X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/yt-dlp.git/blobdiff_plain/5c019f6328ad40d66561eac3c4de0b3cd070d0f6..61edf57f8f13f6dfd81154174e647eb5fdd26089:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 52c80f26e..ea7c67174 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ ### Platform-independent Binary (UNIX) ### Standalone Py2Exe Builds (Windows) -While we provide the option to build with [py2exe](https://www.py2exe.org), it is recommended to build [using PyInstaller](#standalone-pyinstaller-builds) instead since the py2exe builds **cannot contain `pycryptodomex`/`certifi` and need VC++14** on the target computer to run. +While we provide the option to build with [py2exe](https://www.py2exe.org), it is recommended to build [using PyInstaller](#standalone-pyinstaller-builds) instead since the py2exe builds **cannot contain `pycryptodomex`/`certifi`/`requests` and need VC++14** on the target computer to run. If you wish to build it anyway, install Python (if it is not already installed) and you can run the following commands: @@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ ## Network Options: --impersonate CLIENT[:OS] Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client. + Note that forcing impersonation for all + requests may have a detrimental impact on + download speed and stability --list-impersonate-targets List available clients to impersonate. -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4 -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6 @@ -665,16 +668,17 @@ ## Filesystem Options: The name of the browser to load cookies from. Currently supported browsers are: brave, chrome, chromium, edge, firefox, - opera, safari, vivaldi, whale. 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. - Currently supported keyrings are: basictext, - gnomekeyring, kwallet, kwallet5, kwallet6 + opera, safari, vivaldi, whale. 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. Currently supported + keyrings are: basictext, gnomekeyring, + kwallet, kwallet5, kwallet6 --no-cookies-from-browser Do not load cookies from browser (default) --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information (such as @@ -1775,8 +1779,9 @@ #### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.) * `approximate_date`: Extract approximate `upload_date` and `timestamp` in flat-playlist. This may cause date-based filters to be slightly off #### generic -* `fragment_query`: Passthrough any query in mpd/m3u8 manifest URLs to their fragments if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `fragment_query=VALUE`. Does not apply to ffmpeg +* `fragment_query`: Passthrough any query in mpd/m3u8 manifest URLs to their fragments if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `fragment_query=VALUE`. Note that if the stream has an HLS AES-128 key, then the query parameters will be passed to the key URI as well, unless the `key_query` extractor-arg is passed, or unless an external key URI is provided via the `hls_key` extractor-arg. Does not apply to ffmpeg * `variant_query`: Passthrough the master m3u8 URL query to its variant playlist URLs if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `variant_query=VALUE` +* `key_query`: Passthrough the master m3u8 URL query to its HLS AES-128 decryption key URI if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `key_query=VALUE`. Note that this will have no effect if the key URI is provided via the `hls_key` extractor-arg. Does not apply to ffmpeg * `hls_key`: An HLS AES-128 key URI *or* key (as hex), and optionally the IV (as hex), in the form of `(URI|KEY)[,IV]`; e.g. `generic:hls_key=ABCDEF1234567980,0xFEDCBA0987654321`. Passing any of these values will force usage of the native HLS downloader and override the corresponding values found in the m3u8 playlist * `is_live`: Bypass live HLS detection and manually set `live_status` - a value of `false` will set `not_live`, any other value (or no value) will set `is_live`