'allowed_values': {
'filename', 'filename-sanitization', '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-metadata',
- 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley',
+ 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
}, 'aliases': {
'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
selection.add_option(
'--break-per-input',
action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
- help='Make --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads and autonumber reset per input URL')
+ help='--break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads, and autonumber resets per input URL')
selection.add_option(
'--no-break-per-input',
action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
'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. '
'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
- 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-15:00" --download-sections "intro"'))
+ 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader', '--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies-from-browser',
- dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
+ dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
help=(
- 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
- 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
+ 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
- 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
- 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
- '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
+ 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
+ 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
+ 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
+ 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
+ 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies-from-browser',
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/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
+ help=(
+ 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
+ '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-args',
- metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
+ metavar='IE_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. '
+ 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY 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',