Merge tag 'upstream/2015.11.10'

[youtubedl] / README.txt

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 -   VIDEO SELECTION
 -   FAQ
 -   DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS
 -   VIDEO SELECTION
 -   FAQ
 -   DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS

+-   EMBEDDING YOUTUBE-DL

 -   BUGS
 -   COPYRIGHT
 
 -   BUGS
 -   COPYRIGHT
 


@@ -38,10 +39,9 @@ You can also use pip:
 
     sudo pip install youtube-dl
 
 
     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
-https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .
+Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions for how to check out
+and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP
+signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .

 
 
 
 
 
 


@@ -64,105 +64,214 @@ OPTIONS
 
     -h, --help                       Print this help text and exit
     --version                        Print program version and exit
 
     -h, --help                       Print this help text and exit
     --version                        Print program version and exit

-    -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, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
-    --abort-on-error                 Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
+    -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, for example to
+                                     skip unavailable videos in a playlist
+    --abort-on-error                 Abort downloading of further videos (in the
+                                     playlist or the command line) if an error
+                                     occurs

     --dump-user-agent                Display the current browser identification
     --dump-user-agent                Display the current browser identification

-    --list-extractors                List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle
-    --extractor-descriptions         Output descriptions of all supported extractors
-    --default-search PREFIX          Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple".
-                                     Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
-                                     default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.
-    --ignore-config                  Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user configuration
-                                     in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)
-    --flat-playlist                  Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.
+    --list-extractors                List all supported extractors
+    --extractor-descriptions         Output descriptions of all supported
+                                     extractors
+    --force-generic-extractor        Force extraction to use the generic
+                                     extractor
+    --default-search PREFIX          Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
+                                     example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
+                                     from google videos for youtube-dl "large
+                                     apple". Use the value "auto" to let
+                                     youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
+                                     warning when guessing). "error" just throws
+                                     an error. The default value "fixup_error"
+                                     repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
+                                     this is not possible instead of searching.
+    --ignore-config                  Do not read configuration files. When given
+                                     in the global configuration file /etc
+                                     /youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
+                                     configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
+                                     dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
+                                     on Windows)
+    --flat-playlist                  Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
+                                     only list them.

     --no-color                       Do not emit color codes in output
 
 
 Network Options:
 
     --no-color                       Do not emit color codes in output
 
 
 Network Options:
 

-    --proxy URL                      Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
+    --proxy URL                      Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in
+                                     an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
+                                     connection

     --socket-timeout SECONDS         Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
     --socket-timeout SECONDS         Time to wait before giving up, in seconds

-    --source-address IP              Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)
-    -4, --force-ipv4                 Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)
-    -6, --force-ipv6                 Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)
-    --cn-verification-proxy URL      Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is
-                                     not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)
+    --source-address IP              Client-side IP address to bind to
+                                     (experimental)
+    -4, --force-ipv4                 Make all connections via IPv4
+                                     (experimental)
+    -6, --force-ipv6                 Make all connections via IPv6
+                                     (experimental)
+    --cn-verification-proxy URL      Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
+                                     some Chinese sites. The default proxy
+                                     specified by --proxy (or none, if the
+                                     options is not present) is used for the
+                                     actual downloading. (experimental)

 
 
 Video Selection:
 
     --playlist-start NUMBER          Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            Playlist video to end at (default is last)
 
 
 Video Selection:
 
     --playlist-start NUMBER          Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            Playlist video to end at (default is last)

-    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
-                                     if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
-                                     download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
-    --match-title REGEX              Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
-    --reject-title REGEX             Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
+    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       Playlist video items to download. Specify
+                                     indices of the videos in the playlist
+                                     separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
+                                     1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
+                                     indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
+                                     specify range: "--playlist-items
+                                     1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
+                                     at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
+    --match-title REGEX              Download only matching titles (regex or
+                                     caseless sub-string)
+    --reject-title REGEX             Skip download for matching titles (regex or
+                                     caseless sub-string)

     --max-downloads NUMBER           Abort after downloading NUMBER files
     --max-downloads NUMBER           Abort after downloading NUMBER files

-    --min-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-    --max-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+    --min-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos smaller than
+                                     SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+    --max-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
+                                     (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)

     --date DATE                      Download only videos uploaded in this date
     --date DATE                      Download only videos uploaded in this date

-    --datebefore DATE                Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)
-    --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)
-    --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views
-    --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views
-    --match-filter FILTER            Generic video filter (experimental). 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, 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 service), but who also have a description, use  --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
+    --datebefore DATE                Download only videos uploaded on or before
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+    --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+    --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than
+                                     COUNT views
+    --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than
+                                     COUNT views
+    --match-filter FILTER            Generic video filter (experimental).
+                                     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, 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
+                                     service), but who also have a description,
+                                     use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &

                                      dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
                                      dislike_count <? 50 & description" .

-    --no-playlist                    Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.
-    --yes-playlist                   Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.
-    --age-limit YEARS                Download only videos suitable for the given age
-    --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.
-    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well (experimental)
+    --no-playlist                    Download only the video, if the URL refers
+                                     to a video and a playlist.
+    --yes-playlist                   Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
+                                     a video and a playlist.
+    --age-limit YEARS                Download only videos suitable for the given
+                                     age
+    --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the
+                                     archive file. Record the IDs of all
+                                     downloaded videos in it.
+    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well
+                                     (experimental)

 
 
 Download Options:
 
 
 
 Download Options:
 

-    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-    -R, --retries RETRIES            Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
-    --buffer-size SIZE               Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
-    --no-resize-buffer               Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.
+    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           Maximum download rate in bytes per second
+                                     (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
+    -R, --retries RETRIES            Number of retries (default is 10), or
+                                     "infinite".
+    --buffer-size SIZE               Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
+                                     (default is 1024)
+    --no-resize-buffer               Do not automatically adjust the buffer
+                                     size. By default, the buffer size is
+                                     automatically resized from an initial value
+                                     of SIZE.

     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order
     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order

-    --xattr-set-filesize             Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)
-    --hls-prefer-native              Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)
-    --external-downloader COMMAND    Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget
-    --external-downloader-args ARGS  Give these arguments to the external downloader
+    --xattr-set-filesize             Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
+                                     expected filesize (experimental)
+    --hls-prefer-native              Use the native HLS downloader instead of
+                                     ffmpeg (experimental)
+    --external-downloader COMMAND    Use the specified external downloader.
+                                     Currently supports
+                                     aria2c,axel,curl,httpie,wget
+    --external-downloader-args ARGS  Give these arguments to the external
+                                     downloader

 
 
 Filesystem Options:
 
 
 
 Filesystem Options:
 

-    -a, --batch-file FILE            File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
+    -a, --batch-file FILE            File containing URLs to download ('-' for
+                                     stdin)

     --id                             Use only video ID in file name
     --id                             Use only video ID in file name

-    -o, --output TEMPLATE            Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader
-                                     nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, %(format)s for
-                                     the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube's itags: "137"),
-                                     %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for 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. %(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. %% 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         Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given
-    --restrict-filenames             Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-    -A, --auto-number                [deprecated; use  -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000
-    -t, --title                      [deprecated] Use title in file name (default)
+    -o, --output TEMPLATE            Output filename template. Use %(title)s to
+                                     get the title, %(uploader)s for the
+                                     uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the
+                                     uploader nickname if different,
+                                     %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
+                                     incremented number, %(ext)s for the
+                                     filename extension, %(format)s for the
+                                     format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or
+                                     "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of
+                                     the format (like YouTube's itags: "137"),
+                                     %(upload_date)s for the upload date
+                                     (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
+                                     (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for 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. %(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. %% 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         Specify the number of digits in
+                                     %(autonumber)s when it is present in output
+                                     filename template or --auto-number option
+                                     is given
+    --restrict-filenames             Restrict filenames to only ASCII
+                                     characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
+                                     filenames
+    -A, --auto-number                [deprecated; use -o
+                                     "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number
+                                     downloaded files starting from 00000
+    -t, --title                      [deprecated] Use title in file name
+                                     (default)

     -l, --literal                    [deprecated] Alias of --title
     -w, --no-overwrites              Do not overwrite files
     -l, --literal                    [deprecated] Alias of --title
     -w, --no-overwrites              Do not overwrite files

-    -c, --continue                   Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.
-    --no-continue                    Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)
-    --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 file
+    -c, --continue                   Force resume of partially downloaded files.
+                                     By default, youtube-dl will resume
+                                     downloads if possible.
+    --no-continue                    Do not resume partially downloaded files
+                                     (restart from beginning)
+    --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
+                                     file

     --write-info-json                Write video metadata to a .info.json file
     --write-info-json                Write video metadata to a .info.json file

-    --write-annotations              Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
-    --load-info FILE                 JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)
-    --cookies FILE                   File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
-    --cache-dir DIR                  Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl
-                                     or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may
-                                     change.
+    --write-annotations              Write video annotations to a
+                                     .annotations.xml file
+    --load-info FILE                 JSON file containing the video information
+                                     (created with the "--write-info-json"
+                                     option)
+    --cookies FILE                   File to read cookies from and dump cookie
+                                     jar in
+    --cache-dir DIR                  Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+                                     can store some downloaded information
+                                     permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME
+                                     /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the
+                                     moment, only YouTube player files (for
+                                     videos with obfuscated signatures) are
+                                     cached, but that may change.

     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 
     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 


@@ -171,14 +280,16 @@ Thumbnail images:
 
     --write-thumbnail                Write thumbnail image to disk
     --write-all-thumbnails           Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
 
     --write-thumbnail                Write thumbnail image to disk
     --write-all-thumbnails           Write all thumbnail image formats to disk

-    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats
+    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail
+                                     formats

 
 
 Verbosity / Simulation Options:
 
     -q, --quiet                      Activate quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings
 
 
 Verbosity / Simulation Options:
 
     -q, --quiet                      Activate quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings

-    -s, --simulate                   Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk
+    -s, --simulate                   Do not download the video and do not write
+                                     anything to disk

     --skip-download                  Do not download the video
     -g, --get-url                    Simulate, quiet but print URL
     -e, --get-title                  Simulate, quiet but print title
     --skip-download                  Do not download the video
     -g, --get-url                    Simulate, quiet but print URL
     -e, --get-title                  Simulate, quiet but print title


@@ -188,99 +299,196 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     --get-duration                   Simulate, quiet but print video length
     --get-filename                   Simulate, quiet but print output filename
     --get-format                     Simulate, quiet but print output format
     --get-duration                   Simulate, quiet but print video length
     --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.
-    -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.
-    --print-json                     Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).
+    -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.
+    --print-json                     Be quiet and print the video information as
+                                     JSON (video is still being downloaded).

     --newline                        Output progress bar as new lines
     --no-progress                    Do not print progress bar
     --console-title                  Display progress in console titlebar
     -v, --verbose                    Print various debugging information
     --newline                        Output progress bar as new lines
     --no-progress                    Do not print progress bar
     --console-title                  Display progress in console titlebar
     -v, --verbose                    Print various debugging information

-    --dump-pages                     Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)
-    --write-pages                    Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems
+    --dump-pages                     Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
+                                     to debug problems (very verbose)
+    --write-pages                    Write downloaded intermediary pages to
+                                     files in the current directory to debug
+                                     problems

     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
     -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
     -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging

-    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
+    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
+                                     debugging

 
 
 Workarounds:
 
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
     --no-check-certificate           Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
 
 
 Workarounds:
 
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
     --no-check-certificate           Suppress HTTPS certificate validation

-    --prefer-insecure                Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)
+    --prefer-insecure                Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
+                                     information about the video. (Currently
+                                     supported only for YouTube)

     --user-agent UA                  Specify a custom user agent
     --user-agent UA                  Specify a custom user agent

-    --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 option multiple times
-    --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH
-    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+    --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
+                                     option multiple times
+    --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack
+                                     bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
+                                     or fribidi executable in PATH
+    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each
+                                     download.

 
 
 Video Format Options:
 
 
 
 Video Format Options:
 

-    -f, --format FORMAT              Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info
+    -f, --format FORMAT              Video format code, see the "FORMAT
+                                     SELECTION" for all the info

     --all-formats                    Download all available video formats
     --all-formats                    Download all available video formats

-    --prefer-free-formats            Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
+    --prefer-free-formats            Prefer free video formats unless a specific
+                                     one is requested

     -F, --list-formats               List all available formats
     -F, --list-formats               List all available formats

-    --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos
-    --merge-output-format FORMAT     If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.Ignored if no
-                                     merge is required
+    --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     Do not download the DASH manifests and
+                                     related data on YouTube videos
+    --merge-output-format FORMAT     If a merge is required (e.g.
+                                     bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
+                                     container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
+                                     webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required

 
 
 Subtitle Options:
 
     --write-sub                      Write subtitle file
 
 
 Subtitle Options:
 
     --write-sub                      Write subtitle file

-    --write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)
-    --all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the video
+    --write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube
+                                     only)
+    --all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the
+                                     video

     --list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video
     --list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video

-    --sub-format FORMAT              Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"
-    --sub-lang LANGS                 Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like 'en,pt'
+    --sub-format FORMAT              Subtitle format, accepts formats
+                                     preference, for example: "srt" or
+                                     "ass/srt/best"
+    --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          Login with this account ID
 
 
 Authentication Options:
 
     -u, --username USERNAME          Login with this account ID

-    -p, --password PASSWORD          Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
+    -p, --password PASSWORD          Account password. If this option is left
+                                     out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.

     -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR        Two-factor auth code
     -n, --netrc                      Use .netrc authentication data
     -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR        Two-factor auth code
     -n, --netrc                      Use .netrc authentication data

-    --video-password PASSWORD        Video password (vimeo, smotri)
+    --video-password PASSWORD        Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)

 
 
 Post-processing Options:
 
 
 
 Post-processing Options:
 

-    -x, --extract-audio              Convert video files to audio-only files (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
-    --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 (default
-                                     5)
-    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
-    -k, --keep-video                 Keep the video file on disk after the post-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 mkv and mp4 videos)
+    -x, --extract-audio              Convert video files to audio-only files
+                                     (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
+    --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
+                                     (default 5)
+    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if
+                                     necessary (currently supported:
+                                     mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
+    --postprocessor-args ARGS        Give these arguments to the postprocessor
+    -k, --keep-video                 Keep the video file on disk after the post-
+                                     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 mkv
+                                     and mp4 videos)

     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
     --add-metadata                   Write metadata to the video file
     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
     --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"
-    --xattrs                         Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
-    --fixup POLICY                   Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn(the default;
-                                     fix file if we can, warn otherwise)
-    --prefer-avconv                  Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)
-    --prefer-ffmpeg                  Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors
-    --ffmpeg-location PATH           Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.
-    --exec CMD                       Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm
-                                     {}'
-    --convert-subtitles FORMAT       Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+    --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"
+    --xattrs                         Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
+                                     (using dublin core and xdg standards)
+    --fixup POLICY                   Automatically correct known faults of the
+                                     file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
+                                     emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
+                                     default; fix file if we can, warn
+                                     otherwise)
+    --prefer-avconv                  Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
+                                     postprocessors (default)
+    --prefer-ffmpeg                  Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
+                                     postprocessors
+    --ffmpeg-location PATH           Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
+                                     either the path to the binary or its
+                                     containing directory.
+    --exec CMD                       Execute a command on the file after
+                                     downloading, similar to find's -exec
+                                     syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
+                                     /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
+    --convert-subtitles FORMAT       Convert the subtitles to other format
+                                     (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)

 
 
 
 CONFIGURATION
 
 
 
 
 
 CONFIGURATION
 
 

-You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as
---extract-audio --no-mtime to always extract the audio and not copy the
-mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl/config. On
-Windows, the configuration file locations are
-%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt and
-C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf.
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line
+option to a configuration file. On Linux, the system wide configuration
+file is located at /etc/youtube-dl.conf and the user wide configuration
+file at ~/.config/youtube-dl/config. On Windows, the user wide
+configuration file locations are %APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt or
+C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf. For example, with the following
+configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy
+the mtime and use a proxy:
+
+    --extract-audio
+    --no-mtime
+    --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
+
+You can use --ignore-config if you want to disable the configuration
+file for a particular youtube-dl run.
+
+Authentication with .netrc file
+
+You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for
+extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password
+with --username and --password) in order not to pass credentials as
+command line arguments on every youtube-dl execution and prevent
+tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can
+achieve this using a .netrc file on per extractor basis. For that you
+will need to create a.netrc file in your $HOME and restrict permissions
+to read/write by you only:
+
+    touch $HOME/.netrc
+    chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
+
+After that you can add credentials for extractor in the following
+format, where _extractor_ is the name of extractor in lowercase:
+
+    machine <extractor> login <login> password <password>
+
+For example:
+
+    machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
+    machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
+
+To activate authentication with the .netrc file you should pass --netrc
+to youtube-dl or place it in the configuration file.
+
+On Windows you may also need to setup the %HOME% environment variable
+manually.

 
 
 
 
 
 


@@ -293,7 +501,7 @@ downloading a single file, like in
 youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video". However, it may
 contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each
 video. The special sequences have the format %(NAME)s. To clarify, that
 youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video". However, it may
 contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each
 video. The special sequences have the format %(NAME)s. To clarify, that

-is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a
+is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by a

 lowercase S. Allowed names are:
 
 -   id: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
 lowercase S. Allowed names are:
 
 -   id: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.


@@ -309,10 +517,15 @@ lowercase S. Allowed names are:
     the file.
 -   autonumber: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number
     that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
     the file.
 -   autonumber: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number
     that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.

--   playlist: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the
-    video.
--   playlist_index: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit
-    number.
+-   playlist: The sequence will be replaced by the name or the id of the
+    playlist that contains the video.
+-   playlist_index: The sequence will be replaced by the index of the
+    video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the
+    total length of the playlist.
+-   format_id: The sequence will be replaced by the format code
+    specified by --format.
+-   duration: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the video
+    in seconds.

 
 The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.
 
 
 The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.
 


@@ -334,11 +547,11 @@ FORMAT SELECTION
 
 
 By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes
 
 
 By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes

-you may want to download other format. The simplest case is requesting a
-specific format, for example -f 22. You can get the list of available
-formats using --list-formats, you can also use a file extension
-(currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the
-special names best, bestvideo, bestaudio and worst.
+you may want to download in a different format. The simplest case is
+requesting a specific format, for example -f 22. You can get the list of
+available formats using --list-formats, you can also use a file
+extension (currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or
+the special names best, bestvideo, bestaudio and worst.

 
 If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same
 formats available, you can specify the order of preference using
 
 If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same
 formats available, you can specify the order of preference using


@@ -355,14 +568,17 @@ Use commas to download multiple 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
 -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.
+example -f bestvideo+bestaudio. Format selectors can also be grouped
+using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and
+webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use
+-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'.

 
 Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube-dl uses
 -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best as default format selection (see #5447,
 #5456). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading
 bestvideo and bestaudio separately and muxing them together into a
 single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it
 
 Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube-dl uses
 -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best as default format selection (see #5447,
 #5456). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading
 bestvideo and bestaudio separately and muxing them together into a
 single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it

-falls back to best and results in downloading best available quality
+falls back to best and results in downloading the best available quality

 served as a single file. best is also needed for videos that don't come
 from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two
 different files. If you want to only download some dash formats (for
 served as a single file. best is also needed for videos that don't come
 from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two
 different files. If you want to only download some dash formats (for


@@ -376,10 +592,10 @@ order to start content delivery immediately to your player and not to
 wait until bestvideo and bestaudio are downloaded and muxed.
 
 If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to
 wait until bestvideo and bestaudio are downloaded and muxed.
 
 If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to

-youtube-dl 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download best available quality
-media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice
-with -f best. You may want to add it to the configuration file in order
-not to type it every time you run youtube-dl.
+youtube-dl 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download the best available
+quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify
+your choice with -f best. You may want to add it to the configuration
+file in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dl.

 
 
 
 
 
 


@@ -387,7 +603,7 @@ VIDEO SELECTION
 
 
 Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options --date,
 
 
 Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options --date,

---datebefore or --dateafter, they accept dates in two formats:
+--datebefore or --dateafter. They accept dates in two formats:

 
 -   Absolute dates: Dates in the format YYYYMMDD.
 -   Relative dates: Dates in the format
 
 -   Absolute dates: Dates in the format YYYYMMDD.
 -   Relative dates: Dates in the format


@@ -402,7 +618,7 @@ $ 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
+$ # Download only the videos uploaded in the 200x decade

 $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
 ```
 
 $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
 ```
 


@@ -424,7 +640,7 @@ 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,
 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
+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.
 
 serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your
 distribution in their bugtracker or support forum.
 


@@ -525,8 +741,8 @@ youtube-dl.
 Video URL contains an ampersand and I'm getting some strange output [1] 2839 or 'v' is not recognized as an internal or external command
 
 That's actually the output from your shell. Since ampersand is one of
 Video URL contains an ampersand and I'm getting some strange output [1] 2839 or 'v' is not recognized as an internal or external command
 
 That's actually the output from your shell. Since ampersand is one of

-the special shell characters it's interpreted by shell preventing you
-from passing the whole URL to youtube-dl. To disable your shell from
+the special shell characters it's interpreted by the shell preventing
+you from passing the whole URL to youtube-dl. To disable your shell from

 interpreting the ampersands (or any other special characters) you have
 to either put the whole URL in quotes or escape them with a backslash
 (which approach will work depends on your shell).
 interpreting the ampersands (or any other special characters) you have
 to either put the whole URL in quotes or escape them with a backslash
 (which approach will work depends on your shell).


@@ -556,7 +772,7 @@ HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP
 address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock
 your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address
 These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP
 address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock
 your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address

-already - use the --proxy or --network-address options to select another
+already - use the --proxy or --source-address options to select another

 IP address.
 
 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character
 IP address.
 
 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character


@@ -611,6 +827,20 @@ the options with --:
     youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
     youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
 
     youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
     youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
 

+How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl?
+
+Use the --cookies option, for example
+--cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt. Note that the cookies file must be
+in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must
+be either # HTTP Cookie File or # 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,
+LF (\n) for Linux and CR (\r) for Mac OS. 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.
+

 Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free?
 
 As a matter of policy (as well as legality), youtube-dl does not include
 Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free?
 
 As a matter of policy (as well as legality), youtube-dl does not include


@@ -753,12 +983,13 @@ list (assuming your service is called yourextractor):
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
             # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
             # TODO more code goes here, for example ...

-            title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+            title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.+?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')

 
             return {
                 'id': video_id,
                 'title': title,
                 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
 
             return {
                 'id': video_id,
                 'title': title,
                 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),

+                'uploader': self._search_regex(r'<div[^>]+id="uploader"[^>]*>([^<]+)<', webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False),

                 # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
             }
     ```
                 # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
             }
     ```


@@ -768,12 +999,12 @@ list (assuming your service is called yourextractor):
     This _should fail_ at first, but you can continually re-run it until
     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
     This _should fail_ at first, but you can continually re-run it until
     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,
+    will then be named TestDownload.test_YourExtractor,

     TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1,
     TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc.
     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.
+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.

 8.  If you can, check the code with flake8.
 9.  When the tests pass, add the new files and commit them and push the
     result, like this:
 8.  If you can, check the code with flake8.
 9.  When the tests pass, add the new files and commit them and push the
     result, like this:


@@ -864,7 +1095,7 @@ discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.
 
 PLEASE INCLUDE THE FULL OUTPUT OF YOUTUBE-DL WHEN RUN WITH -v.
 
 
 PLEASE INCLUDE THE FULL OUTPUT OF YOUTUBE-DL WHEN RUN WITH -v.
 

-The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging
+The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging

 information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible
 and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
 
 information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible
 and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
 


@@ -898,12 +1129,12 @@ _complete_ output of youtube-dl when called with the -v flag. The error
 message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe
 how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.
 
 message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe
 how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.
 

-If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship,
-adding --call-home may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the
-error is ERROR: Unable to extract ... and you cannot reproduce it from
-multiple countries, add --dump-pages (warning: this will yield a rather
-large output, redirect it to the file log.txt by adding >log.txt 2>&1 to
-your command-line) or upload the .dump files you get when you add
+If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship, adding
+--call-home may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the error is
+ERROR: Unable to extract ... and you cannot reproduce it from multiple
+countries, add --dump-pages (warning: this will yield a rather large
+output, redirect it to the file log.txt by adding >log.txt 2>&1 to your
+command-line) or upload the .dump files you get when you add

 --write-pages somewhere.
 
 SITE SUPPORT REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE URL. An example URL is a
 --write-pages somewhere.
 
 SITE SUPPORT REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE URL. An example URL is a