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   1 # youtube-dl
   2
   3 ## USAGE
   4 youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
   5
   6 ## DESCRIPTION
   7 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
   8 YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
   9 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
  10 your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
  11 which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
  12
  13 ## OPTIONS
  14     -h, --help               print this help text and exit
  15     --version                print program version and exit
  16     -U, --update             update this program to latest version
  17     -i, --ignore-errors      continue on download errors
  18     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT   download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  19     -R, --retries RETRIES    number of retries (default is 10)
  20     --dump-user-agent        display the current browser identification
  21     --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  22                              would handle
  23
  24 ### Video Selection:
  25     --playlist-start NUMBER  playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  26     --playlist-end NUMBER    playlist video to end at (default is last)
  27     --match-title REGEX      download only matching titles (regex or caseless
  28                              sub-string)
  29     --reject-title REGEX     skip download for matching titles (regex or
  30                              caseless sub-string)
  31     --max-downloads NUMBER   Abort after downloading NUMBER files
  32
  33 ### Filesystem Options:
  34     -t, --title              use title in file name
  35     -l, --literal            use literal title in file name
  36     -A, --auto-number        number downloaded files starting from 00000
  37     -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the
  38                              title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  39                              %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
  40                              number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
  41                              %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and
  42                              %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
  43                              stdout.
  44     -a, --batch-file FILE    file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  45     -w, --no-overwrites      do not overwrite files
  46     -c, --continue           resume partially downloaded files
  47     --no-continue            do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  48                              from beginning)
  49     --cookies FILE           file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  50     --no-part                do not use .part files
  51     --no-mtime               do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  52                              modification time
  53     --write-description      write video description to a .description file
  54     --write-info-json        write video metadata to a .info.json file
  55
  56 ### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  57     -q, --quiet              activates quiet mode
  58     -s, --simulate           do not download the video and do not write anything
  59                              to disk
  60     --skip-download          do not download the video
  61     -g, --get-url            simulate, quiet but print URL
  62     -e, --get-title          simulate, quiet but print title
  63     --get-thumbnail          simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  64     --get-description        simulate, quiet but print video description
  65     --get-filename           simulate, quiet but print output filename
  66     --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
  67     --no-progress            do not print progress bar
  68     --console-title          display progress in console titlebar
  69     -v, --verbose            print various debugging information
  70
  71 ### Video Format Options:
  72     -f, --format FORMAT      video format code
  73     --all-formats            download all available video formats
  74     --prefer-free-formats    prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
  75                              requested
  76     --max-quality FORMAT     highest quality format to download
  77     -F, --list-formats       list all available formats (currently youtube only)
  78
  79 ### Authentication Options:
  80     -u, --username USERNAME  account username
  81     -p, --password PASSWORD  account password
  82     -n, --netrc              use .netrc authentication data
  83
  84 ### Post-processing Options:
  85     --extract-audio          convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  86                              ffmpeg and ffprobe)
  87     --audio-format FORMAT    "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
  88                              best by default
  89     --audio-quality QUALITY  ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
  90     -k, --keep-video         keeps the video file on disk after the post-
  91                              processing; the video is erased by default
  92
  93 ## FAQ
  94
  95 ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  96
  97 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.
  98
  99 ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
 100
 101 Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
 102
 103 ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
 104
 105 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 106
 107 ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
 108
 109 The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
 110
 111 ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
 112
 113 youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
 114
 115 ## COPYRIGHT
 116
 117 youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
 118
 119 This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
 120
 121 ## BUGS
 122
 123 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
 124
 125 Please include:
 126
 127 * Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
 128 * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
 129 * The output of `python --version`
 130 * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).