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