* **Cookies from browser**: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]`
+* **Download time range**: Videos can be downloaded partially based on either timestamps or chapters using `--download-sections`
+
* **Split video by chapters**: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using `--split-chapters`
* **Multi-threaded fragment downloads**: Download multiple fragments of m3u8/mpd videos in parallel. Use `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) option to set the number of threads used
* 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 separate 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
-* `certifi` will be used for SSL root certificates, if installed. If you want to use system certificates (e.g. self-signed), use `--compat-options no-certifi`
+* `certifi` will be used for SSL root certificates, if installed. If you want to use only system certificates, use `--compat-options no-certifi`
* youtube-dl tries to remove some superfluous punctuations from filenames. While this can sometimes be helpfull, it is often undesirable. So yt-dlp tries to keep the fields in the filenames as close to their original values as possible. You can use `--compat-options filename-sanitization` to revert to youtube-dl's behavior
For ease of use, a few more compat options are available:
--no-hls-use-mpegts Do not use the mpegts container for HLS
videos. This is default when not downloading
live streams
+ --download-sections REGEX Download only chapters whose title matches
+ the given regular expression. Time ranges
+ prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place
+ of chapters to download the specified range.
+ Eg: --download-sections "*10:15-15:00"
+ --download-sections "intro". Needs ffmpeg.
+ This option can be used multiple times to
+ download multiple sections
--downloader [PROTO:]NAME Name or path of the external downloader to
use (optionally) prefixed by the protocols
(http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to
## Post-Processing Options:
-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
(requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format to convert the audio to
- when -x is used. Currently supported formats
- are: best (default) or one of aac, flac,
- mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac
+ --audio-format FORMAT Format to convert the audio to when -x is
+ used. (currently supported: best (default),
+ mp3, aac, m4a, opus, vorbis, flac, alac,
+ wav). You can specify multiple rules using
+ similar syntax as --remux-video
--audio-quality QUALITY 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 5)
--remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
necessary (currently supported: mp4, mkv,
- flv, webm, mov, avi, mka, ogg, aac, flac,
- mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac). If
+ flv, webm, mov, avi, mka, ogg, mp3, aac,
+ m4a, opus, vorbis, flac, alac, wav). 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.
+ mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv
--recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
necessary. The syntax and supported formats
are the same as --remux-video
(currently supported: srt, vtt, ass, lrc)
(Alias: --convert-subtitles)
--convert-thumbnails FORMAT Convert the thumbnails to another format
- (currently supported: jpg, png, webp)
+ (currently supported: jpg, png, webp). You
+ can specify multiple rules using similar
+ syntax as --remux-video
--split-chapters Split video into multiple files based on
internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix can
be used with "--paths" and "--output" to set
--no-split-chapters Do not split video based on chapters
(default)
--remove-chapters REGEX 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
+ given regular expression. The syntax is the
+ same as --download-sections. This option can
be used multiple times
--no-remove-chapters Do not remove any chapters from the file
(default)
- --force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes around chapters when
- removing/splitting them. This is slow due to
- needing a re-encode, but the resulting video
- may have fewer artifacts around the cuts
+ --force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes at cuts when
+ downloading/splitting/removing sections.
+ This is slow due to needing a re-encode, but
+ the resulting video may have fewer artifacts
+ around the cuts
--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts Do not force keyframes around the chapters
when cutting/splitting (default)
--use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS]
- `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
- `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
-Available for `chapter:` prefix when using `--split-chapters` for videos with internal chapters:
+Available only when using `--download-sections` and for `chapter:` prefix when using `--split-chapters` for videos with internal chapters:
- `section_title` (string): Title of the chapter
- `section_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter within the file
ydl.download(URLS)
```
-Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options available, have a look at [`yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py`](yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L181).
+Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options available, have a look at [`yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py`](yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L180).
**Tip**: If you are porting your code from youtube-dl to yt-dlp, one important point to look out for is that we do not guarantee the return value of `YoutubeDL.extract_info` to be json serializable, or even be a dictionary. It will be dictionary-like, but if you want to ensure it is a serializable dictionary, pass it through `YoutubeDL.sanitize_info` as shown in the [example below](#extracting-information)
These options are not intended to be used by the end-user
--test Download only part of video for testing extractors
+ --load-pages Load pages dumped by --write-pages
--youtube-print-sig-code For testing youtube signatures
--allow-unplayable-formats List unplayable formats also
--no-allow-unplayable-formats Default
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