-U, --update update this program to latest version. Make sure
that you have sufficient permissions (run with
sudo if needed)
- -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
+ -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to to
+ skip unavailable videos in a playlist
--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
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
+ --cache-dir None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
+ store downloaded information permanently. By
+ default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
+ /youtube-dl .
+ --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
--date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
--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
## Download Options:
-r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
## Video Format Options:
-f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
- preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
+ preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4"
+ and "-f flv" are also supported
--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 (currently youtube
only)
- --write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
- --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (currently youtube
- only)
- --only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download
+
+## Subtitle Options:
+ --write-sub write subtitle file
+ --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)
--all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the
- video (currently youtube only)
+ video
--list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
- (currently youtube only)
- --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format [srt/sbv/vtt] (default=srt)
- (currently youtube only)
- --sub-lang LANG language of the subtitles to download (optional)
- use IETF language tags like 'en'
+ --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube
+ only)
+ --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download (optional)
+ separated by commas, use IETF language tags like
+ 'en,pt'
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
processing; the video is erased by default
--no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-
processed files are overwritten by default
+ --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
+ videos)
# CONFIGURATION