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1 from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
3 import os.path
4 import optparse
5 import re
6 import sys
7
8 from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
9 from .compat import (
10 compat_expanduser,
11 compat_get_terminal_size,
12 compat_getenv,
13 compat_kwargs,
14 compat_shlex_split,
15 )
16 from .utils import (
17 expand_path,
18 get_executable_path,
19 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
20 preferredencoding,
21 REMUX_EXTENSIONS,
22 write_string,
23 )
24 from .version import __version__
25
26
27 def _hide_login_info(opts):
28 PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
29 eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
30
31 def _scrub_eq(o):
32 m = eqre.match(o)
33 if m:
34 return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
35 else:
36 return o
37
38 opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
39 for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
40 if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
41 opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
42 return opts
43
44
45 def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
46 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
47 try:
48 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
49 except IOError:
50 return default # silently skip if file is not present
51 try:
52 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
53 contents = optionf.read()
54 if sys.version_info < (3,):
55 contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
56 res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
57 finally:
58 optionf.close()
59 return res
60
61 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
62 # .config
63 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
64 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
65 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
66 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
67 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
68 if userConf is not None:
69 return userConf, userConfFile
70
71 # appdata
72 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
73 if appdata_dir:
74 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
75 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
76 if userConf is None:
77 userConfFile += '.txt'
78 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
79 if userConf is not None:
80 return userConf, userConfFile
81
82 # home
83 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
84 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
85 if userConf is None:
86 userConfFile += '.txt'
87 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
88 if userConf is not None:
89 return userConf, userConfFile
90
91 return default, None
92
93 def _format_option_string(option):
94 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
95
96 opts = []
97
98 if option._short_opts:
99 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
100 if option._long_opts:
101 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
102 if len(opts) > 1:
103 opts.insert(1, ', ')
104
105 if option.takes_value():
106 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
107
108 return ''.join(opts)
109
110 def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, prepend=True):
111 setattr(
112 parser.values, option.dest,
113 value.split(',') if not prepend
114 else value.split(',') + getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
115
116 def _dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback(
117 option, opt_str, value, parser,
118 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True):
119
120 out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
121 if multiple_keys:
122 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
123 mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
124 if mobj is not None:
125 keys = [k.strip() for k in mobj.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
126 val = mobj.group('val')
127 elif default_key is not None:
128 keys, val = [default_key], value
129 else:
130 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
131 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
132 val = process(val) if callable(process) else val
133 for key in keys:
134 out_dict[key] = val
135
136 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
137 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
138 max_width = columns if columns else 80
139 max_help_position = 80
140
141 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
142 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
143
144 kw = {
145 'version': __version__,
146 'formatter': fmt,
147 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
148 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
149 }
150
151 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
152
153 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
154 general.add_option(
155 '-h', '--help',
156 action='help',
157 help='Print this help text and exit')
158 general.add_option(
159 '--version',
160 action='version',
161 help='Print program version and exit')
162 general.add_option(
163 '-U', '--update',
164 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
165 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
166 general.add_option(
167 '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
168 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=True,
169 help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
170 general.add_option(
171 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
172 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
173 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
174 general.add_option(
175 '--dump-user-agent',
176 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
177 help='Display the current browser identification')
178 general.add_option(
179 '--list-extractors',
180 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
181 help='List all supported extractors')
182 general.add_option(
183 '--extractor-descriptions',
184 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
185 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
186 general.add_option(
187 '--force-generic-extractor',
188 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
189 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
190 general.add_option(
191 '--default-search',
192 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
193 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching')
194 general.add_option(
195 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
196 action='store_true',
197 help=(
198 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
199 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
200 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
201 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
202 general.add_option(
203 '--config-location',
204 dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
205 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
206 general.add_option(
207 '--flat-playlist',
208 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
209 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
210 general.add_option(
211 '--flat-videos',
212 action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
213 # help='Do not resolve the video urls')
214 # doesn't work
215 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
216 general.add_option(
217 '--no-flat-playlist',
218 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
219 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
220 general.add_option(
221 '--mark-watched',
222 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
223 help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
224 general.add_option(
225 '--no-mark-watched',
226 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
227 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
228 general.add_option(
229 '--no-colors',
230 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
231 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
232
233 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
234 network.add_option(
235 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
236 default=None, metavar='URL',
237 help=(
238 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
239 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
240 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
241 'for direct connection'))
242 network.add_option(
243 '--socket-timeout',
244 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
245 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
246 network.add_option(
247 '--source-address',
248 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
249 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
250 )
251 network.add_option(
252 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
253 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
254 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
255 )
256 network.add_option(
257 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
258 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
259 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
260 )
261
262 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
263 geo.add_option(
264 '--geo-verification-proxy',
265 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
266 help=(
267 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
268 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
269 geo.add_option(
270 '--cn-verification-proxy',
271 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
272 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
273 geo.add_option(
274 '--geo-bypass',
275 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
276 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
277 geo.add_option(
278 '--no-geo-bypass',
279 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
280 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
281 geo.add_option(
282 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
283 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
284 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
285 geo.add_option(
286 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
287 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
288 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
289
290 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
291 selection.add_option(
292 '--playlist-start',
293 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
294 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
295 selection.add_option(
296 '--playlist-end',
297 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
298 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
299 selection.add_option(
300 '--playlist-items',
301 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
302 help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13')
303 selection.add_option(
304 '--match-title',
305 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
306 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
307 selection.add_option(
308 '--reject-title',
309 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
310 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
311 selection.add_option(
312 '--max-downloads',
313 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
314 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
315 selection.add_option(
316 '--min-filesize',
317 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
318 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
319 selection.add_option(
320 '--max-filesize',
321 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
322 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
323 selection.add_option(
324 '--date',
325 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
326 help=(
327 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
328 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
329 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
330 selection.add_option(
331 '--datebefore',
332 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
333 help=(
334 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
335 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
336 selection.add_option(
337 '--dateafter',
338 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
339 help=(
340 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
341 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
342 selection.add_option(
343 '--min-views',
344 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
345 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
346 selection.add_option(
347 '--max-views',
348 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
349 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
350 selection.add_option(
351 '--match-filter',
352 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
353 help=(
354 'Generic video filter. '
355 'Specify any key (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available keys) to '
356 'match if the key is present, '
357 '!key to check if the key is not present, '
358 'key>NUMBER (like "view_count > 12", also works with '
359 '>=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a number, '
360 'key = \'LITERAL\' (like "uploader = \'Mike Smith\'", also works with !=) '
361 'to match against a string literal '
362 'and & to require multiple matches. '
363 'Values which are not known are excluded unless you '
364 'put a question mark (?) after the operator. '
365 'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
366 '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
367 'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
368 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
369 '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description"'))
370 selection.add_option(
371 '--no-match-filter',
372 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
373 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
374 selection.add_option(
375 '--no-playlist',
376 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
377 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
378 selection.add_option(
379 '--yes-playlist',
380 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
381 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
382 selection.add_option(
383 '--age-limit',
384 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
385 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
386 selection.add_option(
387 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
388 dest='download_archive',
389 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
390 selection.add_option(
391 '--break-on-existing',
392 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
393 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
394 selection.add_option(
395 '--break-on-reject',
396 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
397 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
398 selection.add_option(
399 '--no-download-archive',
400 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
401 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
402 selection.add_option(
403 '--include-ads',
404 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
405 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
406 selection.add_option(
407 '--no-include-ads',
408 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
409 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
410
411 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
412 authentication.add_option(
413 '-u', '--username',
414 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
415 help='Login with this account ID')
416 authentication.add_option(
417 '-p', '--password',
418 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
419 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
420 authentication.add_option(
421 '-2', '--twofactor',
422 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
423 help='Two-factor authentication code')
424 authentication.add_option(
425 '-n', '--netrc',
426 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
427 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
428 authentication.add_option(
429 '--video-password',
430 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
431 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
432 authentication.add_option(
433 '--ap-mso',
434 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
435 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
436 authentication.add_option(
437 '--ap-username',
438 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
439 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
440 authentication.add_option(
441 '--ap-password',
442 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
443 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
444 authentication.add_option(
445 '--ap-list-mso',
446 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
447 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
448
449 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
450 video_format.add_option(
451 '-f', '--format',
452 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
453 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
454 video_format.add_option(
455 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
456 dest='format_sort', default=[],
457 action='callback', callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback, type='str',
458 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
459 video_format.add_option(
460 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
461 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
462 help=(
463 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
464 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
465 video_format.add_option(
466 '--no-format-sort-force',
467 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
468 help=(
469 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
470 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
471 video_format.add_option(
472 '--video-multistreams',
473 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=False,
474 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
475 video_format.add_option(
476 '--no-video-multistreams',
477 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
478 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
479 video_format.add_option(
480 '--audio-multistreams',
481 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=False,
482 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
483 video_format.add_option(
484 '--no-audio-multistreams',
485 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
486 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
487 video_format.add_option(
488 '--all-formats',
489 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
490 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
491 video_format.add_option(
492 '--prefer-free-formats',
493 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
494 help=(
495 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
496 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
497 video_format.add_option(
498 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
499 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
500 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
501 video_format.add_option(
502 '-F', '--list-formats',
503 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
504 help='List all available formats of requested videos')
505 video_format.add_option(
506 '--list-formats-as-table',
507 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
508 help='Present the output of -F in tabular form (default)')
509 video_format.add_option(
510 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
511 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
512 help='Present the output of -F in the old form (Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)')
513 video_format.add_option(
514 '--merge-output-format',
515 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
516 help=(
517 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
518 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
519 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
520 video_format.add_option(
521 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
522 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
523 help=(
524 'Allow unplayable formats to be listed and downloaded. '
525 'All video postprocessing will also be turned off'))
526 video_format.add_option(
527 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
528 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
529 help='Do not allow unplayable formats to be listed or downloaded (default)')
530
531 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
532 subtitles.add_option(
533 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
534 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
535 help='Write subtitle file')
536 subtitles.add_option(
537 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
538 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
539 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
540 subtitles.add_option(
541 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
542 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
543 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
544 subtitles.add_option(
545 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
546 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
547 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
548 subtitles.add_option(
549 '--all-subs',
550 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
551 help='Download all the available subtitles of the video')
552 subtitles.add_option(
553 '--list-subs',
554 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
555 help='List all available subtitles for the video')
556 subtitles.add_option(
557 '--sub-format',
558 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
559 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
560 subtitles.add_option(
561 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
562 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
563 default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
564 help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
565
566 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
567 downloader.add_option(
568 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
569 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
570 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
571 downloader.add_option(
572 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
573 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
574 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
575 downloader.add_option(
576 '-R', '--retries',
577 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
578 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
579 downloader.add_option(
580 '--fragment-retries',
581 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
582 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
583 downloader.add_option(
584 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
585 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
586 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
587 downloader.add_option(
588 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
589 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
590 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
591 downloader.add_option(
592 '--keep-fragments',
593 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
594 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
595 downloader.add_option(
596 '--no-keep-fragments',
597 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
598 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
599 downloader.add_option(
600 '--buffer-size',
601 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
602 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
603 downloader.add_option(
604 '--resize-buffer',
605 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
606 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
607 downloader.add_option(
608 '--no-resize-buffer',
609 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
610 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
611 downloader.add_option(
612 '--http-chunk-size',
613 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
614 help=(
615 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
616 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
617 downloader.add_option(
618 '--test',
619 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
620 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
621 downloader.add_option(
622 '--playlist-reverse',
623 action='store_true',
624 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
625 downloader.add_option(
626 '--no-playlist-reverse',
627 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
628 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
629 downloader.add_option(
630 '--playlist-random',
631 action='store_true',
632 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
633 downloader.add_option(
634 '--xattr-set-filesize',
635 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
636 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
637 downloader.add_option(
638 '--hls-prefer-native',
639 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
640 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
641 downloader.add_option(
642 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
643 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
644 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
645 downloader.add_option(
646 '--hls-use-mpegts',
647 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
648 help=(
649 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
650 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
651 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
652 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
653 downloader.add_option(
654 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
655 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
656 help=(
657 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
658 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
659 downloader.add_option(
660 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
661 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
662 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
663 callback_kwargs={
664 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
665 'default_key': 'default', 'process': lambda x: x.strip()},
666 help=(
667 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
668 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
669 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
670 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
671 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
672 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
673 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
674 downloader.add_option(
675 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
676 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
677 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
678 callback_kwargs={
679 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
680 'default_key': 'default', 'process': compat_shlex_split},
681 help=(
682 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
683 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
684 'You can use this option multiple times (Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
685
686 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
687 workarounds.add_option(
688 '--encoding',
689 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
690 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
691 workarounds.add_option(
692 '--no-check-certificate',
693 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
694 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
695 workarounds.add_option(
696 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
697 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
698 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
699 workarounds.add_option(
700 '--user-agent',
701 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
702 help='Specify a custom user agent')
703 workarounds.add_option(
704 '--referer',
705 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
706 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
707 )
708 workarounds.add_option(
709 '--add-header',
710 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
711 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
712 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
713 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
714 )
715 workarounds.add_option(
716 '--bidi-workaround',
717 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
718 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
719 workarounds.add_option(
720 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
721 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
722 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
723 workarounds.add_option(
724 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
725 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
726 help=(
727 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
728 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
729 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
730 workarounds.add_option(
731 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
732 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
733 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
734 workarounds.add_option(
735 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
736 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
737 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
738
739 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
740 verbosity.add_option(
741 '-q', '--quiet',
742 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
743 help='Activate quiet mode')
744 verbosity.add_option(
745 '--no-warnings',
746 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
747 help='Ignore warnings')
748 verbosity.add_option(
749 '-s', '--simulate',
750 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
751 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
752 verbosity.add_option(
753 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
754 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
755 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
756 verbosity.add_option(
757 '-g', '--get-url',
758 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
759 help='Simulate, quiet but print URL')
760 verbosity.add_option(
761 '-e', '--get-title',
762 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
763 help='Simulate, quiet but print title')
764 verbosity.add_option(
765 '--get-id',
766 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
767 help='Simulate, quiet but print id')
768 verbosity.add_option(
769 '--get-thumbnail',
770 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
771 help='Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
772 verbosity.add_option(
773 '--get-description',
774 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
775 help='Simulate, quiet but print video description')
776 verbosity.add_option(
777 '--get-duration',
778 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
779 help='Simulate, quiet but print video length')
780 verbosity.add_option(
781 '--get-filename',
782 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
783 help='Simulate, quiet but print output filename')
784 verbosity.add_option(
785 '--get-format',
786 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
787 help='Simulate, quiet but print output format')
788 verbosity.add_option(
789 '-j', '--dump-json',
790 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
791 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
792 verbosity.add_option(
793 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
794 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
795 help=(
796 'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. '
797 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line'))
798 verbosity.add_option(
799 '--print-json',
800 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
801 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded)')
802 verbosity.add_option(
803 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
804 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
805 help=(
806 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur,'
807 'even if -s or another simulation switch is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
808 verbosity.add_option(
809 '--newline',
810 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
811 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
812 verbosity.add_option(
813 '--no-progress',
814 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
815 help='Do not print progress bar')
816 verbosity.add_option(
817 '--console-title',
818 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
819 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
820 verbosity.add_option(
821 '-v', '--verbose',
822 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
823 help='Print various debugging information')
824 verbosity.add_option(
825 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
826 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
827 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
828 verbosity.add_option(
829 '--write-pages',
830 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
831 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
832 verbosity.add_option(
833 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
834 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
835 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
836 verbosity.add_option(
837 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
838 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
839 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
840 verbosity.add_option(
841 '-C', '--call-home',
842 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
843 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
844 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
845 verbosity.add_option(
846 '--no-call-home',
847 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
848 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
849 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
850
851 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
852 filesystem.add_option(
853 '-a', '--batch-file',
854 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
855 help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
856 "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
857 filesystem.add_option(
858 '--id', default=False,
859 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
860 filesystem.add_option(
861 '-P', '--paths',
862 metavar='TYPES:PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
863 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
864 callback_kwargs={
865 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
866 'process': lambda x: x.strip()},
867 help=(
868 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
869 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
870 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
871 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" and "temp" paths. '
872 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
873 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
874 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
875 filesystem.add_option(
876 '-o', '--output',
877 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
878 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
879 callback_kwargs={
880 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
881 'default_key': 'default', 'process': lambda x: x.strip()},
882 help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
883 filesystem.add_option(
884 '--output-na-placeholder',
885 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
886 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
887 filesystem.add_option(
888 '--autonumber-size',
889 dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
890 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
891 filesystem.add_option(
892 '--autonumber-start',
893 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
894 help='Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s (default is %default)')
895 filesystem.add_option(
896 '--restrict-filenames',
897 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
898 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
899 filesystem.add_option(
900 '--no-restrict-filenames',
901 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
902 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
903 filesystem.add_option(
904 '--windows-filenames',
905 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
906 help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
907 filesystem.add_option(
908 '--no-windows-filenames',
909 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
910 help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
911 filesystem.add_option(
912 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
913 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
914 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
915 filesystem.add_option(
916 '-A', '--auto-number',
917 action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
918 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
919 filesystem.add_option(
920 '-t', '--title',
921 action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
922 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
923 filesystem.add_option(
924 '-l', '--literal', default=False,
925 action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
926 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
927 filesystem.add_option(
928 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
929 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
930 help='Do not overwrite any files')
931 filesystem.add_option(
932 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
933 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
934 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
935 filesystem.add_option(
936 '--no-force-overwrites',
937 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
938 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
939 filesystem.add_option(
940 '-c', '--continue',
941 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
942 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
943 filesystem.add_option(
944 '--no-continue',
945 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
946 help=(
947 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
948 'If the file is unfragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
949 filesystem.add_option(
950 '--part',
951 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
952 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
953 filesystem.add_option(
954 '--no-part',
955 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
956 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
957 filesystem.add_option(
958 '--mtime',
959 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
960 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
961 filesystem.add_option(
962 '--no-mtime',
963 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
964 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
965 filesystem.add_option(
966 '--write-description',
967 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
968 help='Write video description to a .description file')
969 filesystem.add_option(
970 '--no-write-description',
971 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
972 help='Do not write video description (default)')
973 filesystem.add_option(
974 '--write-info-json',
975 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
976 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
977 filesystem.add_option(
978 '--no-write-info-json',
979 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
980 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
981 filesystem.add_option(
982 '--write-annotations',
983 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
984 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
985 filesystem.add_option(
986 '--no-write-annotations',
987 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
988 help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
989 filesystem.add_option(
990 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
991 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=True,
992 help=(
993 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
994 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
995 filesystem.add_option(
996 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
997 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
998 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
999 filesystem.add_option(
1000 '--clean-infojson',
1001 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=True,
1002 help=(
1003 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1004 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1005 filesystem.add_option(
1006 '--no-clean-infojson',
1007 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1008 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1009 filesystem.add_option(
1010 '--get-comments',
1011 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
1012 help=(
1013 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the .info.json file. '
1014 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick'))
1015 filesystem.add_option(
1016 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1017 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1018 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1019 filesystem.add_option(
1020 '--cookies',
1021 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
1022 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1023 filesystem.add_option(
1024 '--no-cookies',
1025 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
1026 help='Do not read/dump cookies (default)')
1027 filesystem.add_option(
1028 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
1029 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change')
1030 filesystem.add_option(
1031 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
1032 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1033 filesystem.add_option(
1034 '--rm-cache-dir',
1035 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
1036 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1037
1038 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
1039 thumbnail.add_option(
1040 '--write-thumbnail',
1041 action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
1042 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1043 thumbnail.add_option(
1044 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1045 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1046 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1047 thumbnail.add_option(
1048 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1049 action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
1050 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1051 thumbnail.add_option(
1052 '--list-thumbnails',
1053 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
1054 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
1055
1056 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1057 link.add_option(
1058 '--write-link',
1059 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
1060 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1061 link.add_option(
1062 '--write-url-link',
1063 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
1064 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1065 link.add_option(
1066 '--write-webloc-link',
1067 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
1068 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1069 link.add_option(
1070 '--write-desktop-link',
1071 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
1072 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1073
1074 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
1075 postproc.add_option(
1076 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1077 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
1078 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1079 postproc.add_option(
1080 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
1081 help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or "wav"; "%default" by default; No effect without -x')
1082 postproc.add_option(
1083 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1084 dest='audioquality', default='5',
1085 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
1086 postproc.add_option(
1087 '--remux-video',
1088 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
1089 help=(
1090 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
1091 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
1092 'You can specify multiple rules; eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1093 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(REMUX_EXTENSIONS)))
1094 postproc.add_option(
1095 '--recode-video',
1096 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
1097 help=(
1098 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
1099 'The supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
1100 postproc.add_option(
1101 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1102 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
1103 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_multiple_values_options_callback,
1104 callback_kwargs={
1105 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1106 'process': compat_shlex_split, 'multiple_keys': False},
1107 help=(
1108 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1109 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1110 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1111 'Merger, ExtractAudio, SplitChapters, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, '
1112 'SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1113 'SponSkrub, FixupStretched, FixupM4a and FixupM3u8. '
1114 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg, FFprobe, and SponSkrub. '
1115 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1116 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1117 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1118 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1119 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1120 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1121 postproc.add_option(
1122 '-k', '--keep-video',
1123 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
1124 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1125 postproc.add_option(
1126 '--no-keep-video',
1127 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1128 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1129 postproc.add_option(
1130 '--post-overwrites',
1131 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1132 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1133 postproc.add_option(
1134 '--no-post-overwrites',
1135 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
1136 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1137 postproc.add_option(
1138 '--embed-subs',
1139 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
1140 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1141 postproc.add_option(
1142 '--no-embed-subs',
1143 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1144 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1145 postproc.add_option(
1146 '--embed-thumbnail',
1147 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
1148 help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
1149 postproc.add_option(
1150 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1151 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1152 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1153 postproc.add_option(
1154 '--add-metadata',
1155 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
1156 help='Write metadata to the video file')
1157 postproc.add_option(
1158 '--no-add-metadata',
1159 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
1160 help='Do not write metadata (default)')
1161 postproc.add_option(
1162 '--metadata-from-title',
1163 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
1164 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1165 postproc.add_option(
1166 '--parse-metadata',
1167 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='metafromfield', action='append',
1168 help=(
1169 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1170 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
1171 postproc.add_option(
1172 '--xattrs',
1173 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
1174 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1175 postproc.add_option(
1176 '--fixup',
1177 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
1178 help=(
1179 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1180 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1181 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)'))
1182 postproc.add_option(
1183 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1184 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
1185 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1186 postproc.add_option(
1187 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1188 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1189 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1190 postproc.add_option(
1191 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1192 dest='ffmpeg_location',
1193 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1194 postproc.add_option(
1195 '--exec',
1196 metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
1197 help=(
1198 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
1199 'Similar syntax to the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1200 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
1201 'If no fields are passed, "%(filepath)s" is appended to the end of the command'))
1202 postproc.add_option(
1203 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1204 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
1205 help='Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc) (Alias: --convert-subtitles)')
1206 postproc.add_option(
1207 '--convert-thumbnails',
1208 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
1209 help='Convert the thumbnails to another format (currently supported: jpg)')
1210 postproc.add_option(
1211 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1212 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1213 help=(
1214 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1215 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1216 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1217 postproc.add_option(
1218 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1219 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1220 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1221
1222 sponskrub = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description=(
1223 'SponSkrub (https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) is a utility to mark/remove sponsor segments '
1224 'from downloaded YouTube videos using SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1225 sponskrub.add_option(
1226 '--sponskrub',
1227 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=None,
1228 help=(
1229 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
1230 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
1231 sponskrub.add_option(
1232 '--no-sponskrub',
1233 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
1234 help='Do not use sponskrub')
1235 sponskrub.add_option(
1236 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1237 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
1238 help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
1239 sponskrub.add_option(
1240 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1241 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
1242 help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
1243 sponskrub.add_option(
1244 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1245 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
1246 help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
1247 sponskrub.add_option(
1248 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1249 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
1250 help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
1251 sponskrub.add_option(
1252 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1253 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
1254 help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1255 sponskrub.add_option(
1256 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1257 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1258
1259 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
1260 extractor.add_option(
1261 '--extractor-retries',
1262 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
1263 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1264 extractor.add_option(
1265 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1266 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
1267 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1268 extractor.add_option(
1269 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1270 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
1271 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1272 extractor.add_option(
1273 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1274 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1275 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1276 )
1277 extractor.add_option(
1278 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1279 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1280 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1281 extractor.add_option(
1282 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1283 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
1284 help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)')
1285 extractor.add_option(
1286 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1287 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1288 help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)')
1289 extractor.add_option(
1290 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1291 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
1292 help='Download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)')
1293 extractor.add_option(
1294 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1295 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1296 help='Do not download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)')
1297
1298 parser.add_option_group(general)
1299 parser.add_option_group(network)
1300 parser.add_option_group(geo)
1301 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1302 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1303 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
1304 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
1305 parser.add_option_group(link)
1306 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1307 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1308 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1309 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1310 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1311 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
1312 parser.add_option_group(sponskrub)
1313 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
1314
1315 if overrideArguments is not None:
1316 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
1317 if opts.verbose:
1318 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
1319 else:
1320 def compat_conf(conf):
1321 if sys.version_info < (3,):
1322 return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
1323 return conf
1324
1325 configs = {
1326 'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
1327 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1328 paths = {'command-line': False}
1329 opts, args = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
1330
1331 def get_configs():
1332 if '--config-location' in configs['command-line']:
1333 location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
1334 if os.path.isdir(location):
1335 location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
1336 if not os.path.exists(location):
1337 parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
1338 configs['custom'] = _readOptions(location, default=None)
1339 if configs['custom'] is None:
1340 configs['custom'] = []
1341 else:
1342 paths['custom'] = location
1343 if '--ignore-config' in configs['command-line']:
1344 return
1345 if '--ignore-config' in configs['custom']:
1346 return
1347
1348 def read_options(path, user=False):
1349 # Multiple package names can be given here
1350 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1351 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1352 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
1353 if user:
1354 config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
1355 else:
1356 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
1357 config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
1358 if config is not None:
1359 return config, current_path
1360 return [], None
1361
1362 configs['portable'], paths['portable'] = read_options(get_executable_path())
1363 if '--ignore-config' in configs['portable']:
1364 return
1365
1366 def get_home_path():
1367 opts = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])[0]
1368 return expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()
1369
1370 configs['home'], paths['home'] = read_options(get_home_path())
1371 if '--ignore-config' in configs['home']:
1372 return
1373
1374 configs['system'], paths['system'] = read_options('/etc')
1375 if '--ignore-config' in configs['system']:
1376 return
1377
1378 configs['user'], paths['user'] = read_options('', True)
1379 if '--ignore-config' in configs['user']:
1380 configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
1381
1382 get_configs()
1383 argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
1384 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
1385 if opts.verbose:
1386 for label in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
1387 key = label.lower()
1388 if paths.get(key) is None:
1389 continue
1390 if paths[key]:
1391 write_string('[debug] %s config file: %s\n' % (label, paths[key]))
1392 write_string('[debug] %s config: %s\n' % (label, repr(_hide_login_info(configs[key]))))
1393
1394 return parser, opts, args