--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
COUNT views
--match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
- help for -o for a list of available keys)
- to match if the key is present, !key to
- check if the key is not present, key >
- NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also
- works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare
- against a number, key = 'LITERAL' (like
- "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works with
- !=) to match against a string literal and &
- to require multiple matches. Values which
- are not known are excluded unless you put a
- question mark (?) after the operator. For
- example, to only match videos that have
+ the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
+ available keys) to match if the key is
+ present, !key to check if the key is not
+ present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
+ > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
+ compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
+ (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
+ with !=) to match against a string literal
+ and & to require multiple matches. Values
+ which are not known are excluded unless you
+ put a question mark (?) after the operator.
+ For example, to only match videos that have
been liked more than 100 times and disliked
less than 50 times (or the dislike
functionality is not available at the given
-R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
"infinite".
--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
- is 10), or "infinite" (DASH and hlsnative
- only)
- --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and
- hlsnative only)
+ is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
+ ISM)
+ --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
+ and ISM)
--abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
available
+ --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
+ downloading is finished; fragments are
+ erased by default
--buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
--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.
- See --output for a description of available
- keys.
+ See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" 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
(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
- "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav";
- "best" by default; No effect without -x
+ "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
+ "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
+ -x
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
artist from the video title. The format
- syntax is the same as --output, the parsed
- parameters replace existing values.
- Additional templates: %(album)s,
- %(artist)s. Example: --metadata-from-title
- "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title
- like "Coldplay - Paradise"
+ syntax is the same as --output. Regular
+ expression with named capture groups may
+ also be used. The parsed parameters replace
+ existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
+ title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
+ title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
+ (regex): --metadata-from-title
+ "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
(using dublin core and xdg standards)
--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
/sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
- (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+ (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
to youtube-dl or place it in the configuration file.
On Windows you may also need to setup the %HOME% environment variable
-manually.
+manually. For example:
+
+ set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
TL;DR: navigate me to examples.
The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
-single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video".
+single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video".
However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according
to python string formatting operations. For example, %(NAME)s or
- playlist_title (string): Playlist title
Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
-- chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to -
-chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to -
-chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
+
+- chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
+- chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
+- chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
-- series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode
-belongs to - season (string): Title of the season the video episode
-belongs to - season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video
-episode belongs to - season_id (string): Id of the season the video
-episode belongs to - episode (string): Title of the video episode -
-episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season -
-episode_id (string): Id of the video episode
-
-Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: -
-track (string): Title of the track - track_number (numeric): Number of
-the track within an album or a disc - track_id (string): Id of the track
-- artist (string): Artist(s) of the track - genre (string): Genre(s) of
-the track - album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to -
-album_type (string): Type of the album - album_artist (string): List of
-all artists appeared on the album - disc_number (numeric): Number of the
-disc or other physical medium the track belongs to - release_year
-(numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
+
+- series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode
+ belongs to
+- season (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
+- season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video episode
+ belongs to
+- season_id (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
+- episode (string): Title of the video episode
+- episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a
+ season
+- episode_id (string): Id of the video episode
+
+Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
+
+- track (string): Title of the track
+- track_number (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a
+ disc
+- track_id (string): Id of the track
+- artist (string): Artist(s) of the track
+- genre (string): Genre(s) of the track
+- album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
+- album_type (string): Type of the album
+- album_artist (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
+- disc_number (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium
+ the track belongs to
+- release_year (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will
be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note
Output template examples
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
$ 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 -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
# Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
- $ youtube-dl -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" http://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
+ $ youtube-dl -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
# Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
$ youtube-dl -o - BaW_jenozKc
vcodec: Name of the video codec in use - container: Name of the
container format - protocol: The protocol that will be used for the
actual download, lower-case (http, https, rtsp, rtmp, rtmpe, mms, f4m,
-ism, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short description of the
-format
+ism, http_dash_segments, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short
+description of the format
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be
present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular
Format selection examples
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
# Download best mp4 format available or any other best if no mp4 available
$ youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best'
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,
+go to https://yt-dl.org to find out the current version. Unfortunately,
there is nothing we youtube-dl developers can do if your distribution
serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your
distribution in their bugtracker or support forum.
How do I download a video starting with a -?
-Either prepend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from
+Either prepend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from
the options with --:
youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
- youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
+ youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl?
capable of this for streaming) and then pipe former to latter. For
example, streaming to vlc can be achieved with:
- youtube-dl -o - "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc -
+ youtube-dl -o - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc -
How do I download only new videos from a playlist?
For one, have a look at the list of supported sites. Note that it can
sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from
-http://example.com/video/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and
+https://example.com/video/1234567 to https://example.com/v/1234567 ) and
youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In
that case, simply report a bug.
python test/test_download.py
nosetests
+See item 6 of new extractor tutorial for how to run extractor specific
+test cases.
+
If you want to create a build of youtube-dl yourself, you'll need
- python
class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
_VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
_TEST = {
- 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
+ 'url': 'https://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)',
'info_dict': {
'id': '42',
_TEST to _TESTS and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests
will then be named TestDownload.test_YourExtractor,
TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1,
- TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc.
+ TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc. Note that tests with
+ only_matching key in test's dict are not counted in.
7. Have a look at youtube_dl/extractor/common.py for possible helper
methods and a detailed description of what your extractor should and
may return. Add tests and code for as many as you want.
ydl_opts = {}
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
- ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
+ ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options
available, have a look at youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py. For a start, if you
'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
}
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
- ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
+ ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
- [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
+ [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.06
[debug] Git HEAD: 135392e
SITE SUPPORT REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE URL. An example URL is a
URL you might want to download, like
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious
video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of
-a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL.
+a video service (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL.
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