--skip-download Do not download the video but write all
related files (Alias: --no-download)
-O, --print [WHEN:]TEMPLATE Field name or output template to print to
- screen per video. Prefix the template with
- "playlist:" to print it once per playlist
- instead. Implies --quiet and --simulate
- (unless --no-simulate is used). This option
- can be used multiple times
+ 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 and --simulate (unless
+ --no-simulate is used). This option can be
+ used multiple times
-j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
- `creator` (string): The creator of the video
- `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
- `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
- - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
- `release_timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was released
+ - `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
+ - `modified_timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was last modified
+ - `modified_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was last modified
- `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
- `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
- `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
- `video_autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each video
- `n_entries` (numeric): Total number of extracted items in the playlist
- `playlist` (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
+ - `playlist_count` (numeric): Total number of items in the playlist. May not be known if entire playlist is not extracted
- `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according the final index
- `playlist_autonumber` (numeric): Position of the video in the playlist download queue padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
- `playlist_id` (string): Playlist identifier
- `urls` (string): The URLs of all requested formats, one in each line
- `filename` (string): Name of the video file. Note that the actual filename may be different due to post-processing. Use `--exec echo` to get the name after all postprocessing is complete
+ - `formats_table` (table): The video format table as printed by `--list-formats`
+ - `thumbnails_table` (table): The thumbnail format table as printed by `--list-thumbnails`
+ - `subtitles_table` (table): The subtitle format table as printed by `--list-subs`
+ - `automatic_captions_table` (table): The automatic subtitle format table as printed by `--list-subs`
+
Available only in `--sponsorblock-chapter-title`:
- `hasvid`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
- `hasaud`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
- - `ie_pref`: The format preference as given by the extractor
- - `lang`: Language preference as given by the extractor
- - `quality`: The quality of the format as given by the extractor
- - `source`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
+ - `ie_pref`: The format preference
+ - `lang`: The language preference
+ - `quality`: The quality of the format
+ - `source`: The preference of the source
- `proto`: Protocol used for download (`https`/`ftps` > `http`/`ftp` > `m3u8_native`/`m3u8` > `http_dash_segments`> `websocket_frag` > `mms`/`rtsp` > `f4f`/`f4m`)
- `vcodec`: Video Codec (`av01` > `vp9.2` > `vp9` > `h265` > `h264` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` > other)
- `acodec`: Audio Codec (`flac`/`alac` > `wav`/`aiff` > `opus` > `vorbis` > `aac` > `mp4a` > `mp3` > `eac3` > `ac3` > `dts` > other)
ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
```
-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#L162).
+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#L191).
Here's a more complete example demonstrating various functionality:
These are all the deprecated options and the current alternative to achieve the same effect
+#### Almost redundant options
+While these options are almost the same as their new counterparts, there are some differences that prevents them being redundant
+
+ -j, --dump-json --print "%()j"
+ -F, --list-formats --print formats_table
+ --list-thumbnails --print thumbnails_table
+ --list-subs --print automatic_captions_table --print subtitles_table
+
#### Redundant options
While these options are redundant, they are still expected to be used due to their ease of use
--get-thumbnail --print thumbnail
-e, --get-title --print title
-g, --get-url --print urls
- -j, --dump-json --print "%()j"
--match-title REGEX --match-filter "title ~= (?i)REGEX"
--reject-title REGEX --match-filter "title !~= (?i)REGEX"
--min-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count >=? COUNT"
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