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7 youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com and many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md)
9 This is a fork of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) which is inturn a fork of
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
11 * [NEW FEATURES](#new-features)
12 * [INSTALLATION](#installation)
15 * [YOUTUBE-DLC](#youtube-dlc)
16 * [DESCRIPTION](#description)
18 * [Network Options](#network-options)
19 * [Geo Restriction](#geo-restriction)
20 * [Video Selection](#video-selection)
21 * [Download Options](#download-options)
22 * [Filesystem Options](#filesystem-options)
23 * [Thumbnail images](#thumbnail-images)
24 * [Internet Shortcut Options](#internet-shortcut-options)
25 * [Verbosity / Simulation Options](#verbosity--simulation-options)
26 * [Workarounds](#workarounds)
27 * [Video Format Options](#video-format-options)
28 * [Subtitle Options](#subtitle-options)
29 * [Authentication Options](#authentication-options)
30 * [Adobe Pass Options](#adobe-pass-options)
31 * [Post-processing Options](#post-processing-options)
32 * [SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)
33 * [Extractor Options](#extractor-options)
34 * [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
35 * [Authentication with .netrc file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
36 * [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
37 * [Output template and Windows batch files](#output-template-and-windows-batch-files)
38 * [Output template examples](#output-template-examples)
39 * [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
40 * [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
41 * [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
42 * [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
43 * [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection-
1)
48 The major new features are:
50 * **
[SponSkrub Integration](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)** - You can use [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) to mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the
[SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
52 * **[Format Sorting](#sorting-format)** - The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now prefered instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, you can now specify the sort order using
`-S`. This allows for much easier format selection that what is possible by simply using
`--format` ([examples](#format-selection-examples))
54 * Merged with youtube-dl **v2020.01
.08** - You get the new features and patches of
[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of
[youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
56 * **New options** -
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--write-link`,
`--force-download-archive` etc
58 and many other features and patches. See
[changelog](Changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/commits) for the full list of changes
63 To use the latest version, simply download and run the
[latest release](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/releases/latest).
64 Currently, there is no support for any package managers.
66 If you want to install the current master branch
68 python -m pip install git+https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc
71 **DO NOT UPDATE using
`-U` !** instead download binaries again
76 To build the Windows executable yourself (without version info!)
78 python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
79 pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
81 Or simply execute the
`make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
82 There will be a
`youtube-dlc.exe` in
`/dist`
84 New way to build Windows is to use
`python pyinst.py` (please use python3
64Bit)
85 For
32Bit Version use a
32Bit Version of python (
3 preferred here as well) and run
`python pyinst32.py`
88 You will need the required build tools
89 python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
96 **youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
2.6,
2.7, or
3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
98 youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
102 `Ctrl+F` is your friend :D
103 <!-- Autogenerated -->
106 -h, --help Print this help text and exit
107 --version Print program version and exit
108 -U, --update [BROKEN] Update this program to latest
109 version. Make sure that you have sufficient
110 permissions (run with sudo if needed)
111 -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
112 skip unavailable videos in a playlist
113 (default) (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
114 --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
115 error occurs (Same as --no-ignore-errors)
116 --dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
117 --list-extractors List all supported extractors
118 --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
120 --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
122 --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
123 example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
124 from google videos for youtube-dl "large
125 apple". Use the value "auto" to let
126 youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
127 warning when guessing). "error" just throws
128 an error. The default value "fixup_error"
129 repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
130 this is not possible instead of searching.
131 --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
132 in the global configuration file
133 /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
134 configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
135 dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
137 --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
138 the path to the config or its containing
140 --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
142 --flat-videos Do not resolve the video urls
143 --no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
144 --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
145 --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched
146 --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
149 --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
150 To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
152 socks5://
127.0.0.1:
1080/. Pass in an empty
153 string (--proxy "") for direct connection
154 --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
155 --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
156 -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
157 -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
160 --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
161 some geo-restricted sites. The default
162 proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
163 option is not present) is used for the
165 --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
166 X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
167 --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
168 faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
169 --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
170 explicitly provided two-letter ISO
3166-
2
172 --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
173 explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
177 --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is
1)
178 --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
179 --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
180 indices of the videos in the playlist
181 separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
182 1,
2,
5,
8" if you want to download videos
183 indexed
1,
2,
5,
8 in the playlist. You can
184 specify range: "--playlist-items
185 1-
3,
7,
10-
13", it will download the videos
186 at index
1,
2,
3,
7,
10,
11,
12 and
13.
187 --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
189 --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or
191 --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
192 --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
193 SIZE (e.g.
50k or
44.6m)
194 --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
196 --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date.
197 The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
198 "(now|today)[+-][
0-
9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
199 --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
200 this date. The date formats accepted is the
202 --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
203 this date. The date formats accepted is the
205 --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
207 --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
209 --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
210 the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
211 available keys) to match if the key is
212 present, !key to check if the key is not
213 present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
214 > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
215 compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
216 (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
217 with !=) to match against a string literal
218 and & to require multiple matches. Values
219 which are not known are excluded unless you
220 put a question mark (?) after the operator.
221 For example, to only match videos that have
222 been liked more than
100 times and disliked
223 less than
50 times (or the dislike
224 functionality is not available at the given
225 service), but who also have a description,
226 use --match-filter "like_count >
100 &
227 dislike_count <?
50 & description" .
228 --no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
229 --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
230 to a video and a playlist.
231 --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
232 a video and a playlist.
233 --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
235 --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
236 archive file. Record the IDs of all
237 downloaded videos in it.
238 --break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
239 to download a file that's in the archive.
240 --no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
241 --include-ads Download advertisements as well
243 --no-include-ads Do not download advertisements (default)
246 -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
248 -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is
10), or
250 --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
251 is
10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
253 --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
254 hlsnative and ISM (default)
255 (Same as --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
256 --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
257 (Same as --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
258 --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
259 downloading is finished
260 --no-keep-fragments Delete downloaded fragments after
261 downloading is finished (default)
262 --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g.
1024 or
16K)
264 --resize-buffer The buffer size is automatically resized
265 from an initial value of --buffer-size
267 --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size
268 --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
269 downloading (e.g.
10485760 or
10M) (default
270 is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
271 bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
273 --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
274 --no-playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in default order
276 --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
277 --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
279 --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of
281 --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
283 --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos,
284 allowing to play the video while
285 downloading (some players may not be able
287 --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
289 aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
290 --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
293 ## Filesystem Options:
294 -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
295 stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
296 with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
297 comments and ignored.
298 -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
299 TEMPLATE" for details
300 --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
302 --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
303 characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
305 --no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
307 -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
308 -c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files (default)
309 --no-continue Restart download of partially downloaded
311 --part Use .part files instead of writing directly
312 into output file (default)
313 --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
315 --mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the
316 file modification time (default)
317 --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
318 the file modification time
319 --write-description Write video description to a .description
321 --no-write-description Do not write video description (default)
322 --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
323 --no-write-info-json Do not write video metadata (default)
324 --write-annotations Write video annotations to a
325 .annotations.xml file
326 --no-write-annotations Do not write video annotations (default)
327 --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
328 (created with the "--write-info-json"
330 --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
332 --no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies (default)
333 --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
334 can store some downloaded information
335 permanently. By default
336 $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
337 ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
338 YouTube player files (for videos with
339 obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
341 --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
342 --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
343 --trim-file-name LENGTH Limit the filename length (extension
347 --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
348 --no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk
350 --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
351 --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
354 ## Internet Shortcut Options:
355 --write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending on
356 the current platform (.url/.webloc/.desktop).
357 The URL may be cached by the OS.
358 --write-url-link Write a Windows .url internet shortcut file.
359 (The OS caches the URL based on the file path)
360 --write-webloc-link Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut file
361 --write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut file
363 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
364 -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
365 --no-warnings Ignore warnings
366 -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
368 --skip-download Do not download the video
369 -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
370 -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
371 --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
372 --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
373 --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
374 --get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
375 --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
376 --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
377 -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
378 See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description
380 -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
381 for each command-line argument. If the URL
382 refers to a playlist, dump the whole
383 playlist information in a single line.
384 --print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
385 JSON (video is still being downloaded).
386 --force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be written
387 as far as no errors occur, even if -s or
388 another simulation switch is used.
389 (Same as --force-download-archive)
390 --newline Output progress bar as new lines
391 --no-progress Do not print progress bar
392 --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
393 -v, --verbose Print various debugging information
394 --dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
395 to debug problems (very verbose)
396 --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
397 files in the current directory to debug
399 --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
400 -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
401 --no-call-home Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for
405 --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
406 --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
407 --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
408 information about the video. (Currently
409 supported only for YouTube)
410 --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
411 --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
412 access is restricted to one domain
413 --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
414 separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
415 option multiple times
416 --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
417 bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
418 or fribidi executable in PATH
419 --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
420 download when used alone or a lower bound
421 of a range for randomized sleep before each
422 download (minimum possible number of
423 seconds to sleep) when used along with
424 --max-sleep-interval.
425 --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep
426 before each download (maximum possible
427 number of seconds to sleep). Must only be
428 used along with --min-sleep-interval.
429 --sleep-subtitles SECONDS Enforce sleep interval on subtitles as well
431 ## Video Format Options:
432 -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION"
434 -S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
435 "Sorting Formats" for more details
436 --S-force, --format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
437 precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
438 Formats" for more details
439 --no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
440 specified sort order (default), see
441 "Sorting Formats" for more details
442 --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged
444 --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for
445 each output file (default)
446 --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged
448 --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for
449 each output file (default)
450 --all-formats Download all available video formats
451 --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats over non-free
452 formats of same quality
453 -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
455 --list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular
457 (Same as --no-list-formats-as-table)
458 --list-formats-old Present the output of -F in the old form
459 --youtube-include-dash-manifest Download the DASH manifests and related data
460 on YouTube videos (default)
461 (Same as --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
462 --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
463 related data on YouTube videos
464 (Same as --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
465 --youtube-include-hls-manifest Download the HLS manifests and related data
466 on YouTube videos (default)
467 (Same as --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
468 --youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS manifests and
469 related data on YouTube videos
470 (Same as --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
471 --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
472 bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
473 container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
474 webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
477 --write-subs Write subtitle file
478 --no-write-subs Do not write subtitle file (default)
479 --write-auto-subs Write automatically generated subtitle file
481 --no-write-auto-subs Do not write automatically generated
482 subtitle file (default)
483 --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
485 --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
486 --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
487 preference, for example: "srt" or
489 --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
490 (optional) separated by commas, use --list-
491 subs for available language tags
493 ## Authentication Options:
494 -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
495 -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
496 out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.
497 -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
498 -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
499 --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
501 ## Adobe Pass Options:
502 --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
503 provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
504 a list of available MSOs
505 --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
506 --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
507 If this option is left out, youtube-dlc
508 will ask interactively.
509 --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
512 ## Post-Processing Options:
513 -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
514 (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
516 --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
517 "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
518 "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
520 --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
521 a value between
0 (better) and
9 (worse)
522 for VBR or a specific bitrate like
128K
524 --remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
525 necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv).
526 If target container does not support the
527 video/audio codec, remuxing will fail
528 --recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
529 re-encoding is necessary (currently
530 supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
531 --postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
532 Specify the postprocessor name and the
533 arguments separated by a colon ':' to give
534 the argument to only the specified
535 postprocessor. Supported names are
536 ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor,
537 EmbedSubtitle, Metadata, Merger,
538 FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8,
539 SubtitlesConvertor, SponSkrub and Default.
540 You can use this option multiple times to
541 give different arguments to different
543 -k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
544 after post-processing
545 --no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
546 post-processing (default)
547 --post-overwrites Overwrite post-processed files (default)
548 --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files
549 --embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
551 --no-embed-subs Do not embed subtitles (default)
552 --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
553 --no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
554 --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
555 --no-add-metadata Do not write metadata (default)
556 --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
557 artist from the video title. The format
558 syntax is the same as --output. Regular
559 expression with named capture groups may
560 also be used. The parsed parameters replace
561 existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
562 title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
563 title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
564 (regex): --metadata-from-title
565 "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
566 --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
567 (using dublin core and xdg standards)
568 --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
569 file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
570 emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
571 default; fix file if we can, warn
573 --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
574 postprocessors (Same as --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
575 --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
576 postprocessors (default)
577 (Same as --no-prefer-avconv)
578 --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
579 either the path to the binary or its
580 containing directory.
581 --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
582 downloading and post-processing, similar to
583 find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
584 push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
585 --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
586 (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
588 ## [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) Options ([SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app)):
589 --sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
590 with the data available in SponsorBlock
591 API. This is enabled by default if the
592 sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)
593 --no-sponskrub Do not use sponskrub
594 --sponskrub-cut Cut out the sponsor sections instead of
596 --no-sponskrub-cut Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut
598 --sponskrub-force Run sponskrub even if the video was already
600 --no-sponskrub-force Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the
601 video was already downloaded (default)
602 --sponskrub-location PATH Location of the sponskrub binary; either
603 the path to the binary or its containing
606 ## Extractor Options:
607 --ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
608 (Same as --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
609 --allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
610 (Same as --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
614 You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at
`/etc/youtube-dlc.conf` and the user wide configuration file at
`~/.config/youtube-dlc/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are
`%APPDATA%\youtube-dlc\config.txt` or
`C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dlc.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself.
616 For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under
`Movies` directory in your home directory:
618 # Lines starting with # are comments
620 # Always extract audio
623 # Do not copy the mtime
627 --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
629 # Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
630 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
633 Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after
`-` or
`--`, e.g.
`-o` or
`--proxy` but not
`- o` or
`-- proxy`.
635 You can use
`--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
637 You can also use
`--config-location` if you want to use custom configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
639 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file
641 You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with
`--username` and
`--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube-dlc execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a
[`.netrc` file](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a
`.netrc` file in your
`$HOME` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
644 chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
646 After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase:
648 machine <extractor> login <login> password <password>
652 machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
653 machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
655 To activate authentication with the
`.netrc` file you should pass
`--netrc` to youtube-dlc or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
657 On Windows you may also need to setup the
`%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example:
659 set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
664 The
`-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names.
666 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
668 The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in
`youtube-dlc -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to
[python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example,
`%(NAME)s` or
`%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Allowed names along with sequence type are:
670 - `id` (string): Video identifier
671 - `title` (string): Video title
672 - `url` (string): Video URL
673 - `ext` (string): Video filename extension
674 - `alt_title` (string): A secondary title of the video
675 - `display_id` (string): An alternative identifier for the video
676 - `uploader` (string): Full name of the video uploader
677 - `license` (string): License name the video is licensed under
678 - `creator` (string): The creator of the video
679 - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
680 - `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
681 - `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
682 - `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
683 - `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
684 - `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
685 - `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
686 - `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
687 - `duration_string` (string): Length of the video (HH-mm-ss)
688 - `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
689 - `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
690 - `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
691 - `repost_count` (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
692 - `average_rating` (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
693 - `comment_count` (numeric): Number of comments on the video
694 - `age_limit` (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
695 - `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
696 - `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
697 - `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
698 - `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
699 - `format_id` (string): Format code specified by
`--format`
700 - `format_note` (string): Additional info about the format
701 - `width` (numeric): Width of the video
702 - `height` (numeric): Height of the video
703 - `resolution` (string): Textual description of width and height
704 - `tbr` (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
705 - `abr` (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
706 - `acodec` (string): Name of the audio codec in use
707 - `asr` (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
708 - `vbr` (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
709 - `fps` (numeric): Frame rate
710 - `vcodec` (string): Name of the video codec in use
711 - `container` (string): Name of the container format
712 - `filesize` (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
713 - `filesize_approx` (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
714 - `protocol` (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual download
715 - `extractor` (string): Name of the extractor
716 - `extractor_key` (string): Key name of the extractor
717 - `epoch` (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
718 - `autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each download, starting at
`--autonumber-start`
719 - `playlist` (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
720 - `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
721 - `playlist_id` (string): Playlist identifier
722 - `playlist_title` (string): Playlist title
723 - `playlist_uploader` (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
724 - `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
726 Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
728 - `chapter` (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
729 - `chapter_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
730 - `chapter_id` (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
732 Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
734 - `series` (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
735 - `season` (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
736 - `season_number` (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to
737 - `season_id` (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
738 - `episode` (string): Title of the video episode
739 - `episode_number` (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season
740 - `episode_id` (string): Id of the video episode
742 Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
744 - `track` (string): Title of the track
745 - `track_number` (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc
746 - `track_id` (string): Id of the track
747 - `artist` (string): Artist(s) of the track
748 - `genre` (string): Genre(s) of the track
749 - `album` (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
750 - `album_type` (string): Type of the album
751 - `album_artist` (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
752 - `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
753 - `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
755 Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor. Such sequences will be replaced with
`NA`.
757 For example for
`-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title
`youtube-dlc test video` and id
`BaW_jenozKcj`, this will result in a
`youtube-dlc test video-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4` file created in the current directory.
759 For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for example,
`%(view_count)05d` will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up to
5 characters, like in
`00042`.
761 Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g.
`-o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'` which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this path template. Any missing directory will be automatically created for you.
763 To use percent literals in an output template use
`%%`. To output to stdout use
`-o -`.
765 The current default template is
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`.
767 In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an
8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the
`--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
769 #### Output template and Windows batch files
771 If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you must escape plain percent characters (
`%`) by doubling, so that
`-o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"` should become
`-o "%%(title)s-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"`. However you should not touch
`%`'s that are not plain characters, e.g. environment variables for expansion should stay intact:
`-o "C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"`.
773 #### Output template examples
775 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
778 $ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc
779 youtube-dlc test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
781 $ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
782 youtube-dlc_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
784 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
785 $ youtube-dlc -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
787 # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
788 $ youtube-dlc -o '%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
790 # Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
791 $ youtube-dlc -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
793 # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
794 $ youtube-dlc -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
796 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
797 $ youtube-dlc -o - BaW_jenozKc
802 By default, youtube-dlc tries to download the best available quality if you **don't** pass any options.
803 This is generally equivalent to using
`-f bestvideo*+bestaudio/best`. However, if multiple audiostreams is enabled (
`--audio-multistreams`), the default format changes to
`-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best`. Similarly, if ffmpeg and avconv are unavailable, or if you use youtube-dlc to stream to
`stdout` (
`-o -`), the default becomes
`-f best/bestvideo+bestaudio`.
805 The general syntax for format selection is
`--f FORMAT` (or
`--format FORMAT`) where
`FORMAT` is a *selector expression*, i.e. an expression that describes format or formats you would like to download.
807 **tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
809 The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with
`-f 22` you can download the format with format code equal to
22. You can get the list of available format codes for particular video using
`--list-formats` or
`-F`. Note that these format codes are extractor specific.
811 You can also use a file extension (currently
`3gp`,
`aac`,
`flv`,
`m4a`,
`mp3`,
`mp4`,
`ogg`,
`wav`,
`webm` are supported) to download the best quality format of a particular file extension served as a single file, e.g.
`-f webm` will download the best quality format with the
`webm` extension served as a single file.
813 You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
815 - `b*`,
`best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
816 - `w*`,
`worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
817 - `b`,
`best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
818 - `w`,
`worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
819 - `bv`,
`bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec=none]`
820 - `wv`,
`worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec=none]`
821 - `bv*`,
`bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec!=none]`
822 - `wv*`,
`worstvideo*`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec!=none]`
823 - `ba`,
`bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`best*[vcodec=none]`
824 - `wa`,
`worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to
`worst*[vcodec=none]`
825 - `ba*`,
`bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`best*[acodec!=none]`
826 - `wa*`,
`worstaudio*`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to
`worst*[acodec!=none]`
828 For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use
`-f worstvideo`. It is however recomended to never actually use
`worst` and related options. When your format selector is
`worst`, the format which is worst in all respects is selected. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use
`-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps` instead of
`-f worst`. See [sorting formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
830 If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example
`-f 22/17/18` will download format
22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
832 If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as a separator, e.g.
`-f 22,17,18` will download all these three formats, of course if they are available. Or a more sophisticated example combined with the precedence feature:
`-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`.
834 You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using
`-f <format1>+<format2>+...` (requires ffmpeg or avconv installed), for example
`-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv. If
`--no-video-multistreams` is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one are ignored. Similarly, if
`--no-audio-multistreams` is used, all formats with an audio stream except the first one are ignored. For example,
`-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio` will download and merge all
3 given formats. The resulting file will have
2 video streams and
2 audio streams. But
`-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio --no-video-multistreams` will download and merge only
`bestvideo` and
`bestaudio`.
`best` is ignored since another format containing a video stream (
`bestvideo`) has already been selected. The order of the formats is therefore important.
`-f best+bestaudio --no-audio-multistreams` will download and merge both formats while
`-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams` will ignore
`best` and download only
`bestaudio`.
838 You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in
`-f "best[height=720]"` (or
`-f "[filesize>10M]"`).
840 The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons
`<`,
`<=`,
`>`,
`>=`,
`=` (equals),
`!=` (not equals):
842 - `filesize`: The number of bytes, if known in advance
843 - `width`: Width of the video, if known
844 - `height`: Height of the video, if known
845 - `tbr`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
846 - `abr`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
847 - `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
848 - `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
851 Also filtering work for comparisons
`=` (equals),
`^=` (starts with),
`$=` (ends with),
`*=` (contains) and following string meta fields:
853 - `ext`: File extension
854 - `acodec`: Name of the audio codec in use
855 - `vcodec`: Name of the video codec in use
856 - `container`: Name of the container format
857 - `protocol`: The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower-case (
`http`,
`https`,
`rtsp`,
`rtmp`,
`rtmpe`,
`mms`,
`f4m`,
`ism`,
`http_dash_segments`,
`m3u8`, or
`m3u8_native`)
858 - `format_id`: A short description of the format
859 - `language`: Language code
861 Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation
`!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g.
`!*=` (does not contain).
863 Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the video hoster. Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used for filtering.
865 Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (
`?`) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so
`-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to
720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least
500 KBit/s.
867 Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than
480 you can use
`-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.
871 You can change the criteria for being considered the
`best` by using
`-S` (
`--format-sort`). The general format for this is
`--format-sort field1,field2...`. The available fields are:
873 - `video`,
`has_video`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
874 - `audio`,
`has_audio`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
875 - `extractor`,
`preference`,
`extractor_preference`: The format preference as given by the extractor
876 - `lang`,
`language_preference`: Language preference as given by the extractor
877 - `quality`: The quality of the format. This is a metadata field available in some websites
878 - `source`,
`source_preference`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
879 - `proto`,
`protocol`: Protocol used for download (
`https`/
`ftps` >
`http`/
`ftp` >
`m3u8-native` >
`m3u8` >
`http-dash-segments` > other >
`mms`/
`rtsp` > unknown >
`f4f`/
`f4m`)
880 - `vcodec`,
`video_codec`: Video Codec (
`vp9` >
`h265` >
`h264` >
`vp8` >
`h263` >
`theora` > other > unknown)
881 - `acodec`,
`audio_codec`: Audio Codec (
`opus` >
`vorbis` >
`aac` >
`mp4a` >
`mp3` >
`ac3` >
`dts` > other > unknown)
882 - `codec`: Equivalent to
`vcodec,acodec`
883 - `vext`,
`video_ext`: Video Extension (
`mp4` >
`webm` >
`flv` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used,
`webm` is prefered.
884 - `aext`,
`audio_ext`: Audio Extension (
`m4a` >
`aac` >
`mp3` >
`ogg` >
`opus` >
`webm` > other > unknown). If
`--prefer-free-formats` is used, the order changes to
`opus` >
`ogg` >
`webm` >
`m4a` >
`mp3` >
`aac`.
885 - `ext`,
`extension`: Equivalent to
`vext,aext`
886 - `filesize`: Exact filesize, if know in advance. This will be unavailable for mu38 and DASH formats.
887 - `filesize_approx`: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests
888 - `size`,
`filesize_estimate`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
889 - `height`: Height of video
890 - `width`: Width of video
891 - `res`,
`dimension`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
892 - `fps`,
`framerate`: Framerate of video
893 - `tbr`,
`total_bitrate`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
894 - `vbr`,
`video_bitrate`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
895 - `abr`,
`audio_bitrate`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
896 - `br`,
`bitrate`: Equivalent to using
`tbr,vbr,abr`
897 - `samplerate`,
`asr`: Audio sample rate in Hz
899 Note that any other **numerical** field made available by the extractor can also be used. All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in decending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a
`+`. Eg:
`+res` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a prefered value for the fields, seperated by a
`:`. Eg:
`res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than
720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than
720p. For
`codec` and
`ext`, you can provide two prefered values, the first for video and the second for audio. Eg:
`+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to
`+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to
`h264` >
`h265` >
`vp9` >
`vp8` >
`h263` >
`theora` and audio codec preference to
`mp4a` >
`aac` >
`vorbis` >
`opus` >
`mp3` >
`ac3` >
`dts`. You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the provided by using
`~` as the delimiter. Eg:
`filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to
1 GiB.
901 The fields
`has_video`,
`extractor`,
`lang`,
`quality` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behaviour can be changed by using
`--force-format-sort`. Apart from these, the default order used is:
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`. Note that the extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
903 If your format selector is
`worst`, the last item is selected after sorting. This means it will select the format that is worst in all repects. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use
`-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps`.
905 **Tip**: You can use the
`-v -F` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
907 ## Format Selection examples
909 Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
912 # Download and merge the best best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
913 # or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
914 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv+ba/b'
916 # Download best format that contains video,
917 # and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
918 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*+ba/b'
923 # Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
924 # For this case, an output template should be used since
925 # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
926 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
930 # The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection
931 # and how to use -S to achieve a similar but better result
933 # Download the worst video available (old method)
934 $ youtube-dlc -f 'wv*+wa/w'
936 # Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
937 $ youtube-dlc -S '+res'
939 # Download the smallest video available
940 $ youtube-dlc -S '+size,+bitrate'
944 # Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
945 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b'
947 # Download the best video with the best extension
948 # (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
949 $ youtube-dlc -S 'ext'
953 # Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
954 # or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
955 $ youtube-dlc -f 'bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w'
957 # Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
958 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
959 $ youtube-dlc -S 'height:480'
961 # Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
962 # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
963 # Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
964 # So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
965 $ youtube-dlc -S 'res:480'
969 # Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
970 # or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
971 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b[filesize<50M] / w'
973 # Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
974 # or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
975 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize:50M'
977 # Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
978 $ youtube-dlc -f 'b' -S 'filesize~50M'
982 # Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
983 # or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
984 $ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)'
986 # Download best video available via the best protocol
987 # (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
988 $ youtube-dlc -S 'protocol'
992 # Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
993 $ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[vcodec^=avc1] / (bv*+ba/b)'
995 # Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
996 # or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
997 $ youtube-dlc -S 'codec:h264'
999 # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
1000 # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
1001 $ youtube-dlc -S '+codec:h264'
1005 # More complex examples
1007 # Download the best video no better than 720p prefering framerate greater than 30,
1008 # or the worst video (still prefering framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
1009 $ youtube-dlc -f '((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)'
1011 # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
1012 # or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
1013 # prefering larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
1014 $ youtube-dlc -S 'res:720,fps'
1018 # Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
1019 # or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
1020 # prefering better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
1021 $ youtube-dlc -S '+res:480,codec,br'
1029 For FAQ, Developer Instructions etc., see the
[original README](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)