+[](https://pypi.org/project/youtube-dlc)
[](https://travis-ci.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc)
+[](https://pepy.tech/project/youtube-dlc)
-youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
+[](https://gitter.im/youtube-dlc)
+[](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/blob/master/LICENSE)
+
+youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms.
+
+youtube-dlc is a fork of youtube-dl with the intention of getting features tested by the community merged in the tool faster, since youtube-dl's development seems to be slowing down. (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462)
- [INSTALLATION](#installation)
- [DESCRIPTION](#description)
- [OPTIONS](#options)
-- [COPYRIGHT](#copyright)
+ - [Network Options:](#network-options)
+ - [Geo Restriction:](#geo-restriction)
+ - [Video Selection:](#video-selection)
+ - [Download Options:](#download-options)
+ - [Filesystem Options:](#filesystem-options)
+ - [Thumbnail images:](#thumbnail-images)
+ - [Verbosity / Simulation Options:](#verbosity--simulation-options)
+ - [Workarounds:](#workarounds)
+ - [Video Format Options:](#video-format-options)
+ - [Subtitle Options:](#subtitle-options)
+ - [Authentication Options:](#authentication-options)
+ - [Adobe Pass Options:](#adobe-pass-options)
+ - [Post-processing Options:](#post-processing-options)
+ - [Extractor Options:](#extractor-options)
# INSTALLATION
-To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type:
+**All Platforms**
+Preferred way using pip:
You may want to use `python3` instead of `python`
python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
-To build the Windows executable (a compiled version will be available online soon)
+**UNIX** (Linux, macOS, etc.)
+Using wget:
+
+ sudo wget https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+
+Using curl:
+
+ sudo curl -L https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+
+
+**Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!).
+
+**Compile**
+To build the Windows executable yourself (without version info!)
python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
- pyinstaller.exe youtube_dl\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
+ pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
-There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
+There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
+
+New way to build Windows is to use `python pyinst.py` (please use python3 64Bit)
+For 32Bit Version use a 32Bit Version of python (3 preferred here as well) and run `python pyinst32.py`
+
+For Unix:
+You will need the required build tools
+python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
+Then simply type this
+
+ make
+
# 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.
extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
- from google videos for youtube-dl "large
+ from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
apple". Use the value "auto" to let
- youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
+ youtube-dlc 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.
--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
+ /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
- on Windows)
+ dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-
+ dlc/config.txt on Windows)
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
directory.
filenames
-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
- By default, youtube-dl will resume
+ By default, youtube-dlc will resume
downloads if possible.
--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
(restart from beginning)
option)
--cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
jar in
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
- can store some downloaded information
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-
+ dlc can store some downloaded information
permanently. By default
- $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
- ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
+ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or
+ ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only
YouTube player files (for videos with
obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
may change.
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for
+ debugging
+ --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for
debugging
## Workarounds:
videos
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
related data on YouTube videos
+ --youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS manifests and
+ related data on YouTube videos
--merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
-p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
- out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
+ out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.
-2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
-n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
--video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)
a list of available MSOs
--ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
--ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
- If this option is left out, youtube-dl will
- ask interactively.
+ If this option is left out, youtube-dlc
+ will ask interactively.
--ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
operators
a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
(default 5)
+ --remux-video FORMAT Remux the video to another container format
+ if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv,
+ target container format must support video
+ / audio encoding, remuxing may fail)
--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
necessary (currently supported:
mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
-# COPYRIGHT
-
-youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+## Extractor Options:
+ --ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
-This README file was originally written by [Daniel Bolton](https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the public domain.
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