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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 - [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
 - [DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS](#developer-instructions)
 - [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
 - [DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS](#developer-instructions)

+- [EMBEDDING YOUTUBE-DL](#embedding-youtube-dl)

 - [BUGS](#bugs)
 - [COPYRIGHT](#copyright)
 
 - [BUGS](#bugs)
 - [COPYRIGHT](#copyright)
 


@@ -17,12 +18,12 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
 
     sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
 To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
 
     sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

-    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

 
 If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
 
     sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
 
 If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
 
     sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

-    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

 
 Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29).
 
 
 Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29).
 


@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ You can also use pip:
 
     sudo pip install youtube-dl
 
 
     sudo pip install youtube-dl
 

-Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .
+Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .

 
 # DESCRIPTION
 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from


@@ -48,109 +49,220 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 # OPTIONS
     -h, --help                       Print this help text and exit
     --version                        Print program version and exit
 # OPTIONS
     -h, --help                       Print this help text and exit
     --version                        Print program version and exit

-    -U, --update                     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
+    -U, --update                     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

     --dump-user-agent                Display the current browser identification
     --dump-user-agent                Display the current browser identification

-    --list-extractors                List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle
-    --extractor-descriptions         Output descriptions of all supported extractors
-    --default-search PREFIX          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.
-    --ignore-config                  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)
-    --flat-playlist                  Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.
+    --list-extractors                List all supported extractors
+    --extractor-descriptions         Output descriptions of all supported
+                                     extractors
+    --force-generic-extractor        Force extraction to use the generic
+                                     extractor
+    --default-search PREFIX          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.
+    --ignore-config                  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)
+    --flat-playlist                  Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
+                                     only list them.

     --no-color                       Do not emit color codes in output
 
 ## Network Options:
     --no-color                       Do not emit color codes in output
 
 ## Network Options:

-    --proxy URL                      Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
+    --proxy URL                      Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in
+                                     an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
+                                     connection

     --socket-timeout SECONDS         Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
     --socket-timeout SECONDS         Time to wait before giving up, in seconds

-    --source-address IP              Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)
-    -4, --force-ipv4                 Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)
-    -6, --force-ipv6                 Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)
-    --cn-verification-proxy URL      Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is
-                                     not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)
+    --source-address IP              Client-side IP address to bind to
+                                     (experimental)
+    -4, --force-ipv4                 Make all connections via IPv4
+                                     (experimental)
+    -6, --force-ipv6                 Make all connections via IPv6
+                                     (experimental)
+    --cn-verification-proxy URL      Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
+                                     some Chinese sites. The default proxy
+                                     specified by --proxy (or none, if the
+                                     options is not present) is used for the
+                                     actual downloading. (experimental)

 
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER          Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            Playlist video to end at (default is last)
 
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER          Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            Playlist video to end at (default is last)

-    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
-                                     if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
-                                     download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
-    --match-title REGEX              Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
-    --reject-title REGEX             Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
+    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify
+                                     indices of the videos in the playlist
+                                     separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
+                                     1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
+                                     indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
+                                     specify range: "--playlist-items
+                                     1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
+                                     at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
+    --match-title REGEX              Download only matching titles (regex or
+                                     caseless sub-string)
+    --reject-title REGEX             Skip download for matching titles (regex or
+                                     caseless sub-string)

     --max-downloads NUMBER           Abort after downloading NUMBER files
     --max-downloads NUMBER           Abort after downloading NUMBER files

-    --min-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-    --max-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+    --min-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos smaller than
+                                     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

-    --datebefore DATE                Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)
-    --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)
-    --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views
-    --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views
-    --match-filter FILTER            Generic video filter (experimental). Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to match if the key is present,
-                                     !key to check if the key is not present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against
-                                     a number, and & to require multiple matches. Values which are not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the
-                                     operator.For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 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 &
+    --datebefore DATE                Download only videos uploaded on or before
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+    --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+    --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than
+                                     COUNT views
+    --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than
+                                     COUNT views
+    --match-filter FILTER            Generic video filter (experimental).
+                                     Specify any key (see help for -o for a list
+                                     of available keys) to match if the key is
+                                     present, !key to check if the key is not
+                                     present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count >
+                                     12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
+                                     compare against a number, and & to require
+                                     multiple matches. Values which are not
+                                     known are excluded unless you put a
+                                     question mark (?) after the operator.For
+                                     example, to only match videos that have
+                                     been liked more than 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" .
                                      dislike_count <? 50 & description" .

-    --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 a video and a playlist.
-    --age-limit YEARS                Download only videos suitable for the given age
-    --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.
-    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well (experimental)
+    --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
+                                     a video and a playlist.
+    --age-limit YEARS                Download only videos suitable for the given
+                                     age
+    --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the
+                                     archive file. Record the IDs of all
+                                     downloaded videos in it.
+    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well
+                                     (experimental)

 
 ## Download Options:
 
 ## Download Options:

-    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-    -R, --retries RETRIES            Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
-    --buffer-size SIZE               Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
-    --no-resize-buffer               Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.
+    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           Maximum download rate in bytes per second
+                                     (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
+    -R, --retries RETRIES            Number of retries (default is 10), or
+                                     "infinite".
+    --buffer-size SIZE               Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
+                                     (default is 1024)
+    --no-resize-buffer               Do not automatically adjust the buffer
+                                     size. By default, the buffer size is
+                                     automatically resized from an initial value
+                                     of SIZE.

     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order
     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order

-    --xattr-set-filesize             Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)
-    --hls-prefer-native              Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)
-    --external-downloader COMMAND    Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget
-    --external-downloader-args ARGS  Give these arguments to the external downloader
+    --xattr-set-filesize             Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
+                                     expected filesize (experimental)
+    --hls-prefer-native              Use the native HLS downloader instead of
+                                     ffmpeg (experimental)
+    --external-downloader COMMAND    Use the specified external downloader.
+                                     Currently supports
+                                     aria2c,axel,curl,httpie,wget
+    --external-downloader-args ARGS  Give these arguments to the external
+                                     downloader

 
 ## Filesystem Options:
 
 ## Filesystem Options:

-    -a, --batch-file FILE            File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
+    -a, --batch-file FILE            File containing URLs to download ('-' for
+                                     stdin)

     --id                             Use only video ID in file name
     --id                             Use only video ID in file name

-    -o, --output TEMPLATE            Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader
-                                     nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, %(format)s for
-                                     the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube's itags: "137"),
-                                     %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id,
-                                     %(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in,
-                                     %(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. %(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format.
-                                     %(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to stdout.
-                                     Can also be used to download to a different directory, for example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
-    --autonumber-size NUMBER         Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given
-    --restrict-filenames             Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-    -A, --auto-number                [deprecated; use  -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000
-    -t, --title                      [deprecated] Use title in file name (default)
+    -o, --output TEMPLATE            Output filename template. Use %(title)s to
+                                     get the title, %(uploader)s for the
+                                     uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the
+                                     uploader nickname if different,
+                                     %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
+                                     incremented number, %(ext)s for the
+                                     filename extension, %(format)s for the
+                                     format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or
+                                     "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of
+                                     the format (like YouTube's itags: "137"),
+                                     %(upload_date)s for the upload date
+                                     (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
+                                     (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the
+                                     video id, %(playlist_title)s,
+                                     %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if
+                                     present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the
+                                     video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the
+                                     position in the playlist. %(height)s and
+                                     %(width)s for the width and height of the
+                                     video format. %(resolution)s for a textual
+                                     description of the resolution of the video
+                                     format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to
+                                     output to stdout. Can also be used to
+                                     download to a different directory, for
+                                     example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s
+                                     /%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
+    --autonumber-size NUMBER         Specify the number of digits in
+                                     %(autonumber)s when it is present in output
+                                     filename template or --auto-number option
+                                     is given
+    --restrict-filenames             Restrict filenames to only ASCII
+                                     characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
+                                     filenames
+    -A, --auto-number                [deprecated; use -o
+                                     "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number
+                                     downloaded files starting from 00000
+    -t, --title                      [deprecated] Use title in file name
+                                     (default)

     -l, --literal                    [deprecated] Alias of --title
     -w, --no-overwrites              Do not overwrite files
     -l, --literal                    [deprecated] Alias of --title
     -w, --no-overwrites              Do not overwrite files

-    -c, --continue                   Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.
-    --no-continue                    Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)
-    --no-part                        Do not use .part files - write directly into output file
-    --no-mtime                       Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time
-    --write-description              Write video description to a .description file
+    -c, --continue                   Force resume of partially downloaded files.
+                                     By default, youtube-dl will resume
+                                     downloads if possible.
+    --no-continue                    Do not resume partially downloaded files
+                                     (restart from beginning)
+    --no-part                        Do not use .part files - write directly
+                                     into output file
+    --no-mtime                       Do not use the Last-modified header to set
+                                     the file modification time
+    --write-description              Write video description to a .description
+                                     file

     --write-info-json                Write video metadata to a .info.json file
     --write-info-json                Write video metadata to a .info.json file

-    --write-annotations              Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
-    --load-info 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-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.
+    --write-annotations              Write video annotations to a
+                                     .annotations.xml file
+    --load-info 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-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.

     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 
 ## Thumbnail images:
     --write-thumbnail                Write thumbnail image to disk
     --write-all-thumbnails           Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 
 ## Thumbnail images:
     --write-thumbnail                Write thumbnail image to disk
     --write-all-thumbnails           Write all thumbnail image formats to disk

-    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats
+    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail
+                                     formats

 
 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                      Activate quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings
 
 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                      Activate quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings

-    -s, --simulate                   Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk
+    -s, --simulate                   Do not download the video and do not write
+                                     anything to disk

     --skip-download                  Do not download the video
     -g, --get-url                    Simulate, quiet but print URL
     -e, --get-title                  Simulate, quiet but print title
     --skip-download                  Do not download the video
     -g, --get-url                    Simulate, quiet but print URL
     -e, --get-title                  Simulate, quiet but print title


@@ -160,85 +272,170 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --get-duration                   Simulate, quiet but print video length
     --get-filename                   Simulate, quiet but print output filename
     --get-format                     Simulate, quiet but print output format
     --get-duration                   Simulate, quiet but print video length
     --get-filename                   Simulate, quiet but print output filename
     --get-format                     Simulate, quiet but print output format

-    -j, --dump-json                  Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.
-    -J, --dump-single-json           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.
-    --print-json                     Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).
+    -j, --dump-json                  Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
+                                     See --output for a description of available
+                                     keys.
+    -J, --dump-single-json           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.
+    --print-json                     Be quiet and print the video information as
+                                     JSON (video is still being downloaded).

     --newline                        Output progress bar as new lines
     --no-progress                    Do not print progress bar
     --console-title                  Display progress in console titlebar
     -v, --verbose                    Print various debugging information
     --newline                        Output progress bar as new lines
     --no-progress                    Do not print progress bar
     --console-title                  Display progress in console titlebar
     -v, --verbose                    Print various debugging information

-    --dump-pages                     Print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)
-    --write-pages                    Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems
+    --dump-pages                     Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
+                                     to debug problems (very verbose)
+    --write-pages                    Write downloaded intermediary pages to
+                                     files in the current directory to debug
+                                     problems

     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
     -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
     -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging

-    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
+    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
+                                     debugging

 
 ## Workarounds:
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
     --no-check-certificate           Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
 
 ## Workarounds:
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
     --no-check-certificate           Suppress HTTPS certificate validation

-    --prefer-insecure                Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)
+    --prefer-insecure                Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
+                                     information about the video. (Currently
+                                     supported only for YouTube)

     --user-agent UA                  Specify a custom user agent
     --user-agent UA                  Specify a custom user agent

-    --referer URL                    Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain
-    --add-header FIELD:VALUE         Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ':'. You can use this option multiple times
-    --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH
-    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+    --referer URL                    Specify a custom referer, use if the video
+                                     access is restricted to one domain
+    --add-header FIELD:VALUE         Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
+                                     separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
+                                     option multiple times
+    --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack
+                                     bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
+                                     or fribidi executable in PATH
+    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each
+                                     download.

 
 ## Video Format Options:
 
 ## Video Format Options:

-    -f, --format FORMAT              Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info
+    -f, --format FORMAT              Video format code, see the "FORMAT
+                                     SELECTION" for all the info

     --all-formats                    Download all available video formats
     --all-formats                    Download all available video formats

-    --prefer-free-formats            Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
+    --prefer-free-formats            Prefer free video formats unless a specific
+                                     one is requested

     -F, --list-formats               List all available formats
     -F, --list-formats               List all available formats

-    --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos
-    --merge-output-format FORMAT     If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.Ignored if no
-                                     merge is required
+    --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     Do not download the DASH manifests and
+                                     related data on YouTube videos
+    --merge-output-format FORMAT     If a merge is required (e.g.
+                                     bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
+                                     container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
+                                     webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required

 
 ## Subtitle Options:
     --write-sub                      Write subtitle file
 
 ## Subtitle Options:
     --write-sub                      Write subtitle file

-    --write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)
-    --all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the video
+    --write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube
+                                     only)
+    --all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the
+                                     video

     --list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video
     --list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video

-    --sub-format FORMAT              Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"
-    --sub-lang LANGS                 Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like 'en,pt'
+    --sub-format FORMAT              Subtitle format, accepts formats
+                                     preference, for example: "srt" or
+                                     "ass/srt/best"
+    --sub-lang LANGS                 Languages of the subtitles to download
+                                     (optional) separated by commas, use IETF
+                                     language tags like 'en,pt'

 
 ## Authentication Options:
     -u, --username USERNAME          Login with this account ID
 
 ## Authentication Options:
     -u, --username USERNAME          Login with this account ID

-    -p, --password PASSWORD          Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
+    -p, --password PASSWORD          Account password. If this option is left
+                                     out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.

     -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR        Two-factor auth code
     -n, --netrc                      Use .netrc authentication data
     -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR        Two-factor auth code
     -n, --netrc                      Use .netrc authentication data

-    --video-password PASSWORD        Video password (vimeo, smotri)
+    --video-password PASSWORD        Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)

 
 ## Post-processing Options:
 
 ## Post-processing Options:

-    -x, --extract-audio              Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
-    --audio-format FORMAT            Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
-    --audio-quality QUALITY          Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default
-                                     5)
-    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
-    -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
-    --embed-subs                     Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)
+    -x, --extract-audio              Convert video files to audio-only files
+                                     (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
+                                     avprobe)
+    --audio-format FORMAT            Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
+                                     "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav";
+                                     "best" by default
+    --audio-quality QUALITY          Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
+                                     a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
+                                     for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
+                                     (default 5)
+    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if
+                                     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
+    --embed-subs                     Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv
+                                     and mp4 videos)

     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
     --add-metadata                   Write metadata to the video file
     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
     --add-metadata                   Write metadata to the video file

-    --metadata-from-title FORMAT     Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format syntax is the same as --output, the parsed
-                                     parameters replace existing values. Additional templates: %(album), %(artist). Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s -
-                                     %(title)s" matches a title like "Coldplay - Paradise"
-    --xattrs                         Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
-    --fixup POLICY                   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)
-    --prefer-avconv                  Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)
-    --prefer-ffmpeg                  Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors
-    --ffmpeg-location PATH           Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.
-    --exec CMD                       Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm
-                                     {}'
-    --convert-subtitles FORMAT       Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+    --metadata-from-title FORMAT     Parse additional metadata like song title /
+                                     artist from the video title. The format
+                                     syntax is the same as --output, the parsed
+                                     parameters replace existing values.
+                                     Additional templates: %(album)s,
+                                     %(artist)s. Example: --metadata-from-title
+                                     "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title
+                                     like "Coldplay - Paradise"
+    --xattrs                         Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
+                                     (using dublin core and xdg standards)
+    --fixup POLICY                   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)
+    --prefer-avconv                  Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
+                                     postprocessors (default)
+    --prefer-ffmpeg                  Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
+                                     postprocessors
+    --ffmpeg-location PATH           Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
+                                     either the path to the binary or its
+                                     containing directory.
+    --exec CMD                       Execute a command on the file after
+                                     downloading, similar to find's -exec
+                                     syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
+                                     /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
+    --convert-subtitles FORMAT       Convert the subtitles to other format
+                                     (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)

 
 # CONFIGURATION
 
 
 # CONFIGURATION
 

-You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf`.
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf`. For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime and use a proxy:
+```
+--extract-audio
+--no-mtime
+--proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
+```
+
+You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dl run.
+
+### Authentication with `.netrc` file ###
+
+You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with `--username` and `--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube-dl execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a [`.netrc` file](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a`.netrc` file in your `$HOME` and restrict permissions to read/write by you only:
+```
+touch $HOME/.netrc
+chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
+```
+After that you can add credentials for extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of extractor in lowercase:
+```
+machine <extractor> login <login> password <password>
+```
+For example:
+```
+machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
+machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
+```
+To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to youtube-dl or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
+
+On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually.

 
 # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 
 
 # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 

-The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:
+The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:

 
  - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
  - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
 
  - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
  - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.


@@ -248,8 +445,10 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. T
  - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
  - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
  - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
  - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
  - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
  - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.

- - `playlist`: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the video.
- - `playlist_index`: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number.
+ - `playlist`: The sequence will be replaced by the name or the id of the playlist that contains the video.
+ - `playlist_index`: The sequence will be replaced by the index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist.
+ - `format_id`: The sequence will be replaced by the format code specified by `--format`.
+ - `duration`: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the video in seconds.

 
 The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
 
 
 The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
 


@@ -264,18 +463,18 @@ youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name
 
 # FORMAT SELECTION
 
 
 # FORMAT SELECTION
 

-By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes you may want to download other format.
+By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes you may want to download in a different format.

 The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example `-f 22`. You can get the list of available formats using `--list-formats`, you can also use a file extension (currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names `best`, `bestvideo`, `bestaudio` and `worst`.
 
 The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example `-f 22`. You can get the list of available formats using `--list-formats`, you can also use a file extension (currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names `best`, `bestvideo`, `bestaudio` and `worst`.
 

-If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes, as in `-f 22/17/18`. You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`).  This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so  `-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. Use commas to download multiple formats, such as `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`. You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using `-f <video-format>+<audio-format>` (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio`.
+If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes, as in `-f 22/17/18`. You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`).  This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so  `-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. Use commas to download multiple formats, such as `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`. You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using `-f <video-format>+<audio-format>` (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio`. Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use `-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.

 
 

-Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube-dl uses `-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best` as default format selection (see #5447, #5456). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` separately and muxing them together into a single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it falls back to `best` and results in downloading best available quality served as a single file. `best` is also needed for videos that don't come from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two different files. If you want to only download some dash formats (for example if you are not interested in getting videos with a resolution higher than 1080p), you can add `-f bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best` to your configuration file. Note that if you use youtube-dl to stream to `stdout` (and most likely to pipe it to your media player then), i.e. you explicitly specify output template as `-o -`, youtube-dl still uses `-f best` format selection in order to start content delivery immediately to your player and not to wait until `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` are downloaded and muxed.
+Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube-dl uses `-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best` as default format selection (see #5447, #5456). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` separately and muxing them together into a single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it falls back to `best` and results in downloading the best available quality served as a single file. `best` is also needed for videos that don't come from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two different files. If you want to only download some dash formats (for example if you are not interested in getting videos with a resolution higher than 1080p), you can add `-f bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best` to your configuration file. Note that if you use youtube-dl to stream to `stdout` (and most likely to pipe it to your media player then), i.e. you explicitly specify output template as `-o -`, youtube-dl still uses `-f best` format selection in order to start content delivery immediately to your player and not to wait until `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` are downloaded and muxed.

 
 

-If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to youtube-dl 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download best available quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice with `-f best`. You may want to add it to the [configuration file](#configuration) in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dl.
+If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to youtube-dl 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download the best available quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice with `-f best`. You may want to add it to the [configuration file](#configuration) in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dl.

 
 # VIDEO SELECTION
 
 
 # VIDEO SELECTION
 

-Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats:
+Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`. They accept dates in two formats:

 
  - Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
  - Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?`
 
  - Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
  - Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?`


@@ -289,7 +488,7 @@ $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months
 # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
 $ youtube-dl --date 19700101
 
 # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
 $ youtube-dl --date 19700101
 

-$ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
+$ # Download only the videos uploaded in the 200x decade

 $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
 ```
 
 $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
 ```
 


@@ -301,7 +500,7 @@ If you've followed [our manual installation instructions](http://rg3.github.io/y
 
 If you have used pip, a simple `sudo pip install -U youtube-dl` is sufficient to update.
 
 
 If you have used pip, a simple `sudo pip install -U youtube-dl` is sufficient to update.
 

-If you have installed youtube-dl using a package manager like *apt-get* or *yum*, use the standard system update mechanism to update. Note that distribution packages are often outdated. As a rule of thumb, youtube-dl releases at least once a month, and often weekly or even daily. Simply go to http://yt-dl.org/ to find out the current version. Unfortunately, there is nothing we youtube-dl developers can do if your distributions serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker or support forum.
+If you have installed youtube-dl using a package manager like *apt-get* or *yum*, use the standard system update mechanism to update. Note that distribution packages are often outdated. As a rule of thumb, youtube-dl releases at least once a month, and often weekly or even daily. Simply go to http://yt-dl.org/ to find out the current version. Unfortunately, there is nothing we youtube-dl developers can do if your distribution serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker or support forum.

 
 As a last resort, you can also uninstall the version installed by your package manager and follow our manual installation instructions. For that, remove the distribution's package, with a line like
 
 
 As a last resort, you can also uninstall the version installed by your package manager and follow our manual installation instructions. For that, remove the distribution's package, with a line like
 


@@ -327,7 +526,7 @@ If you have installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarb
 
 By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally, if you have a convincing case that these should be different, [please file an issue where you explain that](https://yt-dl.org/bug)). Therefore, it is unnecessary and sometimes harmful to copy long option strings from webpages. In particular, the only option out of `-citw` that is regularly useful is `-i`.
 
 
 By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally, if you have a convincing case that these should be different, [please file an issue where you explain that](https://yt-dl.org/bug)). Therefore, it is unnecessary and sometimes harmful to copy long option strings from webpages. In particular, the only option out of `-citw` that is regularly useful is `-i`.
 

-### Can you please put the -b option back?
+### Can you please put the `-b` option back?

 
 Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the `-b` option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're interested in. In that case, simply request it with the `-f` option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
 
 
 Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the `-b` option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're interested in. In that case, simply request it with the `-f` option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
 


@@ -339,13 +538,13 @@ Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much.
 
 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 
 
 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 

-### I extracted a video URL with -g, but it does not play on another machine / in my webbrowser.
+### I extracted a video URL with `-g`, but it does not play on another machine / in my webbrowser.

 
 It depends a lot on the service. In many cases, requests for the video (to download/play it) must come from the same IP address and with the same cookies.  Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
 
 It may be beneficial to use IPv6; in some cases, the restrictions are only applied to IPv4. Some services (sometimes only for a subset of videos) do not restrict the video URL by IP address, cookie, or user-agent, but these are the exception rather than the rule.
 
 
 It depends a lot on the service. In many cases, requests for the video (to download/play it) must come from the same IP address and with the same cookies.  Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
 
 It may be beneficial to use IPv6; in some cases, the restrictions are only applied to IPv4. Some services (sometimes only for a subset of videos) do not restrict the video URL by IP address, cookie, or user-agent, but these are the exception rather than the rule.
 

-Please bear in mind that some URL protocols are **not** supported by browsers out of the box, including RTMP. If you are using -g, your own downloader must support these as well.
+Please bear in mind that some URL protocols are **not** supported by browsers out of the box, including RTMP. If you are using `-g`, your own downloader must support these as well.

 
 If you want to play the video on a machine that is not running youtube-dl, you can relay the video content from the machine that runs youtube-dl. You can use `-o -` to let youtube-dl stream a video to stdout, or simply allow the player to download the files written by youtube-dl in turn.
 
 
 If you want to play the video on a machine that is not running youtube-dl, you can relay the video content from the machine that runs youtube-dl. You can use `-o -` to let youtube-dl stream a video to stdout, or simply allow the player to download the files written by youtube-dl in turn.
 


@@ -359,7 +558,7 @@ YouTube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not suppo
 
 ### Video URL contains an ampersand and I'm getting some strange output `[1] 2839` or `'v' is not recognized as an internal or external command` ###
 
 
 ### Video URL contains an ampersand and I'm getting some strange output `[1] 2839` or `'v' is not recognized as an internal or external command` ###
 

-That's actually the output from your shell. Since ampersand is one of the special shell characters it's interpreted by shell preventing you from passing the whole URL to youtube-dl. To disable your shell from interpreting the ampersands (or any other special characters) you have to either put the whole URL in quotes or escape them with a backslash (which approach will work depends on your shell).
+That's actually the output from your shell. Since ampersand is one of the special shell characters it's interpreted by the shell preventing you from passing the whole URL to youtube-dl. To disable your shell from interpreting the ampersands (or any other special characters) you have to either put the whole URL in quotes or escape them with a backslash (which approach will work depends on your shell).

 
 For example if your URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4&v=BaW_jenozKc you should end up with following command:
 
 
 For example if your URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4&v=BaW_jenozKc you should end up with following command:
 


@@ -379,7 +578,7 @@ In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a str
 
 ### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 
 
 ### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 

-These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--network-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address.
+These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address.

 
 ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
 
 
 ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
 


@@ -417,6 +616,12 @@ Either prepend `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=` or separate the ID from the opt
     youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
     youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
 
     youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
     youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
 

+### How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl?
+
+Use the `--cookies` option, for example `--cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt`. Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must be either `# HTTP Cookie File` or `# Netscape HTTP Cookie File`. Make sure you have correct [newline format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely `CRLF` (`\r\n`) for Windows, `LF` (`\n`) for Linux and `CR` (`\r`) for Mac OS. `HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` when using `--cookies` is a good sign of invalid newline format.
+
+Passing cookies to youtube-dl is a good way to workaround login when a particular extractor does not implement it explicitly.
+

 ### Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free?
 
 As a matter of policy (as well as legality), youtube-dl does not include support for services that specialize in infringing copyright. As a rule of thumb, if you cannot easily find a video that the service is quite obviously allowed to distribute (i.e. that has been uploaded by the creator, the creator's distributor, or is published under a free license), the service is probably unfit for inclusion to youtube-dl.
 ### Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free?
 
 As a matter of policy (as well as legality), youtube-dl does not include support for services that specialize in infringing copyright. As a rule of thumb, if you cannot easily find a video that the service is quite obviously allowed to distribute (i.e. that has been uploaded by the creator, the creator's distributor, or is published under a free license), the service is probably unfit for inclusion to youtube-dl.


@@ -505,18 +710,19 @@ If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assum
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
             # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
             # TODO more code goes here, for example ...

-            title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+            title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.+?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')

 
             return {
                 'id': video_id,
                 'title': title,
                 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
 
             return {
                 'id': video_id,
                 'title': title,
                 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),

+                'uploader': self._search_regex(r'<div[^>]+id="uploader"[^>]*>([^<]+)<', webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False),

                 # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
             }
     ```
 5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).
                 # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
             }
     ```
 5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).

-6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc.
-7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
+6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc.
+7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should and may return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L62-L200). Add tests and code for as many as you want.

 8. If you can, check the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
 9. When the tests pass, [add](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files and [commit](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 
 8. If you can, check the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
 9. When the tests pass, [add](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files and [commit](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 


@@ -544,7 +750,7 @@ with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
     ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
 ```
 
     ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
 ```
 

-Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of what can be done, have a look at [youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L69). For a start, if you want to intercept youtube-dl's output, set a `logger` object.
+Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of what can be done, have a look at [youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L117-L265). For a start, if you want to intercept youtube-dl's output, set a `logger` object.

 
 Here's a more complete example of a program that outputs only errors (and a short message after the download is finished), and downloads/converts the video to an mp3 file:
 
 
 Here's a more complete example of a program that outputs only errors (and a short message after the download is finished), and downloads/converts the video to an mp3 file:
 


@@ -589,7 +795,7 @@ Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/i
 
 **Please include the full output of youtube-dl when run with `-v`**.
 
 
 **Please include the full output of youtube-dl when run with `-v`**.
 

-The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
+The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.

 
 Please re-read your issue once again to avoid a couple of common mistakes (you can and should use this as a checklist):
 
 
 Please re-read your issue once again to avoid a couple of common mistakes (you can and should use this as a checklist):
 


@@ -605,15 +811,15 @@ So please elaborate on what feature you are requesting, or what bug you want to
 
 If your report is shorter than two lines, it is almost certainly missing some of these, which makes it hard for us to respond to it. We're often too polite to close the issue outright, but the missing info makes misinterpretation likely. As a commiter myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for clarification over and over.
 
 
 If your report is shorter than two lines, it is almost certainly missing some of these, which makes it hard for us to respond to it. We're often too polite to close the issue outright, but the missing info makes misinterpretation likely. As a commiter myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for clarification over and over.
 

-For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the *complete* output of youtube-dl when called with the -v flag. The error message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.
+For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the *complete* output of youtube-dl when called with the `-v` flag. The error message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.

 
 

-If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship, adding --call-home may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the error is `ERROR: Unable to extract ...` and you cannot reproduce it from multiple countries, add `--dump-pages` (warning: this will yield a rather large output, redirect it to the file `log.txt` by adding `>log.txt 2>&1` to your command-line) or upload the `.dump` files you get when you add `--write-pages` [somewhere](https://gist.github.com/).
+If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship, adding `--call-home` may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the error is `ERROR: Unable to extract ...` and you cannot reproduce it from multiple countries, add `--dump-pages` (warning: this will yield a rather large output, redirect it to the file `log.txt` by adding `>log.txt 2>&1` to your command-line) or upload the `.dump` files you get when you add `--write-pages` [somewhere](https://gist.github.com/).

 
 **Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
 
 ###  Are you using the latest version?
 
 
 **Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
 
 ###  Are you using the latest version?
 

-Before reporting any issue, type youtube-dl -U. This should report that you're up-to-date. About 20% of the reports we receive are already fixed, but people are using outdated versions. This goes for feature requests as well.
+Before reporting any issue, type `youtube-dl -U`. This should report that you're up-to-date. About 20% of the reports we receive are already fixed, but people are using outdated versions. This goes for feature requests as well.

 
 ###  Is the issue already documented?
 
 
 ###  Is the issue already documented?