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.')
174 '--no-color', '--no-colors',
175 action
='store_true', dest
='no_color',
177 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
179 network
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Network Options')
181 '--proxy', dest
='proxy',
182 default
=None, metavar
='URL',
183 help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
186 dest
='socket_timeout', type=float, default
=None, metavar
='SECONDS',
187 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
190 metavar
='IP', dest
='source_address', default
=None,
191 help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
194 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
195 action
='store_const', const
='0.0.0.0', dest
='source_address',
196 help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
199 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
200 action
='store_const', const
='::', dest
='source_address',
201 help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
204 '--cn-verification-proxy',
205 dest
='cn_verification_proxy', default
=None, metavar
='URL',
206 help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. '
207 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)'
210 selection
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Selection')
211 selection
.add_option(
213 dest
='playliststart', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=1, type=int,
214 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
215 selection
.add_option(
217 dest
='playlistend', metavar
='NUMBER', default
=None, type=int,
218 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
219 selection
.add_option(
221 dest
='playlist_items', metavar
='ITEM_SPEC', default
=None,
222 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.')
223 selection
.add_option(
225 dest
='matchtitle', metavar
='REGEX',
226 help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
227 selection
.add_option(
229 dest
='rejecttitle', metavar
='REGEX',
230 help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
231 selection
.add_option(
233 dest
='max_downloads', metavar
='NUMBER', type=int, default
=None,
234 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
235 selection
.add_option(
237 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='min_filesize', default
=None,
238 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
239 selection
.add_option(
241 metavar
='SIZE', dest
='max_filesize', default
=None,
242 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
243 selection
.add_option(
245 metavar
='DATE', dest
='date', default
=None,
246 help='Download only videos uploaded in this date')
247 selection
.add_option(
249 metavar
='DATE', dest
='datebefore', default
=None,
250 help='Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)')
251 selection
.add_option(
253 metavar
='DATE', dest
='dateafter', default
=None,
254 help='Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
255 selection
.add_option(
257 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='min_views', default
=None, type=int,
258 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
259 selection
.add_option(
261 metavar
='COUNT', dest
='max_views', default
=None, type=int,
262 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
263 selection
.add_option(
265 metavar
='FILTER', dest
='match_filter', default
=None,
267 'Generic video filter (experimental). '
268 'Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to'
269 ' match if the key is present, '
270 '!key to check if the key is not present,'
271 'key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with '
272 '>=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a number, and '
273 '& to require multiple matches. '
274 'Values which are not known are excluded unless you'
275 ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
276 'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
277 '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
278 'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
279 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
280 '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
282 selection
.add_option(
284 action
='store_true', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
285 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
286 selection
.add_option(
288 action
='store_false', dest
='noplaylist', default
=False,
289 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.')
290 selection
.add_option(
292 metavar
='YEARS', dest
='age_limit', default
=None, type=int,
293 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
294 selection
.add_option(
295 '--download-archive', metavar
='FILE',
296 dest
='download_archive',
297 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
298 selection
.add_option(
300 dest
='include_ads', action
='store_true',
301 help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
303 authentication
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Authentication Options')
304 authentication
.add_option(
306 dest
='username', metavar
='USERNAME',
307 help='Login with this account ID')
308 authentication
.add_option(
310 dest
='password', metavar
='PASSWORD',
311 help='Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
312 authentication
.add_option(
314 dest
='twofactor', metavar
='TWOFACTOR',
315 help='Two-factor auth code')
316 authentication
.add_option(
318 action
='store_true', dest
='usenetrc', default
=False,
319 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
320 authentication
.add_option(
322 dest
='videopassword', metavar
='PASSWORD',
323 help='Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)')
325 video_format
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Video Format Options')
326 video_format
.add_option(
328 action
='store', dest
='format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
329 help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info')
330 video_format
.add_option(
332 action
='store_const', dest
='format', const
='all',
333 help='Download all available video formats')
334 video_format
.add_option(
335 '--prefer-free-formats',
336 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_free_formats', default
=False,
337 help='Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
338 video_format
.add_option(
339 '-F', '--list-formats',
340 action
='store_true', dest
='listformats',
341 help='List all available formats of requested videos')
342 video_format
.add_option(
343 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
344 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default
=True,
345 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
346 video_format
.add_option(
347 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
348 action
='store_false', dest
='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
349 help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
350 video_format
.add_option(
351 '--merge-output-format',
352 action
='store', dest
='merge_output_format', metavar
='FORMAT', default
=None,
354 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
355 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
356 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
358 subtitles
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Subtitle Options')
359 subtitles
.add_option(
360 '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
361 action
='store_true', dest
='writesubtitles', default
=False,
362 help='Write subtitle file')
363 subtitles
.add_option(
364 '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
365 action
='store_true', dest
='writeautomaticsub', default
=False,
366 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
367 subtitles
.add_option(
369 action
='store_true', dest
='allsubtitles', default
=False,
370 help='Download all the available subtitles of the video')
371 subtitles
.add_option(
373 action
='store_true', dest
='listsubtitles', default
=False,
374 help='List all available subtitles for the video')
375 subtitles
.add_option(
377 action
='store', dest
='subtitlesformat', metavar
='FORMAT', default
='best',
378 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
379 subtitles
.add_option(
380 '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
381 action
='callback', dest
='subtitleslangs', metavar
='LANGS', type='str',
382 default
=[], callback
=_comma_separated_values_options_callback
,
383 help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
385 downloader
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Download Options')
386 downloader
.add_option(
387 '-r', '--rate-limit',
388 dest
='ratelimit', metavar
='LIMIT',
389 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
390 downloader
.add_option(
392 dest
='retries', metavar
='RETRIES', default
=10,
393 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
394 downloader
.add_option(
396 dest
='buffersize', metavar
='SIZE', default
='1024',
397 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
398 downloader
.add_option(
399 '--no-resize-buffer',
400 action
='store_true', dest
='noresizebuffer', default
=False,
401 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
402 downloader
.add_option(
404 action
='store_true', dest
='test', default
=False,
405 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
406 downloader
.add_option(
407 '--playlist-reverse',
409 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
410 downloader
.add_option(
411 '--xattr-set-filesize',
412 dest
='xattr_set_filesize', action
='store_true',
413 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)')
414 downloader
.add_option(
415 '--hls-prefer-native',
416 dest
='hls_prefer_native', action
='store_true',
417 help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)')
418 downloader
.add_option(
420 dest
='hls_use_mpegts', action
='store_true',
421 help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
422 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
423 downloader
.add_option(
424 '--external-downloader',
425 dest
='external_downloader', metavar
='COMMAND',
426 help='Use the specified external downloader. '
427 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
428 downloader
.add_option(
429 '--external-downloader-args',
430 dest
='external_downloader_args', metavar
='ARGS',
431 help='Give these arguments to the external downloader')
433 workarounds
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Workarounds')
434 workarounds
.add_option(
436 dest
='encoding', metavar
='ENCODING',
437 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
438 workarounds
.add_option(
439 '--no-check-certificate',
440 action
='store_true', dest
='no_check_certificate', default
=False,
441 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
442 workarounds
.add_option(
444 '--prefer-unsecure', action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_insecure',
445 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
446 workarounds
.add_option(
448 metavar
='UA', dest
='user_agent',
449 help='Specify a custom user agent')
450 workarounds
.add_option(
452 metavar
='URL', dest
='referer', default
=None,
453 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
455 workarounds
.add_option(
457 metavar
='FIELD:VALUE', dest
='headers', action
='append',
458 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times',
460 workarounds
.add_option(
462 dest
='bidi_workaround', action
='store_true',
463 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
464 workarounds
.add_option(
465 '--sleep-interval', metavar
='SECONDS',
466 dest
='sleep_interval', type=float,
467 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
469 verbosity
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
470 verbosity
.add_option(
472 action
='store_true', dest
='quiet', default
=False,
473 help='Activate quiet mode')
474 verbosity
.add_option(
476 dest
='no_warnings', action
='store_true', default
=False,
477 help='Ignore warnings')
478 verbosity
.add_option(
480 action
='store_true', dest
='simulate', default
=False,
481 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
482 verbosity
.add_option(
484 action
='store_true', dest
='skip_download', default
=False,
485 help='Do not download the video')
486 verbosity
.add_option(
488 action
='store_true', dest
='geturl', default
=False,
489 help='Simulate, quiet but print URL')
490 verbosity
.add_option(
492 action
='store_true', dest
='gettitle', default
=False,
493 help='Simulate, quiet but print title')
494 verbosity
.add_option(
496 action
='store_true', dest
='getid', default
=False,
497 help='Simulate, quiet but print id')
498 verbosity
.add_option(
500 action
='store_true', dest
='getthumbnail', default
=False,
501 help='Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
502 verbosity
.add_option(
504 action
='store_true', dest
='getdescription', default
=False,
505 help='Simulate, quiet but print video description')
506 verbosity
.add_option(
508 action
='store_true', dest
='getduration', default
=False,
509 help='Simulate, quiet but print video length')
510 verbosity
.add_option(
512 action
='store_true', dest
='getfilename', default
=False,
513 help='Simulate, quiet but print output filename')
514 verbosity
.add_option(
516 action
='store_true', dest
='getformat', default
=False,
517 help='Simulate, quiet but print output format')
518 verbosity
.add_option(
520 action
='store_true', dest
='dumpjson', default
=False,
521 help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.')
522 verbosity
.add_option(
523 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
524 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_single_json', default
=False,
525 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.')
526 verbosity
.add_option(
528 action
='store_true', dest
='print_json', default
=False,
529 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).',
531 verbosity
.add_option(
533 action
='store_true', dest
='progress_with_newline', default
=False,
534 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
535 verbosity
.add_option(
537 action
='store_true', dest
='noprogress', default
=False,
538 help='Do not print progress bar')
539 verbosity
.add_option(
541 action
='store_true', dest
='consoletitle', default
=False,
542 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
543 verbosity
.add_option(
545 action
='store_true', dest
='verbose', default
=False,
546 help='Print various debugging information')
547 verbosity
.add_option(
548 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
549 action
='store_true', dest
='dump_intermediate_pages', default
=False,
550 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
551 verbosity
.add_option(
553 action
='store_true', dest
='write_pages', default
=False,
554 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
555 verbosity
.add_option(
556 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
557 action
='store_true', dest
='youtube_print_sig_code', default
=False,
558 help=optparse
.SUPPRESS_HELP
)
559 verbosity
.add_option(
560 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
561 dest
='debug_printtraffic', action
='store_true', default
=False,
562 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
563 verbosity
.add_option(
565 dest
='call_home', action
='store_true', default
=False,
566 help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
567 verbosity
.add_option(
569 dest
='call_home', action
='store_false', default
=False,
570 help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging')
572 filesystem
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Filesystem Options')
573 filesystem
.add_option(
574 '-a', '--batch-file',
575 dest
='batchfile', metavar
='FILE',
576 help='File containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
577 filesystem
.add_option(
578 '--id', default
=False,
579 action
='store_true', dest
='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')
580 filesystem
.add_option(
582 dest
='outtmpl', metavar
='TEMPLATE',
583 help=('Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, '
584 '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, '
585 '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, '
586 '%(ext)s for the filename extension, '
587 '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), '
588 '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube\'s itags: "137"), '
589 '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
590 '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
591 '%(id)s for the video id, '
592 '%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, '
593 '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. '
594 '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
595 '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
596 '%% for a literal percent. '
597 'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
598 'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
599 filesystem
.add_option(
601 dest
='autonumber_size', metavar
='NUMBER',
602 help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
603 filesystem
.add_option(
604 '--restrict-filenames',
605 action
='store_true', dest
='restrictfilenames', default
=False,
606 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
607 filesystem
.add_option(
608 '-A', '--auto-number',
609 action
='store_true', dest
='autonumber', default
=False,
610 help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000')
611 filesystem
.add_option(
613 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle', default
=False,
614 help='[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)')
615 filesystem
.add_option(
616 '-l', '--literal', default
=False,
617 action
='store_true', dest
='usetitle',
618 help='[deprecated] Alias of --title')
619 filesystem
.add_option(
620 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
621 action
='store_true', dest
='nooverwrites', default
=False,
622 help='Do not overwrite files')
623 filesystem
.add_option(
625 action
='store_true', dest
='continue_dl', default
=True,
626 help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.')
627 filesystem
.add_option(
629 action
='store_false', dest
='continue_dl',
630 help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
631 filesystem
.add_option(
633 action
='store_true', dest
='nopart', default
=False,
634 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
635 filesystem
.add_option(
637 action
='store_false', dest
='updatetime', default
=True,
638 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
639 filesystem
.add_option(
640 '--write-description',
641 action
='store_true', dest
='writedescription', default
=False,
642 help='Write video description to a .description file')
643 filesystem
.add_option(
645 action
='store_true', dest
='writeinfojson', default
=False,
646 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file')
647 filesystem
.add_option(
648 '--write-annotations',
649 action
='store_true', dest
='writeannotations', default
=False,
650 help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
651 filesystem
.add_option(
653 dest
='load_info_filename', metavar
='FILE',
654 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
655 filesystem
.add_option(
657 dest
='cookiefile', metavar
='FILE',
658 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
659 filesystem
.add_option(
660 '--cache-dir', dest
='cachedir', default
=None, metavar
='DIR',
661 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.')
662 filesystem
.add_option(
663 '--no-cache-dir', action
='store_const', const
=False, dest
='cachedir',
664 help='Disable filesystem caching')
665 filesystem
.add_option(
667 action
='store_true', dest
='rm_cachedir',
668 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
670 thumbnail
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Thumbnail images')
671 thumbnail
.add_option(
673 action
='store_true', dest
='writethumbnail', default
=False,
674 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
675 thumbnail
.add_option(
676 '--write-all-thumbnails',
677 action
='store_true', dest
='write_all_thumbnails', default
=False,
678 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
679 thumbnail
.add_option(
681 action
='store_true', dest
='list_thumbnails', default
=False,
682 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
684 postproc
= optparse
.OptionGroup(parser
, 'Post-processing Options')
686 '-x', '--extract-audio',
687 action
='store_true', dest
='extractaudio', default
=False,
688 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
690 '--audio-format', metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='audioformat', default
='best',
691 help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default')
693 '--audio-quality', metavar
='QUALITY',
694 dest
='audioquality', default
='5',
695 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)')
698 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='recodevideo', default
=None,
699 help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
701 '--postprocessor-args',
702 dest
='postprocessor_args', metavar
='ARGS',
703 help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
705 '-k', '--keep-video',
706 action
='store_true', dest
='keepvideo', default
=False,
707 help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
709 '--no-post-overwrites',
710 action
='store_true', dest
='nopostoverwrites', default
=False,
711 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
714 action
='store_true', dest
='embedsubtitles', default
=False,
715 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)')
718 action
='store_true', dest
='embedthumbnail', default
=False,
719 help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
722 action
='store_true', dest
='addmetadata', default
=False,
723 help='Write metadata to the video file')
725 '--metadata-from-title',
726 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='metafromtitle',
727 help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
728 'The format syntax is the same as --output, '
729 'the parsed parameters replace existing values. '
730 'Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. '
731 'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
732 '"Coldplay - Paradise"')
735 action
='store_true', dest
='xattrs', default
=False,
736 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
739 metavar
='POLICY', dest
='fixup', default
='detect_or_warn',
740 help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
741 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
742 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
745 action
='store_false', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
746 help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
749 action
='store_true', dest
='prefer_ffmpeg',
750 help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
752 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar
='PATH',
753 dest
='ffmpeg_location',
754 help='Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.')
757 metavar
='CMD', dest
='exec_cmd',
758 help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
760 '--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
761 metavar
='FORMAT', dest
='convertsubtitles', default
=None,
762 help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)')
764 parser
.add_option_group(general
)
765 parser
.add_option_group(network
)
766 parser
.add_option_group(selection
)
767 parser
.add_option_group(downloader
)
768 parser
.add_option_group(filesystem
)
769 parser
.add_option_group(thumbnail
)
770 parser
.add_option_group(verbosity
)
771 parser
.add_option_group(workarounds
)
772 parser
.add_option_group(video_format
)
773 parser
.add_option_group(subtitles
)
774 parser
.add_option_group(authentication
)
775 parser
.add_option_group(postproc
)
777 if overrideArguments
is not None:
778 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(overrideArguments
)
780 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments
) + '\n')
782 def compat_conf(conf
):
783 if sys
.version_info
< (3,):
784 return [a
.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a
in conf
]
787 command_line_conf
= compat_conf(sys
.argv
[1:])
789 if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf
:
793 system_conf
= compat_conf(_readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf'))
794 if '--ignore-config' in system_conf
:
797 user_conf
= compat_conf(_readUserConf())
798 argv
= system_conf
+ user_conf
+ command_line_conf
800 opts
, args
= parser
.parse_args(argv
)
802 write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(system_conf
)) + '\n')
803 write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(user_conf
)) + '\n')
804 write_string('[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(command_line_conf
)) + '\n')
806 return parser
, opts
, args