1 from __future__
import unicode_literals
7 from .downloader
.external
import list_external_downloaders
10 compat_get_terminal_size
,
19 from .version
import __version__
22 def parseOpts(overrideArguments
=None):
23 def _readOptions(filename_bytes
, default
=[]):
25 optionf
= open(filename_bytes
)
27 return default
# silently skip if file is not present
31 res
+= compat_shlex_split(l
, comments
=True)
37 xdg_config_home
= compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
39 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
40 if not os
.path
.isfile(userConfFile
):
41 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(xdg_config_home
, 'youtube-dl.conf')
43 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
44 if not os
.path
.isfile(userConfFile
):
45 userConfFile
= os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
46 userConf
= _readOptions(userConfFile
, None)
49 appdata_dir
= compat_getenv('appdata')
51 userConf
= _readOptions(
52 os
.path
.join(appdata_dir
, 'youtube-dl', 'config'),
55 userConf
= _readOptions(
56 os
.path
.join(appdata_dir
, 'youtube-dl', 'config.txt'),
60 userConf
= _readOptions(
61 os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf'),
64 userConf
= _readOptions(
65 os
.path
.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf.txt'),
73 def _format_option_string(option
):
74 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
78 if option
._short
_opts
:
79 opts
.append(option
._short
_opts
[0])
81 opts
.append(option
._long
_opts
[0])
85 if option
.takes_value():
86 opts
.append(' %s' % option
.metavar
)
90 def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option
, opt_str
, value
, parser
):
91 setattr(parser
.values
, option
.dest
, value
.split(','))
93 def _hide_login_info(opts
):
95 for private_opt
in ['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password']:
97 i
= opts
.index(private_opt
)
98 opts
[i
+ 1] = 'PRIVATE'
103 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
104 columns
= compat_get_terminal_size().columns
105 max_width
= columns
if columns
else 80
106 max_help_position
= 80
108 fmt
= optparse
.IndentedHelpFormatter(width
=max_width
, max_help_position
=max_help_position
)
109 fmt
.format_option_strings
= _format_option_string
112 'version': __version__
,
114 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
115 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
118 parser
= optparse
.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw
))
120 general
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'General Options')
124 help='Print this help text and exit')
128 help='Print program version and exit')
131 action
='store_true', dest
='update_self',
132 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
134 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
135 action
='store_true', dest
='ignoreerrors', default
=False,
136 help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
139 action
='store_false', dest
='ignoreerrors',
140 help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
143 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_user_agent', default
=False,
144 help='Display the current browser identification')
147 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractors', default
=False,
148 help='List all supported extractors')
150 '--extractor-descriptions',
151 action
='store_true', dest
='list_extractor_descriptions', default
=False,
152 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
154 '--force-generic-extractor',
155 action
='store_true', dest
='force_generic_extractor', default
=False,
156 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
159 dest
='default_search', metavar
='PREFIX',
160 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.')
164 help='Do not read configuration files. '
165 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
166 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
167 '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
170 action
='store_const', dest
='extract_flat', const
='in_playlist',
172 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
175 action
='store_true', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
176 help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
179 action
='store_false', dest
='mark_watched', default
=False,
180 help='Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
182 '--no-color', '--no-colors',
183 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color',
185 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
187 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
189 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
190 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
191 help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental '
192 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
193 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
194 'for direct connection')
197 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
198 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
201 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
202 help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
205 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
206 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
207 help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
210 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
211 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
212 help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
215 '--cn-verification-proxy',
216 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
217 help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. '
218 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)'
221 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
222 selection
.add_option(
224 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
225 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
226 selection
.add_option(
228 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
229 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
230 selection
.add_option(
232 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
233 help='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.')
234 selection
.add_option(
236 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
237 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
238 selection
.add_option(
240 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
241 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
242 selection
.add_option(
244 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
245 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
246 selection
.add_option(
248 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
249 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
250 selection
.add_option(
252 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
253 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
254 selection
.add_option(
256 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
257 help='Download only videos uploaded in this date')
258 selection
.add_option(
260 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
261 help='Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)')
262 selection
.add_option(
264 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
265 help='Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
266 selection
.add_option(
268 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
269 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
270 selection
.add_option(
272 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
273 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
274 selection
.add_option(
276 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', default
=None,
278 'Generic video filter (experimental). '
279 'Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to'
280 ' match if the key is present, '
281 '!key to check if the key is not present,'
282 'key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with '
283 '>=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a number, and '
284 '& to require multiple matches. '
285 'Values which are not known are excluded unless you'
286 ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
287 'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
288 '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
289 'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
290 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
291 '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
293 selection
.add_option(
295 action
='store_true', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
296 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
297 selection
.add_option(
299 action
='store_false', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
300 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
301 selection
.add_option(
303 metavar
='YEARS', dest
='age_limit', default
=None, type=int,
304 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
305 selection
.add_option(
306 '--download-archive', metavar
='FILE',
307 dest
='download_archive',
308 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
309 selection
.add_option(
311 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_true',
312 help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
314 authentication
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Authentication Options')
315 authentication
.add_option(
317 dest
='username', metavar
='USERNAME',
318 help='Login with this account ID')
319 authentication
.add_option(
321 dest
='password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
322 help='Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
323 authentication
.add_option(
325 dest
='twofactor', metavar
='TWOFACTOR',
326 help='Two-factor auth code')
327 authentication
.add_option(
329 action
='store_true', dest
='usenetrc', default
=False,
330 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
331 authentication
.add_option(
333 dest
='videopassword', metavar
='PASSWORD',
334 help='Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)')
336 video_format
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Format Options')
337 video_format
.add_option(
339 action
='store', dest
='format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
340 help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info')
341 video_format
.add_option(
343 action
='store_const', dest
='format', const
='all',
344 help='Download all available video formats')
345 video_format
.add_option(
346 '--prefer-free-formats',
347 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
348 help='Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
349 video_format
.add_option(
350 '-F', '--list-formats',
351 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats',
352 help='List all available formats of requested videos')
353 video_format
.add_option(
354 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
355 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
356 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
357 video_format
.add_option(
358 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
359 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
360 help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
361 video_format
.add_option(
362 '--merge-output-format',
363 action
='store', dest
='merge_output_format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
365 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
366 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
367 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
369 subtitles
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Subtitle Options')
370 subtitles
.add_option(
371 '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
372 action
='store_true', dest
='writesubtitles', default
=False,
373 help='Write subtitle file')
374 subtitles
.add_option(
375 '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
376 action
='store_true', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
377 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
378 subtitles
.add_option(
380 action
='store_true', dest
='allsubtitles', default
=False,
381 help='Download all the available subtitles of the video')
382 subtitles
.add_option(
384 action
='store_true', dest
='listsubtitles', default
=False,
385 help='List all available subtitles for the video')
386 subtitles
.add_option(
388 action
='store', dest
='subtitlesformat', metavar
='FORMAT', default
='best',
389 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
390 subtitles
.add_option(
391 '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
392 action
='callback', dest
='subtitleslangs', metavar
='LANGS', type='str',
393 default
=[], callback
=_comma_separated_values_options_callback
,
394 help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
396 downloader
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Download Options')
397 downloader
.add_option(
398 '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
399 dest
='ratelimit', metavar
='RATE',
400 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
401 downloader
.add_option(
403 dest
='retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
404 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
405 downloader
.add_option(
406 '--fragment-retries',
407 dest
='fragment_retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
408 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH only)')
409 downloader
.add_option(
411 dest
='buffersize', metavar
='SIZE', default
='1024',
412 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
413 downloader
.add_option(
414 '--no-resize-buffer',
415 action
='store_true', dest
='noresizebuffer', default
=False,
416 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
417 downloader
.add_option(
419 action
='store_true', dest
='test', default
=False,
420 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
421 downloader
.add_option(
422 '--playlist-reverse',
424 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
425 downloader
.add_option(
426 '--xattr-set-filesize',
427 dest
='xattr_set_filesize', action
='store_true',
428 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)')
429 downloader
.add_option(
430 '--hls-prefer-native',
431 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_true', default
=None,
432 help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg')
433 downloader
.add_option(
434 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
435 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_false', default
=None,
436 help='Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS downloader')
437 downloader
.add_option(
439 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_true',
440 help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
441 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
442 downloader
.add_option(
443 '--external-downloader',
444 dest
='external_downloader', metavar
='COMMAND',
445 help='Use the specified external downloader. '
446 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
447 downloader
.add_option(
448 '--external-downloader-args',
449 dest
='external_downloader_args', metavar
='ARGS',
450 help='Give these arguments to the external downloader')
452 workarounds
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Workarounds')
453 workarounds
.add_option(
455 dest
='encoding', metavar
='ENCODING',
456 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
457 workarounds
.add_option(
458 '--no-check-certificate',
459 action
='store_true', dest
='no_check_certificate', default
=False,
460 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
461 workarounds
.add_option(
463 '--prefer-unsecure', action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_insecure',
464 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
465 workarounds
.add_option(
467 metavar
='UA', dest
='user_agent',
468 help='Specify a custom user agent')
469 workarounds
.add_option(
471 metavar
='URL', dest
='referer', default
=None,
472 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
474 workarounds
.add_option(
476 metavar
='FIELD:VALUE', dest
='headers', action
='append',
477 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times',
479 workarounds
.add_option(
481 dest
='bidi_workaround', action
='store_true',
482 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
483 workarounds
.add_option(
484 '--sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
485 dest
='sleep_interval', type=float,
486 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
488 verbosity
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
489 verbosity
.add_option(
491 action
='store_true', dest
='quiet', default
=False,
492 help='Activate quiet mode')
493 verbosity
.add_option(
495 dest
='no_warnings', action
='store_true', default
=False,
496 help='Ignore warnings')
497 verbosity
.add_option(
499 action
='store_true', dest
='simulate', default
=False,
500 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
501 verbosity
.add_option(
503 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_download', default
=False,
504 help='Do not download the video')
505 verbosity
.add_option(
507 action
='store_true', dest
='geturl', default
=False,
508 help='Simulate, quiet but print URL')
509 verbosity
.add_option(
511 action
='store_true', dest
='gettitle', default
=False,
512 help='Simulate, quiet but print title')
513 verbosity
.add_option(
515 action
='store_true', dest
='getid', default
=False,
516 help='Simulate, quiet but print id')
517 verbosity
.add_option(
519 action
='store_true', dest
='getthumbnail', default
=False,
520 help='Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
521 verbosity
.add_option(
523 action
='store_true', dest
='getdescription', default
=False,
524 help='Simulate, quiet but print video description')
525 verbosity
.add_option(
527 action
='store_true', dest
='getduration', default
=False,
528 help='Simulate, quiet but print video length')
529 verbosity
.add_option(
531 action
='store_true', dest
='getfilename', default
=False,
532 help='Simulate, quiet but print output filename')
533 verbosity
.add_option(
535 action
='store_true', dest
='getformat', default
=False,
536 help='Simulate, quiet but print output format')
537 verbosity
.add_option(
539 action
='store_true', dest
='dumpjson', default
=False,
540 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.')
541 verbosity
.add_option(
542 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
543 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_single_json', default
=False,
544 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.')
545 verbosity
.add_option(
547 action
='store_true', dest
='print_json', default
=False,
548 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).',
550 verbosity
.add_option(
552 action
='store_true', dest
='progress_with_newline', default
=False,
553 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
554 verbosity
.add_option(
556 action
='store_true', dest
='noprogress', default
=False,
557 help='Do not print progress bar')
558 verbosity
.add_option(
560 action
='store_true', dest
='consoletitle', default
=False,
561 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
562 verbosity
.add_option(
564 action
='store_true', dest
='verbose', default
=False,
565 help='Print various debugging information')
566 verbosity
.add_option(
567 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
568 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_intermediate_pages', default
=False,
569 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
570 verbosity
.add_option(
572 action
='store_true', dest
='write_pages', default
=False,
573 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
574 verbosity
.add_option(
575 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
576 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_print_sig_code', default
=False,
577 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
578 verbosity
.add_option(
579 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
580 dest
='debug_printtraffic', action
='store_true', default
=False,
581 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
582 verbosity
.add_option(
584 dest
='call_home', action
='store_true', default
=False,
585 help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
586 verbosity
.add_option(
588 dest
='call_home', action
='store_false', default
=False,
589 help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
591 filesystem
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Filesystem Options')
592 filesystem
.add_option(
593 '-a', '--batch-file',
594 dest
='batchfile', metavar
='FILE',
595 help='File containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
596 filesystem
.add_option(
597 '--id', default
=False,
598 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')
599 filesystem
.add_option(
601 dest
='outtmpl', metavar
='TEMPLATE',
602 help=('Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, '
603 '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, '
604 '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, '
605 '%(ext)s for the filename extension, '
606 '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), '
607 '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube\'s itags: "137"), '
608 '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
609 '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
610 '%(id)s for the video id, '
611 '%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, '
612 '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. '
613 '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
614 '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
615 '%% for a literal percent. '
616 'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
617 'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
618 filesystem
.add_option(
620 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER',
621 help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
622 filesystem
.add_option(
623 '--restrict-filenames',
624 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
625 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
626 filesystem
.add_option(
627 '-A', '--auto-number',
628 action
='store_true', dest
='autonumber', default
=False,
629 help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000')
630 filesystem
.add_option(
632 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle', default
=False,
633 help='[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)')
634 filesystem
.add_option(
635 '-l', '--literal', default
=False,
636 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle',
637 help='[deprecated] Alias of --title')
638 filesystem
.add_option(
639 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
640 action
='store_true', dest
='nooverwrites', default
=False,
641 help='Do not overwrite files')
642 filesystem
.add_option(
644 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
645 help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.')
646 filesystem
.add_option(
648 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
649 help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
650 filesystem
.add_option(
652 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
653 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
654 filesystem
.add_option(
656 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
657 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
658 filesystem
.add_option(
659 '--write-description',
660 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
661 help='Write video description to a .description file')
662 filesystem
.add_option(
664 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=False,
665 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file')
666 filesystem
.add_option(
667 '--write-annotations',
668 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
669 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
670 filesystem
.add_option(
671 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
672 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
673 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
674 filesystem
.add_option(
676 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
677 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
678 filesystem
.add_option(
679 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
680 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.')
681 filesystem
.add_option(
682 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_const', const
=False, dest
='cachedir',
683 help='Disable filesystem caching')
684 filesystem
.add_option(
686 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
687 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
689 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail images')
690 thumbnail
.add_option(
692 action
='store_true', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
693 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
694 thumbnail
.add_option(
695 '--write-all-thumbnails',
696 action
='store_true', dest
='write_all_thumbnails', default
=False,
697 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
698 thumbnail
.add_option(
700 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
701 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
703 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-processing Options')
705 '-x', '--extract-audio',
706 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
707 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
709 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
710 help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default')
712 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
713 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
714 help='Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
717 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
718 help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
720 '--postprocessor-args',
721 dest
='postprocessor_args', metavar
='ARGS',
722 help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
724 '-k', '--keep-video',
725 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
726 help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
728 '--no-post-overwrites',
729 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
730 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
733 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
734 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
737 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
738 help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
741 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
742 help='Write metadata to the video file')
744 '--metadata-from-title',
745 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
746 help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
747 'The format syntax is the same as --output, '
748 'the parsed parameters replace existing values. '
749 'Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. '
750 'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
751 '"Coldplay - Paradise"')
754 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
755 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
758 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
='detect_or_warn',
759 help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
760 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
761 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
764 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
765 help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
768 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
769 help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
771 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
772 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
773 help='Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.')
776 metavar
='CMD', dest
='exec_cmd',
777 help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
779 '--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
780 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
781 help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)')
783 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
784 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
785 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
786 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
787 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
788 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
789 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
790 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
791 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
792 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
793 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
794 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
796 if overrideArguments
is not None:
797 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(overrideArguments
)
799 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments
) + '\n')
801 def compat_conf(conf
):
802 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
803 return [a
.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a
in conf
]
806 command_line_conf
= compat_conf(sys
.argv
[1:])
808 if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf
:
812 system_conf
= compat_conf(_readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf'))
813 if '--ignore-config' in system_conf
:
816 user_conf
= compat_conf(_readUserConf())
817 argv
= system_conf
+ user_conf
+ command_line_conf
819 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(argv
)
821 write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(system_conf
)) + '\n')
822 write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(user_conf
)) + '\n')
823 write_string('[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(command_line_conf
)) + '\n')
825 return parser
, opts
, args