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 126 .IX Title "YOUTUBE-DL 1"
 127 .TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 "2010-12-10" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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 129 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 130 .if n .ad l
 131 .nh
 132 .SH "NAME"
 133 youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com
 134 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 135 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
 136 .Vb 1
 137 \&  youtube\-dl [options] url ...
 138 .Ve
 139 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 140 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
 141 youtube-dl is a script to download videos from youtube.com.
 142 .PP
 143 Once it is installed in your system, you should be able to call it from
 144 the command line. Usage instructions are easy. Use youtube-dl followed
 145 by a video \s-1URL\s0 or identifier. As an example, consider:
 146 .PP
 147 .Vb 1
 148 \&  youtube\-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar"
 149 .Ve
 150 .PP
 151 The video will be saved to the file \f(CW\*(C`foobar.flv\*(C'\fR in that example. Many
 152 YouTube.com videos are in Flash Video format and their extension would
 153 be \f(CW\*(C`flv\*(C'\fR. Other videos are encoded in H.264 and these usually have the
 154 extension \f(CW\*(C`mp4\*(C'\fR.  In Linux and other unices, video players using a
 155 recent version of ffmpeg can play them. That includes MPlayer, \s-1VLC\s0,
 156 xine, among others.
 157 .SH "OPTIONS"
 158 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
 159 \&\fByoutube-dl\fR accepts options in the following categories
 160 .IP "\-h, \-\-help" 4
 161 .IX Item "-h, --help"
 162 Print help text and exit.
 163 .IP "\-v, \-\-version" 4
 164 .IX Item "-v, --version"
 165 Print program version and exit.
 166 .IP "\-U, \-\-update" 4
 167 .IX Item "-U, --update"
 168 Update this program to the latest stable version.
 169 .IP "\-i, \-\-ignore\-errors" 4
 170 .IX Item "-i, --ignore-errors"
 171 Ignore errors during download and continue processing.
 172 .IP "\-r \fBL\fR, \-\-rate\-limit=\fBL\fR" 4
 173 .IX Item "-r L, --rate-limit=L"
 174 Limit the download speed to the specified maximum \fBL\fR (e.g., 50k or 44.6m).
 175 .IP "\-R \fBR\fR, \-\-retries=\fBR\fR" 4
 176 .IX Item "-R R, --retries=R"
 177 Number \fBR\fR of retries for a given download (default is 10).
 178 .IP "\-\-playlist\-start=\fBN\fR" 4
 179 .IX Item "--playlist-start=N"
 180 The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should start downlading
 181 (default is 1).
 182 .IP "\-\-playlist\-end=\fBN\fR" 4
 183 .IX Item "--playlist-end=N"
 184 The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should stop downloading
 185 (default is \-1, which stands for the last video in the playlist).
 186 .IP "\-u \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR, \-\-username=\fB\s-1UN\s0\fR" 4
 187 .IX Item "-u UN, --username=UN"
 188 Specify the youtube account username \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR. Some videos require an
 189 account to be downloaded, mostly because they're flagged as mature
 190 content.
 191 .IP "\-p \fB\s-1PW\s0\fR, \-\-password=\fB\s-1PW\s0\fR" 4
 192 .IX Item "-p PW, --password=PW"
 193 Like the username, specifies the account password to be \fB\s-1PW\s0\fR.
 194 .IP "\-n, \-\-netrc" 4
 195 .IX Item "-n, --netrc"
 196 Get authentication data from the standard unix .netrc file on the user's
 197 home directory. The machine name is youtube regarding this usage.
 198 .IP "\-f \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR, \-\-format=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4
 199 .IX Item "-f FMT, --format=FMT"
 200 Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video.
 201 .Sp
 202 For youtube.com, in particular, the meaning of the format codes is given as:
 203 .RS 4
 204 .IP "WebM video at 480p: 43" 4
 205 .IX Item "WebM video at 480p: 43"
 206 .PD 0
 207 .IP "WebM video at 720p: 45" 4
 208 .IX Item "WebM video at 720p: 45"
 209 .IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 480p: 18" 4
 210 .IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 480p: 18"
 211 .IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 720p: 22" 4
 212 .IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 720p: 22"
 213 .IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 1080p: 37" 4
 214 .IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 1080p: 37"
 215 .IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 360p: 34" 4
 216 .IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 360p: 34"
 217 .IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 480p: 35" 4
 218 .IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 480p: 35"
 219 .IP "H263 video at 240p: 5" 4
 220 .IX Item "H263 video at 240p: 5"
 221 .IP "3GP video: 17" 4
 222 .IX Item "3GP video: 17"
 223 .RE
 224 .RS 4
 225 .PD
 226 .Sp
 227 Note that not all videos are available in all formats.
 228 .RE
 229 .IP "\-b, \-\-best\-quality" 4
 230 .IX Item "-b, --best-quality"
 231 This option is deprecated, does nothing currently, and is expected to be
 232 removed in a next release, as it is the current behavior of youtube-dl.
 233 .IP "\-m, \-\-mobile\-version" 4
 234 .IX Item "-m, --mobile-version"
 235 Synonymous to the option \*(L"\-f 17\*(R", to download videos playable on some
 236 mobile phones.
 237 .IP "\-\-all\-formats" 4
 238 .IX Item "--all-formats"
 239 Downloads all formats for which a video may be available.
 240 .IP "\-\-max\-quality=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4
 241 .IX Item "--max-quality=FMT"
 242 Limit the maximum quality of the videos to downloads to \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR.
 243 .IP "\-q, \-\-quiet" 4
 244 .IX Item "-q, --quiet"
 245 Activates quiet mode, avoiding many messages being written to the
 246 terminal.
 247 .IP "\-s, \-\-simulate" 4
 248 .IX Item "-s, --simulate"
 249 Simulate the operation, but do not download the video. Useful for
 250 testing.
 251 .IP "\-g, \-\-get\-url" 4
 252 .IX Item "-g, --get-url"
 253 Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but show the \s-1URL\s0 that would be
 254 used to download the video. Can be used with other download tools like
 255 wget or aria2c.
 256 .IP "\-e, \-\-get\-title" 4
 257 .IX Item "-e, --get-title"
 258 Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but show the title of the video
 259 that would be downloaded.
 260 .IP "\-\-get\-thumbnail" 4
 261 .IX Item "--get-thumbnail"
 262 Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the \s-1URL\s0 of of the video's
 263 thumbnail.
 264 .IP "\-\-get\-description" 4
 265 .IX Item "--get-description"
 266 Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the description of the
 267 video.
 268 .IP "\-\-no\-progress" 4
 269 .IX Item "--no-progress"
 270 Do not print the progress bar during downloads.
 271 .IP "\-t, \-\-title" 4
 272 .IX Item "-t, --title"
 273 Use the title of the video in the file name used to download the video.
 274 .IP "\-l, \-\-literal" 4
 275 .IX Item "-l, --literal"
 276 Use the literal title of the video in file name used to download the
 277 video. Can contain \*(L"weird\*(R" characters that are not filtered like with
 278 the \-t option.
 279 .IP "\-A, \-\-auto\-number" 4
 280 .IX Item "-A, --auto-number"
 281 When downloading multiple videos from a playlist, automatically number them,
 282 in sequence, starting from 00000.
 283 .IP "\-o \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR, \-\-output=\fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR" 4
 284 .IX Item "-o TPL, --output=TPL"
 285 Specify a template \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR for the names of the files to be created when
 286 they are downloaded. The default filename is video_id.flv. But you can
 287 also use the video title in the filename with the \f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\-\-title\*(C'\fR
 288 option, or preserve the literal title in the filename with the \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR or
 289 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-literal\*(C'\fR option.
 290 .IP "\-a \fBF\fR, \-\-batch\-file=\fBF\fR" 4
 291 .IX Item "-a F, --batch-file=F"
 292 Specify the name of a file containing URLs of videos to download from
 293 youtube in batch mode. The file must contain one \s-1URL\s0 per line.
 294 .IP "\-w, \-\-no\-overwrites" 4
 295 .IX Item "-w, --no-overwrites"
 296 Do no overwrite already existing files.
 297 .IP "\-c, \-\-continue" 4
 298 .IX Item "-c, --continue"
 299 Resume partially downloaded files.
 300 .SH "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
 301 .IX Header "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
 302 The \-o option allows users to indicate a template for the output file
 303 names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when
 304 downloading a single file, like in youtube-dl \-o funny_video.flv
 305 \&\*(L"http://some/video\*(R". However, it may contain special sequences that will
 306 be replaced when downloading each video.
 307 .PP
 308 The special sequences have the format \f(CW\*(C`%(NAME)s\*(C'\fR. To clarify, that's a
 309 percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a
 310 lowercase S. Allowed names are:
 311 .IP "id" 4
 312 .IX Item "id"
 313 The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
 314 .IP "url" 4
 315 .IX Item "url"
 316 The sequence will be replaced by the video \s-1URL\s0.
 317 .IP "uploader" 4
 318 .IX Item "uploader"
 319 The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded
 320 the video.
 321 .IP "title" 4
 322 .IX Item "title"
 323 The sequence will be replaced by the literal video title.
 324 .IP "stitle" 4
 325 .IX Item "stitle"
 326 The sequence will be replaced by a simplified video title, restricted to
 327 alphanumeric characters and dashes.
 328 .IP "ext" 4
 329 .IX Item "ext"
 330 The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like \f(CW\*(C`flv\*(C'\fR
 331 or \f(CW\*(C`mp4\*(C'\fR).
 332 .IP "epoch" 4
 333 .IX Item "epoch"
 334 The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
 335 .PP
 336 As you may have guessed, the default template is \f(CW\*(C`%(id)s.%(ext)s\*(C'\fR. When
 337 some command line options are used, it's replaced by other templates
 338 like \f(CW\*(C`%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\*(C'\fR. You can specify your own.
 339 .SH "AUTHOR"
 340 .IX Header "AUTHOR"
 341 youtube-dl was written by Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez and many contributors
 342 from all around the internet.  This manpage was written by Rogerio Brito
 343 <rbrito@users.sf.net>.