Windows users can download a .exe file and place it in their home
directory or any other location on their PATH.
+OS X users can install youtube-dl with Homebrew.
+
+ brew install youtube-dl
+
+You can also use pip:
+
+ sudo pip install youtube-dl
+
Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to
check out and work with the git repository. For further options,
including PGP signatures, see
youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter,
-version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should
+version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should
work on your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the
public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it
however you like.
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf
(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on
Windows)
+ --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
+ only list them.
Video Selection:
----------------
COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
COUNT views
- --no-playlist download only the currently playing video
+ --no-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a
+ playlist, download only the video.
--age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given
age
--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
downloaded videos in it.
--include-ads Download advertisements as well
(experimental)
- --youtube-include-dash-manifest Try to download the DASH manifest on
- YouTube videos (experimental)
Download Options:
-----------------
%(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 id, %(playlist_title)s,
+ %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if
+ present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the
video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the
- position in the playlist and %% for a
- literal percent. %(height)s and %(width)s
- for the width and height of the video
- format. %(resolution)s for a textual
+ position in the playlist. %(height)s and
+ %(width)s for the width and height of the
+ video format. %(resolution)s for a textual
description of the resolution of the video
- format. Use - to output to stdout. Can also
- be used to download to a different
- directory, for example with -o '/my/downloa
- ds/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
+ format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to
+ output to stdout. Can also be used to
+ download to a different directory, for
+ example with -o '/my/downloads/%(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 --auto-number option
downloads if possible.
--no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files
(restart from beginning)
- --no-part do not use .part files
+ --no-part do not use .part files - write directly
+ into output file
--no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set
the file modification time
--write-description write video description to a .description
-j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
See --output for a description of available
keys.
+ -J, --dump-single-json 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.
--newline output progress bar as new lines
--no-progress do not print progress bar
--console-title display progress in console titlebar
information about the video. (Currently
supported only for YouTube)
--user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
- --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video
+ --referer URL specify a custom referer, use if the video
access is restricted to one domain
--add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
---------------------
-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.
- You can also use the special names "best",
- "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst",
- "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default,
- youtube-dl will pick the best quality.
+ preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f
+ mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also
+ supported. You can also use the special
+ names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio",
+ "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By
+ default, youtube-dl will pick the best
+ quality. Use commas to download multiple
+ audio formats, such as -f
+ 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.
+ You can merge the video and audio of two
+ formats into a single file using -f <video-
+ format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or
+ avconv), for example -f
+ bestvideo+bestaudio.
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific
one is requested
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
-F, --list-formats list all available formats
+ --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifest on
+ YouTube videos
Subtitle Options:
-----------------
Authentication Options:
-----------------------
- -u, --username USERNAME account username
+ -u, --username USERNAME login with this account ID
-p, --password PASSWORD account password
+ -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR two-factor auth code
-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
--video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri)
(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a",
- "opus", or "wav"; best by default
+ "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification,
insert a value between 0 (better) and 9
(worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like
postprocessors (default)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
postprocessors
+ --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
+ downloading, similar to find's -exec
+ syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
+ /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
CONFIGURATION
=============
or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the
--restrict-filenames flag to get a shorter title:
- $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
- youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
- $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
- youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
+``` {.bash}
+$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
+youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
+$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
+youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
+```
VIDEO SELECTION
===============
Examples:
- # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
- $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months
+``` {.bash}
+# Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
+$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months
- # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
- $ youtube-dl --date 19700101
+# Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
+$ youtube-dl --date 19700101
- $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
- $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
+$ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
+$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
+```
FAQ
===
+How do I update youtube-dl?
+
+If you've followed our manual installation instructions, you can simply
+run youtube-dl -U (or, on Linux, sudo youtube-dl -U).
+
+If you have used pip, a simple sudo pip install -U youtube-dl is
+sufficient to update.
+
+If you have installed youtube-dl using a package manager like apt-get or
+yum, use the standard system update mechanism to update. Note that
+distribution packages are often outdated. As a rule of thumb, youtube-dl
+releases at least once a month, and often weekly or even daily. Simply
+go to http://yt-dl.org/ to find out the current version. Unfortunately,
+there is nothing we youtube-dl developers can do if your distributions
+serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your
+distribution in their bugtracker or support forum.
+
+As a last resort, you can also uninstall the version installed by your
+package manager and follow our manual installation instructions. For
+that, remove the distribution's package, with a line like
+
+ sudo apt-get remove -y youtube-dl
+
+Afterwards, simply follow our manual installation instructions:
+
+ sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+ sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+ hash -r
+
+Again, from then on you'll be able to update with sudo youtube-dl -U.
+
+I'm getting an error Unable to extract OpenGraph title on YouTube playlists
+
+YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so
+you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube
+videos.
+
+If you have installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py
+or a tarball, please use that to update. Note that Ubuntu packages do
+not seem to get updated anymore. Since we are not affiliated with
+Ubuntu, there is little we can do. Feel free to report bugs to the
+Ubuntu packaging guys - all they have to do is update the package to a
+somewhat recent version. See above for a way to update.
+
+Do I always have to pass in --max-quality FORMAT, or -citw?
+
+By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally,
+if you have a convincing case that these should be different, please
+file an issue where you explain that). Therefore, it is unnecessary and
+sometimes harmful to copy long option strings from webpages. In
+particular, --max-quality limits the video quality (so if you want the
+best quality, do NOT pass it in), and the only option out of -citw that
+is regularly useful is -i.
+
Can you please put the -b option back?
Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now
4. Start with this simple template and save it to
youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py:
- # coding: utf-8
- from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
- import re
-
- from .common import InfoExtractor
-
-
- class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
- _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
- _TEST = {
- 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
- 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file',
- 'info_dict': {
- 'id': '42',
- 'ext': 'mp4',
- 'title': 'Video title goes here',
- # TODO more properties, either as:
- # * A value
- # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5:
- # * A regular expression; start the string with re:
- # * Any Python type (for example int or float)
- }
+ ``` {.python}
+ # coding: utf-8
+ from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+ from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+ class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+ _TEST = {
+ 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
+ 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': '42',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'Video title goes here',
+ 'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+ # TODO more properties, either as:
+ # * A value
+ # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5:
+ # * A regular expression; start the string with re:
+ # * Any Python type (for example int or float)
}
+ }
- def _real_extract(self, url):
- mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
- video_id = mobj.group('id')
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ video_id = self._match_id(url)
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
- webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+ # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
+ title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
- return {
- 'id': video_id,
- 'title': title,
- # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
- }
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': title,
+ 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+ # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
+ }
+ ```
5. Add an import in youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py.
6. Run python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor.
This should fail at first, but you can continually re-run it until
- you're done.
+ you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename
+ _TEST to _TESTS and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests
+ will be then be named TestDownload.test_YourExtractor,
+ TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1,
+ TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc.
7. Have a look at youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py for possible
helper methods and a detailed description of what your extractor
should return. Add tests and code for as many as you want.
In any case, thank you very much for your contributions!
+EMBEDDING YOUTUBE-DL
+====================
+
+youtube-dl makes the best effort to be a good command-line program, and
+thus should be callable from any programming language. If you encounter
+any problems parsing its output, feel free to create a report.
+
+From a Python program, you can embed youtube-dl in a more powerful
+fashion, like this:
+
+ import youtube_dl
+
+ ydl_opts = {}
+ with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+ ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
+
+Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of what can
+be done, have a look at youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py. For a start, if you
+want to intercept youtube-dl's output, set a logger object.
+
BUGS
====
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