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   1 # youtube-dl
   2
   3 ## USAGE
   4 youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
   5
   6 ## DESCRIPTION
   7 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
   8 YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
   9 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
  10 your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
  11 which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
  12
  13 ## OPTIONS
  14     -h, --help               print this help text and exit
  15     -v, --version            print program version and exit
  16     -U, --update             update this program to latest version
  17     -i, --ignore-errors      continue on download errors
  18     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT   download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
  19     -R, --retries RETRIES    number of retries (default is 10)
  20     --dump-user-agent        display the current browser identification
  21     --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they
  22                              would handle
  23
  24 ### Video Selection:
  25     --playlist-start NUMBER  playlist video to start at (default is 1)
  26     --playlist-end NUMBER    playlist video to end at (default is last)
  27     --match-title REGEX      download only matching titles (regex or caseless
  28                              sub-string)
  29     --reject-title REGEX     skip download for matching titles (regex or
  30                              caseless sub-string)
  31     --max-downloads NUMBER   Abort after downloading NUMBER files
  32
  33 ### Filesystem Options:
  34     -t, --title              use title in file name
  35     -l, --literal            use literal title in file name
  36     -A, --auto-number        number downloaded files starting from 00000
  37     -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the
  38                              title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
  39                              %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
  40                              number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
  41                              %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and
  42                              %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
  43                              stdout.
  44     -a, --batch-file FILE    file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
  45     -w, --no-overwrites      do not overwrite files
  46     -c, --continue           resume partially downloaded files
  47     --no-continue            do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
  48                              from beginning)
  49     --cookies FILE           file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
  50     --no-part                do not use .part files
  51     --no-mtime               do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
  52                              modification time
  53     --write-description      write video description to a .description file
  54     --write-info-json        write video metadata to a .info.json file
  55
  56 ### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
  57     -q, --quiet              activates quiet mode
  58     -s, --simulate           do not download the video and do not write anything
  59                              to disk
  60     --skip-download          do not download the video
  61     -g, --get-url            simulate, quiet but print URL
  62     -e, --get-title          simulate, quiet but print title
  63     --get-thumbnail          simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
  64     --get-description        simulate, quiet but print video description
  65     --get-filename           simulate, quiet but print output filename
  66     --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
  67     --no-progress            do not print progress bar
  68     --console-title          display progress in console titlebar
  69
  70 ### Video Format Options:
  71     -f, --format FORMAT      video format code
  72     --all-formats            download all available video formats
  73     --prefer-free-formats    prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
  74                              requested
  75     --max-quality FORMAT     highest quality format to download
  76     -F, --list-formats       list all available formats (currently youtube only)
  77
  78 ### Authentication Options:
  79     -u, --username USERNAME  account username
  80     -p, --password PASSWORD  account password
  81     -n, --netrc              use .netrc authentication data
  82
  83 ### Post-processing Options:
  84     --extract-audio          convert video files to audio-only files (requires
  85                              ffmpeg and ffprobe)
  86     --audio-format FORMAT    "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
  87                              best by default
  88     --audio-quality QUALITY  ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
  89     -k, --keep-video         keeps the video file on disk after the post-
  90                              processing; the video is erased by default
  91
  92 ## FAQ
  93
  94 ### Can you please put the -b option back?
  95
  96 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.
  97
  98 ### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
  99
 100 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.
 101
 102 ### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
 103
 104 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 105
 106 ### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
 107
 108 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.
 109
 110 ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
 111
 112 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`.
 113
 114 ## COPYRIGHT
 115
 116 youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
 117
 118 This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
 119
 120 ## BUGS
 121
 122 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
 123
 124 Please include:
 125
 126 * 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.
 127 * The output of `youtube-dl --version`
 128 * The output of `python --version`
 129 * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).