11 from .compat
import compat_expanduser
12 from .cookies
import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
13 from .downloader
.external
import list_external_downloaders
14 from .postprocessor
import (
17 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
,
18 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
,
22 from .postprocessor
.modify_chapters
import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
23 from .update
import detect_variant
34 from .version
import __version__
37 def parseOpts(overrideArguments
=None, ignore_config_files
='if_override'):
38 root
= Config(create_parser())
39 if ignore_config_files
== 'if_override':
40 ignore_config_files
= overrideArguments
is not None
42 def _readUserConf(package_name
, default
=[]):
44 xdg_config_home
= os
.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
45 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, package_name
, 'config')
46 if not os
.path
.isfile(userConfFile
):
47 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, '%s.conf' % package_name
)
48 userConf
= Config
.read_file(userConfFile
, default
=None)
49 if userConf
is not None:
50 return userConf
, userConfFile
53 appdata_dir
= os
.getenv('appdata')
55 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(appdata_dir
, package_name
, 'config')
56 userConf
= Config
.read_file(userConfFile
, default
=None)
58 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
59 userConf
= Config
.read_file(userConfFile
, default
=None)
60 if userConf
is not None:
61 return userConf
, userConfFile
64 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name
)
65 userConf
= Config
.read_file(userConfFile
, default
=None)
67 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
68 userConf
= Config
.read_file(userConfFile
, default
=None)
69 if userConf
is not None:
70 return userConf
, userConfFile
74 def add_config(label
, path
, user
=False):
75 """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
76 if root
.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig
:
78 # Multiple package names can be given here
79 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
80 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
81 for package
in ('yt-dlp',):
83 args
, current_path
= _readUserConf(package
, default
=None)
85 current_path
= os
.path
.join(path
, '%s.conf' % package
)
86 args
= Config
.read_file(current_path
, default
=None)
88 root
.append_config(args
, current_path
, label
=label
)
93 yield not ignore_config_files
94 yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
95 yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root
.parse_known_args()[0].paths
.get('home', '')).strip())
96 yield add_config('User', None, user
=True)
97 yield add_config('System', '/etc')
99 opts
= optparse
.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False}
)
102 if overrideArguments
:
103 root
.append_config(overrideArguments
, label
='Override')
105 root
.append_config(sys
.argv
[1:], label
='Command-line')
106 loaded_all_configs
= all(load_configs())
107 except ValueError as err
:
108 raise root
.parser
.error(err
)
110 if loaded_all_configs
:
111 # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
112 # the user configuration is removed
113 if root
.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig
:
114 user_conf
= next((i
for i
, conf
in enumerate(root
.configs
) if conf
.label
== 'User'), None)
115 if user_conf
is not None:
116 root
.configs
.pop(user_conf
)
119 root
.configs
[0].load_configs() # Resolve any aliases using --config-location
120 except ValueError as err
:
121 raise root
.parser
.error(err
)
123 opts
, args
= root
.parse_args()
124 except optparse
.OptParseError
:
125 with contextlib
.suppress(optparse
.OptParseError
):
126 opts
, _
= root
.parse_known_args(strict
=False)
128 except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
132 verbose
= opts
.verbose
and f
'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:]
134 write_string(f
'{verbose}\n')
138 root
.parser
.print_help()
141 return root
.parser
, opts
, args
144 class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse
.IndentedHelpFormatter
):
146 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
147 max_width
= shutil
.get_terminal_size().columns
or 80
148 # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
149 super().__init
__(width
=max_width
, max_help_position
=int(0.45 * max_width
))
152 def format_option_strings(option
):
153 """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
154 opts
= join_nonempty(
155 option
._short
_opts
and option
._short
_opts
[0],
156 option
._long
_opts
and option
._long
_opts
[0],
158 if option
.takes_value():
159 opts
+= f
' {option.metavar}'
163 class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse
.OptionParser
):
164 # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
165 ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT
= 100
169 prog
='yt-dlp' if detect_variant() == 'source' else None,
171 usage
='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
172 epilog
='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
173 formatter
=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
174 conflict_handler
='resolve',
177 _UNKNOWN_OPTION
= (optparse
.BadOptionError
, optparse
.AmbiguousOptionError
)
178 _BAD_OPTION
= optparse
.OptionValueError
180 def parse_known_args(self
, args
=None, values
=None, strict
=True):
181 """Same as parse_args, but ignore unknown switches. Similar to argparse.parse_known_args"""
182 self
.rargs
, self
.largs
= self
._get
_args
(args
), []
183 self
.values
= values
or self
.get_default_values()
190 elif arg
.startswith('--'):
191 self
._process
_long
_opt
(self
.rargs
, self
.values
)
192 elif arg
.startswith('-') and arg
!= '-':
193 self
._process
_short
_opts
(self
.rargs
, self
.values
)
194 elif self
.allow_interspersed_args
:
195 self
.largs
.append(self
.rargs
.pop(0))
198 except optparse
.OptParseError
as err
:
199 if isinstance(err
, self
._UNKNOWN
_OPTION
):
200 self
.largs
.append(err
.opt_str
)
202 if isinstance(err
, self
._BAD
_OPTION
):
205 return self
.check_values(self
.values
, self
.largs
)
207 def error(self
, msg
):
208 msg
= f
'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
209 raise optparse
.OptParseError(f
'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self
.usage
else msg
)
211 def _get_args(self
, args
):
212 return sys
.argv
[1:] if args
is None else list(args
)
214 def _match_long_opt(self
, opt
):
215 """Improve ambiguous argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
217 return super()._match
_long
_opt
(opt
)
218 except optparse
.AmbiguousOptionError
as e
:
219 if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}
) == 1:
220 return e
.possibilities
[0]
225 def _list_from_options_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, append
=True, delim
=',', process
=str.strip
):
226 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
227 current
= list(getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)) if append
else []
228 value
= list(filter(None, [process(value
)] if delim
is None else map(process
, value
.split(delim
))))
230 parser
.values
, option
.dest
,
231 current
+ value
if append
is True else value
+ current
)
233 def _set_from_options_callback(
234 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, delim
=',', allowed_values
=None, aliases
={},
235 process
=lambda x
: x
.lower().strip()):
236 current
= set(getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
))
237 values
= [process(value
)] if delim
is None else list(map(process
, value
.split(delim
)[::-1]))
239 actual_val
= val
= values
.pop()
241 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'Invalid {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {value}')
243 current
.update(allowed_values
)
247 values
.extend(aliases
[val
])
253 current
.update([val
])
254 if allowed_values
is not None and val
not in allowed_values
:
255 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
257 setattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
, current
)
259 def _dict_from_options_callback(
260 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
,
261 allowed_keys
=r
'[\w-]+', delimiter
=':', default_key
=None, process
=None, multiple_keys
=True,
262 process_key
=str.lower
, append
=False):
264 out_dict
= dict(getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
))
265 multiple_args
= not isinstance(value
, str)
267 allowed_keys
= fr
'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
269 fr
'(?i)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
270 value
[0] if multiple_args
else value
)
272 keys
, val
= mobj
.group('keys').split(','), mobj
.group('val')
274 val
= [val
, *value
[1:]]
275 elif default_key
is not None:
276 keys
, val
= [default_key
], value
278 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(
279 f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
281 keys
= map(process_key
, keys
) if process_key
else keys
282 val
= process(val
) if process
else val
283 except Exception as err
:
284 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
286 out_dict
[key
] = out_dict
.get(key
, []) + [val
] if append
else val
287 setattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
, out_dict
)
289 parser
= _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
290 alias_group
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Aliases')
291 Formatter
= string
.Formatter()
293 def _create_alias(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
):
294 aliases
, opts
= value
296 nargs
= len({i
if f
== '' else f
297 for i
, (_
, f
, _
, _
) in enumerate(Formatter
.parse(opts
)) if f
is not None})
298 opts
.format(*map(str, range(nargs
))) # validate
299 except Exception as err
:
300 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} OPTIONS formatting; {err}')
301 if alias_group
not in parser
.option_groups
:
302 parser
.add_option_group(alias_group
)
304 aliases
= (x
if x
.startswith('-') else f
'--{x}' for x
in map(str.strip
, aliases
.split(',')))
306 alias_group
.add_option(
307 *aliases
, help=opts
, nargs
=nargs
, type='str' if nargs
else None,
308 dest
='_triggered_aliases', default
=collections
.defaultdict(int),
309 metavar
=' '.join(f
'ARG{i}' for i
in range(nargs
)), action
='callback',
310 callback
=_alias_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs}
)
311 except Exception as err
:
312 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
314 def _alias_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, opts
, nargs
):
315 counter
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)
316 counter
[opt_str
] += 1
317 if counter
[opt_str
] > parser
.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT
:
318 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(f
'Alias {opt_str} exceeded invocation limit')
321 assert (nargs
== 0 and value
is None) or len(value
) == nargs
322 parser
.rargs
[:0] = shlex
.split(
323 opts
if value
is None else opts
.format(*map(shlex
.quote
, value
)))
325 general
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'General Options')
327 '-h', '--help', dest
='print_help', action
='store_true',
328 help='Print this help text and exit')
332 help='Print program version and exit')
335 action
='store_true', dest
='update_self',
336 help='Update this program to latest version')
339 action
='store_false', dest
='update_self',
340 help='Do not update (default)')
342 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
343 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreerrors',
344 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
346 '--no-abort-on-error',
347 action
='store_const', dest
='ignoreerrors', const
='only_download',
348 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
350 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
351 action
='store_false', dest
='ignoreerrors',
352 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
355 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_user_agent', default
=False,
356 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
359 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractors', default
=False,
360 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
362 '--extractor-descriptions',
363 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractor_descriptions', default
=False,
364 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
366 '--force-generic-extractor',
367 action
='store_true', dest
='force_generic_extractor', default
=False,
368 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
371 dest
='default_search', metavar
='PREFIX',
373 'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
374 'Eg: "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
375 'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
376 '"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
377 'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
379 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
380 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreconfig',
382 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
383 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
384 '(Alias: --no-config)'))
386 '--no-config-locations',
387 action
='store_const', dest
='config_locations', const
=[],
389 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
390 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
392 '--config-locations',
393 dest
='config_locations', metavar
='PATH', action
='append',
395 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory '
396 '("-" for stdin). Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
399 action
='store_const', dest
='extract_flat', const
='in_playlist', default
=False,
400 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
402 '--no-flat-playlist',
403 action
='store_false', dest
='extract_flat',
404 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
407 action
='store_true', dest
='live_from_start',
408 help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
410 '--no-live-from-start',
411 action
='store_false', dest
='live_from_start',
412 help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
415 dest
='wait_for_video', metavar
='MIN[-MAX]', default
=None,
417 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
418 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
420 '--no-wait-for-video',
421 dest
='wait_for_video', action
='store_const', const
=None,
422 help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
425 action
='store_true', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
426 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
429 action
='store_false', dest
='mark_watched',
430 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
432 '--no-colors', '--no-colours',
433 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color', default
=False,
434 help='Do not emit color codes in output (Alias: --no-colours)')
437 metavar
='OPTS', dest
='compat_opts', default
=set(), type='str',
438 action
='callback', callback
=_set_from_options_callback
,
441 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
442 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
443 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
444 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
446 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
447 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
450 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
451 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
452 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
454 '--alias', metavar
='ALIASES OPTIONS', dest
='_', type='str', nargs
=2,
455 action
='callback', callback
=_create_alias
,
457 'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
458 'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
459 'Eg: --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
460 '"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
461 '"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
462 'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
463 f
'As a safety measure, each alias may be triggered a maximum of {_YoutubeDLOptionParser.ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT} times. '
464 'This option can be used multiple times'))
466 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
468 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
469 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
471 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. '
472 'Eg: socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
475 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
476 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
479 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
480 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
483 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
484 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
485 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
488 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
489 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
490 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
493 geo
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Geo-restriction')
495 '--geo-verification-proxy',
496 dest
='geo_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
498 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
499 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
501 '--cn-verification-proxy',
502 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
503 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
506 action
='store_true', dest
='geo_bypass', default
=True,
507 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)')
510 action
='store_false', dest
='geo_bypass',
511 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
513 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar
='CODE',
514 dest
='geo_bypass_country', default
=None,
515 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
517 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar
='IP_BLOCK',
518 dest
='geo_bypass_ip_block', default
=None,
519 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
521 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
522 selection
.add_option(
524 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
525 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
526 selection
.add_option(
528 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
529 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
530 selection
.add_option(
531 '-I', '--playlist-items',
532 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
534 'Comma separated playlist_index of the videos to download. '
535 'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
536 'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
537 'Eg: "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
538 selection
.add_option(
540 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
541 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
542 selection
.add_option(
544 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
545 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
546 selection
.add_option(
548 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
549 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
550 selection
.add_option(
552 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
553 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
554 selection
.add_option(
556 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
558 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
559 '[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. Eg: --date today-2weeks'))
560 selection
.add_option(
562 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
564 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
565 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
566 selection
.add_option(
568 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
570 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
571 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
572 selection
.add_option(
574 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
575 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
576 selection
.add_option(
578 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
579 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
580 selection
.add_option(
582 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', action
='append',
584 'Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" field can be compared with a '
585 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
586 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
587 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
588 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
589 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter '
590 '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
591 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
592 '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
593 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (caseless). '
594 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
595 selection
.add_option(
597 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', action
='store_const', const
=None,
598 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
599 selection
.add_option(
601 action
='store_true', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
602 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
603 selection
.add_option(
605 action
='store_false', dest
='noplaylist',
606 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
607 selection
.add_option(
609 metavar
='YEARS', dest
='age_limit', default
=None, type=int,
610 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
611 selection
.add_option(
612 '--download-archive', metavar
='FILE',
613 dest
='download_archive',
614 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
615 selection
.add_option(
616 '--no-download-archive',
617 dest
='download_archive', action
="store_const", const
=None,
618 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
619 selection
.add_option(
621 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
622 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
623 selection
.add_option(
624 '--break-on-existing',
625 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_existing', default
=False,
626 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
627 selection
.add_option(
629 action
='store_true', dest
='break_on_reject', default
=False,
630 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
631 selection
.add_option(
633 action
='store_true', dest
='break_per_url', default
=False,
634 help='Make --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject and --max-downloads act only on the current input URL')
635 selection
.add_option(
636 '--no-break-per-input',
637 action
='store_false', dest
='break_per_url',
638 help='--break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue')
639 selection
.add_option(
640 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar
='N',
641 dest
='skip_playlist_after_errors', default
=None, type=int,
642 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
643 selection
.add_option(
645 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_true',
646 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
647 selection
.add_option(
649 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_false',
650 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
652 authentication
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Authentication Options')
653 authentication
.add_option(
655 dest
='username', metavar
='USERNAME',
656 help='Login with this account ID')
657 authentication
.add_option(
659 dest
='password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
660 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
661 authentication
.add_option(
663 dest
='twofactor', metavar
='TWOFACTOR',
664 help='Two-factor authentication code')
665 authentication
.add_option(
667 action
='store_true', dest
='usenetrc', default
=False,
668 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
669 authentication
.add_option(
671 dest
='netrc_location', metavar
='PATH',
672 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
673 authentication
.add_option(
675 dest
='videopassword', metavar
='PASSWORD',
676 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
677 authentication
.add_option(
679 dest
='ap_mso', metavar
='MSO',
680 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
681 authentication
.add_option(
683 dest
='ap_username', metavar
='USERNAME',
684 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
685 authentication
.add_option(
687 dest
='ap_password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
688 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
689 authentication
.add_option(
691 action
='store_true', dest
='ap_list_mso', default
=False,
692 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
693 authentication
.add_option(
694 '--client-certificate',
695 dest
='client_certificate', metavar
='CERTFILE',
696 help='Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key')
697 authentication
.add_option(
698 '--client-certificate-key',
699 dest
='client_certificate_key', metavar
='KEYFILE',
700 help='Path to private key file for client certificate')
701 authentication
.add_option(
702 '--client-certificate-password',
703 dest
='client_certificate_password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
704 help='Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted. '
705 'If not provided, and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
707 video_format
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Format Options')
708 video_format
.add_option(
710 action
='store', dest
='format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
711 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
712 video_format
.add_option(
713 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar
='SORTORDER',
714 dest
='format_sort', default
=[], type='str', action
='callback',
715 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'append': -1}
,
716 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
717 video_format
.add_option(
718 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
719 action
='store_true', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
721 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
722 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)'))
723 video_format
.add_option(
724 '--no-format-sort-force',
725 action
='store_false', dest
='format_sort_force', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=False,
726 help='Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default)')
727 video_format
.add_option(
728 '--video-multistreams',
729 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams', default
=None,
730 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
731 video_format
.add_option(
732 '--no-video-multistreams',
733 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_video_streams',
734 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
735 video_format
.add_option(
736 '--audio-multistreams',
737 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default
=None,
738 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
739 video_format
.add_option(
740 '--no-audio-multistreams',
741 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
742 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
743 video_format
.add_option(
745 action
='store_const', dest
='format', const
='all',
746 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
747 video_format
.add_option(
748 '--prefer-free-formats',
749 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
751 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
752 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
753 video_format
.add_option(
754 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
755 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
756 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
757 video_format
.add_option(
759 action
='store_const', const
='selected', dest
='check_formats', default
=None,
760 help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
761 video_format
.add_option(
762 '--check-all-formats',
763 action
='store_true', dest
='check_formats',
764 help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
765 video_format
.add_option(
766 '--no-check-formats',
767 action
='store_false', dest
='check_formats',
768 help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
769 video_format
.add_option(
770 '-F', '--list-formats',
771 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats',
772 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
773 video_format
.add_option(
774 '--list-formats-as-table',
775 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats_table', default
=True,
776 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
777 video_format
.add_option(
778 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
779 action
='store_false', dest
='listformats_table',
780 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
781 video_format
.add_option(
782 '--merge-output-format',
783 action
='store', dest
='merge_output_format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
785 'Container to use when merging formats (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio). Ignored if no merge is required. '
786 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
787 video_format
.add_option(
788 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
789 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats', default
=False,
790 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
791 video_format
.add_option(
792 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
793 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_unplayable_formats',
794 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
796 subtitles
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Subtitle Options')
797 subtitles
.add_option(
798 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
799 action
='store_true', dest
='writesubtitles', default
=False,
800 help='Write subtitle file')
801 subtitles
.add_option(
802 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
803 action
='store_false', dest
='writesubtitles',
804 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
805 subtitles
.add_option(
806 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
807 action
='store_true', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
808 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
809 subtitles
.add_option(
810 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
811 action
='store_false', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
812 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
813 subtitles
.add_option(
815 action
='store_true', dest
='allsubtitles', default
=False,
816 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
817 subtitles
.add_option(
819 action
='store_true', dest
='listsubtitles', default
=False,
820 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
821 subtitles
.add_option(
823 action
='store', dest
='subtitlesformat', metavar
='FORMAT', default
='best',
824 help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, Eg: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
825 subtitles
.add_option(
826 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
827 action
='callback', dest
='subtitleslangs', metavar
='LANGS', type='str',
828 default
=[], callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
830 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
831 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
832 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
834 downloader
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Download Options')
835 downloader
.add_option(
836 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
837 dest
='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar
='N', default
=1, type=int,
838 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
839 downloader
.add_option(
840 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
841 dest
='ratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
842 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
843 downloader
.add_option(
845 dest
='throttledratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
846 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
847 downloader
.add_option(
849 dest
='retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
850 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
851 downloader
.add_option(
852 '--file-access-retries',
853 dest
='file_access_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
854 help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
855 downloader
.add_option(
856 '--fragment-retries',
857 dest
='fragment_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
858 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
859 downloader
.add_option(
861 dest
='retry_sleep', metavar
='[TYPE:]EXPR', default
={}, type='str',
862 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
864 'allowed_keys': 'http|fragment|file_access',
865 'default_key': 'http',
867 'An expression for the time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed '
868 'by the type of retry (file_access, fragment, http (default)) to apply the sleep to. '
869 'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
870 'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types. '
871 'Eg: --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
872 downloader
.add_option(
873 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
874 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments', default
=True,
875 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM downloads (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
876 downloader
.add_option(
877 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
878 action
='store_false', dest
='skip_unavailable_fragments',
879 help='Abort download if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
880 downloader
.add_option(
882 action
='store_true', dest
='keep_fragments', default
=False,
883 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
884 downloader
.add_option(
885 '--no-keep-fragments',
886 action
='store_false', dest
='keep_fragments',
887 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
888 downloader
.add_option(
890 dest
='buffersize', metavar
='SIZE', default
='1024',
891 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
892 downloader
.add_option(
894 action
='store_false', dest
='noresizebuffer',
895 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
896 downloader
.add_option(
897 '--no-resize-buffer',
898 action
='store_true', dest
='noresizebuffer', default
=False,
899 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
900 downloader
.add_option(
902 dest
='http_chunk_size', metavar
='SIZE', default
=None,
904 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
905 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
906 downloader
.add_option(
908 action
='store_true', dest
='test', default
=False,
909 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
910 downloader
.add_option(
911 '--playlist-reverse',
912 action
='store_true', dest
='playlist_reverse',
913 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
914 downloader
.add_option(
915 '--no-playlist-reverse',
916 action
='store_false', dest
='playlist_reverse',
917 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
918 downloader
.add_option(
920 action
='store_true', dest
='playlist_random',
921 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
922 downloader
.add_option(
924 action
='store_true', dest
='lazy_playlist',
925 help='Process entries in the playlist as they are received. This disables n_entries, --playlist-random and --playlist-reverse')
926 downloader
.add_option(
927 '--no-lazy-playlist',
928 action
='store_false', dest
='lazy_playlist',
929 help='Process videos in the playlist only after the entire playlist is parsed (default)')
930 downloader
.add_option(
931 '--xattr-set-filesize',
932 dest
='xattr_set_filesize', action
='store_true',
933 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
934 downloader
.add_option(
935 '--hls-prefer-native',
936 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_true', default
=None,
937 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
938 downloader
.add_option(
939 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
940 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_false', default
=None,
941 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
942 downloader
.add_option(
944 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_true', default
=None,
946 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
947 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
948 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
949 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
950 downloader
.add_option(
951 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
952 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_false',
954 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
955 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
956 downloader
.add_option(
957 '--download-sections',
958 metavar
='REGEX', dest
='download_ranges', action
='append',
960 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
961 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
962 'Eg: --download-sections "*10:15-15:00" --download-sections "intro". '
963 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections'))
964 downloader
.add_option(
965 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
966 dest
='external_downloader', metavar
='[PROTO:]NAME', default
={}, type='str',
967 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
969 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
970 'default_key': 'default',
973 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
974 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
975 f
'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
976 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
977 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
978 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
979 '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
980 downloader
.add_option(
981 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
982 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='external_downloader_args', default
={}, type='str',
983 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
985 'allowed_keys': r
'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, list_external_downloaders())),
986 'default_key': 'default',
987 'process': shlex
.split
989 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
990 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
991 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
992 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
993 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
995 workarounds
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Workarounds')
996 workarounds
.add_option(
998 dest
='encoding', metavar
='ENCODING',
999 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
1000 workarounds
.add_option(
1001 '--legacy-server-connect',
1002 action
='store_true', dest
='legacy_server_connect', default
=False,
1003 help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
1004 workarounds
.add_option(
1005 '--no-check-certificates',
1006 action
='store_true', dest
='no_check_certificate', default
=False,
1007 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
1008 workarounds
.add_option(
1009 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
1010 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_insecure',
1011 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
1012 workarounds
.add_option(
1014 metavar
='UA', dest
='user_agent',
1015 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1016 workarounds
.add_option(
1018 metavar
='URL', dest
='referer', default
=None,
1019 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1020 workarounds
.add_option(
1022 metavar
='FIELD:VALUE', dest
='headers', default
={}, type='str',
1023 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1024 callback_kwargs
={'multiple_keys': False}
,
1025 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
1027 workarounds
.add_option(
1028 '--bidi-workaround',
1029 dest
='bidi_workaround', action
='store_true',
1030 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1031 workarounds
.add_option(
1032 '--sleep-requests', metavar
='SECONDS',
1033 dest
='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
1034 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
1035 workarounds
.add_option(
1036 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
1037 dest
='sleep_interval', type=float,
1039 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
1040 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
1041 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
1042 workarounds
.add_option(
1043 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
1044 dest
='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
1045 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
1046 workarounds
.add_option(
1047 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar
='SECONDS',
1048 dest
='sleep_interval_subtitles', default
=0, type=int,
1049 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
1051 verbosity
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
1052 verbosity
.add_option(
1054 action
='store_true', dest
='quiet', default
=False,
1055 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
1056 verbosity
.add_option(
1058 dest
='no_warnings', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1059 help='Ignore warnings')
1060 verbosity
.add_option(
1062 action
='store_true', dest
='simulate', default
=None,
1063 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
1064 verbosity
.add_option(
1066 action
='store_false', dest
='simulate',
1067 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
1068 verbosity
.add_option(
1069 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
1070 action
='store_true', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error', default
=False,
1072 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
1073 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
1074 verbosity
.add_option(
1075 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
1076 action
='store_false', dest
='ignore_no_formats_error',
1077 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
1078 verbosity
.add_option(
1079 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
1080 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_download', default
=False,
1081 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
1082 verbosity
.add_option(
1084 metavar
='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest
='forceprint', default
={}, type='str',
1085 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1087 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, POSTPROCESS_WHEN
)),
1088 'default_key': 'video',
1089 'multiple_keys': False,
1092 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
1093 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
1094 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
1095 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1096 verbosity
.add_option(
1098 metavar
='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest
='print_to_file', default
={}, type='str', nargs
=2,
1099 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1101 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, POSTPROCESS_WHEN
)),
1102 'default_key': 'video',
1103 'multiple_keys': False,
1106 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
1107 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
1108 verbosity
.add_option(
1110 action
='store_true', dest
='geturl', default
=False,
1111 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1112 verbosity
.add_option(
1113 '-e', '--get-title',
1114 action
='store_true', dest
='gettitle', default
=False,
1115 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1116 verbosity
.add_option(
1118 action
='store_true', dest
='getid', default
=False,
1119 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1120 verbosity
.add_option(
1122 action
='store_true', dest
='getthumbnail', default
=False,
1123 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1124 verbosity
.add_option(
1125 '--get-description',
1126 action
='store_true', dest
='getdescription', default
=False,
1127 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1128 verbosity
.add_option(
1130 action
='store_true', dest
='getduration', default
=False,
1131 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1132 verbosity
.add_option(
1134 action
='store_true', dest
='getfilename', default
=False,
1135 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1136 verbosity
.add_option(
1138 action
='store_true', dest
='getformat', default
=False,
1139 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1140 verbosity
.add_option(
1141 '-j', '--dump-json',
1142 action
='store_true', dest
='dumpjson', default
=False,
1143 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
1144 verbosity
.add_option(
1145 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
1146 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_single_json', default
=False,
1148 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
1149 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
1150 verbosity
.add_option(
1152 action
='store_true', dest
='print_json', default
=False,
1153 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1154 verbosity
.add_option(
1155 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
1156 action
='store_true', dest
='force_write_download_archive', default
=False,
1158 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
1159 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
1160 verbosity
.add_option(
1162 action
='store_true', dest
='progress_with_newline', default
=False,
1163 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
1164 verbosity
.add_option(
1166 action
='store_true', dest
='noprogress', default
=None,
1167 help='Do not print progress bar')
1168 verbosity
.add_option(
1170 action
='store_false', dest
='noprogress',
1171 help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
1172 verbosity
.add_option(
1174 action
='store_true', dest
='consoletitle', default
=False,
1175 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
1176 verbosity
.add_option(
1177 '--progress-template',
1178 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='progress_template', default
={}, type='str',
1179 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1181 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
1182 'default_key': 'download'
1184 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
1185 '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
1186 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
1187 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
1188 # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
1189 '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
1190 verbosity
.add_option(
1192 action
='store_true', dest
='verbose', default
=False,
1193 help='Print various debugging information')
1194 verbosity
.add_option(
1195 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
1196 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_intermediate_pages', default
=False,
1197 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
1198 verbosity
.add_option(
1200 action
='store_true', dest
='write_pages', default
=False,
1201 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
1202 verbosity
.add_option(
1204 action
='store_true', dest
='load_pages', default
=False,
1205 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1206 verbosity
.add_option(
1207 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
1208 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_print_sig_code', default
=False,
1209 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1210 verbosity
.add_option(
1211 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
1212 dest
='debug_printtraffic', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1213 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
1214 verbosity
.add_option(
1215 '-C', '--call-home',
1216 dest
='call_home', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1217 # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
1218 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1219 verbosity
.add_option(
1221 dest
='call_home', action
='store_false',
1222 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
1223 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1225 filesystem
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Filesystem Options')
1226 filesystem
.add_option(
1227 '-a', '--batch-file',
1228 dest
='batchfile', metavar
='FILE',
1230 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
1231 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
1232 filesystem
.add_option(
1234 dest
='batchfile', action
='store_const', const
=None,
1235 help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
1236 filesystem
.add_option(
1237 '--id', default
=False,
1238 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1239 filesystem
.add_option(
1241 metavar
='[TYPES:]PATH', dest
='paths', default
={}, type='str',
1242 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1244 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys())),
1245 'default_key': 'home'
1247 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
1248 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
1249 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
1250 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
1251 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
1252 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
1253 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
1254 filesystem
.add_option(
1256 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='outtmpl', default
={}, type='str',
1257 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1259 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys())),
1260 'default_key': 'default'
1261 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
1262 filesystem
.add_option(
1263 '--output-na-placeholder',
1264 dest
='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar
='TEXT', default
='NA',
1265 help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
1266 filesystem
.add_option(
1267 '--autonumber-size',
1268 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int,
1269 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1270 filesystem
.add_option(
1271 '--autonumber-start',
1272 dest
='autonumber_start', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
1273 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1274 filesystem
.add_option(
1275 '--restrict-filenames',
1276 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
1277 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
1278 filesystem
.add_option(
1279 '--no-restrict-filenames',
1280 action
='store_false', dest
='restrictfilenames',
1281 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
1282 filesystem
.add_option(
1283 '--windows-filenames',
1284 action
='store_true', dest
='windowsfilenames', default
=False,
1285 help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
1286 filesystem
.add_option(
1287 '--no-windows-filenames',
1288 action
='store_false', dest
='windowsfilenames',
1289 help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
1290 filesystem
.add_option(
1291 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar
='LENGTH',
1292 dest
='trim_file_name', default
=0, type=int,
1293 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
1294 filesystem
.add_option(
1295 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
1296 action
='store_false', dest
='overwrites', default
=None,
1297 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1298 filesystem
.add_option(
1299 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1300 action
='store_true', dest
='overwrites',
1301 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1302 filesystem
.add_option(
1303 '--no-force-overwrites',
1304 action
='store_const', dest
='overwrites', const
=None,
1305 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
1306 filesystem
.add_option(
1308 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
1309 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
1310 filesystem
.add_option(
1312 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
1314 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
1315 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
1316 filesystem
.add_option(
1318 action
='store_false', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
1319 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
1320 filesystem
.add_option(
1322 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart',
1323 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
1324 filesystem
.add_option(
1326 action
='store_true', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
1327 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
1328 filesystem
.add_option(
1330 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime',
1331 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
1332 filesystem
.add_option(
1333 '--write-description',
1334 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
1335 help='Write video description to a .description file')
1336 filesystem
.add_option(
1337 '--no-write-description',
1338 action
='store_false', dest
='writedescription',
1339 help='Do not write video description (default)')
1340 filesystem
.add_option(
1341 '--write-info-json',
1342 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=None,
1343 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
1344 filesystem
.add_option(
1345 '--no-write-info-json',
1346 action
='store_false', dest
='writeinfojson',
1347 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
1348 filesystem
.add_option(
1349 '--write-annotations',
1350 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
1351 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1352 filesystem
.add_option(
1353 '--no-write-annotations',
1354 action
='store_false', dest
='writeannotations',
1355 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1356 filesystem
.add_option(
1357 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
1358 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_playlist_files', default
=None,
1360 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1361 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1362 filesystem
.add_option(
1363 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1364 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_playlist_files',
1365 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
1366 filesystem
.add_option(
1367 '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
1368 action
='store_true', dest
='clean_infojson', default
=None,
1370 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1371 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1372 filesystem
.add_option(
1373 '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
1374 action
='store_false', dest
='clean_infojson',
1375 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1376 filesystem
.add_option(
1377 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
1378 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1380 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1381 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1382 filesystem
.add_option(
1383 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
1384 action
='store_false', dest
='getcomments',
1385 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
1386 filesystem
.add_option(
1387 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1388 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
1389 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1390 filesystem
.add_option(
1392 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1393 help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1394 filesystem
.add_option(
1396 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1397 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1398 filesystem
.add_option(
1399 '--cookies-from-browser',
1400 dest
='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar
='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
1402 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
1403 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
1404 f
'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
1405 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
1406 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
1407 '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
1408 f
'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
1409 filesystem
.add_option(
1410 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1411 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiesfrombrowser',
1412 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
1413 filesystem
.add_option(
1414 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
1415 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/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
1416 filesystem
.add_option(
1417 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_false', dest
='cachedir',
1418 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1419 filesystem
.add_option(
1421 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
1422 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1424 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail Options')
1425 thumbnail
.add_option(
1426 '--write-thumbnail',
1427 action
='callback', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
1428 # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
1429 callback
=lambda option
, _
, __
, parser
: setattr(
1430 parser
.values
, option
.dest
, getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
) or True),
1431 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1432 thumbnail
.add_option(
1433 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1434 action
='store_false', dest
='writethumbnail',
1435 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1436 thumbnail
.add_option(
1437 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1438 action
='store_const', dest
='writethumbnail', const
='all',
1439 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1440 thumbnail
.add_option(
1441 '--list-thumbnails',
1442 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
1443 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
1445 link
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1448 action
='store_true', dest
='writelink', default
=False,
1449 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1452 action
='store_true', dest
='writeurllink', default
=False,
1453 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1455 '--write-webloc-link',
1456 action
='store_true', dest
='writewebloclink', default
=False,
1457 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1459 '--write-desktop-link',
1460 action
='store_true', dest
='writedesktoplink', default
=False,
1461 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1463 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-Processing Options')
1464 postproc
.add_option(
1465 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1466 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
1467 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1468 postproc
.add_option(
1469 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
1471 'Format to convert the audio to when -x is used. '
1472 f
'(currently supported: best (default), {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1473 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1474 postproc
.add_option(
1475 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
1476 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
1478 'Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. '
1479 'Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)'))
1480 postproc
.add_option(
1482 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='remuxvideo', default
=None,
1484 'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
1485 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
1486 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
1487 'Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
1488 postproc
.add_option(
1490 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
1491 help='Re-encode the video into another format if necessary. The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video')
1492 postproc
.add_option(
1493 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1494 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='postprocessor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1495 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1497 'allowed_keys': r
'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
1498 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1499 'process': shlex
.split
,
1500 'multiple_keys': False
1502 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1503 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1504 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1505 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1506 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1507 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1508 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
1509 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1510 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1511 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1512 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1513 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1514 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1515 postproc
.add_option(
1516 '-k', '--keep-video',
1517 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
1518 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1519 postproc
.add_option(
1521 action
='store_false', dest
='keepvideo',
1522 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1523 postproc
.add_option(
1524 '--post-overwrites',
1525 action
='store_false', dest
='nopostoverwrites',
1526 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1527 postproc
.add_option(
1528 '--no-post-overwrites',
1529 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
1530 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1531 postproc
.add_option(
1533 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
1534 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1535 postproc
.add_option(
1537 action
='store_false', dest
='embedsubtitles',
1538 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1539 postproc
.add_option(
1540 '--embed-thumbnail',
1541 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
1542 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
1543 postproc
.add_option(
1544 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1545 action
='store_false', dest
='embedthumbnail',
1546 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1547 postproc
.add_option(
1548 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
1549 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
1551 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
1552 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
1553 postproc
.add_option(
1554 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
1555 action
='store_false', dest
='addmetadata',
1556 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1557 postproc
.add_option(
1558 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1559 action
='store_true', dest
='addchapters', default
=None,
1560 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1561 postproc
.add_option(
1562 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1563 action
='store_false', dest
='addchapters',
1564 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
1565 postproc
.add_option(
1566 '--embed-info-json',
1567 action
='store_true', dest
='embed_infojson', default
=None,
1568 help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
1569 postproc
.add_option(
1570 '--no-embed-info-json',
1571 action
='store_false', dest
='embed_infojson',
1572 help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
1573 postproc
.add_option(
1574 '--metadata-from-title',
1575 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
1576 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1577 postproc
.add_option(
1579 metavar
='FROM:TO', dest
='parse_metadata', action
='append',
1581 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1582 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
1583 postproc
.add_option(
1584 '--replace-in-metadata',
1585 dest
='parse_metadata', metavar
='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action
='append', nargs
=3,
1586 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
1587 postproc
.add_option(
1588 '--xattrs', '--xattr',
1589 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
1590 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1591 postproc
.add_option(
1592 '--concat-playlist',
1593 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='concat_playlist', default
='multi_video',
1594 choices
=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
1596 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
1597 '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
1598 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
1599 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1600 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1601 postproc
.add_option(
1603 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
=None,
1604 choices
=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
1606 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1607 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1608 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1609 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
1610 postproc
.add_option(
1611 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1612 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
1613 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1614 postproc
.add_option(
1615 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1616 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg', default
=True,
1617 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1618 postproc
.add_option(
1619 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
1620 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
1621 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1622 postproc
.add_option(
1624 metavar
='[WHEN:]CMD', dest
='exec_cmd', default
={}, type='str',
1625 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1627 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re
.escape
, POSTPROCESS_WHEN
)),
1628 'default_key': 'after_move',
1629 'multiple_keys': False,
1632 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
1633 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
1634 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1635 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
1636 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1637 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1638 postproc
.add_option(
1640 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_cmd', const
={},
1641 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1642 postproc
.add_option(
1643 '--exec-before-download', metavar
='CMD',
1644 action
='append', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd',
1645 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1646 postproc
.add_option(
1647 '--no-exec-before-download',
1648 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd', const
=None,
1649 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1650 postproc
.add_option(
1651 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1652 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
1654 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1655 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(sorted(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
))))
1656 postproc
.add_option(
1657 '--convert-thumbnails',
1658 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertthumbnails', default
=None,
1660 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1661 f
'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))}). '
1662 'You can specify multiple rules using similar syntax as --remux-video'))
1663 postproc
.add_option(
1664 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1665 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1667 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1668 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1669 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1670 postproc
.add_option(
1671 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1672 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_false',
1673 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1674 postproc
.add_option(
1675 '--remove-chapters',
1676 metavar
='REGEX', dest
='remove_chapters', action
='append',
1678 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
1679 'The syntax is the same as --download-sections. This option can be used multiple times'))
1680 postproc
.add_option(
1681 '--no-remove-chapters', dest
='remove_chapters', action
='store_const', const
=None,
1682 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1683 postproc
.add_option(
1684 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1685 action
='store_true', dest
='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default
=False,
1687 'Force keyframes at cuts when downloading/splitting/removing sections. '
1688 'This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but the resulting video may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1689 postproc
.add_option(
1690 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1691 action
='store_false', dest
='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1692 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
1693 _postprocessor_opts_parser
= lambda key
, val
='': (
1694 *(item
.split('=', 1) for item
in (val
.split(';') if val
else [])),
1695 ('key', remove_end(key
, 'PP')))
1696 postproc
.add_option(
1697 '--use-postprocessor',
1698 metavar
='NAME[:ARGS]', dest
='add_postprocessors', default
=[], type='str',
1699 action
='callback', callback
=_list_from_options_callback
,
1702 'process': lambda val
: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val
.split(':', 1)))
1704 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
1705 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
1706 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1707 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1708 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
1709 '"before_dl" (before each video download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), '
1710 '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
1711 '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
1712 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
1713 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
1715 sponsorblock
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'SponsorBlock Options', description
=(
1716 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1717 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1718 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1719 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar
='CATS',
1720 dest
='sponsorblock_mark', default
=set(), action
='callback', type='str',
1721 callback
=_set_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={
1722 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP
.CATEGORIES
.keys(),
1723 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
1725 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
1726 f
'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
1727 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
1728 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
1729 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1730 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar
='CATS',
1731 dest
='sponsorblock_remove', default
=set(), action
='callback', type='str',
1732 callback
=_set_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={
1733 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP
.CATEGORIES
.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP
.POI_CATEGORIES
.keys()),
1734 # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
1735 # The filler category is very aggressive.
1736 # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
1737 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
1739 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1740 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
1741 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
1742 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
1743 f
'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
1744 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1745 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar
='TEMPLATE',
1746 default
=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
, dest
='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1748 'An output template for the title of the SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1749 'The only available fields are start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. '
1750 'Defaults to "%default"'))
1751 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1752 '--no-sponsorblock', default
=False,
1753 action
='store_true', dest
='no_sponsorblock',
1754 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1755 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1756 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar
='URL',
1757 default
='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest
='sponsorblock_api',
1758 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1760 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1762 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub', default
=False,
1763 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1764 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1766 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub',
1767 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1768 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1769 '--sponskrub-cut', default
=False,
1770 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1771 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1772 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1773 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1774 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1775 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1776 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1777 '--sponskrub-force', default
=False,
1778 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1779 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1780 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1781 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1782 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1783 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1784 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1785 '--sponskrub-location', metavar
='PATH',
1786 dest
='sponskrub_path', default
='',
1787 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1788 sponsorblock
.add_option(
1789 '--sponskrub-args', dest
='sponskrub_args', metavar
='ARGS',
1790 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1792 extractor
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Extractor Options')
1793 extractor
.add_option(
1794 '--extractor-retries',
1795 dest
='extractor_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
1796 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1797 extractor
.add_option(
1798 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1799 action
='store_true', dest
='dynamic_mpd', default
=True,
1800 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1801 extractor
.add_option(
1802 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1803 action
='store_false', dest
='dynamic_mpd',
1804 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1805 extractor
.add_option(
1806 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1807 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1808 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1810 extractor
.add_option(
1811 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1812 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_false',
1813 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1814 _extractor_arg_parser
= lambda key
, vals
='': (key
.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
1815 val
.replace(r
'\,', ',').strip() for val
in re
.split(r
'(?<!\\),', vals
)])
1816 extractor
.add_option(
1818 metavar
='KEY:ARGS', dest
='extractor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1819 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1821 'multiple_keys': False,
1822 'process': lambda val
: dict(
1823 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg
.split('=', 1)) for arg
in val
.split(';'))
1825 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
1826 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
1827 extractor
.add_option(
1828 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1829 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
1830 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1831 extractor
.add_option(
1832 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1833 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1834 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1835 extractor
.add_option(
1836 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1837 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default
=True,
1838 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1839 extractor
.add_option(
1840 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1841 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1842 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1844 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
1845 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
1846 parser
.add_option_group(geo
)
1847 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
1848 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
1849 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
1850 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
1851 parser
.add_option_group(link
)
1852 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
1853 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
1854 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
1855 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
1856 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
1857 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
1858 parser
.add_option_group(sponsorblock
)
1859 parser
.add_option_group(extractor
)
1864 def _hide_login_info(opts
):
1866 'DeprecationWarning: "yt_dlp.options._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
1867 'Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead\n')
1868 return Config
.hide_login_info(opts
)