--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
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an
+ empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
--cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
store downloaded information permanently. By
--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-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive
+ file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in
+ it.
Download Options:
-----------------
--get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
--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
--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)
- --write-pages Write downloaded pages to files in the current
- directory
+ --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in
+ the current directory to debug problems
Video Format Options:
---------------------
- -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
+ -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify 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
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.conf.
+mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf. On
+Windows, the configuration file locations are
+%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt and C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf.
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