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   1 % YOUTUBE-DL(1)
   2
   3 # NAME
   4 youtube-dl
   5
   6 # SYNOPSIS
   7 **youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
   8
   9 # DESCRIPTION
  10 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
  11 YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
  12 2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
  13 your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
  14 which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
  15
  16 # OPTIONS
  17     -h, --help               print this help text and exit
  18     --version                print program version and exit
  19     -U, --update             update this program to latest version
  20     -i, --ignore-errors      continue on download errors
  21     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT   download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  22     -R, --retries RETRIES    number of retries (default is 10)
  23     --buffer-size SIZE       size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) (default
  24                              is 1024)
  25     --no-resize-buffer       do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
  26                              default, the buffer size is automatically resized
  27                              from an initial value of SIZE.
  28     --dump-user-agent        display the current browser identification
  29     --user-agent UA          specify a custom user agent
  30     --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  31                              would handle
  32
  33 ## Video Selection:
  34     --playlist-start NUMBER  playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  35     --playlist-end NUMBER    playlist video to end at (default is last)
  36     --match-title REGEX      download only matching titles (regex or caseless
  37                              sub-string)
  38     --reject-title REGEX     skip download for matching titles (regex or
  39                              caseless sub-string)
  40     --max-downloads NUMBER   Abort after downloading NUMBER files
  41
  42 ## Filesystem Options:
  43     -t, --title              use title in file name
  44     --id                     use video ID in file name
  45     -l, --literal            [deprecated] alias of --title
  46     -A, --auto-number        number downloaded files starting from 00000
  47     -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the
  48                              title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  49                              %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
  50                              number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
  51                              %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD),
  52                              %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe,
  53                              etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal
  54                              percent. Use - to output to stdout. Can also be
  55                              used to download to a different directory, for
  56                              example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title
  57                              )s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
  58     --restrict-filenames     Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
  59                              avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
  60     -a, --batch-file FILE    file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  61     -w, --no-overwrites      do not overwrite files
  62     -c, --continue           resume partially downloaded files
  63     --no-continue            do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  64                              from beginning)
  65     --cookies FILE           file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  66     --no-part                do not use .part files
  67     --no-mtime               do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  68                              modification time
  69     --write-description      write video description to a .description file
  70     --write-info-json        write video metadata to a .info.json file
  71
  72 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  73     -q, --quiet              activates quiet mode
  74     -s, --simulate           do not download the video and do not write anything
  75                              to disk
  76     --skip-download          do not download the video
  77     -g, --get-url            simulate, quiet but print URL
  78     -e, --get-title          simulate, quiet but print title
  79     --get-thumbnail          simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  80     --get-description        simulate, quiet but print video description
  81     --get-filename           simulate, quiet but print output filename
  82     --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
  83     --no-progress            do not print progress bar
  84     --console-title          display progress in console titlebar
  85     -v, --verbose            print various debugging information
  86
  87 ## Video Format Options:
  88     -f, --format FORMAT      video format code
  89     --all-formats            download all available video formats
  90     --prefer-free-formats    prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
  91                              requested
  92     --max-quality FORMAT     highest quality format to download
  93     -F, --list-formats       list all available formats (currently youtube only)
  94     --write-srt              write video closed captions to a .srt file
  95                              (currently youtube only)
  96     --srt-lang LANG          language of the closed captions to download
  97                              (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'
  98
  99 ## Authentication Options:
 100     -u, --username USERNAME  account username
 101     -p, --password PASSWORD  account password
 102     -n, --netrc              use .netrc authentication data
 103
 104 ## Post-processing Options:
 105     -x, --extract-audio      convert video files to audio-only files (requires
 106                              ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
 107     --audio-format FORMAT    "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
 108                              best by default
 109     --audio-quality QUALITY  ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
 110                              value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
 111                              specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
 112     -k, --keep-video         keeps the video file on disk after the post-
 113                              processing; the video is erased by default
 114
 115 # CONFIGURATION
 116
 117 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 `~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf`.
 118
 119 # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 120
 121 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:
 122
 123  - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
 124  - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
 125  - `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video.
 126  - `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format.
 127  - `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
 128  - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4).
 129  - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
 130  - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
 131
 132 The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment).
 133
 134 In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
 135
 136     $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
 137     youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4    # All kinds of weird characters
 138     $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
 139     youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name
 140
 141 # FAQ
 142
 143 ### Can you please put the -b option back?
 144
 145 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.
 146
 147 ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
 148
 149 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.
 150
 151 ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
 152
 153 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 154
 155 ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
 156
 157 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. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
 158
 159 ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
 160
 161 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`.
 162
 163 ### ERROR: unable to download video ###
 164
 165 youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
 166
 167 ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
 168
 169 The error
 170
 171     File "youtube-dl", line 2
 172     SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ...
 173
 174 means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
 175
 176 ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
 177
 178 Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.
 179
 180 ### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++*
 181
 182 To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
 183
 184 # COPYRIGHT
 185
 186 youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
 187
 188 This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
 189
 190 # BUGS
 191
 192 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
 193
 194 Please include:
 195
 196 * 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.
 197 * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
 198 * The output of `python --version`
 199 * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
 200
 201 For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.