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 NAME
 ====
 
 NAME
 ====
 

-youtube-dl
+youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms

 
 SYNOPSIS
 ========
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 ========
 

-youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
+youtube-dl OPTIONS URL [URL...]

 
 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,
 
 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 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.
+version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, 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.

 
 OPTIONS
 =======
 
 
 OPTIONS
 =======
 

-    -h, --help               print this help text and exit
-    --version                print program version and exit
-    -U, --update             update this program to latest version
-    -i, --ignore-errors      continue on download errors
-    -r, --rate-limit LIMIT   download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-    -R, --retries RETRIES    number of retries (default is 10)
-    --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.
-    --dump-user-agent        display the current browser identification
-    --user-agent UA          specify a custom user agent
-    --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they
-                             would handle
+    -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 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
+    --user-agent UA            specify a custom user agent
+    --referer REF              specify a custom referer, use if the video access
+                               is restricted to one domain
+    --list-extractors          List all supported extractors and the URLs they
+                               would handle
+    --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 DIR            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:
 ----------------
 
 
 Video Selection:
 ----------------
 

-    --playlist-start NUMBER  playlist video to start at (default is 1)
-    --playlist-end NUMBER    playlist video to end at (default is last)
-    --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
+    --playlist-start NUMBER    playlist video to start at (default is 1)
+    --playlist-end NUMBER      playlist video to end at (default is last)
+    --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
+    --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
+    --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
+    --age-limit YEARS          download only videos suitable for the given age
+    --download-archive FILE    Download only videos not present in the archive
+                               file. Record all downloaded videos in it.
+
+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)
+    --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.

 
 Filesystem Options:
 -------------------
 
 
 Filesystem Options:
 -------------------
 

-    -t, --title              use title in file name
-    --id                     use video ID in file name
-    -l, --literal            [deprecated] alias of --title
-    -A, --auto-number        number downloaded files starting from 00000
-    -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the
-                             title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
-                             %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
-                             number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
-                             %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD),
-                             %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe,
-                             etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% 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' .
-    --restrict-filenames     Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
-                             avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-    -a, --batch-file FILE    file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
-    -w, --no-overwrites      do not overwrite files
-    -c, --continue           resume partially downloaded files
-    --no-continue            do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
-                             from beginning)
-    --cookies FILE           file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
-    --no-part                do not use .part files
-    --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
+    -t, --title                use title in file name (default)
+    --id                       use only video ID in file name
+    -l, --literal              [deprecated] alias of --title
+    -A, --auto-number          number downloaded files starting from 00000
+    -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")%(upload_date)s for
+                               the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the
+                               provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the
+                               video id , %(playlist)s for the playlist the
+                               video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the position
+                               in the playlist and %% 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-%(i
+                               d)s.%(ext)s' .
+    --autonumber-size NUMBER   Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
+                               when it is present in output filename template or
+                               --autonumber option is given
+    --restrict-filenames       Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
+                               avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
+    -a, --batch-file FILE      file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
+    -w, --no-overwrites        do not overwrite files
+    -c, --continue             resume partially downloaded files
+    --no-continue              do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
+                               from beginning)
+    --cookies FILE             file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
+    --no-part                  do not use .part files
+    --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-annotations        write video annotations to a .annotation file
+    --write-thumbnail          write thumbnail image to disk

 
 Verbosity / Simulation Options:
 -------------------------------
 
 
 Verbosity / Simulation Options:
 -------------------------------
 

-    -q, --quiet              activates quiet mode
-    -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
-    --get-thumbnail          simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
-    --get-description        simulate, quiet but print video description
-    --get-filename           simulate, quiet but print output filename
-    --get-format             simulate, quiet but print output format
-    --no-progress            do not print progress bar
-    --console-title          display progress in console titlebar
-    -v, --verbose            print various debugging information
+    -q, --quiet                activates quiet mode
+    -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
+    --get-id                   simulate, quiet but print id
+    --get-thumbnail            simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
+    --get-description          simulate, quiet but print video description
+    --get-filename             simulate, quiet but print output filename
+    --get-format               simulate, quiet but print output format
+    --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-intermediate-pages  print downloaded pages to debug problems(very
+                               verbose)

 
 Video Format Options:
 ---------------------
 
 
 Video Format Options:
 ---------------------
 

-    -f, --format FORMAT      video format code
-    --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-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'
+    -f, --format FORMAT        video format code, specifiy the order of
+                               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)
+
+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
+    --list-subs                lists all available subtitles for the video
+    --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:
 -----------------------
 
 
 Authentication Options:
 -----------------------
 

-    -u, --username USERNAME  account username
-    -p, --password PASSWORD  account password
-    -n, --netrc              use .netrc authentication data
+    -u, --username USERNAME    account username
+    -p, --password PASSWORD    account password
+    -n, --netrc                use .netrc authentication data
+    --video-password PASSWORD  video password (vimeo only)

 
 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    "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
-                             best by default
-    --audio-quality QUALITY  ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
-                             value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
-                             specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
-    -k, --keep-video         keeps the video file on disk after the post-
-                             processing; the video is erased by default
+    -x, --extract-audio        convert video files to audio-only files (requires
+                               ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
+    --audio-format FORMAT      "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
+                               "wav"; best by default
+    --audio-quality QUALITY    ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, 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)
+    -k, --keep-video           keeps 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 mp4
+                               videos)
+    --add-metadata             add metadata to the files

 
 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
 
 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 ~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf.
+mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf.

 
 OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 ===============
 
 OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 ===============


@@ -163,10 +229,12 @@ 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.

 
 

-The current default template is %(id)s.%(ext)s, but that will be
-switchted to %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s (which can be requested with -t at
-the moment).
+The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.

 
 In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or
 &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system
 
 In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or
 &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system


@@ -178,6 +246,22 @@ or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the
     $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
     youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name
 
     $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
     youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name
 

+VIDEO SELECTION
+===============
+
+Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options --date,
+--datebefore or --dateafter, they accept dates in two formats:
+
+-   Absolute dates: Dates in the format YYYYMMDD.
+-   Relative dates: Dates in the format
+    (now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?
+
+Examples:
+
+    $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
+    $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970
+    $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010
+

 FAQ
 ===
 
 FAQ
 ===
 


@@ -187,14 +271,14 @@ Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now
 defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
 YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
 need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not
 defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
 YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
 need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not

-report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re
+report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're

 interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and
 youtube-dl will try to download it.
 
 I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
 
 Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
 interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and
 youtube-dl will try to download it.
 
 I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
 
 Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download

-too much. We''re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
+too much. We're considering to provide a way to let you solve the

 CAPTCHA, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a
 webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart
 youtube-dl.
 CAPTCHA, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a
 webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart
 youtube-dl.


@@ -268,6 +352,8 @@ Please include:
     youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title".
     A common mistake is not to escape the &. Putting URLs in quotes
     should solve this problem.
     youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title".
     A common mistake is not to escape the &. Putting URLs in quotes
     should solve this problem.

+-   If possible re-run the command with --verbose, and include the full
+    output, it is really helpful to us.

 -   The output of youtube-dl --version
 -   The output of python --version
 -   The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
 -   The output of youtube-dl --version
 -   The output of python --version
 -   The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or