## OPTIONS
-h, --help print this help text and exit
- -v, --version print program version 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)
sub-string)
--reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
caseless sub-string)
+ --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
### Filesystem Options:
-t, --title use title in file name
-o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)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, and %%
- for a literal percent
+ number, %(ext)s for the filename extension,
+ %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and
+ %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to
+ stdout.
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
--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
### 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)
### Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
ffmpeg and ffprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis" or "mp3"; best by default
+ --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
+ best by default
--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default