* If `ffmpeg` is used as the downloader, the downloading and merging of formats happen in a single step when possible. Use `--compat-options no-direct-merge` to revert this
* Thumbnail embedding in `mp4` is done with mutagen if possible. Use `--compat-options embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley` to force the use of AtomicParsley instead
* Some private fields such as filenames are removed by default from the infojson. Use `--no-clean-infojson` or `--compat-options no-clean-infojson` to revert this
+* When `--embed-subs` and `--write-subs` are used together, the subtitles are written to disk and also embedded in the media file. You can use just `--embed-subs` to embed the subs and automatically delete the seperate file. See [#630 (comment)](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/630#issuecomment-893659460) for more info. `--compat-options no-keep-subs` can be used to revert this.
For ease of use, a few more compat options are available:
* `--compat-options all`: Use all compat options
COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
COUNT views
- --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
- "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available
- keys) to match if the key is present, !key
- to check if the key is not present,
- key>NUMBER (like "view_count > 12", also
- works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare
- against a number, key = 'LITERAL' (like
- "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works with
- !=) to match against a string literal and &
- to require multiple matches. Values which
- are not known are excluded unless you put a
- question mark (?) after the operator. For
- example, to only match videos that have
- been liked more than 100 times and disliked
- less than 50 times (or the dislike
- functionality is not available at the given
- service), but who also have a description,
- use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
- dislike_count <? 50 & description"
+ --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Any field (see
+ "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a
+ number or a string using the operators
+ defined in "Filtering formats". You can
+ also simply specify a field to match if the
+ field is present and "!field" to check if
+ the field is not present. In addition,
+ Python style regular expression matching
+ can be done using "~=", and multiple
+ filters can be checked with "&". Use a "\"
+ to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg:
+ --match-filter "!is_live & like_count>?100
+ & description~=\'(?i)\bcats \& dogs\b\'"
+ matches only videos that are not live, has
+ a like count more than 100 (or the like
+ field is not available), and also has a
+ description that contains the phrase "cats
+ & dogs" (ignoring case)
--no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
to a video and a playlist
* `skip`: `hls` or `dash` (or both) to skip download of the respective manifests
* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `android`, `ios`, `mweb`. These also have `_music`, `_embedded`, `_agegate`, and `_creator` variants (Eg: `web_embedded`) (`mweb` has only `_agegate`). By default, `android,web` is used, but the agegate and creator variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. You can also use `all` to use all the clients
* `player_skip`: `configs` - skip any requests for client configs and use defaults
+ * `include_live_dash`: Include live dash formats (These formats don't download properly)
* `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side).
* `max_comments`: maximum amount of comments to download (default all).
* `max_comment_depth`: maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths 1 or 2 (default).
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