get_executable_path,
OUTTMPL_TYPES,
preferredencoding,
+ remove_end,
write_string,
)
+from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
from .version import __version__
from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
-from .postprocessor.ffmpeg import (
+from .postprocessor import (
FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
+ SponsorBlockPP,
)
+from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
def _hide_login_info(opts):
return ''.join(opts)
- def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=','):
+ 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)
+ 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 = 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 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):
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
+ try:
+ val = process(val) if process else val
+ except Exception as err:
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(
+ 'wrong %s formatting; %s' % (opt_str, 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
+ # 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
+ max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
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=(
'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
'--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',
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). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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', '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-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
+ }, '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'))
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)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--max-downloads',
dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, 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,
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 '
+ 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
+ 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
+ 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
+ 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
+ '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
+ 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
+ '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
+ 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
'-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='Check that the selected formats 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',
'-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--throttled-rate',
+ dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
+ help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='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). '
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(list_external_downloaders()),
'default_key': 'default',
'process': compat_shlex_split
- },
- help=(
+ }, help=(
'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
- 'You can use this option multiple times (Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
+ '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)'))
workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
workarounds.add_option(
dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--no-check-certificate',
+ '--no-check-certificates',
action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
workarounds.add_option(
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},
+ '-O', '--print',
+ metavar='TEMPLATE', action='append', dest='forceprint',
help=(
- 'Simulate, quiet but print the given fields. Either a field name '
- 'or similar formatting as the output template can be used'))
+ 'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
+ 'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used'))
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,
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")
+ 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(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. '
+ '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'))
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': '|'.join(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,
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,
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,
+ 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)'))
'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(
'--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[:PROFILE]',
+ help=(
+ 'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
+ 'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
+ 'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
+ '"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
+ 'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
+ ', '.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS)))))
+ 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.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(
'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
'process': compat_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 and FixupM3u8. '
- '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-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
- help='Embed thumbnail in the video/audio as cover art')
+ help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-thumbnail',
action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
postproc.add_option(
- '--add-metadata',
+ '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
- help='Write metadata to the video file')
+ help='Embed metadata to the video file. Also adds chapters to file unless --no-add-chapters is used (Alias: --add-metadata)')
postproc.add_option(
- '--no-add-metadata',
+ '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
- help='Do not write metadata (default)')
+ 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(
'--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,
postproc.add_option(
'--fixup',
metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
+ choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
help=(
'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)'))
+ 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
+ 'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
dest='ffmpeg_location',
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',
+ '--exec', metavar='CMD',
+ action='append', 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. '
+ 'Same syntax as 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'))
+ '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=(
+ 'Execute a command before the actual download. '
+ 'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
+ 'This option can be used multiple times'))
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-exec-before-download',
+ action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
+ help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
'--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 reencode 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, seperated 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 extraction), '
+ '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default) '
+ 'or "after_move" (after moving file to their final locations). '
+ '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()},
+ help=(
+ 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
+ 'Available categories are all, %s. You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. '
+ 'See https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/index.php/Segment_Categories for description of the categories. '
+ 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview' % ', '.join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())))
+ 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': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()},
help=(
- 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
- 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
- sponskrub.add_option(
+ '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'))
+ sponsorblock.add_option(
+ '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
+ default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
+ help=(
+ '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.strip() for val in vals.split(',')])
+ extractor.add_option(
+ '--extractor-args',
+ metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'process': lambda val: dict(
+ _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 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,
- help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.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 (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.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) (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.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 (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
parser.add_option_group(general)
parser.add_option_group(network)
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:
'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 read_options(name, path, user=False):
+ ''' loads config files and returns ignoreconfig '''
+ # 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:
+ configs[name], paths[name] = config, current_path
+ return parser.parse_args(config)[0].ignoreconfig
+ return False
def get_configs():
- if '--config-location' in configs['command-line']:
+ opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
+ if opts.config_location is not None:
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']:
+ config = _readOptions(location, default=None)
+ if config:
+ configs['custom'], paths['custom'] = config, location
+
+ if opts.ignoreconfig:
return
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['custom']:
+ if parser.parse_args(configs['custom'])[0].ignoreconfig:
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']:
+ if read_options('portable', get_executable_path()):
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']:
+ opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])
+ if read_options('home', expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()):
return
-
- configs['system'], paths['system'] = read_options('/etc')
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['system']:
+ if read_options('system', '/etc'):
return
-
- configs['user'], paths['user'] = read_options('', True)
- if '--ignore-config' in configs['user']:
+ if read_options('user', None, user=True):
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'):
+ for label in ('Command-line', 'Custom', 'Portable', 'Home', 'User', 'System'):
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]))))
+ if paths.get(key):
+ write_string(f'[debug] {label} config file: {paths[key]}\n')
+ if paths.get(key) is not None:
+ write_string(f'[debug] {label} config: {_hide_login_info(configs[key])!r}\n')
return parser, opts, args
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