* **Merged with youtube-dl v2021.01.24.1**: You get all the latest features and patches of [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) in addition to all the features of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
+* **Merged with animelover1984/youtube-dl**: You get most of the features and improvements from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl) including `--get-comments`, `BiliBiliSearch`, `BilibiliChannel`, Embedding thumbnail in mp4/ogg/opus, Playlist infojson etc. Note that the NicoNico improvements are not available. See [#31](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp/pull/31) for details.
+
* **Youtube improvements**:
* All Youtube Feeds (`:ytfav`, `:ytwatchlater`, `:ytsubs`, `:ythistory`, `:ytrec`) works correctly and support downloading multiple pages of content
* Youtube search works correctly (`ytsearch:`, `ytsearchdate:`) along with Search URLs
* Redirect channel's home URL automatically to `/video` to preserve the old behaviour
-* **New extractors**: AnimeLab, Philo MSO, Rcs, Gedi, bitwave.tv, mildom
+* **New extractors**: AnimeLab, Philo MSO, Rcs, Gedi, bitwave.tv, mildom, audius
* **Fixed extractors**: archive.org, roosterteeth.com, skyit, instagram, itv, SouthparkDe, spreaker, Vlive, tiktok, akamai, ina
* **Portable Configuration**: Configuration files are automatically loaded from the home and root directories. See [configuration](#configuration) for details
-* **Other new options**: `--list-formats-as-table`, `--write-link`, `--force-download-archive`, `--force-overwrites`, `--break-on-reject` etc
+* **Other new options**: `--parse-metadata`, `--list-formats-as-table`, `--write-link`, `--force-download-archive`, `--force-overwrites`, `--break-on-reject` etc
* **Improvements**: Multiple `--postprocessor-args` and `--external-downloader-args`, `%(duration_string)s` in `-o`, faster archive checking, more [format selection options](#format-selection) etc
+
See [changelog](Changelog.md) or [commits](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp/commits) for the full list of changes
python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller mutagen
-For the 64bit version, run `py devscripts\pyinst.py 64` using 64bit python3. Similarly, to install 32bit version, run `py devscripts\pyinst.py 32` using 32bit python (preferably 3)
+Once you have all the necessary dependancies installed, just run `py devscripts\pyinst.py`. The executable will be built for the same architecture (32/64 bit) as the python used to build it. It is strongly reccomended to use python3 although python2.6+ is supported.
You can also build the executable without any version info or metadata by using:
--downloader-args NAME:ARGS 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)
+ can use this option multiple times
+ (Alias: --external-downloader-args)
## Filesystem Options:
-a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
--write-annotations Write video annotations to a
.annotations.xml file
--no-write-annotations Do not write video annotations (default)
+ --write-playlist-metafiles Write playlist metadata in addition to the
+ video metadata when using --write-info-json,
+ --write-description etc. (default)
+ --no-write-playlist-metafiles Do not write playlist metadata when using
+ --write-info-json, --write-description etc.
--get-comments Retrieve video comments to be placed in the
.info.json file
--load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
--list-formats-old Present the output of -F in the old form
(Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)
--youtube-include-dash-manifest Download the DASH manifests and related
- data on YouTube videos (default) (Alias:
- --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
+ data on YouTube videos (default)
+ (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
- related data on YouTube videos (Alias:
- --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
+ related data on YouTube videos
+ (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
--youtube-include-hls-manifest Download the HLS manifests and related data
- on YouTube videos (default) (Alias:
- --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
+ on YouTube videos (default)
+ (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
--youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS manifests and
- related data on YouTube videos (Alias:
- --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
+ related data on YouTube videos
+ (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
--merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
(default 5)
--remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
- necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv).
- If target container does not support the
+ necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv|flv
+ |webm|mov|avi|mp3|mka|m4a|ogg|opus). 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.
--recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
- re-encoding is necessary (currently
- supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
+ re-encoding is necessary. The supported
+ formats are the same as --remux-video
--postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
Specify the postprocessor/executable name
and the arguments separated by a colon ":"
--parse-metadata FIELD:FORMAT Parse additional metadata like title/artist
from other fields. Give field name to
extract data from, and format of the field
- seperated by a ":". The format syntax is
- the same as --output. Regular expression
- with named capture groups may also be used.
- The parsed parameters replace existing
- values. This option can be used multiple
- times. Example: --parse-metadata
+ seperated by a ":". Either regular
+ expression with named capture groups or a
+ similar syntax to the output template can
+ also be used. The parsed parameters replace
+ any existing values and can be use in
+ output templateThis option can be used
+ multiple times. Example: --parse-metadata
"title:%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
(regex): --parse-metadata
**tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
-The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dlc -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to [python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example, `%(NAME)s` or `%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Allowed names along with sequence type are:
+The basic usage of `-o` is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dlc -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to [python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example, `%(NAME)s` or `%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Additionally, date/time fields can be formatted according to [strftime formatting](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) by specifying it inside the parantheses seperated from the field name using a `>`. For example, `%(duration>%H-%M-%S)s`.
+
+The available fields are:
- `id` (string): Video identifier
- `title` (string): Video title
- `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
- `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
- `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
- - `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
+ - `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
- `format_id` (string): Format code specified by `--format`
- `format_note` (string): Additional info about the format
- `width` (numeric): Width of the video
# Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
$ youtube-dlc -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
+# Download YouTube playlist videos in seperate directories according to their uploaded year
+$ youtube-dlc -o '%(upload_date>%Y)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
+
# Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
$ youtube-dlc -o '%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
# Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
-$ youtube-dlc -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
+$ youtube-dlc -u user -p password -P '~/MyVideos' -o '%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
# Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
-$ youtube-dlc -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
+$ youtube-dlc -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
# Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
$ youtube-dlc -o - BaW_jenozKc
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