# OPTIONS
-h, --help Print this help text and exit
--version Print program version and exit
- -U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
+ -U, --update (Doesn't work since there is no release)
+ Update this program to latest version. Make
sure that you have sufficient permissions
(run with sudo if needed)
+
-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
skip unavailable videos in a playlist
- --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
- playlist or the command line) if an error
- occurs
+ (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
+ --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
+ error occurs (Same as --no-ignore-errors)
--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
--list-extractors List all supported extractors
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
- from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
+ from google videos for youtube-dl "large
apple". Use the value "auto" to let
- youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
+ youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
warning when guessing). "error" just throws
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
- --ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
+ --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
+ /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-
- dlc/config.txt on Windows)
+ dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
+ on Windows)
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
directory.
--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
only list them.
+ --flat-videos Do not resolve the video urls
+ --no-flat-playlist Extract the videos of a playlist
--mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
--no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
--no-color Do not emit color codes in output
SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
- --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date
+ --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date.
+ The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
+ "(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
--datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
- this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ this date (i.e. inclusive). The date formats
+ accepted is the same as --date
--dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
- this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ this date (i.e. inclusive). The date formats
+ accepted is the same as --date
--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
service), but who also have a description,
use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
+ --no-match-filter FILTER Do not use generic video filter (default)
--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
to a video and a playlist.
--yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
archive file. Record the IDs of all
downloaded videos in it.
+ --no-download-archive Do not use archive file (default)
--break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
to download a file that's in the archive.
- --include-ads Download advertisements as well
- (experimental)
+ --include-ads Download advertisements as well (experimental)
+ --no-include-ads Do not download advertisements (default)
## Download Options:
-r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
ISM)
- --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
- and ISM)
- --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
- available
+ --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
+ hlsnative and ISM (default)
+ (Same as --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
+ --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
+ (Same as --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
--keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
- downloading is finished; fragments are
- erased by default
+ downloading is finished
+ --no-keep-fragments Delete downloaded fragments after downloading
+ is finished (default)
--buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
+ --resize-buffer The buffer size is automatically resized from
+ an initial value of --buffer-size (default)
--no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
- size. By default, the buffer size is
- automatically resized from an initial value
- of SIZE.
+ size
--http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
(experimental)
--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
+ --no-playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in default order
--playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
--xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
expected file size
stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
comments and ignored.
- --id Use only video ID in file name
-o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
TEMPLATE" for all the info
--autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
filenames
+ --no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces
+ in filenames (default)
-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
- -c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
- By default, youtube-dlc will resume
- downloads if possible.
+ -c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files (default)
--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
(restart from beginning)
+ --part Use .part files instead of writing directly
+ into output file (default)
--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
into output file
+ --mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the
+ file modification time
--no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
the file modification time
--write-description Write video description to a .description
file
+ --no-write-description Do not write video description (default)
--write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
+ --no-write-info-json Do not write video metadata (default)
--write-annotations Write video annotations to a
.annotations.xml file
+ --no-write-annotations Do not write video annotations (default)
--load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
(created with the "--write-info-json"
option)
--cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
jar in
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-
- dlc can store some downloaded information
+ --no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies (default)
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+ can store some downloaded information
permanently. By default
- $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or
- ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only
+ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
+ ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
YouTube player files (for videos with
obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
may change.
## Thumbnail images:
--write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
+ --no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk
--write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
formats
--write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending on
the current platform (.url/.webloc/.desktop).
The URL may be cached by the OS.
- --write-url-link Write a Windows internet shortcut file (.url).
- Note that the OS caches the URL based on the file path.
- --write-webloc-link Write a macOS internet shortcut file (.webloc)
- --write-desktop-link Write a Linux internet shortcut file (.desktop)
+ --write-url-link Write a Windows .url internet shortcut file.
+ (The OS caches the URL based on the file path)
+ --write-webloc-link Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut file
+ --write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut file
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for
- debugging
- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for
- debugging
+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
+ --no-call-home Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for
+ debugging (default)
## Workarounds:
--encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
--no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
specified sort order, see "Sorting Formats"
for more details (default)
- --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file (default)
- --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file
- --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file (default)
- --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file
+ --video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged into
+ a single file (default)
+ --no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each
+ output file
+ --audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into
+ a single file (default)
+ --no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each
+ output file
--all-formats Download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
one is requested
-F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
videos
--list-formats-as-table Present the output of -F in a more tabular form
+ --list-formats-old Present the output of -F in older form (default)
+ (Same as --no-list-formats-as-table)
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
related data on YouTube videos
+ (Same as --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
+ --youtube-include-dash-manifest Download the DASH manifests and related data
+ on YouTube videos (default)
+ (Same as --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
--youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS manifests and
related data on YouTube videos
+ (Same as --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
+ --youtube-include-hls-manifest Download the HLS manifests and related data
+ on YouTube videos (default)
+ (Same as --no-youtube-skip-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,
## Subtitle Options:
--write-sub Write subtitle file
+ --no-write-sub Do not write subtitle file (default)
--write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle file
(YouTube only)
+ --no-write-auto-sub Do not write automatically generated
+ subtitle file (default)
--all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
video
--list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
necessary (currently supported:
mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
--postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
- -k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-
- processing; the video is erased by default
- --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the
- post-processed files are overwritten by
- default
+ -k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
+ after post-processing
+ --no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
+ post-processing (default)
+ --post-overwrites Overwrite post-processed files (default)
+ --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files
--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
webm and mkv videos)
+ --no-embed-subs Do not embed subtitles in the video (default)
--embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
+ --no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
+ --no-add-metadata Do not write metadata (default)
--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
artist from the video title. The format
syntax is the same as --output. Regular
default; fix file if we can, warn
otherwise)
--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
- postprocessors
+ postprocessors (Same as --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
postprocessors (default)
+ (Same as --no-prefer-avconv)
--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
either the path to the binary or its
containing directory.
(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
## SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)
- --sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
- with the data available in SponsorBlock API
- (Youtube only)
+ --sponskrub Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with
+ the data available in SponsorBlock API. This
+ is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary
+ exists (Youtube only)
--sponskrub-cut Cut out the sponsor sections instead of
simply marking them
- --sponskrub-force Run sponskrub even if the video was
- already downloaded. Use with caution
+ --no-sponskrub-cut Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut
+ them out (default)
+ --sponskrub-force Allow cutting out the sponsor sections even
+ if the video was already downloaded.
+ --no-sponskrub-force Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the
+ video was already downloaded (default)
--sponskrub-location Location of the sponskrub binary;
either the path to the binary or its
containing directory
## Extractor Options:
--ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
+ (Same as --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
+ --allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
+ (Same as --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
# CONFIGURATION
action='store_true', dest='update_self',
help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
general.add_option(
- '-i', '--ignore-errors',
+ '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False,
help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
general.add_option(
- '--abort-on-error',
+ '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
- help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
+ help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (default)')
general.add_option(
'--dump-user-agent',
action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
- help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dlc "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')
+ help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')
general.add_option(
- '--ignore-config',
+ '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
action='store_true',
- help='Do not read configuration files. '
- 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: '
- 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dlc/config '
- '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dlc/config.txt on Windows)')
+ help=(
+ 'Do not read configuration files. '
+ 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
+ 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
+ '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)'))
general.add_option(
'--config-location',
dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory.')
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
- action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
- default=False,
+ action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--flat-videos',
+ action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
+ help='Do not resolve the video urls')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-flat-playlist',
+ action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
+ help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
general.add_option(
'--mark-watched',
action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
general.add_option(
'--no-mark-watched',
action='store_false', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
- help='Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
+ help='Do not mark videos watched')
general.add_option(
'--no-color', '--no-colors',
action='store_true', dest='no_color',
network.add_option(
'--proxy', dest='proxy',
default=None, metavar='URL',
- help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
- 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
- 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
- 'for direct connection')
+ help=(
+ 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
+ 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
+ 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
+ 'for direct connection'))
network.add_option(
'--socket-timeout',
dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
geo.add_option(
'--geo-verification-proxy',
dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
- help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
- 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
+ help=(
+ 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
+ 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.'))
geo.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
'100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
'also have a description, use --match-filter '
- '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
- ))
+ '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'))
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-match-filter',
+ metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--no-playlist',
action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
help="Stop the download process after attempting to download a file that's in the archive.")
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-download-archive',
+ dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
+ help='Do not use archive file (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--include-ads',
dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-include-ads',
+ dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
+ help='Do not download advertisements (default)')
authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
authentication.add_option(
action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=False,
help='Present the output of -F in a more tabular form')
video_format.add_option(
- '--list-formats-old',
+ '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ help='Present the output of -F in the old form')
video_format.add_option(
- '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
+ '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
video_format.add_option(
- '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
+ '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
video_format.add_option(
- '--youtube-include-hls-manifest',
+ '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ help='Download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
video_format.add_option(
- '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
+ '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
help='Do not download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
video_format.add_option(
subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
subtitles.add_option(
- '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
+ '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
help='Write subtitle file')
subtitles.add_option(
- '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
+ '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
+ action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
+ help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
+ action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
+ help='Do not write automatically generated subtitle file (default)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--all-subs',
action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
downloader.add_option(
- '--skip-unavailable-fragments',
+ '--skip-unavailable-fragments','--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
- help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
+ help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default)')
downloader.add_option(
- '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
+ '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
help='Abort downloading when some fragment is not available')
downloader.add_option(
'--keep-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
- help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished; fragments are erased by default')
+ help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--no-keep-fragments',
+ action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
+ help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--resize-buffer',
+ action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
+ help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--no-resize-buffer',
action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
- help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
+ help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
downloader.add_option(
'--http-chunk-size',
dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
- help='Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
- 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)')
+ help=(
+ 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
+ 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--test',
action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
'--playlist-reverse',
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--no-playlist-reverse',
+ action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
+ help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--playlist-random',
action='store_true',
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-use-mpegts',
dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',
- help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
- 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
+ help=(
+ 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
+ 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
- help='Use the specified external downloader. '
- 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
+ help=(
+ 'Use the specified external downloader. '
+ 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()) ))
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader-args',
dest='external_downloader_args', metavar='ARGS',
action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--prefer-insecure',
- '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
+ '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
+ action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
workarounds.add_option(
'--user-agent',
action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
verbosity.add_option(
- '--skip-download',
+ '--skip-download', '--no-download',
action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
help='Do not download the video')
verbosity.add_option(
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
- help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.')
+ help=(
+ 'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument.'
+ 'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-json',
action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
help='Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-call-home',
- dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
- help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging')
+ dest='call_home', action='store_false',
+ help='Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging (default)')
filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
filesystem.add_option(
"Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored.")
filesystem.add_option(
'--id', default=False,
- action='store_true', dest='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')
+ action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-o', '--output',
dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
- help=('Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info'))
+ help='Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
'--restrict-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-restrict-filenames',
+ action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
+ help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'-A', '--auto-number',
action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
filesystem.add_option(
'-c', '--continue',
action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
- help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dlc will resume downloads if possible.')
+ help='Resume partially downloaded files (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-continue',
action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
- help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
+ help='Restart download of partially downloaded files from beginning')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--part',
+ action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
+ help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-part',
- action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='nopart',
help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--mtime',
+ action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
+ help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-mtime',
- action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True,
+ action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-description',
action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
help='Write video description to a .description file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-write-description',
+ action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
+ help='Do not write video description (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-info-json',
action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-write-info-json',
+ action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
+ help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-annotations',
action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-write-annotations',
+ action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
+ help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--load-info-json', '--load-info',
dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
'--cookies',
dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-cookies',
+ action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
+ help='Do not read/dump cookies (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
- help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dlc can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
filesystem.add_option(
- '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=False, dest='cachedir',
+ '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
filesystem.add_option(
'--rm-cache-dir',
'--trim-file-name', dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
help='Limit the filename length (extension excluded)')
- thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
+ thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Images')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--no-write-thumbnail',
+ action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
+ help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-all-thumbnails',
action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
postproc.add_option(
'--remux-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
- help='Remux the video to another container format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv, target container format must support video / audio encoding, remuxing may fail)')
+ help=(
+ 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv). '
+ 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail'))
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
- help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
+ help='Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
postproc.add_option(
'--postprocessor-args',
dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS',
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
- help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
+ help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-keep-video',
+ action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
+ help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--post-overwrites',
+ action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
+ help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-post-overwrites',
action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
- help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
+ help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-subs',
action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-embed-subs',
+ action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
+ help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-embed-thumbnail',
+ action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
+ help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--add-metadata',
action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
help='Write metadata to the video file')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-add-metadata',
+ action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
+ help='Do not write metadata (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--metadata-from-title',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
- help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
- 'The format syntax is the same as --output. Regular expression with '
- 'named capture groups may also be used. '
- 'The parsed parameters replace existing values. '
- 'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
- '"Coldplay - Paradise". '
- 'Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"')
+ help=(
+ 'Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
+ 'The format syntax is the same as --output. Regular expression with '
+ 'named capture groups may also be used. '
+ 'The parsed parameters replace existing values. '
+ 'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
+ '"Coldplay - Paradise". '
+ 'Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"'))
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
postproc.add_option(
'--fixup',
metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
- help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
- 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
- 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
+ help=(
+ 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
+ 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
+ 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)'))
postproc.add_option(
- '--prefer-avconv',
+ '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors')
postproc.add_option(
- '--prefer-ffmpeg',
+ '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)')
postproc.add_option(
extractor.add_option(
'--sponskrub',
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=None,
- help='Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with the data available in SponsorBlock API (Youtube only)')
+ help=(
+ 'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with the data available in SponsorBlock API. '
+ 'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
extractor.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub',
action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ help='Do not use sponskrub')
extractor.add_option(
'--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
+ extractor.add_option(
+ '--no-sponskrub-cut',
+ action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
+ help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
extractor.add_option(
'--sponskrub-force', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
+ extractor.add_option(
+ '--no-sponskrub-force',
+ action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
+ help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
extractor.add_option(
'--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
extractor.add_option(
- '--allow-dynamic-mpd',
+ '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)')
extractor.add_option(
- '--ignore-dynamic-mpd',
+ '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests')
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