formats are found (default)
--skip-download Do not download the video but write all
related files (Alias: --no-download)
- -O, --print TEMPLATE Quiet, but print the given fields for each
- video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
- used. Either a field name or same syntax as
- the output template can be used
+ -O, --print [WHEN:]TEMPLATE Field name or output template to print to
+ screen per video. Prefix the template with
+ "playlist:" to print it once per playlist
+ instead. Implies --quiet and --simulate
+ (unless --no-simulate is used). This option
+ can be used multiple times
-j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the
path to the binary or its containing
directory
- --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
- downloading and post-processing. Same
- syntax as the output template can be used
- to pass any field as arguments to the
- command. An additional field "filepath"
+ --exec [WHEN:]CMD Execute a command, optionally prefixed with
+ when to execute it (after_move if
+ unspecified), separated by a ":". Supported
+ values of "WHEN" are the same as that of
+ --use-postprocessor. Same syntax as the
+ output template can be used to pass any
+ field as arguments to the command. After
+ download, an additional field "filepath"
that contains the final path of the
- downloaded file is also available. If no
- fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended
- to the end of the command. This option can
- be used multiple times
- --no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
- --exec-before-download CMD Execute a command before the actual
- download. The syntax is the same as --exec
- but "filepath" is not available. This
+ downloaded file is also available, and if
+ no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is
+ appended to the end of the command. This
option can be used multiple times
- --no-exec-before-download Remove any previously defined
- --exec-before-download
+ --no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to another format
(currently supported: srt|vtt|ass|lrc)
(Alias: --convert-subtitles)
"pre_process" (after extraction),
"before_dl" (before video download),
"post_process" (after video download;
- default) or "after_move" (after moving file
- to their final locations). This option can
- be used multiple times to add different
- postprocessors
+ default), "after_move" (after moving file
+ to their final locations), "after_video"
+ (after downloading and processing all
+ formats of a video), or "playlist" (end of
+ playlist). This option can be used multiple
+ times to add different postprocessors
## SponsorBlock Options:
Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor,
This option also has a few special uses:
* You can download an additional URL based on the metadata of the currently downloaded video. To do this, set the field `additional_urls` to the URL that you want to download. Eg: `--parse-metadata "description:(?P<additional_urls>https?://www\.vimeo\.com/\d+)` will download the first vimeo video found in the description
-* You can use this to change the metadata that is embedded in the media file. To do this, set the value of the corresponding field with a `meta_` prefix. For example, any value you set to `meta_description` field will be added to the `description` field in the file. For example, you can use this to set a different "description" and "synopsis". Any value set to the `meta_` field will overwrite all default values.
+* You can use this to change the metadata that is embedded in the media file. To do this, set the value of the corresponding field with a `meta_` prefix. For example, any value you set to `meta_description` field will be added to the `description` field in the file. For example, you can use this to set a different "description" and "synopsis". To modify the metadata of individual streams, use the `meta<n>_` prefix (Eg: `meta1_language`). Any value set to the `meta_` field will overwrite all default values.
For reference, these are the fields yt-dlp adds by default to the file metadata:
#### Not recommended
While these options still work, their use is not recommended since there are other alternatives to achieve the same
+ --exec-before-download CMD --exec "before_dl:CMD"
+ --no-exec-before-download --no-exec
--all-formats -f all
--all-subs --sub-langs all --write-subs
--print-json -j --no-simulate
projects / yt-dlp.git / blobdiff