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   1 .TH YOUTUBE\-DL 1 ""
   2 .SH NAME
   3 .PP
   4 youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .PP
   7 \f[B]youtube\-dl\f[] OPTIONS (#options) URL [URL...]
   8 .SH DESCRIPTION
   9 .PP
  10 \f[B]youtube\-dl\f[] is a small command\-line program to download videos
  11 from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
  12 It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is
  13 not platform specific.
  14 It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X.
  15 It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it,
  16 redistribute it or use it however you like.
  17 .SH OPTIONS
  18 .IP
  19 .nf
  20 \f[C]
  21 \-h,\ \-\-help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit
  22 \-\-version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ program\ version\ and\ exit
  23 \-U,\ \-\-update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ version.\ Make\ sure
  24 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ that\ you\ have\ sufficient\ permissions\ (run\ with
  25 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ sudo\ if\ needed)
  26 \-i,\ \-\-ignore\-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors,\ for\ example\ to\ to
  27 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ skip\ unavailable\ videos\ in\ a\ playlist
  28 \-\-abort\-on\-error\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Abort\ downloading\ of\ further\ videos\ (in\ the
  29 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ playlist\ or\ the\ command\ line)\ if\ an\ error\ occurs
  30 \-\-dump\-user\-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
  31 \-\-user\-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
  32 \-\-referer\ REF\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ referer,\ use\ if\ the\ video\ access
  33 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ is\ restricted\ to\ one\ domain
  34 \-\-list\-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
  35 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
  36 \-\-extractor\-descriptions\ \ \ Output\ descriptions\ of\ all\ supported\ extractors
  37 \-\-proxy\ URL\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ the\ specified\ HTTP/HTTPS\ proxy
  38 \-\-no\-check\-certificate\ \ \ \ \ Suppress\ HTTPS\ certificate\ validation.
  39 \-\-cache\-dir\ DIR\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Location\ in\ the\ filesystem\ where\ youtube\-dl\ can
  40 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ store\ downloaded\ information\ permanently.\ By
  41 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default\ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube\-dl\ or\ ~/.cache
  42 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ /youtube\-dl\ .
  43 \-\-no\-cache\-dir\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Disable\ filesystem\ caching
  44 \f[]
  45 .fi
  46 .SS Video Selection:
  47 .IP
  48 .nf
  49 \f[C]
  50 \-\-playlist\-start\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ playlist\ video\ to\ start\ at\ (default\ is\ 1)
  51 \-\-playlist\-end\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ \ \ playlist\ video\ to\ end\ at\ (default\ is\ last)
  52 \-\-match\-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or\ caseless
  53 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ sub\-string)
  54 \-\-reject\-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ \ skip\ download\ for\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or
  55 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ caseless\ sub\-string)
  56 \-\-max\-downloads\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ \ Abort\ after\ downloading\ NUMBER\ files
  57 \-\-min\-filesize\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ smaller\ than\ SIZE
  58 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
  59 \-\-max\-filesize\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ larger\ than\ SIZE\ (e.g.
  60 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
  61 \-\-date\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ this\ date
  62 \-\-datebefore\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ before\ this\ date
  63 \-\-dateafter\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ after\ this\ date
  64 \-\-no\-playlist\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ the\ currently\ playing\ video
  65 \-\-age\-limit\ YEARS\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ suitable\ for\ the\ given\ age
  66 \-\-download\-archive\ FILE\ \ \ \ Download\ only\ videos\ not\ present\ in\ the\ archive
  67 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file.\ Record\ all\ downloaded\ videos\ in\ it.
  68 \f[]
  69 .fi
  70 .SS Download Options:
  71 .IP
  72 .nf
  73 \f[C]
  74 \-r,\ \-\-rate\-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ \ \ maximum\ download\ rate\ in\ bytes\ per\ second\ (e.g.
  75 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 50K\ or\ 4.2M)
  76 \-R,\ \-\-retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
  77 \-\-buffer\-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16K)
  78 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (default\ is\ 1024)
  79 \-\-no\-resize\-buffer\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ automatically\ adjust\ the\ buffer\ size.\ By
  80 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ the\ buffer\ size\ is\ automatically\ resized
  81 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ an\ initial\ value\ of\ SIZE.
  82 \f[]
  83 .fi
  84 .SS Filesystem Options:
  85 .IP
  86 .nf
  87 \f[C]
  88 \-t,\ \-\-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ title\ in\ file\ name\ (default)
  89 \-\-id\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ only\ video\ ID\ in\ file\ name
  90 \-l,\ \-\-literal\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ [deprecated]\ alias\ of\ \-\-title
  91 \-A,\ \-\-auto\-number\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number\ downloaded\ files\ starting\ from\ 00000
  92 \-o,\ \-\-output\ TEMPLATE\ \ \ \ \ \ output\ filename\ template.\ Use\ %(title)s\ to\ get
  93 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ the\ title,\ %(uploader)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ name,
  94 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(uploader_id)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ nickname\ if
  95 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ different,\ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically
  96 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ incremented\ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename
  97 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ extension,\ %(format)s\ for\ the\ format\ description
  98 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (like\ "22\ \-\ 1280x720"\ or\ "HD")%(upload_date)s\ for
  99 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),\ %(extractor)s\ for\ the
 100 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe,\ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the
 101 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ video\ id\ ,\ %(playlist)s\ for\ the\ playlist\ the
 102 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ video\ is\ in,\ %(playlist_index)s\ for\ the\ position
 103 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ in\ the\ playlist\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal\ percent.\ Use
 104 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \-\ to\ output\ to\ stdout.\ Can\ also\ be\ used\ to
 105 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ to\ a\ different\ directory,\ for\ example
 106 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ with\ \-o\ \[aq]/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s\-%(i
 107 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ .
 108 \-\-autonumber\-size\ NUMBER\ \ \ Specifies\ the\ number\ of\ digits\ in\ %(autonumber)s
 109 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ when\ it\ is\ present\ in\ output\ filename\ template\ or
 110 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \-\-autonumber\ option\ is\ given
 111 \-\-restrict\-filenames\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Restrict\ filenames\ to\ only\ ASCII\ characters,\ and
 112 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ avoid\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in\ filenames
 113 \-a,\ \-\-batch\-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]\-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
 114 \-w,\ \-\-no\-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
 115 \-c,\ \-\-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
 116 \-\-no\-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files\ (restart
 117 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ beginning)
 118 \-\-cookies\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ to\ read\ cookies\ from\ and\ dump\ cookie\ jar\ in
 119 \-\-no\-part\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ use\ .part\ files
 120 \-\-no\-mtime\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ use\ the\ Last\-modified\ header\ to\ set\ the
 121 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ modification\ time
 122 \-\-write\-description\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ description\ to\ a\ .description\ file
 123 \-\-write\-info\-json\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ metadata\ to\ a\ .info.json\ file
 124 \-\-write\-annotations\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ annotations\ to\ a\ .annotation\ file
 125 \-\-write\-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ thumbnail\ image\ to\ disk
 126 \f[]
 127 .fi
 128 .SS Verbosity / Simulation Options:
 129 .IP
 130 .nf
 131 \f[C]
 132 \-q,\ \-\-quiet\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ activates\ quiet\ mode
 133 \-s,\ \-\-simulate\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ video\ and\ do\ not\ write
 134 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ anything\ to\ disk
 135 \-\-skip\-download\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ video
 136 \-g,\ \-\-get\-url\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ URL
 137 \-e,\ \-\-get\-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ title
 138 \-\-get\-id\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ id
 139 \-\-get\-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ thumbnail\ URL
 140 \-\-get\-description\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ video\ description
 141 \-\-get\-filename\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ filename
 142 \-\-get\-format\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ format
 143 \-\-newline\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ output\ progress\ bar\ as\ new\ lines
 144 \-\-no\-progress\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ print\ progress\ bar
 145 \-\-console\-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ progress\ in\ console\ titlebar
 146 \-v,\ \-\-verbose\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ various\ debugging\ information
 147 \-\-dump\-intermediate\-pages\ \ print\ downloaded\ pages\ to\ debug\ problems(very
 148 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ verbose)
 149 \f[]
 150 .fi
 151 .SS Video Format Options:
 152 .IP
 153 .nf
 154 \f[C]
 155 \-f,\ \-\-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ video\ format\ code,\ specifiy\ the\ order\ of
 156 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ preference\ using\ slashes:\ "\-f\ 22/17/18".\ "\-f\ mp4"
 157 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ and\ "\-f\ flv"\ are\ also\ supported
 158 \-\-all\-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ all\ available\ video\ formats
 159 \-\-prefer\-free\-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ prefer\ free\ video\ formats\ unless\ a\ specific\ one
 160 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ is\ requested
 161 \-\-max\-quality\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ highest\ quality\ format\ to\ download
 162 \-F,\ \-\-list\-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ list\ all\ available\ formats\ (currently\ youtube
 163 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ only)
 164 \f[]
 165 .fi
 166 .SS Subtitle Options:
 167 .IP
 168 .nf
 169 \f[C]
 170 \-\-write\-sub\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ subtitle\ file
 171 \-\-write\-auto\-sub\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ automatic\ subtitle\ file\ (youtube\ only)
 172 \-\-all\-subs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ downloads\ all\ the\ available\ subtitles\ of\ the
 173 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ video
 174 \-\-list\-subs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ lists\ all\ available\ subtitles\ for\ the\ video
 175 \-\-sub\-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ subtitle\ format\ (default=srt)\ ([sbv/vtt]\ youtube
 176 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ only)
 177 \-\-sub\-lang\ LANGS\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ languages\ of\ the\ subtitles\ to\ download\ (optional)
 178 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ separated\ by\ commas,\ use\ IETF\ language\ tags\ like
 179 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]en,pt\[aq]
 180 \f[]
 181 .fi
 182 .SS Authentication Options:
 183 .IP
 184 .nf
 185 \f[C]
 186 \-u,\ \-\-username\ USERNAME\ \ \ \ account\ username
 187 \-p,\ \-\-password\ PASSWORD\ \ \ \ account\ password
 188 \-n,\ \-\-netrc\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ .netrc\ authentication\ data
 189 \-\-video\-password\ PASSWORD\ \ video\ password\ (vimeo\ only)
 190 \f[]
 191 .fi
 192 .SS Post\-processing Options:
 193 .IP
 194 .nf
 195 \f[C]
 196 \-x,\ \-\-extract\-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio\-only\ files\ (requires
 197 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe)
 198 \-\-audio\-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ "opus",\ or
 199 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ "wav";\ best\ by\ default
 200 \-\-audio\-quality\ QUALITY\ \ \ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ quality\ specification,\ insert
 201 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a\ value\ between\ 0\ (better)\ and\ 9\ (worse)\ for\ VBR
 202 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ or\ a\ specific\ bitrate\ like\ 128K\ (default\ 5)
 203 \-\-recode\-video\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ Encode\ the\ video\ to\ another\ format\ if\ necessary
 204 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (currently\ supported:\ mp4|flv|ogg|webm)
 205 \-k,\ \-\-keep\-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post\-
 206 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
 207 \-\-no\-post\-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ post\-processed\ files;\ the\ post\-
 208 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processed\ files\ are\ overwritten\ by\ default
 209 \-\-embed\-subs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ embed\ subtitles\ in\ the\ video\ (only\ for\ mp4
 210 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ videos)
 211 \-\-add\-metadata\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ add\ metadata\ to\ the\ files
 212 \f[]
 213 .fi
 214 .SH CONFIGURATION
 215 .PP
 216 You can configure youtube\-dl by placing default arguments (such as
 217 \f[C]\-\-extract\-audio\ \-\-no\-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio
 218 and not copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube\-dl.conf\f[] and/or
 219 \f[C]~/.config/youtube\-dl.conf\f[].
 220 .SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 221 .PP
 222 The \f[C]\-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the
 223 output file names.
 224 The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
 225 single file, like in
 226 \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[].
 227 However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
 228 downloading each video.
 229 The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[].
 230 To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis,
 231 followed by a lowercase S.
 232 Allowed names are:
 233 .IP \[bu] 2
 234 \f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
 235 .IP \[bu] 2
 236 \f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
 237 .IP \[bu] 2
 238 \f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the
 239 person who uploaded the video.
 240 .IP \[bu] 2
 241 \f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date
 242 in YYYYMMDD format.
 243 .IP \[bu] 2
 244 \f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
 245 .IP \[bu] 2
 246 \f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension
 247 (like flv or mp4).
 248 .IP \[bu] 2
 249 \f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when
 250 creating the file.
 251 .IP \[bu] 2
 252 \f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five\-digit
 253 number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
 254 .IP \[bu] 2
 255 \f[C]playlist\f[]: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the
 256 video.
 257 .IP \[bu] 2
 258 \f[C]playlist_index\f[]: The index of the video in the playlist, a
 259 five\-digit number.
 260 .PP
 261 The current default template is \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[].
 262 .PP
 263 In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces,
 264 or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows
 265 system or the filename through an 8bit\-unsafe channel.
 266 In these cases, add the \f[C]\-\-restrict\-filenames\f[] flag to get a
 267 shorter title:
 268 .IP
 269 .nf
 270 \f[C]
 271 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc
 272 youtube\-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters
 273 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ \-\-restrict\-filenames
 274 youtube\-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name
 275 \f[]
 276 .fi
 277 .SH VIDEO SELECTION
 278 .PP
 279 Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options
 280 \f[C]\-\-date\f[], \f[C]\-\-datebefore\f[] or \f[C]\-\-dateafter\f[],
 281 they accept dates in two formats:
 282 .IP \[bu] 2
 283 Absolute dates: Dates in the format \f[C]YYYYMMDD\f[].
 284 .IP \[bu] 2
 285 Relative dates: Dates in the format
 286 \f[C](now|today)[+\-][0\-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?\f[]
 287 .PP
 288 Examples:
 289 .IP
 290 .nf
 291 \f[C]
 292 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-dateafter\ now\-6months\ #will\ only\ download\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ the\ last\ 6\ months
 293 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-date\ 19700101\ #will\ only\ download\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ January\ 1,\ 1970
 294 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-dateafter\ 20000101\ \-\-datebefore\ 20100101\ #will\ only\ download\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ between\ 2000\ and\ 2010
 295 \f[]
 296 .fi
 297 .SH FAQ
 298 .SS Can you please put the \-b option back?
 299 .PP
 300 Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube\-dl now
 301 defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
 302 YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
 303 need the \f[C]\-b\f[] option.
 304 For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be
 305 available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]re interested in.
 306 In that case, simply request it with the \f[C]\-f\f[] option and
 307 youtube\-dl will try to download it.
 308 .SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
 309 this?
 310 .PP
 311 Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
 312 too much.
 313 We\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
 314 CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the
 315 moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the
 316 youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube\-dl.
 317 .SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
 318 .PP
 319 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
 320 vlc (http://www.videolan.org) or mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 321 .SS The links provided by youtube\-dl \-g are not working anymore
 322 .PP
 323 The URLs youtube\-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct
 324 cookies.
 325 Use the \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
 326 file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
 327 Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
 328 \f[C]\-\-dump\-user\-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube\-dl.
 329 .SS ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
 330 .PP
 331 youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
 332 not supported by old versions of youtube\-dl.
 333 You can update youtube\-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-update\f[].
 334 .SS ERROR: unable to download video
 335 .PP
 336 youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is
 337 not supported by old versions of youtube\-dl.
 338 You can update youtube\-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-update\f[].
 339 .SS SyntaxError: Non\-ASCII character
 340 .PP
 341 The error
 342 .IP
 343 .nf
 344 \f[C]
 345 File\ "youtube\-dl",\ line\ 2
 346 SyntaxError:\ Non\-ASCII\ character\ \[aq]\\x93\[aq]\ ...
 347 \f[]
 348 .fi
 349 .PP
 350 means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python.
 351 Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
 352 .SS What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
 353 .PP
 354 Since June 2012 (#342) youtube\-dl is packed as an executable zipfile,
 355 simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube\-dl.zip\f[] first
 356 on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above.
 357 If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the
 358 \f[C]__main__.py\f[] file.
 359 To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ youtube\-dl\f[].
 360 .SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[]
 361 .PP
 362 To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
 363 Redistributable
 364 Package (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
 365 .SH COPYRIGHT
 366 .PP
 367 youtube\-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
 368 .PP
 369 This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
 370 (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
 371 domain.
 372 .SH BUGS
 373 .PP
 374 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
 375 <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
 376 .PP
 377 Please include:
 378 .IP \[bu] 2
 379 Your exact command line, like
 380 \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-t\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"\f[].
 381 A common mistake is not to escape the \f[C]&\f[].
 382 Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
 383 .IP \[bu] 2
 384 If possible re\-run the command with \f[C]\-\-verbose\f[], and include
 385 the full output, it is really helpful to us.
 386 .IP \[bu] 2
 387 The output of \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-\-version\f[]
 388 .IP \[bu] 2
 389 The output of \f[C]python\ \-\-version\f[]
 390 .IP \[bu] 2
 391 The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
 392 "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
 393 .PP
 394 For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube\-dl on freenode.