YOUTUBE-DL is a 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 3.2+, 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.
+Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain,
+which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you
+like.
youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
size. By default, the buffer size is
automatically resized from an initial value
of SIZE.
+ --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
+ downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
+ is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
+ bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
+ (experimental)
--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
--playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
--xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
Filesystem Options:
-a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
- stdin)
+ stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
+ with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
+ comments and ignored.
--id Use only video ID in file name
-o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
TEMPLATE" for all the info
used depends on the webpage
- comment_count (numeric): Number of comments on the video
- age_limit (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
+- is_live (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a
+ fixed-length video
+- start_time (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should
+ start, as specified in the URL
+- end_time (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should
+ end, as specified in the URL
- format (string): A human-readable description of the format
- format_id (string): Format code specified by --format
- format_note (string): Additional info about the format
with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
- playlist_id (string): Playlist identifier
- playlist_title (string): Playlist title
+- playlist_uploader (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
+- playlist_uploader_id (string): Nickname or id of the playlist
+ uploader
Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
# Netscape HTTP Cookie File. Make sure you have correct newline format
in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with
your OS, namely CRLF (\r\n) for Windows and LF (\n) for Unix and
-Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac OS, etc.). HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
-when using --cookies is a good sign of invalid newline format.
+Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.). HTTP Error 400: Bad Request when
+using --cookies is a good sign of invalid newline format.
Passing cookies to youtube-dl is a good way to workaround login when a
particular extractor does not implement it explicitly. Another use case
1. Fork this repository
2. Check out the source code with:
- git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git
+ git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git
3. Start a new git branch with
- cd youtube-dl
- git checkout -b yourextractor
+ cd youtube-dl
+ git checkout -b yourextractor
4. Start with this simple template and save it to
youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py:
9. When the tests pass, add the new files and commit them and push the
result, like this:
- $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
- $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
- $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add new extractor'
- $ git push origin yourextractor
+ $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+ $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
+ $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add new extractor'
+ $ git push origin yourextractor
10. Finally, create a pull request. We'll then review and merge it.
Rapsys Git / youtubedl / blobdiff