1 from __future__
import unicode_literals
10 compat_get_terminal_size
,
22 from .cookies
import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
23 from .version
import __version__
25 from .downloader
.external
import list_external_downloaders
26 from .postprocessor
.ffmpeg
import (
28 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
,
29 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
,
34 def _hide_login_info(opts
):
35 PRIVATE_OPTS
= set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
36 eqre
= re
.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re
.escape(po
) for po
in PRIVATE_OPTS
)) + ')=.+$')
41 return m
.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
45 opts
= list(map(_scrub_eq
, opts
))
46 for idx
, opt
in enumerate(opts
):
47 if opt
in PRIVATE_OPTS
and idx
+ 1 < len(opts
):
48 opts
[idx
+ 1] = 'PRIVATE'
52 def parseOpts(overrideArguments
=None):
53 def _readOptions(filename_bytes
, default
=[]):
55 optionf
= open(filename_bytes
)
57 return default
# silently skip if file is not present
59 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
60 contents
= optionf
.read()
61 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
62 contents
= contents
.decode(preferredencoding())
63 res
= compat_shlex_split(contents
, comments
=True)
68 def _readUserConf(package_name
, default
=[]):
70 xdg_config_home
= compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
71 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, package_name
, 'config')
72 if not os
.path
.isfile(userConfFile
):
73 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, '%s.conf' % package_name
)
74 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
75 if userConf
is not None:
76 return userConf
, userConfFile
79 appdata_dir
= compat_getenv('appdata')
81 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(appdata_dir
, package_name
, 'config')
82 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
84 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
85 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
86 if userConf
is not None:
87 return userConf
, userConfFile
90 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name
)
91 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
93 userConfFile
+= '.txt'
94 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, default
=None)
95 if userConf
is not None:
96 return userConf
, userConfFile
100 def _format_option_string(option
):
101 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
105 if option
._short
_opts
:
106 opts
.append(option
._short
_opts
[0])
107 if option
._long
_opts
:
108 opts
.append(option
._long
_opts
[0])
112 if option
.takes_value():
113 opts
.append(' %s' % option
.metavar
)
117 def _list_from_options_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
, append
=True, delim
=','):
118 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
119 current
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
) if append
else []
120 value
= [value
] if delim
is None else value
.split(delim
)
122 parser
.values
, option
.dest
,
123 current
+ value
if append
is True else value
+ current
)
125 def _dict_from_options_callback(
126 option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
,
127 allowed_keys
=r
'[\w-]+', delimiter
=':', default_key
=None, process
=None, multiple_keys
=True):
129 out_dict
= getattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
)
131 allowed_keys
= r
'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys
, allowed_keys
)
132 mobj
= re
.match(r
'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys
, delimiter
), value
)
134 keys
= [k
.strip() for k
in mobj
.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
135 val
= mobj
.group('val')
136 elif default_key
is not None:
137 keys
, val
= [default_key
], value
139 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(
140 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str
, option
.metavar
, value
))
142 val
= process(val
) if process
else val
143 except Exception as err
:
144 raise optparse
.OptionValueError(
145 'wrong %s formatting; %s' % (opt_str
, err
))
149 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
150 columns
= compat_get_terminal_size().columns
151 max_width
= columns
if columns
else 80
152 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
153 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
154 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
155 max_help_position
= int(0.47 * max_width
)
157 fmt
= optparse
.IndentedHelpFormatter(width
=max_width
, max_help_position
=max_help_position
)
158 fmt
.format_option_strings
= _format_option_string
161 'version': __version__
,
163 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
164 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
167 parser
= optparse
.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw
))
169 general
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'General Options')
173 help='Print this help text and exit')
177 help='Print program version and exit')
180 action
='store_true', dest
='update_self',
181 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
183 '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
184 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreerrors', default
=None,
185 help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
187 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
188 action
='store_false', dest
='ignoreerrors',
189 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
192 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_user_agent', default
=False,
193 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
196 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractors', default
=False,
197 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
199 '--extractor-descriptions',
200 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractor_descriptions', default
=False,
201 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
203 '--force-generic-extractor',
204 action
='store_true', dest
='force_generic_extractor', default
=False,
205 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
208 dest
='default_search', metavar
='PREFIX',
209 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')
211 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
214 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
215 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
216 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
217 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
220 dest
='config_location', metavar
='PATH',
221 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
224 action
='store_const', dest
='extract_flat', const
='in_playlist', default
=False,
225 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
227 '--no-flat-playlist',
228 action
='store_false', dest
='extract_flat',
229 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
232 action
='store_true', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
233 help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
236 action
='store_false', dest
='mark_watched',
237 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
240 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color', default
=False,
241 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
244 metavar
='OPTS', dest
='compat_opts', default
=[],
245 action
='callback', callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, type='str',
247 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl and youtube-dlc '
248 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
249 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
251 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
253 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
254 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
256 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
257 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
258 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
259 'for direct connection'))
262 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
263 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
266 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
267 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
270 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
271 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
272 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
275 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
276 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
277 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
280 geo
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Geo-restriction')
282 '--geo-verification-proxy',
283 dest
='geo_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
285 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
286 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
288 '--cn-verification-proxy',
289 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
290 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
293 action
='store_true', dest
='geo_bypass', default
=True,
294 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
297 action
='store_false', dest
='geo_bypass', default
=True,
298 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
300 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar
='CODE',
301 dest
='geo_bypass_country', default
=None,
302 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
304 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar
='IP_BLOCK',
305 dest
='geo_bypass_ip_block', default
=None,
306 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
308 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
309 selection
.add_option(
311 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
312 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
313 selection
.add_option(
315 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
316 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
317 selection
.add_option(
319 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
320 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')
321 selection
.add_option(
323 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
324 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
325 selection
.add_option(
327 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
328 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
329 selection
.add_option(
331 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
332 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
333 selection
.add_option(
335 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
336 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
337 selection
.add_option(
339 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
340 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
341 selection
.add_option(
343 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
345 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
346 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
347 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
348 selection
.add_option(
350 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
352 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
353 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
354 selection
.add_option(
356 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
358 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
359 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
360 selection
.add_option(
362 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
363 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
364 selection
.add_option(
366 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
367 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
368 selection
.add_option(
370 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', default
=None,
372 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
373 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
374 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
375 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
376 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
377 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
378 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
379 r
'"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i
)\bcats \
& dogs
\b\'" '
380 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
381 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
382 'that contains the phrase "cats
& dogs
" (ignoring case)'))
383 selection.add_option(
385 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
386 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
387 selection.add_option(
389 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
390 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
391 selection.add_option(
393 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
394 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
395 selection.add_option(
397 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
398 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
399 selection.add_option(
400 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
401 dest='download_archive',
402 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
403 selection.add_option(
404 '--break-on-existing',
405 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
406 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
407 selection.add_option(
409 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
410 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
411 selection.add_option(
412 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
413 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
414 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
415 selection.add_option(
416 '--no-download-archive',
417 dest='download_archive', action="store_const
", const=None,
418 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
419 selection.add_option(
421 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
422 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
423 selection.add_option(
425 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
426 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
428 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
429 authentication.add_option(
431 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
432 help='Login with this account ID')
433 authentication.add_option(
435 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
436 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
437 authentication.add_option(
439 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
440 help='Two-factor authentication code')
441 authentication.add_option(
443 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
444 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
445 authentication.add_option(
447 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
448 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
449 authentication.add_option(
451 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
452 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
453 authentication.add_option(
455 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
456 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
457 authentication.add_option(
459 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
460 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
461 authentication.add_option(
463 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
464 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
466 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
467 video_format.add_option(
469 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
470 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION
" for more details')
471 video_format.add_option(
472 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
473 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
474 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
475 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats
" for more details')
476 video_format.add_option(
477 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
478 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
480 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
481 'see "Sorting Formats
" for more details'))
482 video_format.add_option(
483 '--no-format-sort-force',
484 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
486 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
487 'see "Sorting Formats
" for more details'))
488 video_format.add_option(
489 '--video-multistreams',
490 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
491 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
492 video_format.add_option(
493 '--no-video-multistreams',
494 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
495 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
496 video_format.add_option(
497 '--audio-multistreams',
498 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
499 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
500 video_format.add_option(
501 '--no-audio-multistreams',
502 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
503 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
504 video_format.add_option(
506 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
507 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
508 video_format.add_option(
509 '--prefer-free-formats',
510 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
512 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
513 'Use with "-S ext
" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
514 video_format.add_option(
515 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
516 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
517 help="Don
't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
518 video_format.add_option(
520 action='store_true
', dest='check_formats
', default=None,
521 help='Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable
')
522 video_format.add_option(
523 '--no
-check
-formats
',
524 action='store_false
', dest='check_formats
',
525 help='Do
not check that the formats selected are actually downloadable
')
526 video_format.add_option(
527 '-F
', '--list-formats
',
528 action='store_true
', dest='listformats
',
529 help='List available formats of each video
. Simulate unless
--no
-simulate
is used
')
530 video_format.add_option(
531 '--list-formats
-as-table
',
532 action='store_true
', dest='listformats_table
', default=True,
533 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
534 video_format.add_option(
535 '--list-formats
-old
', '--no
-list-formats
-as-table
',
536 action='store_false
', dest='listformats_table
',
537 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
538 video_format.add_option(
539 '--merge
-output
-format
',
540 action='store
', dest='merge_output_format
', metavar='FORMAT
', default=None,
542 'If a merge
is required (e
.g
. bestvideo
+bestaudio
), '
543 'output to given container format
. One of mkv
, mp4
, ogg
, webm
, flv
. '
544 'Ignored
if no merge
is required
'))
545 video_format.add_option(
546 '--allow
-unplayable
-formats
',
547 action='store_true
', dest='allow_unplayable_formats
', default=False,
549 'Allow unplayable formats to be listed
and downloaded
. '
550 'All video post
-processing will also be turned off
'))
551 video_format.add_option(
552 '--no
-allow
-unplayable
-formats
',
553 action='store_false
', dest='allow_unplayable_formats
',
554 help='Do
not allow unplayable formats to be listed
or downloaded (default
)')
556 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options
')
557 subtitles.add_option(
558 '--write
-subs
', '--write
-srt
',
559 action='store_true
', dest='writesubtitles
', default=False,
560 help='Write subtitle
file')
561 subtitles.add_option(
562 '--no
-write
-subs
', '--no
-write
-srt
',
563 action='store_false
', dest='writesubtitles
',
564 help='Do
not write subtitle
file (default
)')
565 subtitles.add_option(
566 '--write
-auto
-subs
', '--write
-automatic
-subs
',
567 action='store_true
', dest='writeautomaticsub
', default=False,
568 help='Write automatically generated subtitle
file (Alias
: --write
-automatic
-subs
)')
569 subtitles.add_option(
570 '--no
-write
-auto
-subs
', '--no
-write
-automatic
-subs
',
571 action='store_false
', dest='writeautomaticsub
', default=False,
572 help='Do
not write auto
-generated
subtitles (default
) (Alias
: --no
-write
-automatic
-subs
)')
573 subtitles.add_option(
575 action='store_true
', dest='allsubtitles
', default=False,
576 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
577 subtitles.add_option(
579 action='store_true
', dest='listsubtitles
', default=False,
580 help='List available subtitles of each video
. Simulate unless
--no
-simulate
is used
')
581 subtitles.add_option(
583 action='store
', dest='subtitlesformat
', metavar='FORMAT
', default='best
',
584 help='Subtitle format
, accepts formats preference
, for example
: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
585 subtitles.add_option(
586 '--sub
-langs
', '--srt
-langs
',
587 action='callback
', dest='subtitleslangs
', metavar='LANGS
', type='str',
588 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
590 'Languages of the subtitles to
download (can be regex
) or "all" separated by commas
. (Eg
: --sub
-langs en
.*,ja
) '
591 'You can prefix the language code
with a
"-" to exempt it
from the requested languages
. (Eg
: --sub
-langs all
,-live_chat
) '
592 'Use
--list-subs
for a
list of available language tags
'))
594 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options
')
595 downloader.add_option(
596 '-N
', '--concurrent
-fragments
',
597 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads
', metavar='N
', default=1, type=int,
598 help='Number of fragments of a dash
/hlsnative video that should be download
concurrently (default
is %default
)')
599 downloader.add_option(
600 '-r
', '--limit
-rate
', '--rate
-limit
',
601 dest='ratelimit
', metavar='RATE
',
602 help='Maximum download rate
in bytes per
second (e
.g
. 50K
or 4.2M
)')
603 downloader.add_option(
605 dest='throttledratelimit
', metavar='RATE
',
606 help='Minimum download rate
in bytes per second below which throttling
is assumed
and the video data
is re
-extracted (e
.g
. 100K
)')
607 downloader.add_option(
609 dest='retries
', metavar='RETRIES
', default=10,
610 help='Number of
retries (default
is %default
), or "infinite"')
611 downloader.add_option(
612 '--fragment
-retries
',
613 dest='fragment_retries
', metavar='RETRIES
', default=10,
614 help='Number of retries
for a
fragment (default
is %default
), or "infinite" (DASH
, hlsnative
and ISM
)')
615 downloader.add_option(
616 '--skip
-unavailable
-fragments
', '--no
-abort
-on
-unavailable
-fragment
',
617 action='store_true
', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments
', default=True,
618 help='Skip unavailable fragments
for DASH
, hlsnative
and ISM (default
) (Alias
: --no
-abort
-on
-unavailable
-fragment
)')
619 downloader.add_option(
620 '--abort
-on
-unavailable
-fragment
', '--no
-skip
-unavailable
-fragments
',
621 action='store_false
', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments
',
622 help='Abort downloading
if a fragment
is unavailable (Alias
: --no
-skip
-unavailable
-fragments
)')
623 downloader.add_option(
625 action='store_true
', dest='keep_fragments
', default=False,
626 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading
is finished
')
627 downloader.add_option(
628 '--no
-keep
-fragments
',
629 action='store_false
', dest='keep_fragments
',
630 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading
is finished (default
)')
631 downloader.add_option(
633 dest='buffersize
', metavar='SIZE
', default='1024',
634 help='Size of download
buffer (e
.g
. 1024 or 16K
) (default
is %default
)')
635 downloader.add_option(
637 action='store_false
', dest='noresizebuffer
',
638 help='The
buffer size
is automatically resized
from an initial value of
--buffer-size (default
)')
639 downloader.add_option(
640 '--no
-resize
-buffer',
641 action='store_true
', dest='noresizebuffer
', default=False,
642 help='Do
not automatically adjust the
buffer size
')
643 downloader.add_option(
645 dest='http_chunk_size
', metavar='SIZE
', default=None,
647 'Size of a chunk
for chunk
-based HTTP
downloading (e
.g
. 10485760 or 10M
) (default
is disabled
). '
648 'May be useful
for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a
webserver (experimental
)'))
649 downloader.add_option(
651 action='store_true
', dest='test
', default=False,
652 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
653 downloader.add_option(
654 '--playlist
-reverse
',
656 help='Download playlist videos
in reverse order
')
657 downloader.add_option(
658 '--no
-playlist
-reverse
',
659 action='store_false
', dest='playlist_reverse
',
660 help='Download playlist videos
in default
order (default
)')
661 downloader.add_option(
664 help='Download playlist videos
in random order
')
665 downloader.add_option(
666 '--xattr
-set-filesize
',
667 dest='xattr_set_filesize
', action='store_true
',
668 help='Set
file xattribute ytdl
.filesize
with expected
file size
')
669 downloader.add_option(
670 '--hls
-prefer
-native
',
671 dest='hls_prefer_native
', action='store_true
', default=None,
672 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
673 downloader.add_option(
674 '--hls
-prefer
-ffmpeg
',
675 dest='hls_prefer_native
', action='store_false
', default=None,
676 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
677 downloader.add_option(
679 dest='hls_use_mpegts
', action='store_true
', default=None,
681 'Use the mpegts container
for HLS videos
; '
682 'allowing some players to play the video
while downloading
, '
683 'and reducing the chance of
file corruption
if download
is interrupted
. '
684 'This
is enabled by default
for live streams
'))
685 downloader.add_option(
686 '--no
-hls
-use
-mpegts
',
687 dest='hls_use_mpegts
', action='store_false
',
689 'Do
not use the mpegts container
for HLS videos
. '
690 'This
is default when
not downloading live streams
'))
691 downloader.add_option(
692 '--downloader
', '--external
-downloader
',
693 dest='external_downloader
', metavar='[PROTO
:]NAME
', default={}, type='str',
694 action='callback
', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
696 'allowed_keys
': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms
',
697 'default_key
': 'default
',
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
716 'Give these arguments to the external downloader
. '
717 'Specify the downloader name
and the arguments separated by a colon
":". '
718 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders
'
719 '(Alias
: --external
-downloader
-args
)'))
721 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds
')
722 workarounds.add_option(
724 dest='encoding
', metavar='ENCODING
',
725 help='Force the specified
encoding (experimental
)')
726 workarounds.add_option(
727 '--no
-check
-certificate
',
728 action='store_true
', dest='no_check_certificate
', default=False,
729 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
')
730 workarounds.add_option(
731 '--prefer
-insecure
', '--prefer
-unsecure
',
732 action='store_true
', dest='prefer_insecure
',
733 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the
video (Currently supported only
for YouTube
)')
734 workarounds.add_option(
736 metavar='UA
', dest='user_agent
',
737 help='Specify a custom user agent
')
738 workarounds.add_option(
740 metavar='URL
', dest='referer
', default=None,
741 help='Specify a custom referer
, use
if the video access
is restricted to one domain
',
743 workarounds.add_option(
745 metavar='FIELD
:VALUE
', dest='headers
', default={}, type='str',
746 action='callback
', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
747 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
748 help='Specify a custom HTTP header
and its value
, separated by a colon
":". You can use this option multiple times
',
750 workarounds.add_option(
752 dest='bidi_workaround
', action='store_true
',
753 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support
. Requires bidiv
or fribidi executable
in PATH
')
754 workarounds.add_option(
755 '--sleep
-requests
', metavar='SECONDS
',
756 dest='sleep_interval_requests
', type=float,
757 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction
')
758 workarounds.add_option(
759 '--sleep
-interval
', '--min-sleep
-interval
', metavar='SECONDS
',
760 dest='sleep_interval
', type=float,
762 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download
. '
763 'This
is the minimum time to sleep when used along
with --max-sleep
-interval
'
764 '(Alias
: --min-sleep
-interval
)'))
765 workarounds.add_option(
766 '--max-sleep
-interval
', metavar='SECONDS
',
767 dest='max_sleep_interval
', type=float,
768 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep
. Can only be used along
with --min-sleep
-interval
')
769 workarounds.add_option(
770 '--sleep
-subtitles
', metavar='SECONDS
',
771 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles
', default=0, type=int,
772 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download
')
774 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity
and Simulation Options
')
775 verbosity.add_option(
777 action='store_true
', dest='quiet
', default=False,
778 help='Activate quiet mode
. If used
with --verbose
, print the log to stderr
')
779 verbosity.add_option(
781 dest='no_warnings
', action='store_true
', default=False,
782 help='Ignore warnings
')
783 verbosity.add_option(
785 action='store_true
', dest='simulate
', default=None,
786 help='Do
not download the video
and do
not write anything to disk
')
787 verbosity.add_option(
789 action='store_false
', dest='simulate
',
790 help='Download the video even
if printing
/listing options are used
')
791 verbosity.add_option(
792 '--ignore
-no
-formats
-error
',
793 action='store_true
', dest='ignore_no_formats_error
', default=False,
795 'Ignore
"No video formats" error
. Usefull
for extracting metadata
'
796 'even
if the videos are
not actually available
for download (experimental
)'))
797 verbosity.add_option(
798 '--no
-ignore
-no
-formats
-error
',
799 action='store_false
', dest='ignore_no_formats_error
',
800 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are
found (default
)')
801 verbosity.add_option(
802 '--skip
-download
', '--no
-download
',
803 action='store_true
', dest='skip_download
', default=False,
804 help='Do
not download the video but write all related
files (Alias
: --no
-download
)')
805 verbosity.add_option(
806 '-O
', '--print', metavar='TEMPLATE
',
807 action='callback
', dest='forceprint
', type='str', default=[],
808 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
810 'Quiet
, but
print the given fields
for each video
. Simulate unless
--no
-simulate
is used
. '
811 'Either a field name
or same syntax
as the output template can be used
'))
812 verbosity.add_option(
814 action='store_true
', dest='geturl
', default=False,
815 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
816 verbosity.add_option(
818 action='store_true
', dest='gettitle
', default=False,
819 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
820 verbosity.add_option(
822 action='store_true
', dest='getid
', default=False,
823 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
824 verbosity.add_option(
826 action='store_true
', dest='getthumbnail
', default=False,
827 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
828 verbosity.add_option(
830 action='store_true
', dest='getdescription
', default=False,
831 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
832 verbosity.add_option(
834 action='store_true
', dest='getduration
', default=False,
835 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
836 verbosity.add_option(
838 action='store_true
', dest='getfilename
', default=False,
839 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
840 verbosity.add_option(
842 action='store_true
', dest='getformat
', default=False,
843 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
844 verbosity.add_option(
846 action='store_true
', dest='dumpjson
', default=False,
847 help='Quiet
, but
print JSON information
for each video
. Simulate unless
--no
-simulate
is used
. See
"OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys
')
848 verbosity.add_option(
849 '-J
', '--dump
-single
-json
',
850 action='store_true
', dest='dump_single_json
', default=False,
852 'Quiet
, but
print JSON information
for each url
or infojson passed
. Simulate unless
--no
-simulate
is used
. '
853 'If the URL refers to a playlist
, the whole playlist information
is dumped
in a single line
'))
854 verbosity.add_option(
856 action='store_true
', dest='print_json
', default=False,
857 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
858 verbosity.add_option(
859 '--force
-write
-archive
', '--force
-write
-download
-archive
', '--force
-download
-archive
',
860 action='store_true
', dest='force_write_download_archive
', default=False,
862 'Force download archive entries to be written
as far
as no errors occur
, '
863 'even
if -s
or another simulation option
is used (Alias
: --force
-download
-archive
)'))
864 verbosity.add_option(
866 action='store_true
', dest='progress_with_newline
', default=False,
867 help='Output progress bar
as new lines
')
868 verbosity.add_option(
870 action='store_true
', dest='noprogress
', default=False,
871 help='Do
not print progress bar
')
872 verbosity.add_option(
874 action='store_true
', dest='consoletitle
', default=False,
875 help='Display progress
in console titlebar
')
876 verbosity.add_option(
878 action='store_true
', dest='verbose
', default=False,
879 help='Print various debugging information
')
880 verbosity.add_option(
881 '--dump
-pages
', '--dump
-intermediate
-pages
',
882 action='store_true
', dest='dump_intermediate_pages
', default=False,
883 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug
problems (very verbose
)')
884 verbosity.add_option(
886 action='store_true
', dest='write_pages
', default=False,
887 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files
in the current directory to debug problems
')
888 verbosity.add_option(
889 '--youtube
-print-sig
-code
',
890 action='store_true
', dest='youtube_print_sig_code
', default=False,
891 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
892 verbosity.add_option(
893 '--print-traffic
', '--dump
-headers
',
894 dest='debug_printtraffic
', action='store_true
', default=False,
895 help='Display sent
and read HTTP traffic
')
896 verbosity.add_option(
898 dest='call_home
', action='store_true
', default=False,
899 # help='[Broken
] Contact the yt
-dlp server
for debugging
')
900 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
901 verbosity.add_option(
903 dest='call_home
', action='store_false
',
904 # help='Do
not contact the yt
-dlp server
for debugging (default
)')
905 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
907 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options
')
908 filesystem.add_option(
909 '-a
', '--batch
-file',
910 dest='batchfile
', metavar='FILE
',
911 help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
912 "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
913 filesystem
.add_option(
914 '--id', default
=False,
915 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
916 filesystem
.add_option(
918 metavar
='[TYPES:]PATH', dest
='paths', default
={}, type='str',
919 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
921 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys()),
922 'default_key': 'home'
924 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
925 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
926 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
927 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
928 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
929 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
930 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
931 filesystem
.add_option(
933 metavar
='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest
='outtmpl', default
={}, type='str',
934 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
936 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES
.keys()),
937 'default_key': 'default'
938 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
939 filesystem
.add_option(
940 '--output-na-placeholder',
941 dest
='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar
='TEXT', default
='NA',
942 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
943 filesystem
.add_option(
945 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int,
946 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
947 filesystem
.add_option(
948 '--autonumber-start',
949 dest
='autonumber_start', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
950 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
951 filesystem
.add_option(
952 '--restrict-filenames',
953 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
954 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
955 filesystem
.add_option(
956 '--no-restrict-filenames',
957 action
='store_false', dest
='restrictfilenames',
958 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
959 filesystem
.add_option(
960 '--windows-filenames',
961 action
='store_true', dest
='windowsfilenames', default
=False,
962 help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
963 filesystem
.add_option(
964 '--no-windows-filenames',
965 action
='store_false', dest
='windowsfilenames',
966 help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
967 filesystem
.add_option(
968 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar
='LENGTH',
969 dest
='trim_file_name', default
=0, type=int,
970 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
971 filesystem
.add_option(
973 action
='store_true', dest
='autonumber', default
=False,
974 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
975 filesystem
.add_option(
977 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle', default
=False,
978 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
979 filesystem
.add_option(
980 '--literal', default
=False,
981 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle',
982 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
983 filesystem
.add_option(
984 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
985 action
='store_false', dest
='overwrites', default
=None,
986 help='Do not overwrite any files')
987 filesystem
.add_option(
988 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
989 action
='store_true', dest
='overwrites',
990 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
991 filesystem
.add_option(
992 '--no-force-overwrites',
993 action
='store_const', dest
='overwrites', const
=None,
994 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
995 filesystem
.add_option(
997 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
998 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
999 filesystem
.add_option(
1001 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
1003 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
1004 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
1005 filesystem
.add_option(
1007 action
='store_false', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
1008 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
1009 filesystem
.add_option(
1011 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart',
1012 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
1013 filesystem
.add_option(
1015 action
='store_true', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
1016 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
1017 filesystem
.add_option(
1019 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime',
1020 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
1021 filesystem
.add_option(
1022 '--write-description',
1023 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
1024 help='Write video description to a .description file')
1025 filesystem
.add_option(
1026 '--no-write-description',
1027 action
='store_false', dest
='writedescription',
1028 help='Do not write video description (default)')
1029 filesystem
.add_option(
1030 '--write-info-json',
1031 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=False,
1032 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
1033 filesystem
.add_option(
1034 '--no-write-info-json',
1035 action
='store_false', dest
='writeinfojson',
1036 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
1037 filesystem
.add_option(
1038 '--write-annotations',
1039 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
1040 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
1041 filesystem
.add_option(
1042 '--no-write-annotations',
1043 action
='store_false', dest
='writeannotations',
1044 help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
1045 filesystem
.add_option(
1046 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
1047 action
='store_true', dest
='allow_playlist_files', default
=None,
1049 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1050 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1051 filesystem
.add_option(
1052 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1053 action
='store_false', dest
='allow_playlist_files',
1054 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
1055 filesystem
.add_option(
1057 action
='store_true', dest
='clean_infojson', default
=None,
1059 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1060 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1061 filesystem
.add_option(
1062 '--no-clean-infojson',
1063 action
='store_false', dest
='clean_infojson',
1064 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
1065 filesystem
.add_option(
1066 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
1067 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1069 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1070 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1071 filesystem
.add_option(
1072 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
1073 action
='store_true', dest
='getcomments', default
=False,
1074 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
1075 filesystem
.add_option(
1076 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
1077 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
1078 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
1079 filesystem
.add_option(
1081 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1082 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
1083 filesystem
.add_option(
1085 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
1086 help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
1087 filesystem
.add_option(
1088 '--cookies-from-browser',
1089 dest
='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar
='BROWSER[:PROFILE]',
1091 'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
1092 'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
1093 'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
1094 '"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
1095 'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
1096 '|'.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
)))))
1097 filesystem
.add_option(
1098 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1099 action
='store_const', const
=None, dest
='cookiesfrombrowser',
1100 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
1101 filesystem
.add_option(
1102 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
1103 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')
1104 filesystem
.add_option(
1105 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_false', dest
='cachedir',
1106 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1107 filesystem
.add_option(
1109 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
1110 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1112 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail Options')
1113 thumbnail
.add_option(
1114 '--write-thumbnail',
1115 action
='store_true', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
1116 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
1117 thumbnail
.add_option(
1118 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1119 action
='store_false', dest
='writethumbnail',
1120 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
1121 thumbnail
.add_option(
1122 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1123 action
='store_true', dest
='write_all_thumbnails', default
=False,
1124 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
1125 thumbnail
.add_option(
1126 '--list-thumbnails',
1127 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
1128 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
1130 link
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1133 action
='store_true', dest
='writelink', default
=False,
1134 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
1137 action
='store_true', dest
='writeurllink', default
=False,
1138 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
1140 '--write-webloc-link',
1141 action
='store_true', dest
='writewebloclink', default
=False,
1142 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
1144 '--write-desktop-link',
1145 action
='store_true', dest
='writedesktoplink', default
=False,
1146 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
1148 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-Processing Options')
1149 postproc
.add_option(
1150 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1151 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
1152 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
1153 postproc
.add_option(
1154 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
1156 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1157 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1158 postproc
.add_option(
1159 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
1160 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
1161 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
1162 postproc
.add_option(
1164 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='remuxvideo', default
=None,
1166 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
1167 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
1168 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1169 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1170 postproc
.add_option(
1172 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
1174 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
1175 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
1176 postproc
.add_option(
1177 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1178 metavar
='NAME:ARGS', dest
='postprocessor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1179 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1181 'allowed_keys': r
'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
1182 'process': compat_shlex_split
,
1183 'multiple_keys': False
1185 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
1186 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
1187 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
1188 'Merger, ExtractAudio, SplitChapters, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, '
1189 'SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1190 'SponSkrub, FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1191 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg, FFprobe, and SponSkrub. '
1192 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
1193 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
1194 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1195 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
1196 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1197 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
1198 postproc
.add_option(
1199 '-k', '--keep-video',
1200 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
1201 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1202 postproc
.add_option(
1204 action
='store_false', dest
='keepvideo',
1205 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1206 postproc
.add_option(
1207 '--post-overwrites',
1208 action
='store_false', dest
='nopostoverwrites',
1209 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
1210 postproc
.add_option(
1211 '--no-post-overwrites',
1212 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
1213 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
1214 postproc
.add_option(
1216 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
1217 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
1218 postproc
.add_option(
1220 action
='store_false', dest
='embedsubtitles',
1221 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
1222 postproc
.add_option(
1223 '--embed-thumbnail',
1224 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
1225 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
1226 postproc
.add_option(
1227 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1228 action
='store_false', dest
='embedthumbnail',
1229 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
1230 postproc
.add_option(
1231 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
1232 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
1233 help='Embed metadata including chapter markers (if supported by the format) to the video file (Alias: --add-metadata)')
1234 postproc
.add_option(
1235 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
1236 action
='store_false', dest
='addmetadata',
1237 help='Do not write metadata (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1238 postproc
.add_option(
1239 '--metadata-from-title',
1240 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
1241 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1242 postproc
.add_option(
1244 metavar
='FROM:TO', dest
='parse_metadata', action
='append',
1246 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1247 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
1248 postproc
.add_option(
1249 '--replace-in-metadata',
1250 dest
='parse_metadata', metavar
='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action
='append', nargs
=3,
1251 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
1252 postproc
.add_option(
1254 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
1255 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
1256 postproc
.add_option(
1258 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
=None,
1259 choices
=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
1261 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1262 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
1263 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1264 'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
1265 postproc
.add_option(
1266 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
1267 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
1268 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1269 postproc
.add_option(
1270 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
1271 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg', default
=True,
1272 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1273 postproc
.add_option(
1274 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
1275 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
1276 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1277 postproc
.add_option(
1278 '--exec', metavar
='CMD',
1279 action
='callback', dest
='exec_cmd', default
=[], type='str',
1280 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'delim': None}
,
1282 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
1283 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
1284 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
1285 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1286 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1287 postproc
.add_option(
1289 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_cmd', const
=[],
1290 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1291 postproc
.add_option(
1292 '--exec-before-download', metavar
='CMD',
1293 action
='callback', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd', default
=[], type='str',
1294 callback
=_list_from_options_callback
, callback_kwargs
={'delim': None}
,
1296 'Execute a command before the actual download. '
1297 'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
1298 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1299 postproc
.add_option(
1300 '--no-exec-before-download',
1301 action
='store_const', dest
='exec_before_dl_cmd', const
=[],
1302 help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
1303 postproc
.add_option(
1304 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
1305 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
1307 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1308 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1309 postproc
.add_option(
1310 '--convert-thumbnails',
1311 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertthumbnails', default
=None,
1313 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1314 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP
.SUPPORTED_EXTS
)))
1315 postproc
.add_option(
1316 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1317 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1319 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1320 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1321 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1322 postproc
.add_option(
1323 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1324 dest
='split_chapters', action
='store_false',
1325 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
1327 sponskrub
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description
=(
1328 'SponSkrub (https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) is a utility to mark/remove sponsor segments '
1329 'from downloaded YouTube videos using SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1330 sponskrub
.add_option(
1332 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub', default
=None,
1334 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
1335 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
1336 sponskrub
.add_option(
1338 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub',
1339 help='Do not use sponskrub')
1340 sponskrub
.add_option(
1341 '--sponskrub-cut', default
=False,
1342 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1343 help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
1344 sponskrub
.add_option(
1345 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1346 action
='store_false', dest
='sponskrub_cut',
1347 help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
1348 sponskrub
.add_option(
1349 '--sponskrub-force', default
=False,
1350 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1351 help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
1352 sponskrub
.add_option(
1353 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1354 action
='store_true', dest
='sponskrub_force',
1355 help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
1356 sponskrub
.add_option(
1357 '--sponskrub-location', metavar
='PATH',
1358 dest
='sponskrub_path', default
='',
1359 help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
1360 sponskrub
.add_option(
1361 '--sponskrub-args', dest
='sponskrub_args', metavar
='ARGS',
1362 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1364 extractor
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Extractor Options')
1365 extractor
.add_option(
1366 '--extractor-retries',
1367 dest
='extractor_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=3,
1368 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
1369 extractor
.add_option(
1370 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
1371 action
='store_true', dest
='dynamic_mpd', default
=True,
1372 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
1373 extractor
.add_option(
1374 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
1375 action
='store_false', dest
='dynamic_mpd',
1376 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
1377 extractor
.add_option(
1378 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1379 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_true', default
=False,
1380 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1382 extractor
.add_option(
1383 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1384 dest
='hls_split_discontinuity', action
='store_false',
1385 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
1386 _extractor_arg_parser
= lambda key
, vals
='': (key
.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [val
.strip() for val
in vals
.split(',')])
1387 extractor
.add_option(
1389 metavar
='KEY:ARGS', dest
='extractor_args', default
={}, type='str',
1390 action
='callback', callback
=_dict_from_options_callback
,
1392 'multiple_keys': False,
1393 'process': lambda val
: dict(
1394 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg
.split('=', 1)) for arg
in val
.split(';'))
1396 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
1397 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
1398 extractor
.add_option(
1399 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1400 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
1401 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1402 extractor
.add_option(
1403 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1404 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
1405 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1406 extractor
.add_option(
1407 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1408 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default
=True,
1409 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1410 extractor
.add_option(
1411 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1412 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
1413 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
1415 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
1416 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
1417 parser
.add_option_group(geo
)
1418 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
1419 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
1420 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
1421 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
1422 parser
.add_option_group(link
)
1423 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
1424 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
1425 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
1426 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
1427 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
1428 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
1429 parser
.add_option_group(sponskrub
)
1430 parser
.add_option_group(extractor
)
1432 if overrideArguments
is not None:
1433 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(overrideArguments
)
1435 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments
) + '\n')
1437 def compat_conf(conf
):
1438 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
1439 return [a
.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a
in conf
]
1443 'command-line': compat_conf(sys
.argv
[1:]),
1444 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1445 paths
= {'command-line': False}
1446 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(configs
['command-line'])
1449 if '--config-location' in configs
['command-line']:
1450 location
= compat_expanduser(opts
.config_location
)
1451 if os
.path
.isdir(location
):
1452 location
= os
.path
.join(location
, 'yt-dlp.conf')
1453 if not os
.path
.exists(location
):
1454 parser
.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location
)
1455 configs
['custom'] = _readOptions(location
, default
=None)
1456 if configs
['custom'] is None:
1457 configs
['custom'] = []
1459 paths
['custom'] = location
1460 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['command-line']:
1462 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['custom']:
1465 def read_options(path
, user
=False):
1466 # Multiple package names can be given here
1467 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1468 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1469 for package
in ('yt-dlp',):
1471 config
, current_path
= _readUserConf(package
, default
=None)
1473 current_path
= os
.path
.join(path
, '%s.conf' % package
)
1474 config
= _readOptions(current_path
, default
=None)
1475 if config
is not None:
1476 return config
, current_path
1479 configs
['portable'], paths
['portable'] = read_options(get_executable_path())
1480 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['portable']:
1483 def get_home_path():
1484 opts
= parser
.parse_args(configs
['portable'] + configs
['custom'] + configs
['command-line'])[0]
1485 return expand_path(opts
.paths
.get('home', '')).strip()
1487 configs
['home'], paths
['home'] = read_options(get_home_path())
1488 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['home']:
1491 configs
['system'], paths
['system'] = read_options('/etc')
1492 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['system']:
1495 configs
['user'], paths
['user'] = read_options('', True)
1496 if '--ignore-config' in configs
['user']:
1497 configs
['system'], paths
['system'] = [], None
1500 argv
= configs
['system'] + configs
['user'] + configs
['home'] + configs
['portable'] + configs
['custom'] + configs
['command-line']
1501 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(argv
)
1503 for label
in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
1505 if paths
.get(key
) is None:
1508 write_string('[debug] %s config file: %s\n' % (label
, paths
[key
]))
1509 write_string('[debug] %s config: %s\n' % (label
, repr(_hide_login_info(configs
[key
]))))
1511 return parser
, opts
, args