-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import os.path
import optparse
+import os.path
import re
+import shlex
import sys
-from .compat import (
- compat_expanduser,
- compat_get_terminal_size,
- compat_getenv,
- compat_kwargs,
- compat_shlex_split,
+from .compat import compat_expanduser, compat_get_terminal_size, compat_getenv
+from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
+from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
+from .postprocessor import (
+ FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
+ FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
+ FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
+ FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
+ SponsorBlockPP,
)
+from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
from .utils import (
+ OUTTMPL_TYPES,
+ POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
+ Config,
expand_path,
get_executable_path,
- OUTTMPL_TYPES,
- preferredencoding,
+ join_nonempty,
+ remove_end,
write_string,
)
from .version import __version__
-from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
-from .postprocessor.ffmpeg import (
- FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
- FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
- FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
- FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
-)
-
-
-def _hide_login_info(opts):
- PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
- eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
-
- def _scrub_eq(o):
- m = eqre.match(o)
- if m:
- return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
- else:
- return o
-
- opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
- for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
- if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
- opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
- return opts
+def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
+ parser = create_parser()
+ root = Config(parser)
-def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
- def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
- try:
- optionf = open(filename_bytes)
- except IOError:
- return default # silently skip if file is not present
- try:
- # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
- contents = optionf.read()
- if sys.version_info < (3,):
- contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
- res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
- finally:
- optionf.close()
- return res
+ if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
+ ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
+ if overrideArguments:
+ root.append_config(overrideArguments, label='Override')
+ else:
+ root.append_config(sys.argv[1:], label='Command-line')
def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
# .config
userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
+ userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
if appdata_dir:
userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
- userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
+ userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is None:
userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
+ userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
# home
userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
+ userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is None:
userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
+ userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
return default, None
- def _format_option_string(option):
- ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
+ def add_config(label, path, user=False):
+ """ Adds config and returns whether to continue """
+ if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
+ return False
+ # Multiple package names can be given here
+ # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
+ # the configuration file of any of these three packages
+ for package in ('yt-dlp',):
+ if user:
+ args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
+ else:
+ current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
+ args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
+ if args is not None:
+ root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
+ return True
+ return True
- opts = []
+ def load_configs():
+ yield not ignore_config_files
+ yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
+ yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
+ yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
+ yield add_config('System', '/etc')
+
+ if all(load_configs()):
+ # If ignoreconfig is found inside the system configuration file,
+ # the user configuration is removed
+ if root.parse_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
+ user_conf = next((i for i, conf in enumerate(root.configs) if conf.label == 'User'), None)
+ if user_conf is not None:
+ root.configs.pop(user_conf)
+
+ opts, args = root.parse_args()
+ if opts.verbose:
+ write_string(f'\n{root}'.replace('\n| ', '\n[debug] ')[1:] + '\n')
+ return parser, opts, args
- if option._short_opts:
- opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
- if option._long_opts:
- opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
- if len(opts) > 1:
- opts.insert(1, ', ')
+class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
+ def __init__(self):
+ # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
+ max_width = compat_get_terminal_size().columns or 80
+ # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
+ # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
+ # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
+ super().__init__(width=max_width, max_help_position=int(0.47 * max_width))
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def format_option_strings(option):
+ """ ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR """
+ opts = join_nonempty(
+ option._short_opts and option._short_opts[0],
+ option._long_opts and option._long_opts[0],
+ delim=', ')
if option.takes_value():
- opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
+ opts += f' {option.metavar}'
+ return opts
+
+
+class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
+ # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
- return ''.join(opts)
+ def __init__(self):
+ super().__init__(
+ prog='yt-dlp',
+ version=__version__,
+ usage='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
+ epilog='See full documentation at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
+ formatter=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
+ conflict_handler='resolve',
+ )
- def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=','):
+ def _get_args(self, args):
+ return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
+
+ def _match_long_opt(self, opt):
+ """Improve ambigious argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
+ try:
+ return super()._match_long_opt(opt)
+ except optparse.AmbiguousOptionError as e:
+ if len({self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities}) == 1:
+ return e.possibilities[0]
+ raise
+
+
+def create_parser():
+ def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
# append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
- current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest) if append else []
- value = [value] if delim is None else value.split(delim)
+ current = list(getattr(parser.values, option.dest)) if append else []
+ value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
setattr(
parser.values, option.dest,
current + value if append is True else value + current)
+ def _set_from_options_callback(
+ option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
+ process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
+ current = set(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
+ values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
+ while values:
+ actual_val = val = values.pop()
+ if not val:
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'Invalid {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {value}')
+ if val == 'all':
+ current.update(allowed_values)
+ elif val == '-all':
+ current = set()
+ elif val in aliases:
+ values.extend(aliases[val])
+ else:
+ if val[0] == '-':
+ val = val[1:]
+ current.discard(val)
+ else:
+ current.update([val])
+ if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
+
+ setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
+
def _dict_from_options_callback(
option, opt_str, value, parser,
- allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True):
+ allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
+ process_key=str.lower, append=False):
- out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
+ out_dict = dict(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
+ multiple_args = not isinstance(value, str)
if multiple_keys:
- allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
- mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
+ allowed_keys = fr'({allowed_keys})(,({allowed_keys}))*'
+ mobj = re.match(
+ fr'(?i)(?P<keys>{allowed_keys}){delimiter}(?P<val>.*)$',
+ value[0] if multiple_args else value)
if mobj is not None:
- keys = [k.strip() for k in mobj.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
- val = mobj.group('val')
+ keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
+ if multiple_args:
+ val = [val, *value[1:]]
elif default_key is not None:
keys, val = [default_key], value
else:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
- 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
- val = process(val) if callable(process) else val
+ f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
+ try:
+ keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
+ val = process(val) if process else val
+ except Exception as err:
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
for key in keys:
- out_dict[key] = val
-
- # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
- columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
- max_width = columns if columns else 80
- max_help_position = 80
-
- fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
- fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
+ out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
+ setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
- kw = {
- 'version': __version__,
- 'formatter': fmt,
- 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
- 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
- }
-
- parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
+ parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
general.add_option(
action='store_true', dest='update_self',
help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
general.add_option(
- '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
- action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=None,
- help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
+ '-i', '--ignore-errors',
+ action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
+ help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-abort-on-error',
+ action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
+ help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
general.add_option(
'--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
general.add_option(
'--dump-user-agent',
action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
- help='Display the current browser identification')
+ help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
general.add_option(
'--list-extractors',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
- help='List all supported extractors')
+ help='List all supported extractors and exit')
general.add_option(
'--extractor-descriptions',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
- help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
+ help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
general.add_option(
'--force-generic-extractor',
action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
- 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')
+ help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp 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')
general.add_option(
'--ignore-config', '--no-config',
- action='store_true',
+ action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
+ help=(
+ 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
+ 'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
+ '(Alias: --no-config)'))
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-config-locations',
+ action='store_const', dest='config_locations', const=[],
help=(
- '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'))
+ 'Do not load any custom configuration files (default). When given inside a '
+ 'configuration file, ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current file'))
general.add_option(
- '--config-location',
- dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
- help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
+ '--config-locations',
+ dest='config_locations', metavar='PATH', action='append',
+ help=(
+ 'Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory. '
+ 'Can be used multiple times and inside other configuration files'))
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
- general.add_option(
- '--flat-videos',
- action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
- # help='Do not resolve the video urls')
- # doesn't work
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
general.add_option(
'--no-flat-playlist',
action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--live-from-start',
+ action='store_true', dest='live_from_start',
+ help='Download livestreams from the start. Currently only supported for YouTube (Experimental)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-live-from-start',
+ action='store_false', dest='live_from_start',
+ help='Download livestreams from the current time (default)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--wait-for-video',
+ dest='wait_for_video', metavar='MIN[-MAX]', default=None,
+ help=(
+ 'Wait for scheduled streams to become available. '
+ 'Pass the minimum number of seconds (or range) to wait between retries'))
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-wait-for-video',
+ dest='wait_for_video', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
general.add_option(
'--mark-watched',
action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
- help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
+ help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)')
general.add_option(
'--no-mark-watched',
action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
help='Do not emit color codes in output')
general.add_option(
'--compat-options',
- metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=[],
- action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback, type='str',
- help=(
- 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl and youtube-dlc '
+ metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_values': {
+ 'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
+ 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
+ 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
+ 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ }, 'aliases': {
+ 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
+ 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
+ }
+ }, help=(
+ 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
help=(
'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
- 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
+ 'socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
'for direct connection'))
network.add_option(
'--socket-timeout',
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass',
action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
- help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
+ help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)')
geo.add_option(
'--no-geo-bypass',
- action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
+ action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass',
help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
- help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--reject-title',
dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
- help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
- selection.add_option(
- '--max-downloads',
- dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
- help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--min-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
- 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
+ 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
'"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
selection.add_option(
selection.add_option(
'--min-views',
metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
- help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--max-views',
metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
- help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
- '--match-filter',
- metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
+ '--match-filters',
+ metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='append',
help=(
- '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"'))
+ '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, '
+ 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
+ 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
+ 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter '
+ '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
+ 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have 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). '
+ 'Use "--match-filter -" to interactively ask whether to download each video'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
'--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
dest='download_archive',
help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-download-archive',
+ dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
+ help='Do not use archive file (default)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--max-downloads',
+ dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
+ help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
'--break-on-reject',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--break-per-input',
+ action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
+ help='Make --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject act only on the current input URL')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-break-per-input',
+ action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
+ help='--break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue')
selection.add_option(
'--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
- selection.add_option(
- '--no-download-archive',
- dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
- help='Do not use archive file (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--include-ads',
dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
'-n', '--netrc',
action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
help='Use .netrc authentication data')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '--netrc-location',
+ dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
+ help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
authentication.add_option(
'--video-password',
dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
video_format.add_option(
'--no-prefer-free-formats',
- action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
+ action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
video_format.add_option(
'--check-formats',
- action='store_true', dest='check_formats', default=False,
- help="Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable (Experimental)")
+ action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
+ help='Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--check-all-formats',
+ action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
+ help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--no-check-formats',
+ action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
+ help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
video_format.add_option(
'-F', '--list-formats',
action='store_true', dest='listformats',
- help='List all available formats of requested videos')
+ help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
video_format.add_option(
'--list-formats-as-table',
action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
video_format.add_option(
'--allow-unplayable-formats',
action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
- help=(
- 'Allow unplayable formats to be listed and downloaded. '
- 'All video post-processing will also be turned off'))
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
video_format.add_option(
'--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
- help='Do not allow unplayable formats to be listed or downloaded (default)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
subtitles.add_option(
subtitles.add_option(
'--list-subs',
action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
- help='List all available subtitles for the video')
+ help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
subtitles.add_option(
'--sub-format',
action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
help=(
- 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) '
+ 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
downloader.add_option(
'-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
- help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
+ help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be downloaded concurrently (default is %default)')
downloader.add_option(
'-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--file-access-retries',
+ dest='file_access_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
+ help='Number of times to retry on file access error (default is %default), or "infinite"')
downloader.add_option(
'--fragment-retries',
dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
'default_key': 'default',
- 'process': lambda x: x.strip()
- },
- help=(
+ 'process': str.strip
+ }, help=(
'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
- 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
+ f'Currently supports native, {", ".join(list_external_downloaders())}. '
'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
- '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
+ '(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
+ 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
'default_key': 'default',
- 'process': compat_shlex_split
- },
- help=(
+ 'process': shlex.split
+ }, help=(
'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
+ 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
'(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--no-check-certificate',
+ '--legacy-server-connect',
+ action='store_true', dest='legacy_server_connect', default=False,
+ help='Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation')
+ workarounds.add_option(
+ '--no-check-certificates',
action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
workarounds.add_option(
workarounds.add_option(
'--user-agent',
metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
- help='Specify a custom user agent')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
workarounds.add_option(
'--referer',
metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
- help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
- )
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
workarounds.add_option(
'--add-header',
metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
verbosity.add_option(
'-q', '--quiet',
action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
- help='Activate quiet mode')
+ help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-warnings',
dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Ignore warnings')
verbosity.add_option(
'-s', '--simulate',
- action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-simulate',
+ action='store_false', dest='simulate',
+ help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
verbosity.add_option(
'--ignore-no-formats-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
help=(
- 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
- 'even if the video is not actually available for download (experimental)'))
+ 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
+ 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
verbosity.add_option(
- '-O', '--print', metavar='TEMPLATE',
- action='callback', dest='forceprint', type='str', default=[],
- callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
- help=(
- 'Simulate, quiet but print the given fields. Either a field name '
- 'or similar formatting as the output template can be used'))
+ '-O', '--print',
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
+ 'default_key': 'video',
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'append': True,
+ }, help=(
+ 'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
+ 'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
+ 'This option can be used multiple times'))
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--print-to-file',
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', default={}, type='str', nargs=2,
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
+ 'default_key': 'video',
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'append': True,
+ }, help=(
+ 'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
+ 'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
verbosity.add_option(
'-g', '--get-url',
action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
verbosity.add_option(
'-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
- help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
+ help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
help=(
- 'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. '
- 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line'))
+ 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
+ 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-json',
action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
- help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
help='Output progress bar as new lines')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-progress',
- action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=None,
help='Do not print progress bar')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--progress',
+ action='store_false', dest='noprogress',
+ help='Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode')
verbosity.add_option(
'--console-title',
action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
help='Display progress in console titlebar')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--progress-template',
+ metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='progress_template', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': '(download|postprocess)(-title)?',
+ 'default_key': 'download'
+ }, help=(
+ 'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
+ '"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
+ 'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
+ 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
+ # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
+ '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
verbosity.add_option(
'-v', '--verbose',
action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
verbosity.add_option(
'-C', '--call-home',
dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
- # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
+ # help='Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-call-home',
filesystem.add_option(
'-a', '--batch-file',
dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
- help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
- "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
+ help=(
+ 'File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line. '
+ 'Lines starting with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored'))
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-batch-file',
+ dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--id', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-P', '--paths',
- metavar='TYPES:PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
+ metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())},
- help=(
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
+ 'default_key': 'home'
+ }, help=(
'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
- 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
- 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" and "temp" paths. '
+ 'All the same TYPES as --output are supported. '
+ 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
+ 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())),
'default_key': 'default'
- },
- help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
+ }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
filesystem.add_option(
'--output-na-placeholder',
dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
filesystem.add_option(
'--windows-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
- help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
+ help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-windows-filenames',
action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
- help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
+ help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
- filesystem.add_option(
- '--auto-number',
- action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
- filesystem.add_option(
- '--title',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
- filesystem.add_option(
- '--literal', default=False,
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-w', '--no-overwrites',
action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
help='Do not write video description (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-info-json',
- action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=None,
help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-info-json',
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-annotations',
action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
- help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-annotations',
action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
- help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-playlist-metafiles',
action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
filesystem.add_option(
- '--clean-infojson',
- action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=True,
+ '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
+ action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
help=(
'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
- '--no-clean-infojson',
+ '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
help='Write all fields to the infojson')
filesystem.add_option(
'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
- action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
+ action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--load-info-json', '--load-info',
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies',
dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
- help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
+ help='Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies',
action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
- help='Do not read/dump cookies (default)')
+ help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--cookies-from-browser',
+ dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
+ help=(
+ 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
+ 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
+ f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
+ 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
+ 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
+ '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
+ f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-cookies-from-browser',
+ action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
+ help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
- 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')
+ 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/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-thumbnail',
- action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+ action='callback', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+ # Should override --no-write-thumbnail, but not --write-all-thumbnail
+ callback=lambda option, _, __, parser: setattr(
+ parser.values, option.dest, getattr(parser.values, option.dest) or True),
help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--no-write-thumbnail',
help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-all-thumbnails',
- action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
+ action='store_const', dest='writethumbnail', const='all',
help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--list-thumbnails',
action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
- help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
+ help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
link.add_option(
'--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
help=(
'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
- 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
+ 'best (default) or one of %s' % ', '.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
dest='audioquality', default='5',
- help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
+ help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with -x. Insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--remux-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
- 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
+ 'and anything else to mkv.' % ', '.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
- 'process': compat_shlex_split,
+ 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
+ 'default_key': 'default-compat',
+ 'process': shlex.split,
'multiple_keys': False
- },
- help=(
+ }, help=(
'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
- 'Merger, ExtractAudio, SplitChapters, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, '
- 'SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
- 'SponSkrub, FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
- 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg, FFprobe, and SponSkrub. '
+ 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
+ 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
+ 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
+ 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
'"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
- help='Embed metadata including chapter markers (if supported by the format) to the video file (Alias: --add-metadata)')
+ help=(
+ 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
+ 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
- help='Do not write metadata (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
+ help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
+ action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
+ help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
+ action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
+ help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--embed-info-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
+ help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-embed-info-json',
+ action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
+ help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
postproc.add_option(
'--metadata-from-title',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--parse-metadata',
- metavar='FROM:TO', dest='metafromfield', action='append',
+ metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
help=(
'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--replace-in-metadata',
+ dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
+ help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--concat-playlist',
+ metavar='POLICY', dest='concat_playlist', default='multi_video',
+ choices=('never', 'always', 'multi_video'),
+ help=(
+ 'Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of "never", "always", or '
+ '"multi_video" (default; only when the videos form a single show). '
+ 'All the video files must have same codecs and number of streams to be concatable. '
+ 'The "pl_video:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
+ 'set the output filename for the concatenated files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
postproc.add_option(
'--fixup',
metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
- 'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
+ 'force (try fixing even if file already exists)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec',
- metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
- help=(
- 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
- 'Similar syntax to the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
- 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
- 'If no fields are passed, "%(filepath)s" is appended to the end of the command'))
+ metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
+ 'default_key': 'after_move',
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'append': True,
+ }, help=(
+ '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, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
+ 'This option can be used multiple times'))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-exec',
+ action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const={},
+ help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
+ action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-exec-before-download',
+ action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=None,
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
help=(
'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
- '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
+ '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % ', '.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-thumbnails',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
help=(
'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
- '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
+ '(currently supported: %s) ' % ', '.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
'--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--remove-chapters',
+ metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
+ help=(
+ 'Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
+ 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified range. '
+ 'Eg: --remove-chapters "*10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro". '
+ 'This option can be used multiple times'))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
+ action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
+ help=(
+ 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
+ 'Requires a re-encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
+ 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
+ action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
+ help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
+ _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
+ *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
+ ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--use-postprocessor',
+ metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'delim': None,
+ 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
+ }, help=(
+ 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
+ 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":". '
+ 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
+ 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
+ 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
+ '"before_dl" (before each video download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), '
+ '"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
+ '"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
+ 'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
+ 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
- sponskrub = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description=(
- 'SponSkrub (https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) is a utility to mark/remove sponsor segments '
- 'from downloaded YouTube videos using SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
- sponskrub.add_option(
- '--sponskrub',
- action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=None,
+ sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
+ 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
+ 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
+ dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
+ callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys(),
+ 'aliases': {'default': ['all']}
+ }, help=(
+ 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
+ f'Available categories are all, default(=all), {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}. '
+ 'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
+ 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
+ dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
+ callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
+ # Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
+ # The filler category is very aggressive.
+ # It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
+ 'aliases': {'default': ['all', '-filler']}
+ }, help=(
+ 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
+ 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
+ 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
+ 'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
+ f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
+ default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
help=(
- 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
- 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
+ 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
+ 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
+ help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
+ default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
+ help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
+
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponskrub',
+ action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub',
action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
- help='Do not use sponskrub')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
- help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub-cut',
action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
- help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponskrub-force', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
- help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub-force',
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
- help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
- help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
'--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
+ _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [
+ val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-args',
metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
callback_kwargs={
'multiple_keys': False,
'process': lambda val: dict(
- (lambda x: (x[0], x[1].split(',')))(arg.split('=', 1) + ['', '']) for arg in val.split(';'))
- },
- help=(
+ _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
+ }, help=(
'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
- 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different extractors'))
+ 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
parser.add_option_group(authentication)
parser.add_option_group(postproc)
- parser.add_option_group(sponskrub)
+ parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
parser.add_option_group(extractor)
- if overrideArguments is not None:
- opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
- if opts.verbose:
- write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
- else:
- def compat_conf(conf):
- if sys.version_info < (3,):
- return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
- return conf
+ return parser
- configs = {
- 'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
- 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
- paths = {'command-line': False}
- opts, args = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
- def get_configs():
- if '--config-location' in configs['command-line']:
- location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
- if os.path.isdir(location):
- location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
- if not os.path.exists(location):
- parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
- configs['custom'] = _readOptions(location, default=None)
- if configs['custom'] is None:
- configs['custom'] = []
- else:
- paths['custom'] = location
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['command-line']:
- return
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['custom']:
- return
-
- def read_options(path, user=False):
- # Multiple package names can be given here
- # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
- # the configuration file of any of these three packages
- for package in ('yt-dlp',):
- if user:
- config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
- else:
- current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
- config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
- if config is not None:
- return config, current_path
- return [], None
-
- configs['portable'], paths['portable'] = read_options(get_executable_path())
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['portable']:
- return
-
- def get_home_path():
- opts = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])[0]
- return expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()
-
- configs['home'], paths['home'] = read_options(get_home_path())
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['home']:
- return
-
- configs['system'], paths['system'] = read_options('/etc')
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['system']:
- return
-
- configs['user'], paths['user'] = read_options('', True)
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['user']:
- configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
-
- get_configs()
- argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
- opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
- if opts.verbose:
- for label in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
- key = label.lower()
- if paths.get(key) is None:
- continue
- if paths[key]:
- write_string('[debug] %s config file: %s\n' % (label, paths[key]))
- write_string('[debug] %s config: %s\n' % (label, repr(_hide_login_info(configs[key]))))
-
- return parser, opts, args
+def _hide_login_info(opts):
+ write_string(
+ 'DeprecationWarning: "yt_dlp.options._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
+ 'Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead\n')
+ return Config.hide_login_info(opts)