For compatibility, a single list is also accepted
print_to_file: A dict with keys WHEN (same as forceprint) mapped to
a list of tuples with (template, filename)
- forceurl: Force printing final URL. (Deprecated)
- forcetitle: Force printing title. (Deprecated)
- forceid: Force printing ID. (Deprecated)
- forcethumbnail: Force printing thumbnail URL. (Deprecated)
- forcedescription: Force printing description. (Deprecated)
- forcefilename: Force printing final filename. (Deprecated)
- forceduration: Force printing duration. (Deprecated)
forcejson: Force printing info_dict as JSON.
dump_single_json: Force printing the info_dict of the whole playlist
(or video) as a single JSON line.
writedesktoplink: Write a Linux internet shortcut file (.desktop)
writesubtitles: Write the video subtitles to a file
writeautomaticsub: Write the automatically generated subtitles to a file
- allsubtitles: Deprecated - Use subtitleslangs = ['all']
- Downloads all the subtitles of the video
- (requires writesubtitles or writeautomaticsub)
listsubtitles: Lists all available subtitles for the video
subtitlesformat: The format code for subtitles
subtitleslangs: List of languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex).
bidi_workaround: Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text
support, using fridibi
debug_printtraffic:Print out sent and received HTTP traffic
- include_ads: Download ads as well (deprecated)
default_search: Prepend this string if an input url is not valid.
'auto' for elaborate guessing
encoding: Use this encoding instead of the system-specified.
* when: When to run the postprocessor. Allowed values are
the entries of utils.POSTPROCESS_WHEN
Assumed to be 'post_process' if not given
- post_hooks: Deprecated - Register a custom postprocessor instead
- A list of functions that get called as the final step
- for each video file, after all postprocessors have been
- called. The filename will be passed as the only argument.
progress_hooks: A list of functions that get called on download
progress, with a dictionary with the entries
* status: One of "downloading", "error", or "finished".
- "detect_or_warn": check whether we can do anything
about it, warn otherwise (default)
source_address: Client-side IP address to bind to.
- call_home: Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
- yt-dlp servers for debugging. (BROKEN)
sleep_interval_requests: Number of seconds to sleep between requests
during extraction
sleep_interval: Number of seconds to sleep before each download when
external downloader to use for it. The allowed protocols
are default|http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms.
Set the value to 'native' to use the native downloader
- hls_prefer_native: Deprecated - Use external_downloader = {'m3u8': 'native'}
- or {'m3u8': 'ffmpeg'} instead.
- Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv
- if True, otherwise use ffmpeg/avconv if False, otherwise
- use downloader suggested by extractor if None.
compat_opts: Compatibility options. See "Differences in default behavior".
The following options do not work when used through the API:
filename, abort-on-error, multistreams, no-live-chat, format-sort
external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads.
The following options are used by the post processors:
- prefer_ffmpeg: If False, use avconv instead of ffmpeg if both are available,
- otherwise prefer ffmpeg. (avconv support is deprecated)
ffmpeg_location: Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
to the binary or its containing directory.
postprocessor_args: A dictionary of postprocessor/executable keys (in lower case)
See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details.
Eg: {'youtube': {'skip': ['dash', 'hls']}}
mark_watched: Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Only for YouTube
- youtube_include_dash_manifest: Deprecated - Use extractor_args instead.
+
+ The following options are deprecated and may be removed in the future:
+
+ forceurl: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing final URL.
+ forcetitle: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing title.
+ forceid: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing ID.
+ forcethumbnail: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing thumbnail URL.
+ forcedescription: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing description.
+ forcefilename: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing final filename.
+ forceduration: - Use forceprint
+ Force printing duration.
+ allsubtitles: - Use subtitleslangs = ['all']
+ Downloads all the subtitles of the video
+ (requires writesubtitles or writeautomaticsub)
+ include_ads: - Doesn't work
+ Download ads as well
+ call_home: - Not implemented
+ Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
+ yt-dlp servers for debugging.
+ post_hooks: - Register a custom postprocessor
+ A list of functions that get called as the final step
+ for each video file, after all postprocessors have been
+ called. The filename will be passed as the only argument.
+ hls_prefer_native: - Use external_downloader = {'m3u8': 'native'} or {'m3u8': 'ffmpeg'}.
+ Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv
+ if True, otherwise use ffmpeg/avconv if False, otherwise
+ use downloader suggested by extractor if None.
+ prefer_ffmpeg: - avconv support is deprecated
+ If False, use avconv instead of ffmpeg if both are available,
+ otherwise prefer ffmpeg.
+ youtube_include_dash_manifest: - Use extractor_args
If True (default), DASH manifests and related
data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
care about DASH. (only for youtube)
- youtube_include_hls_manifest: Deprecated - Use extractor_args instead.
+ youtube_include_hls_manifest: - Use extractor_args
If True (default), HLS manifests and related
data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
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