-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 maximum download rate (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.
+ -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
--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 None 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:
----------------
--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
+
+Download Options:
+-----------------
+
+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (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.
Filesystem Options:
-------------------
---------------------
-f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of
- preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18"
+ 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)
- --write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
- --only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download
+
+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 (currently youtube only)
+ video
--list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
- (currently youtube only)
- --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format [srt/sbv] (default=srt)
- (currently youtube only)
- --sub-lang LANG language of the subtitles to download (optional)
- use IETF language tags like 'en'
+ --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:
-----------------------
-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:
------------------------
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)
CONFIGURATION
=============
- 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
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
-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.
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