general.add_option(
'-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=True,
- help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
+ help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
general.add_option(
'--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
- help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs')
+ help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
general.add_option(
'--dump-user-agent',
action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', 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 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')
general.add_option(
'--ignore-config', '--no-config',
action='store_true',
'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.'))
+ 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
general.add_option(
'--config-location',
dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
- help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory.')
+ help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
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.')
+ help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
general.add_option(
'--flat-videos',
action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
action='store_false', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
help='Do not mark videos watched')
general.add_option(
- '--no-color', '--no-colors',
+ '--no-colors',
action='store_true', dest='no_color',
default=False,
help='Do not emit color codes in output')
dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help=(
'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
- 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.'))
+ 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
geo.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-items',
dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
- help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
+ help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13')
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
- 'Download only videos uploaded in this date.'
- 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format'
+ 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
+ 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
'"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
selection.add_option(
'--datebefore',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
help=(
'Generic video filter. '
- 'Specify any key (see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available keys) to '
+ '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 "comment_count > 12", also works with '
+ 'key>NUMBER (like "comment_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 '
'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" .'))
+ '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description"'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
selection.add_option(
'--no-playlist',
action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
- help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
+ help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
selection.add_option(
'--yes-playlist',
action='store_false', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
- help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
+ help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
selection.add_option(
'--age-limit',
metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
selection.add_option(
'--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.')
+ help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
- help="Stop the download process when encountering a file that's in the archive.")
+ help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
selection.add_option(
'--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.")
+ help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
selection.add_option(
'--no-download-archive',
dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
authentication.add_option(
'-p', '--password',
dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.')
+ help='Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively')
authentication.add_option(
'-2', '--twofactor',
dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
adobe_pass.add_option(
'--ap-password',
dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.')
+ help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively')
adobe_pass.add_option(
'--ap-list-mso',
action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
video_format.add_option(
'--list-formats-as-table',
action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
- help='Present the output of -F in a more tabular form (default)')
+ help='Present the output of -F in tabular form (default)')
video_format.add_option(
'--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
- help='Present the output of -F in the old form')
+ help='Present the output of -F in the old form (Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
- help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
+ help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
- help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
+ help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
- help='Download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
+ help='Download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
- help='Do not download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
+ help='Do not download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)')
video_format.add_option(
'--merge-output-format',
action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
- help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
+ help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
downloader.add_option(
'--fragment-retries',
dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
downloader.add_option(
'--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
- help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default)')
+ help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
downloader.add_option(
'--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
- help='Abort downloading when some fragment is unavailable')
+ help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
downloader.add_option(
'--keep-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
'Number of seconds to sleep before each download when used alone '
'or a lower bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
'(minimum possible number of seconds to sleep) when used along with '
- '--max-sleep-interval.'))
+ '--max-sleep-interval'))
workarounds.add_option(
'--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
help=(
'Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
'(maximum possible number of seconds to sleep). Must only be used '
- 'along with --min-sleep-interval.'))
+ 'along with --min-sleep-interval'))
workarounds.add_option(
'--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
verbosity.add_option(
'-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
- help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys.')
+ help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. 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.'))
+ 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information 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='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded)')
verbosity.add_option(
'--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
help=(
'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur,'
- 'even if -s or another simulation switch is used.'))
+ 'even if -s or another simulation switch is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--newline',
action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
'-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.")
+ "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
filesystem.add_option(
'--id', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-o', '--output',
dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
- help='Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
+ help='Output filename template, see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
help='Do not read/dump cookies (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 permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
link.add_option(
'--write-link',
action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
- help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url/.webloc/.desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS.')
+ help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
link.add_option(
'--write-url-link',
action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
- help='Write a Windows internet shortcut file (.url). Note that the OS caches the URL based on the file path.')
+ help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
link.add_option(
'--write-webloc-link',
action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
- help='Write a macOS internet shortcut file (.webloc)')
+ help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
link.add_option(
'--write-desktop-link',
action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
- help='Write a Linux internet shortcut file (.desktop)')
+ help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
postproc.add_option(
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
- help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors')
+ help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg)')
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
- help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)')
+ help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default) (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv)')
postproc.add_option(
'--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='ffmpeg_location',
- help='Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.')
+ help='Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory (Alias: --avconv-location)')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec',
metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)')
- sponskrub = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)')
+ sponskrub = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description=(
+ 'SponSkrub (https://github.com/pukkandan/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,
help=(
- 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with the data available in SponsorBlock API. '
+ 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
sponskrub.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub',
sponskrub.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.')
+ help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.add_option(
'--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
- help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)')
+ help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
extractor.add_option(
'--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
- help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests')
+ help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
parser.add_option_group(general)
parser.add_option_group(network)
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