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+# YT-DLP
-youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com and many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md)
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+A command-line program to download videos from youtube.com and many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md)
This is a fork of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) which is inturn a fork of [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
* [NEW FEATURES](#new-features)
* [INSTALLATION](#installation)
- * [UPDATE](#update)
- * [COMPILE](#compile)
-* [YOUTUBE-DLC](#youtube-dlc)
+ * [Update](#update)
+ * [Compile](#compile)
* [DESCRIPTION](#description)
* [OPTIONS](#options)
* [Network Options](#network-options)
* [Authentication Options](#authentication-options)
* [Adobe Pass Options](#adobe-pass-options)
* [Post-processing Options](#post-processing-options)
- * [SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)
+ * [SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)](#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock)
* [Extractor Options](#extractor-options)
* [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
* [Authentication with .netrc file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
* [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
* [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
* [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
-* [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection-1)
* [MORE](#more)
# NEW FEATURES
-The major new features are:
+The major new features from the latest release of [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) are:
-* **[SponSkrub Integration](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)** - You can use [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) to mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the [SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
+* **[SponSkrub Integration](#sponSkrub-options-sponsorblock)**: You can use [SponSkrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) to mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the [SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
-* **[Format Sorting](#sorting-format)** - The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now prefered instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, the user can now specify the sort order if they want. This allows for much easier format selection that what is possible by simply using `--format` ([examples](#format-selection-examples))
+* **[Format Sorting](#sorting-formats)**: The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now preferred instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, you can now specify the sort order using `-S`. This allows for much easier format selection that what is possible by simply using `--format` ([examples](#format-selection-examples))
-* Merged with youtube-dl **v2020.01.08** - You get the new features and patches of [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
+* **Merged with youtube-dl v2021.01.08**: You get all the latest features and patches of [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
-* **New options** - `--list-formats-as-table`, `--write-link`, `--force-download-archive` etc
+* **Youtube improvements**:
+ * All Youtube Feeds (`:ytfav`, `:ytwatchlater`, `:ytsubs`, `:ythistory`, `:ytrec`) works correctly and support downloading multiple pages of content
+ * Youtube search works correctly (`ytsearch:`, `ytsearchdate:`) along with Search URLs
+ * Redirect channel's home URL automatically to `/video` to preserve the old behaviour
-and many other features and patches. See [changelog](changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/commits) for the full list of changes
+* **New extractors**: AnimeLab, Philo MSO, Rcs, Gedi, bitwave.tv
+* **Fixed extractors**: archive.org, roosterteeth.com, skyit, instagram, itv, SouthparkDe, spreaker, Vlive, tiktok, akamai, ina
-# INSTALLATION
+* **New options**: `--list-formats-as-table`, `--write-link`, `--force-download-archive`, `--force-overwrites` etc
+
+and many other features and patches. See [changelog](Changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp/commits) for the full list of changes
+
+
+**PS**: Some of these changes are already in youtube-dlc, but are still unreleased. See [this](Changelog.md#unreleased-changes-in-blackjack4494yt-dlc) for details
+
+If you are coming from [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl), the amount of changes are very large. Compare [options](#options) and [supported sites](docs/supportedsites.md) with youtube-dl's to get an idea of the massive number of features/patches [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) has accumulated.
-To use the latest version, simply download and run the [latest release](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc/releases/latest).
-Currently, there is no support for any package managers.
-If you want to install the current master branch
+# INSTALLATION
- python -m pip install git+https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlc
+You can install yt-dlp using one of the following methods:
+* Use [PyPI package](https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp/): `python -m pip install --upgrade yt-dlp`
+* Download the binary from the [latest release](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp/releases/latest)
+* Use pip+git: `python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp.git@release`
+* Install master branch: `python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp`
### UPDATE
-**DO NOT UPDATE using `-U` !** instead download binaries again
+`-U` does not work. Simply repeat the install process to update.
### COMPILE
# DESCRIPTION
-**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
+**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from youtube.com many other [video platforms](docs/supportedsites.md). It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
- youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
+ youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] [--] URL [URL...]
# OPTIONS
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
- --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
- in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
- configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
- on Windows)
+ --ignore-config, --no-config Disable loading any configuration files
+ except the one provided by --config-
+ location. When given inside a configuration
+ file, no further configuration files are
+ loaded. Additionally, (for backward
+ compatibility) if this option is found
+ inside the system configuration file, the
+ user configuration is not loaded.
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
directory.
--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
archive file. Record the IDs of all
downloaded videos in it.
- --break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
- to download a file that's in the archive.
+ --break-on-existing Stop the download process when encountering
+ a file that's in the archive.
+ --break-on-reject Stop the download process when encountering
+ a file that has been filtered out.
--no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
--include-ads Download advertisements as well
(experimental)
filenames
--no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
filenames (default)
- -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
+ -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite any files
+ --force-overwrites Overwrite all video and metadata files.
+ This option includes --no-continue
+ --no-force-overwrites Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite
+ related files (default)
-c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files (default)
--no-continue Restart download of partially downloaded
files from beginning
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
+ -C, --call-home [Broken] Contact the youtube-dlc server for
+ debugging
--no-call-home Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for
debugging (default)
--no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for
each output file (default)
--all-formats Download all available video formats
- --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
- one is requested
+ --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats over non-free
+ formats of same quality
-F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
videos
--list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular
ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor,
EmbedSubtitle, Metadata, Merger,
FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8,
- SubtitlesConvertor, SponSkrub and Default.
- You can use this option multiple times to
- give different arguments to different
+ SubtitlesConvertor, EmbedThumbnail,
+ XAttrMetadata, SponSkrub and Default. You
+ can use this option multiple times to give
+ different arguments to different
postprocessors
-k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
after post-processing
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
-## [SponSkrub](https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub) Options ([SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app)):
+## [SponSkrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) Options ([SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app)):
--sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
with the data available in SponsorBlock
API. This is enabled by default if the
# CONFIGURATION
-You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dlc.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dlc/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dlc\config.txt` or `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dlc.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself.
+You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. The configuration is loaded from the following locations:
+
+1. The file given by `--config-location`
+1. **Portable Configuration**: `yt-dlp.conf` or `youtube-dlc.conf` in the same directory as the bundled binary. If you are running from source-code (`<root dir>/youtube_dlc/__main__.py`), the root directory is used instead.
+1. **User Configuration**:
+ * `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Linux/macOS)
+ * `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp.conf`
+ * `%APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config` (recommended on Windows)
+ * `%APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config.txt`
+ * `~/yt-dlp.conf`
+ * `~/yt-dlp.conf.txt`
+
+ If none of these files are found, the search is performed again by replacing `yt-dlp` with `youtube-dlc`. Note that `~` points to `C:\Users\<user name>` on windows. Also, `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%` defaults to `~/.config` if undefined
+1. **System Configuration**: `/etc/yt-dlp.conf` or `/etc/youtube-dlc.conf`
-For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory:
+For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `YouTube` directory in your home directory:
```
# Lines starting with # are comments
# Use this proxy
--proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
-# Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
--o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
+# Save all videos under YouTube directory in your home directory
+-o ~/YouTube/%(title)s.%(ext)s
```
-Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.
+Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls; thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.
-You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
-
-You can also use `--config-location` if you want to use custom configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
+You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable all configuration files for a particular youtube-dlc run. If `--ignore-config` is found inside any configuration file, no further configuration will be loaded. For example, having the option in the portable configuration file prevents loading of user and system configurations. Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if `--ignore-config` is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded.
### Authentication with `.netrc` file
# Same as above
$ youtube-dlc
+# Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
+# For this case, an output template should be used since
+# by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
+$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
+
-# Download the worst video available
+# The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection
+# and how to use -S to achieve a similar but better result
+
+# Download the worst video available (old method)
$ youtube-dlc -f 'wv*+wa/w'
# Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
-# Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
-# For this case, an output template should be used since
-# by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
-$ youtube-dlc -f 'bv,ba' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
-
-
-
# Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
$ youtube-dlc -f '(bv*+ba/b)[vcodec^=avc1] / (bv*+ba/b)'
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