**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
## DESCRIPTION
**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.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
+2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
@@ -75,6+75,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
requested
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
-F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
requested
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
-F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
+ --write-srt write video closed captions to a .srt file
+ (currently youtube only)
+ --srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download
+ (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'
### Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
### Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
@@ -83,10+87,11 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
- ffmpeg and ffprobe)
+ ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
best by default
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
best by default
- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
+ --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by
+ default
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default
@@ -106,7+111,7 @@ Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://w
### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
-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.
+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. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info