1 from __future__
import unicode_literals
10 compat_get_terminal_size
,
22 from .version
import __version__
24 from .downloader
.external
import list_external_downloaders
25 from .postprocessor
.ffmpeg
import (
27 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
,
28 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
,
33 def _hide_login_info(opts
):
34 PRIVATE_OPTS
= set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
35 eqre
= re
.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re
.escape(po
) for po
in PRIVATE_OPTS
)) + ')=.+$')
40 return m
.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
44 opts
= list(map(_scrub_eq
, opts
))
45 for idx
, opt
in enumerate(opts
):
46 if opt
in PRIVATE_OPTS
and idx
+ 1 < len(opts
):
47 opts
[idx
+ 1] = 'PRIVATE'
51 def parseOpts(overrideArguments
=None):
52 def _readOptions(filename_bytes
, default
=[]):
54 optionf
= open(filename_bytes
)
56 return default
# silently skip if file is not present
58 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
59 contents
= optionf
.read()
60 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
61 contents
= contents
.decode(preferredencoding())
62 res
= compat_shlex_split(contents
, comments
=True)
67 def _readUserConf(package_name
, default
=[]):
69 xdg_config_home
= compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
70 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, package_name
, 'config')
71 if not os
.path
.isfile(userConfFile
):
72 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, '%s.conf' % package_name
)
73 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
74 if userConf
is not None:
75 return userConf
, userConfFile
78 appdata_dir
= compat_getenv('appdata')
80 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(appdata_dir
, package_name
, 'config')
81 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
83 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
84 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
85 if userConf
is not None:
86 return userConf
, userConfFile
89 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name
)
90 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
92 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
93 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
94 if userConf
is not None:
95 return userConf
, userConfFile
99 def _format_option_string(option
):
100 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
104 if option
._short
_opts
:
105 opts
.append(option
._short
_opts
[0])
106 if option
._long
_opts
:
107 opts
.append(option
._long
_opts
[0])
111 if option
.takes_value():
112 opts
.append(' %s' % option
.metavar
)
116 def _list_from_options_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, append
=True, delim
=','):
117 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
118 current
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
) if append
else []
119 value
= [value
] if delim
is None else value
.split(delim
)
121 parser
.values
, option
.dest
,
122 current
+ value
if append
is True else value
+ current
)
124 def _dict_from_options_callback(
125 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
,
126 allowed_keys
=r
'[\w-]+', delimiter
=':', default_key
=None, process
=None, multiple_keys
=True):
128 out_dict
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)
130 allowed_keys
= r
'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys
, allowed_keys
)
131 mobj
= re
.match(r
'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys
, delimiter
), value
)
133 keys
= [k
.strip() for k
in mobj
.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
134 val
= mobj
.group('val')
135 elif default_key
is not None:
136 keys
, val
= [default_key
], value
138 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(
139 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str
, option
.metavar
, value
))
140 val
= process(val
) if callable(process
) else val
144 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
145 columns
= compat_get_terminal_size().columns
146 max_width
= columns
if columns
else 80
147 max_help_position
= 80
149 fmt
= optparse
.IndentedHelpFormatter(width
=max_width
, max_help_position
=max_help_position
)
150 fmt
.format_option_strings
= _format_option_string
153 'version': __version__
,
155 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
156 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
159 parser
= optparse
.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw
))
161 general
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'General Options')
165 help='Print this help text and exit')
169 help='Print program version and exit')
172 action
='store_true', dest
='update_self',
173 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
175 '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
176 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreerrors', default
=None,
177 help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
179 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
180 action
='store_false', dest
='ignoreerrors',
181 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
184 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_user_agent', default
=False,
185 help='Display the current browser identification')
188 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractors', default
=False,
189 help='List all supported extractors')
191 '--extractor-descriptions',
192 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractor_descriptions', default
=False,
193 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
195 '--force-generic-extractor',
196 action
='store_true', dest
='force_generic_extractor', default
=False,
197 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
200 dest
='default_search', metavar
='PREFIX',
201 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')
203 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
206 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
207 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
208 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
209 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
212 dest
='config_location', metavar
='PATH',
213 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
216 action
='store_const', dest
='extract_flat', const
='in_playlist', default
=False,
217 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
220 action
='store_true', dest
='extract_flat',
221 # help='Do not resolve the video urls')
223 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
225 '--no-flat-playlist',
226 action
='store_false', dest
='extract_flat',
227 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
230 action
='store_true', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
231 help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
234 action
='store_false', dest
='mark_watched',
235 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
238 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color', default
=False,
239 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
242 metavar
='OPTS', dest
='compat_opts', default
=[],
243 action
='callback', callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, type='str',
245 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl and youtube-dlc '
246 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
247 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
249 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
251 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
252 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
254 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
255 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
256 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
257 'for direct connection'))
260 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
261 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
264 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
265 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
268 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
269 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
270 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
273 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
274 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
275 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
278 geo
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Geo-restriction')
280 '--geo-verification-proxy',
281 dest
='geo_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
283 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
284 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
286 '--cn-verification-proxy',
287 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
288 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
291 action
='store_true', dest
='geo_bypass', default
=True,
292 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
295 action
='store_false', dest
='geo_bypass', default
=True,
296 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
298 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar
='CODE',
299 dest
='geo_bypass_country', default
=None,
300 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
302 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar
='IP_BLOCK',
303 dest
='geo_bypass_ip_block', default
=None,
304 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
306 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
307 selection
.add_option(
309 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
310 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
311 selection
.add_option(
313 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
314 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
315 selection
.add_option(
317 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
318 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')
319 selection
.add_option(
321 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
322 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
323 selection
.add_option(
325 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
326 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
327 selection
.add_option(
329 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
330 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
331 selection
.add_option(
333 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
334 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
335 selection
.add_option(
337 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
338 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
339 selection
.add_option(
341 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
343 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
344 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
345 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
346 selection
.add_option(
348 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
350 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
351 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
352 selection
.add_option(
354 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
356 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
357 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
358 selection
.add_option(
360 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
361 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
362 selection
.add_option(
364 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
365 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
366 selection
.add_option(
368 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', default
=None,
370 'Generic video filter. '
371 'Specify any key (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available keys) to '
372 'match if the key is present, '
373 '!key to check if the key is not present, '
374 'key>NUMBER (like "view_count > 12", also works with '
375 '>=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a number, '
376 'key = \'LITERAL\' (like "uploader = \'Mike Smith\'", also works with !=) '
377 'to match against a string literal '
378 'and & to require multiple matches. '
379 'Values which are not known are excluded unless you '
380 'put a question mark (?) after the operator. '
381 'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
382 '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
383 'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
384 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
385 '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description"'))
386 selection
.add_option(
388 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', action
='store_const', const
=None,
389 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
390 selection
.add_option(
392 action
='store_true', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
393 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
394 selection
.add_option(
396 action
='store_false', dest
='noplaylist',
397 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
398 selection
.add_option(
400 metavar
='YEARS', dest
='age_limit', default
=None, type=int,
401 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
402 selection
.add_option(
403 '--download-archive', metavar
='FILE',
404 dest
='download_archive',
405 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
406 selection
.add_option(
407 '--break-on-existing',
408 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_existing', default
=False,
409 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
410 selection
.add_option(
412 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_reject', default
=False,
413 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
414 selection
.add_option(
415 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar
='N',
416 dest
='skip_playlist_after_errors', default
=None, type=int,
417 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
418 selection
.add_option(
419 '--no-download-archive',
420 dest
='download_archive', action
="store_const", const
=None,
421 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
422 selection
.add_option(
424 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_true',
425 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
426 selection
.add_option(
428 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_false',
429 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
431 authentication
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Authentication Options')
432 authentication
.add_option(
434 dest
='username', metavar
='USERNAME',
435 help='Login with this account ID')
436 authentication
.add_option(
438 dest
='password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
439 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
440 authentication
.add_option(
442 dest
='twofactor', metavar
='TWOFACTOR',
443 help='Two-factor authentication code')
444 authentication
.add_option(
446 action
='store_true', dest
='usenetrc', default
=False,
447 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
448 authentication
.add_option(
450 dest
='videopassword', metavar
='PASSWORD',
451 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
452 authentication
.add_option(
454 dest
='ap_mso', metavar
='MSO',
455 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
456 authentication
.add_option(
458 dest
='ap_username', metavar
='USERNAME',
459 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
460 authentication
.add_option(
462 dest
='ap_password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
463 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
464 authentication
.add_option(
466 action
='store_true', dest
='ap_list_mso', default
=False,
467 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
469 video_format
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Format Options')
470 video_format
.add_option(
472 action
='store', dest
='format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
473 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
474 video_format
.add_option(
475 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar
='SORTORDER',
476 dest
='format_sort', default
=[], type='str', action
='callback',
477 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'append': -1}
,
478 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
479 video_format
.add_option(
480 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
481 action
='store_true', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
483 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
484 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
485 video_format
.add_option(
486 '--no-format-sort-force',
487 action
='store_false', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
489 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
490 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
491 video_format
.add_option(
492 '--video-multistreams',
493 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams', default
=None,
494 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
495 video_format
.add_option(
496 '--no-video-multistreams',
497 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams',
498 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
499 video_format
.add_option(
500 '--audio-multistreams',
501 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default
=None,
502 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
503 video_format
.add_option(
504 '--no-audio-multistreams',
505 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
506 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
507 video_format
.add_option(
509 action
='store_const', dest
='format', const
='all',
510 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
511 video_format
.add_option(
512 '--prefer-free-formats',
513 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
515 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
516 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
517 video_format
.add_option(
518 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
519 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
520 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
521 video_format
.add_option(
523 action
='store_true', dest
='check_formats', default
=False,
524 help="Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable (Experimental)")
525 video_format
.add_option(
526 '-F', '--list-formats',
527 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats',
528 help='List all available formats of requested videos')
529 video_format
.add_option(
530 '--list-formats-as-table',
531 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats_table', default
=True,
532 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
533 video_format
.add_option(
534 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
535 action
='store_false', dest
='listformats_table',
536 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
537 video_format
.add_option(
538 '--merge-output-format',
539 action
='store', dest
='merge_output_format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
541 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
542 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
543 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
544 video_format
.add_option(
545 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
546 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats', default
=False,
548 'Allow unplayable formats to be listed and downloaded. '
549 'All video post-processing will also be turned off'))
550 video_format
.add_option(
551 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
552 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats',
553 help='Do not allow unplayable formats to be listed or downloaded (default)')
555 subtitles
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Subtitle Options')
556 subtitles
.add_option(
557 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
558 action
='store_true', dest
='writesubtitles', default
=False,
559 help='Write subtitle file')
560 subtitles
.add_option(
561 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
562 action
='store_false', dest
='writesubtitles',
563 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
564 subtitles
.add_option(
565 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
566 action
='store_true', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
567 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
568 subtitles
.add_option(
569 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
570 action
='store_false', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
571 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
572 subtitles
.add_option(
574 action
='store_true', dest
='allsubtitles', default
=False,
575 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
576 subtitles
.add_option(
578 action
='store_true', dest
='listsubtitles', default
=False,
579 help='List all available subtitles for the video')
580 subtitles
.add_option(
582 action
='store', dest
='subtitlesformat', metavar
='FORMAT', default
='best',
583 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
584 subtitles
.add_option(
585 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
586 action
='callback', dest
='subtitleslangs', metavar
='LANGS', type='str',
587 default
=[], callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
589 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) '
590 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
591 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
593 downloader
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Download Options')
594 downloader
.add_option(
595 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
596 dest
='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar
='N', default
=1, type=int,
597 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
598 downloader
.add_option(
599 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
600 dest
='ratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
601 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
602 downloader
.add_option(
604 dest
='throttledratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
605 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
606 downloader
.add_option(
608 dest
='retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
609 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
610 downloader
.add_option(
611 '--fragment-retries',
612 dest
='fragment_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
613 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
614 downloader
.add_option(
615 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
616 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments', default
=True,
617 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
618 downloader
.add_option(
619 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
620 action
='store_false', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments',
621 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
622 downloader
.add_option(
624 action
='store_true', dest
='keep_fragments', default
=False,
625 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
626 downloader
.add_option(
627 '--no-keep-fragments',
628 action
='store_false', dest
='keep_fragments',
629 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
630 downloader
.add_option(
632 dest
='buffersize', metavar
='SIZE', default
='1024',
633 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
634 downloader
.add_option(
636 action
='store_false', dest
='noresizebuffer',
637 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
638 downloader
.add_option(
639 '--no-resize-buffer',
640 action
='store_true', dest
='noresizebuffer', default
=False,
641 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
642 downloader
.add_option(
644 dest
='http_chunk_size', metavar
='SIZE', default
=None,
646 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
647 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
648 downloader
.add_option(
650 action
='store_true', dest
='test', default
=False,
651 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
652 downloader
.add_option(
653 '--playlist-reverse',
655 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
656 downloader
.add_option(
657 '--no-playlist-reverse',
658 action
='store_false', dest
='playlist_reverse',
659 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
660 downloader
.add_option(
663 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
664 downloader
.add_option(
665 '--xattr-set-filesize',
666 dest
='xattr_set_filesize', action
='store_true',
667 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
668 downloader
.add_option(
669 '--hls-prefer-native',
670 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_true', default
=None,
671 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
672 downloader
.add_option(
673 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
674 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_false', default
=None,
675 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
676 downloader
.add_option(
678 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_true', default
=None,
680 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
681 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
682 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
683 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
684 downloader
.add_option(
685 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
686 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_false',
688 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
689 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
690 downloader
.add_option(
691 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
692 dest
='external_downloader', metavar
='[PROTO:]NAME', default
={}, type='str',
693 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
695 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
696 'default_key': 'default',
697 'process': lambda x
: x
.strip()
700 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
701 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
702 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
703 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
704 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
705 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
706 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
707 downloader
.add_option(
708 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
709 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='external_downloader_args', default
={}, type='str',
710 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
712 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
713 'default_key': 'default',
714 'process': compat_shlex_split
717 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
718 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
719 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
720 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
722 workarounds
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Workarounds')
723 workarounds
.add_option(
725 dest
='encoding', metavar
='ENCODING',
726 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
727 workarounds
.add_option(
728 '--no-check-certificate',
729 action
='store_true', dest
='no_check_certificate', default
=False,
730 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
731 workarounds
.add_option(
732 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
733 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_insecure',
734 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
735 workarounds
.add_option(
737 metavar
='UA', dest
='user_agent',
738 help='Specify a custom user agent')
739 workarounds
.add_option(
741 metavar
='URL', dest
='referer', default
=None,
742 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
744 workarounds
.add_option(
746 metavar
='FIELD:VALUE', dest
='headers', default
={}, type='str',
747 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
748 callback_kwargs
={'multiple_keys': False}
,
749 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
751 workarounds
.add_option(
753 dest
='bidi_workaround', action
='store_true',
754 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
755 workarounds
.add_option(
756 '--sleep-requests', metavar
='SECONDS',
757 dest
='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
758 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
759 workarounds
.add_option(
760 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
761 dest
='sleep_interval', type=float,
763 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
764 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
765 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
766 workarounds
.add_option(
767 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
768 dest
='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
769 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
770 workarounds
.add_option(
771 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar
='SECONDS',
772 dest
='sleep_interval_subtitles', default
=0, type=int,
773 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
775 verbosity
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
776 verbosity
.add_option(
778 action
='store_true', dest
='quiet', default
=False,
779 help='Activate quiet mode')
780 verbosity
.add_option(
782 dest
='no_warnings', action
='store_true', default
=False,
783 help='Ignore warnings')
784 verbosity
.add_option(
786 action
='store_true', dest
='simulate', default
=False,
787 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
788 verbosity
.add_option(
789 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
790 action
='store_true', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error', default
=False,
792 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
793 'even if the video is not actually available for download (experimental)'))
794 verbosity
.add_option(
795 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
796 action
='store_false', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error',
797 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
798 verbosity
.add_option(
799 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
800 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_download', default
=False,
801 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
802 verbosity
.add_option(
803 '-O', '--print', metavar
='TEMPLATE',
804 action
='callback', dest
='forceprint', type='str', default
=[],
805 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'delim': None}
,
807 'Simulate, quiet but print the given fields. Either a field name '
808 'or similar formatting as the output template can be used'))
809 verbosity
.add_option(
811 action
='store_true', dest
='geturl', default
=False,
812 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
813 verbosity
.add_option(
815 action
='store_true', dest
='gettitle', default
=False,
816 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
817 verbosity
.add_option(
819 action
='store_true', dest
='getid', default
=False,
820 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
821 verbosity
.add_option(
823 action
='store_true', dest
='getthumbnail', default
=False,
824 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
825 verbosity
.add_option(
827 action
='store_true', dest
='getdescription', default
=False,
828 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
829 verbosity
.add_option(
831 action
='store_true', dest
='getduration', default
=False,
832 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
833 verbosity
.add_option(
835 action
='store_true', dest
='getfilename', default
=False,
836 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
837 verbosity
.add_option(
839 action
='store_true', dest
='getformat', default
=False,
840 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
841 verbosity
.add_option(
843 action
='store_true', dest
='dumpjson', default
=False,
844 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
845 verbosity
.add_option(
846 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
847 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_single_json', default
=False,
849 'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. '
850 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line'))
851 verbosity
.add_option(
853 action
='store_true', dest
='print_json', default
=False,
854 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded)')
855 verbosity
.add_option(
856 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
857 action
='store_true', dest
='force_write_download_archive', default
=False,
859 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
860 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
861 verbosity
.add_option(
863 action
='store_true', dest
='progress_with_newline', default
=False,
864 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
865 verbosity
.add_option(
867 action
='store_true', dest
='noprogress', default
=False,
868 help='Do not print progress bar')
869 verbosity
.add_option(
871 action
='store_true', dest
='consoletitle', default
=False,
872 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
873 verbosity
.add_option(
875 action
='store_true', dest
='verbose', default
=False,
876 help='Print various debugging information')
877 verbosity
.add_option(
878 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
879 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_intermediate_pages', default
=False,
880 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
881 verbosity
.add_option(
883 action
='store_true', dest
='write_pages', default
=False,
884 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
885 verbosity
.add_option(
886 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
887 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_print_sig_code', default
=False,
888 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
889 verbosity
.add_option(
890 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
891 dest
='debug_printtraffic', action
='store_true', default
=False,
892 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
893 verbosity
.add_option(
895 dest
='call_home', action
='store_true', default
=False,
896 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
897 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
898 verbosity
.add_option(
900 dest
='call_home', action
='store_false',
901 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
902 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
904 filesystem
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Filesystem Options')
905 filesystem
.add_option(
906 '-a', '--batch-file',
907 dest
='batchfile', metavar
='FILE',
908 help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
909 "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
910 filesystem
.add_option(
911 '--id', default
=False,
912 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
913 filesystem
.add_option(
915 metavar
='TYPES:PATH', dest
='paths', default
={}, type='str',
916 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
917 callback_kwargs
={'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())}
,
919 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
920 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
921 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
922 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" and "temp" paths. '
923 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
924 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
925 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
926 filesystem
.add_option(
928 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='outtmpl', default
={}, type='str',
929 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
931 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys()),
932 'default_key': 'default'
934 help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
935 filesystem
.add_option(
936 '--output-na-placeholder',
937 dest
='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar
='TEXT', default
='NA',
938 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
939 filesystem
.add_option(
941 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int,
942 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
943 filesystem
.add_option(
944 '--autonumber-start',
945 dest
='autonumber_start', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
946 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
947 filesystem
.add_option(
948 '--restrict-filenames',
949 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
950 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
951 filesystem
.add_option(
952 '--no-restrict-filenames',
953 action
='store_false', dest
='restrictfilenames',
954 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
955 filesystem
.add_option(
956 '--windows-filenames',
957 action
='store_true', dest
='windowsfilenames', default
=False,
958 help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
959 filesystem
.add_option(
960 '--no-windows-filenames',
961 action
='store_false', dest
='windowsfilenames',
962 help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
963 filesystem
.add_option(
964 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar
='LENGTH',
965 dest
='trim_file_name', default
=0, type=int,
966 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
967 filesystem
.add_option(
969 action
='store_true', dest
='autonumber', default
=False,
970 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
971 filesystem
.add_option(
973 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle', default
=False,
974 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
975 filesystem
.add_option(
976 '--literal', default
=False,
977 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle',
978 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
979 filesystem
.add_option(
980 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
981 action
='store_false', dest
='overwrites', default
=None,
982 help='Do not overwrite any files')
983 filesystem
.add_option(
984 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
985 action
='store_true', dest
='overwrites',
986 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
987 filesystem
.add_option(
988 '--no-force-overwrites',
989 action
='store_const', dest
='overwrites', const
=None,
990 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
991 filesystem
.add_option(
993 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
994 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
995 filesystem
.add_option(
997 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
999 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
1000 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
1001 filesystem
.add_option(
1003 action
='store_false', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
1004 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
1005 filesystem
.add_option(
1007 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart',
1008 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
1009 filesystem
.add_option(
1011 action
='store_true', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
1012 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
1013 filesystem
.add_option(
1015 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime',
1016 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
1017 filesystem
.add_option(
1018 '--write-description',
1019 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
1020 help='Write video description to a .description file')
1021 filesystem
.add_option(
1022 '--no-write-description',
1023 action
='store_false', dest
='writedescription',
1024 help='Do not write video description (default)')
1025 filesystem
.add_option(
1026 '--write-info-json',
1027 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=False,
1028 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
1029 filesystem
.add_option(
1030 '--no-write-info-json',
1031 action
='store_false', dest
='writeinfojson',
1032 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
1033 filesystem
.add_option(
1034 '--write-annotations',
1035 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
1036 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
1037 filesystem
.add_option(
1038 '--no-write-annotations',
1039 action
='store_false', dest
='writeannotations',
1040 help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
1041 filesystem
.add_option(
1042 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
1043 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_playlist_files', default
=None,
1045 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1046 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1047 filesystem
.add_option(
1048 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1049 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_playlist_files',
1050 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
1051 filesystem
.add_option(
1053 action
='store_true', dest
='clean_infojson', default
=True,
1055 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1056 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1057 filesystem
.add_option(
1058 '--no-clean-infojson',
1059 action
='store_false', dest
='clean_infojson',
1060 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1061 filesystem
.add_option(
1062 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
1063 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1065 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1066 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1067 filesystem
.add_option(
1068 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
1069 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1070 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
1071 filesystem
.add_option(
1072 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1073 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
1074 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1075 filesystem
.add_option(
1077 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1078 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1079 filesystem
.add_option(
1081 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1082 help='Do not read/dump cookies (default)')
1083 filesystem
.add_option(
1084 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
1085 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl')
1086 filesystem
.add_option(
1087 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_false', dest
='cachedir',
1088 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1089 filesystem
.add_option(
1091 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
1092 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1094 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail Options')
1095 thumbnail
.add_option(
1096 '--write-thumbnail',
1097 action
='store_true', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
1098 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1099 thumbnail
.add_option(
1100 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1101 action
='store_false', dest
='writethumbnail',
1102 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1103 thumbnail
.add_option(
1104 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1105 action
='store_true', dest
='write_all_thumbnails', default
=False,
1106 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1107 thumbnail
.add_option(
1108 '--list-thumbnails',
1109 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
1110 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
1112 link
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1115 action
='store_true', dest
='writelink', default
=False,
1116 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1119 action
='store_true', dest
='writeurllink', default
=False,
1120 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1122 '--write-webloc-link',
1123 action
='store_true', dest
='writewebloclink', default
=False,
1124 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1126 '--write-desktop-link',
1127 action
='store_true', dest
='writedesktoplink', default
=False,
1128 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1130 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-Processing Options')
1131 postproc
.add_option(
1132 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1133 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
1134 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1135 postproc
.add_option(
1136 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
1138 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1139 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1140 postproc
.add_option(
1141 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
1142 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
1143 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
1144 postproc
.add_option(
1146 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='remuxvideo', default
=None,
1148 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
1149 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
1150 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1151 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1152 postproc
.add_option(
1154 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
1156 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
1157 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
1158 postproc
.add_option(
1159 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1160 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='postprocessor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1161 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1163 'allowed_keys': r
'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1164 'process': compat_shlex_split
,
1165 'multiple_keys': False
1168 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1169 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1170 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1171 'Merger, ExtractAudio, SplitChapters, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, '
1172 'SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1173 'SponSkrub, FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1174 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg, FFprobe, and SponSkrub. '
1175 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1176 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1177 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1178 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1179 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1180 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1181 postproc
.add_option(
1182 '-k', '--keep-video',
1183 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
1184 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1185 postproc
.add_option(
1187 action
='store_false', dest
='keepvideo',
1188 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1189 postproc
.add_option(
1190 '--post-overwrites',
1191 action
='store_false', dest
='nopostoverwrites',
1192 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1193 postproc
.add_option(
1194 '--no-post-overwrites',
1195 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
1196 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1197 postproc
.add_option(
1199 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
1200 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1201 postproc
.add_option(
1203 action
='store_false', dest
='embedsubtitles',
1204 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1205 postproc
.add_option(
1206 '--embed-thumbnail',
1207 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
1208 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
1209 postproc
.add_option(
1210 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1211 action
='store_false', dest
='embedthumbnail',
1212 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1213 postproc
.add_option(
1214 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
1215 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
1216 help='Embed metadata including chapter markers (if supported by the format) to the video file (Alias: --add-metadata)')
1217 postproc
.add_option(
1218 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
1219 action
='store_false', dest
='addmetadata',
1220 help='Do not write metadata (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1221 postproc
.add_option(
1222 '--metadata-from-title',
1223 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
1224 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1225 postproc
.add_option(
1227 metavar
='FROM:TO', dest
='metafromfield', action
='append',
1229 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1230 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
1231 postproc
.add_option(
1233 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
1234 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1235 postproc
.add_option(
1237 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
=None,
1238 choices
=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
1240 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1241 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1242 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1243 'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
1244 postproc
.add_option(
1245 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1246 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
1247 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1248 postproc
.add_option(
1249 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1250 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg', default
=True,
1251 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1252 postproc
.add_option(
1253 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
1254 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
1255 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1256 postproc
.add_option(
1258 metavar
='CMD', dest
='exec_cmd',
1260 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
1261 'Similar syntax to the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1262 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
1263 'If no fields are passed, "%(filepath)s" is appended to the end of the command'))
1264 postproc
.add_option(
1265 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1266 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
1268 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1269 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1270 postproc
.add_option(
1271 '--convert-thumbnails',
1272 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertthumbnails', default
=None,
1274 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1275 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1276 postproc
.add_option(
1277 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1278 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1280 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1281 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1282 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1283 postproc
.add_option(
1284 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1285 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_false',
1286 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1288 sponskrub
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description
=(
1289 'SponSkrub (https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) is a utility to mark/remove sponsor segments '
1290 'from downloaded YouTube videos using SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1291 sponskrub
.add_option(
1293 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub', default
=None,
1295 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
1296 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
1297 sponskrub
.add_option(
1299 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub',
1300 help='Do not use sponskrub')
1301 sponskrub
.add_option(
1302 '--sponskrub-cut', default
=False,
1303 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1304 help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
1305 sponskrub
.add_option(
1306 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1307 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1308 help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
1309 sponskrub
.add_option(
1310 '--sponskrub-force', default
=False,
1311 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1312 help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
1313 sponskrub
.add_option(
1314 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1315 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1316 help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
1317 sponskrub
.add_option(
1318 '--sponskrub-location', metavar
='PATH',
1319 dest
='sponskrub_path', default
='',
1320 help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1321 sponskrub
.add_option(
1322 '--sponskrub-args', dest
='sponskrub_args', metavar
='ARGS',
1323 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1325 extractor
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Extractor Options')
1326 extractor
.add_option(
1327 '--extractor-retries',
1328 dest
='extractor_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
1329 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1330 extractor
.add_option(
1331 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1332 action
='store_true', dest
='dynamic_mpd', default
=True,
1333 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1334 extractor
.add_option(
1335 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1336 action
='store_false', dest
='dynamic_mpd',
1337 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1338 extractor
.add_option(
1339 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1340 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1341 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1343 extractor
.add_option(
1344 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1345 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_false',
1346 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1347 extractor
.add_option(
1349 metavar
='KEY:ARGS', dest
='extractor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1350 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1352 'multiple_keys': False,
1353 'process': lambda val
: dict(
1354 (lambda x
: (x
[0], x
[1].split(',')))(arg
.split('=', 1) + ['', '']) for arg
in val
.split(';'))
1357 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
1358 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different extractors'))
1359 extractor
.add_option(
1360 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1361 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
1362 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1363 extractor
.add_option(
1364 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1365 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1366 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1367 extractor
.add_option(
1368 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1369 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default
=True,
1370 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1371 extractor
.add_option(
1372 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1373 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1374 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1376 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
1377 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
1378 parser
.add_option_group(geo
)
1379 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
1380 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
1381 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
1382 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
1383 parser
.add_option_group(link
)
1384 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
1385 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
1386 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
1387 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
1388 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
1389 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
1390 parser
.add_option_group(sponskrub
)
1391 parser
.add_option_group(extractor
)
1393 if overrideArguments
is not None:
1394 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(overrideArguments
)
1396 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments
) + '\n')
1398 def compat_conf(conf
):
1399 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
1400 return [a
.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a
in conf
]
1404 'command-line': compat_conf(sys
.argv
[1:]),
1405 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1406 paths
= {'command-line': False}
1407 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(configs
['command-line'])
1410 if '--config-location' in configs
['command-line']:
1411 location
= compat_expanduser(opts
.config_location
)
1412 if os
.path
.isdir(location
):
1413 location
= os
.path
.join(location
, 'yt-dlp.conf')
1414 if not os
.path
.exists(location
):
1415 parser
.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location
)
1416 configs
['custom'] = _readOptions(location
, default
=None)
1417 if configs
['custom'] is None:
1418 configs
['custom'] = []
1420 paths
['custom'] = location
1421 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['command-line']:
1423 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['custom']:
1426 def read_options(path
, user
=False):
1427 # Multiple package names can be given here
1428 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1429 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1430 for package
in ('yt-dlp',):
1432 config
, current_path
= _readUserConf(package
, default
=None)
1434 current_path
= os
.path
.join(path
, '%s.conf' % package
)
1435 config
= _readOptions(current_path
, default
=None)
1436 if config
is not None:
1437 return config
, current_path
1440 configs
['portable'], paths
['portable'] = read_options(get_executable_path())
1441 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['portable']:
1444 def get_home_path():
1445 opts
= parser
.parse_args(configs
['portable'] + configs
['custom'] + configs
['command-line'])[0]
1446 return expand_path(opts
.paths
.get('home', '')).strip()
1448 configs
['home'], paths
['home'] = read_options(get_home_path())
1449 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['home']:
1452 configs
['system'], paths
['system'] = read_options('/etc')
1453 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['system']:
1456 configs
['user'], paths
['user'] = read_options('', True)
1457 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['user']:
1458 configs
['system'], paths
['system'] = [], None
1461 argv
= configs
['system'] + configs
['user'] + configs
['home'] + configs
['portable'] + configs
['custom'] + configs
['command-line']
1462 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(argv
)
1464 for label
in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
1466 if paths
.get(key
) is None:
1469 write_string('[debug] %s config file: %s\n' % (label
, paths
[key
]))
1470 write_string('[debug] %s config: %s\n' % (label
, repr(_hide_login_info(configs
[key
]))))
1472 return parser
, opts
, args