[](https://travis-ci.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc)
+[](https://pepy.tech/project/youtube-dlc)
youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
# INSTALLATION
-To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type:
+**All Platforms**
+Preferred way using pip:
You may want to use `python3` instead of `python`
python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
-To build the Windows executable (a compiled version will be available online soon)
+**UNIX** (Linux, macOS, etc.)
+Using wget:
+
+ sudo wget https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+
+Using curl:
+
+ sudo curl -L https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
+
+
+**Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!).
+
+**Compile**
+To build the Windows executable yourself
python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
- pyinstaller.exe youtube_dl\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
+ pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
-There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
+There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
+
+For Unix:
+You will need the required build tools
+python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
+Then simply type this
+
+ make
+
# DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
- from google videos for youtube-dl "large
+ from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
apple". Use the value "auto" to let
- youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
+ youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
warning when guessing). "error" just throws
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
+ /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
+ dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dlc/config.txt
on Windows)
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
filenames
-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
- By default, youtube-dl will resume
+ By default, youtube-dlc will resume
downloads if possible.
--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
(restart from beginning)
option)
--cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
jar in
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dlc
can store some downloaded information
permanently. By default
- $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
- ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
+ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or
+ ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only
YouTube player files (for videos with
obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
may change.
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
+ --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for
debugging
## Workarounds:
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
-p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
- out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
+ out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.
-2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
-n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
--video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)
a list of available MSOs
--ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
--ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
- If this option is left out, youtube-dl will
+ If this option is left out, youtube-dlc will
ask interactively.
--ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
operators
# COPYRIGHT
-youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+youtube-dlc is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
This README file was originally written by [Daniel Bolton](https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the public domain.
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