sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to to
skip unavailable videos in a playlist
+ --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
+ playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
--dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
--user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
--referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
- --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an
+ empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
- --cache-dir None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
store downloaded information permanently. By
default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
/youtube-dl .
--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
--no-playlist download only the currently playing video
+ --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive
+ file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in
+ it.
## Download Options:
- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.
+ 50K or 4.2M)
-R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
- --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k)
+ --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
default, the buffer size is automatically resized
%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
- extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
+ extension, %(format)s for the format description
+ (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"),%(format_id)s for
+ the unique id of the format (like Youtube's
+ itags: "137"),%(upload_date)s for the upload date
(YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
(youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in,
ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
when it is present in output filename template or
- --autonumber option is given
+ --auto-number option is given
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
- -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
+ -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files. By
+ default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if
+ possible.
--no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
from beginning)
--cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
file modification time
--write-description write video description to a .description file
--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
+ --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file
--write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
--get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
--get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
--get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
+ -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information
--newline output progress bar as new lines
--no-progress do not print progress bar
--console-title display progress in console titlebar
-v, --verbose print various debugging information
--dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
verbose)
+ --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in
+ the current directory to debug problems
## Video Format Options:
- -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
+ -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of
preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4"
and "-f flv" are also supported
--all-formats download all available video formats
processed files are overwritten by default
--embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
videos)
+ --add-metadata add metadata to the files
# CONFIGURATION
-You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf`.
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