file',
1232 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
1233 help=(
1234 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1235 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
1236 filesystem.add_option(
1237 '--no-batch-file',
1238 dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
1239 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
1240 filesystem.add_option(
1241 '--id', default=False,
1242 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1243 filesystem.add_option(
1244 '-P', '--paths',
1245 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
1246 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1247 callback_kwargs={
1248 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
1249 'default_key': 'home'
1250 }, help=(
1251 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
1252 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
1253 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
1254 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
1255 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1256 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
1257 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
1258 filesystem.add_option(
1259 '-o', '--output',
1260 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
1261 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1262 callback_kwargs={
1263 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
1264 'default_key': 'default'
1265 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
1266 filesystem.add_option(
1267 '--output-na-placeholder',
1268 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
1269 help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
1270 filesystem.add_option(
1271 '--autonumber-size',
1272 dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
1273 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1274 filesystem.add_option(
1275 '--autonumber-start',
1276 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
1277 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1278 filesystem.add_option(
1279 '--restrict-filenames',
1280 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
1281 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
1282 filesystem.add_option(
1283 '--no-restrict-filenames',
1284 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
1285 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
1286 filesystem.add_option(
1287 '--windows-filenames',
1288 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
1289 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
1290 filesystem.add_option(
1291 '--no-windows-filenames',
1292 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
1293 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
1294 filesystem.add_option(
1295 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1296 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1297 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
1298 filesystem.add_option(
1299 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
1300 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1301 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1302 filesystem.add_option(
1303 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1304 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1305 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1306 filesystem.add_option(
1307 '--no-force-overwrites',
1308 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1309 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
1310 filesystem.add_option(
1311 '-c', '--continue',
1312 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
1313 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
1314 filesystem.add_option(
1315 '--no-continue',
1316 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
1317 help=(
1318 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
1319 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
1320 filesystem.add_option(
1321 '--part',
1322 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1323 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
1324 filesystem.add_option(
1325 '--no-part',
1326 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
1327 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
1328 filesystem.add_option(
1329 '--mtime',
1330 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1331 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
1332 filesystem.add_option(
1333 '--no-mtime',
1334 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
1335 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
1336 filesystem.add_option(
1337 '--write-description',
1338 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
1339 help='Write video description to a .description file')
1340 filesystem.add_option(
1341 '--no-write-description',
1342 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1343 help='Do not write video description (default)')
1344 filesystem.add_option(
1345 '--write-info-json',
1346 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=None,
1347 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
1348 filesystem.add_option(
1349 '--no-write-info-json',
1350 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1351 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
1352 filesystem.add_option(
1353 '--write-annotations',
1354 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
1355 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1356 filesystem.add_option(
1357 '--no-write-annotations',
1358 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
1359 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1360 filesystem.add_option(
1361 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
1362 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
1363 help=(
1364 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1365 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1366 filesystem.add_option(
1367 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1368 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
1369 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
1370 filesystem.add_option(
1371 '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
1372 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
1373 help=(
1374 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1375 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1376 filesystem.add_option(
1377 '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
1378 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1379 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1380 filesystem.add_option(
1381 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
1382 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
1383 help=(
1384 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1385 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1386 filesystem.add_option(
1387 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
1388 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
1389 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
1390 filesystem.add_option(
1391 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1392 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1393 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1394 filesystem.add_option(
1395 '--cookies',
1396 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
1397 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1398 filesystem.add_option(
1399 '--no-cookies',
1400 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
1401 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1402 filesystem.add_option(
1403 '--cookies-from-browser',
1404 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
1405 help=(
1406 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
1407 f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
1408 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
1409 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
1410 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
1411 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
1412 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
1413 f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
1414 filesystem.add_option(
1415 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1416 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1417 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
1418 filesystem.add_option(
1419 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
1420 help=(
1421 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
1422 '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
1423 filesystem.add_option(
1424 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
1425 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1426 filesystem.add_option(
1427 '--rm-cache-dir',
1428 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
1429 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1430
1431 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
1432 thumbnail.add_option(
1433 '--write-thumbnail',
1434 action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1435 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1436 callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
1437 parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
1438 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1439 thumbnail.add_option(
1440 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1441 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1442 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1443 thumbnail.add_option(
1444 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1445 action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
1446 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1447 thumbnail.add_option(
1448 '--list-thumbnails',
1449 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
1450 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
1451
1452 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1453 link.add_option(
1454 '--write-link',
1455 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
1456 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1457 link.add_option(
1458 '--write-url-link',
1459 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
1460 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1461 link.add_option(
1462 '--write-webloc-link',
1463 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
1464 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1465 link.add_option(
1466 '--write-desktop-link',
1467 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
1468 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1469
1470 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
1471 postproc.add_option(
1472 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1473 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
1474 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1475 postproc.add_option(
1476 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
1477 help=(
1478 'Format to convert the audio to when -x is used. '
1479 f'(currently supported: best (default), {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1480 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1481 postproc.add_option(
1482 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1483 dest='audioquality', default='5',
1484 help=(
1485 'Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. '
1486 'Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)'))
1487 postproc.add_option(
1488 '--remux-video',
1489 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
1490 help=(
1491 'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
1492 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
1493 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
1494 'e.g. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
1495 postproc.add_option(
1496 '--recode-video',
1497 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
1498 help='Re-encode the video into another format if necessary. The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video')
1499 postproc.add_option(
1500 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1501 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
1502 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1503 callback_kwargs={
1504 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1505 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1506 'process': shlex.split,
1507 'multiple_keys': False
1508 }, help=(
1509 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1510 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1511 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1512 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1513 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1514 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1515 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
1516 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1517 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1518 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1519 'before the specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1520 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1521 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1522 postproc.add_option(
1523 '-k', '--keep-video',
1524 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
1525 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1526 postproc.add_option(
1527 '--no-keep-video',
1528 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1529 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1530 postproc.add_option(
1531 '--post-overwrites',
1532 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1533 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1534 postproc.add_option(
1535 '--no-post-overwrites',
1536 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
1537 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1538 postproc.add_option(
1539 '--embed-subs',
1540 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
1541 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1542 postproc.add_option(
1543 '--no-embed-subs',
1544 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1545 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1546 postproc.add_option(
1547 '--embed-thumbnail',
1548 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
1549 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
1550 postproc.add_option(
1551 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1552 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1553 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1554 postproc.add_option(
1555 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
1556 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
1557 help=(
1558 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1559 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
1560 postproc.add_option(
1561 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
1562 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
1563 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1564 postproc.add_option(
1565 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1566 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1567 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1568 postproc.add_option(
1569 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1570 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1571 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
1572 postproc.add_option(
1573 '--embed-info-json',
1574 action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
1575 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1576 postproc.add_option(
1577 '--no-embed-info-json',
1578 action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
1579 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
1580 postproc.add_option(
1581 '--metadata-from-title',
1582 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
1583 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1584 postproc.add_option(
1585 '--parse-metadata',
1586 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
1587 help=(
1588 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1589 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
1590 postproc.add_option(
1591 '--replace-in-metadata',
1592 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1593 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
1594 postproc.add_option(
1595 '--xattrs', '--xattr',
1596 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
1597 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1598 postproc.add_option(
1599 '--concat-playlist',
1600 metavar='POLICY', dest='concat_playlist', default='multi_video',
1601 choices=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1602 help=(
1603 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1604 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
1605 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1606 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1607 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1608 postproc.add_option(
1609 '--fixup',
1610 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
1611 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
1612 help=(
1613 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1614 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1615 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1616 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
1617 postproc.add_option(
1618 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1619 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
1620 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1621 postproc.add_option(
1622 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1623 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1624 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1625 postproc.add_option(
1626 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1627 dest='ffmpeg_location',
1628 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1629 postproc.add_option(
1630 '--exec',
1631 metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
1632 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1633 callback_kwargs={
1634 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
1635 'default_key': 'after_move',
1636 'multiple_keys': False,
1637 'append': True,
1638 }, help=(
1639 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
1640 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
1641 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1642 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
1643 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1644 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1645 postproc.add_option(
1646 '--no-exec',
1647 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
1648 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1649 postproc.add_option(
1650 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
1651 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1652 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1653 postproc.add_option(
1654 '--no-exec-before-download',
1655 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=None,
1656 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1657 postproc.add_option(
1658 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1659 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
1660 help=(
1661 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1662 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(sorted(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))))
1663 postproc.add_option(
1664 '--convert-thumbnails',
1665 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
1666 help=(
1667 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1668 f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1669 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1670 postproc.add_option(
1671 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1672 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1673 help=(
1674 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1675 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1676 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1677 postproc.add_option(
1678 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1679 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1680 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1681 postproc.add_option(
1682 '--remove-chapters',
1683 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
1684 help=(
1685 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1686 'The syntax is the same as --download-sections. This option can be used multiple times'))
1687 postproc.add_option(
1688 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1689 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1690 postproc.add_option(
1691 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1692 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1693 help=(
1694 'Force keyframes at cuts when downloading/splitting/removing sections. '
1695 'This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but the resulting video may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1696 postproc.add_option(
1697 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1698 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1699 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
1700 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1701 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1702 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1703 postproc.add_option(
1704 '--use-postprocessor',
1705 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1706 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1707 callback_kwargs={
1708 'delim': None,
1709 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1710 }, help=(
1711 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
1712 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
1713 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1714 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1715 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
1716 '"before_dl" (before each video download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), '
1717 '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
1718 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
1719 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
1720 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
1721
1722 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1723 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1724 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1725 sponsorblock.add_option(
1726 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1727 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
1728 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1729 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
1730 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1731 }, help=(
1732 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
1733 f'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
1734 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1735 'E.g. --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
1736 sponsorblock.add_option(
1737 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1738 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
1739 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
1740 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys()),
1741 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1742 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1743 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1744 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1745 }, help=(
1746 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1747 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
1748 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1749 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1750 f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
1751 sponsorblock.add_option(
1752 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1753 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1754 help=(
1755 'An output template for the title of the SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1756 'The only available fields are start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. '
1757 'Defaults to "%default"'))
1758 sponsorblock.add_option(
1759 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1760 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1761 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1762 sponsorblock.add_option(
1763 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1764 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1765 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1766
1767 sponsorblock.add_option(
1768 '--sponskrub',
1769 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
1770 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1771 sponsorblock.add_option(
1772 '--no-sponskrub',
1773 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
1774 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1775 sponsorblock.add_option(
1776 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1777 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
1778 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1779 sponsorblock.add_option(
1780 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1781 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
1782 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1783 sponsorblock.add_option(
1784 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1785 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
1786 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1787 sponsorblock.add_option(
1788 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1789 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
1790 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1791 sponsorblock.add_option(
1792 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1793 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
1794 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1795 sponsorblock.add_option(
1796 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1797 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1798
1799 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
1800 extractor.add_option(
1801 '--extractor-retries',
1802 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
1803 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1804 extractor.add_option(
1805 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1806 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
1807 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1808 extractor.add_option(
1809 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1810 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
1811 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1812 extractor.add_option(
1813 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1814 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1815 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1816 )
1817 extractor.add_option(
1818 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1819 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1820 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1821 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1822 val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
1823 extractor.add_option(
1824 '--extractor-args',
1825 metavar='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1826 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1827 callback_kwargs={
1828 'multiple_keys': False,
1829 'process': lambda val: dict(
1830 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
1831 }, help=(
1832 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
1833 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
1834 extractor.add_option(
1835 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1836 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
1837 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1838 extractor.add_option(
1839 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1840 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1841 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1842 extractor.add_option(
1843 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1844 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
1845 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1846 extractor.add_option(
1847 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1848 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1849 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1850
1851 parser.add_option_group(general)
1852 parser.add_option_group(network)
1853 parser.add_option_group(geo)
1854 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1855 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1856 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
1857 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
1858 parser.add_option_group(link)
1859 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1860 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1861 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1862 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1863 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1864 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
1865 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
1866 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
1867
1868 return parser
1869
1870
1871 def _hide_login_info(opts):
1872 deprecation_warning(f'"{__name__}._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed '
1873 'in a future version. Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead')
1874 return Config.hide_login_info(opts)