\f[C]
\-h,\ \-\-help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit
\-\-version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ program\ version\ and\ exit
-\-U,\ \-\-update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ version
+\-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
-\-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.
\-\-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.
\f[]
\-\-dateafter\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ after\ this\ date
\f[]
.fi
+.SS Download Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+\-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.
+\f[]
+.fi
.SS Filesystem Options:
.IP
.nf
\-\-max\-quality\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ highest\ quality\ format\ to\ download
\-F,\ \-\-list\-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ list\ all\ available\ formats\ (currently\ youtube
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ only)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Subtitle Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
\-\-write\-sub\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ subtitle\ file\ (currently\ youtube\ only)
+\-\-write\-auto\-sub\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ automatic\ subtitle\ file\ (currently\ youtube
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ only)
\-\-only\-sub\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ [deprecated]\ alias\ of\ \-\-skip\-download
\-\-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\ \[aq]en\[aq]
+\-\-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
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]en,pt\[aq]
\f[]
.fi
.SS Authentication 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)
\f[]
.fi
.SH CONFIGURATION
\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: The index of the video in the playlist, a
five\-digit number.
.PP
-The current default template is \f[C]%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[], but that will
-be switchted to \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] (which can be
-requested with \f[C]\-t\f[] at the moment).
+The current default template is \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[].
.PP
In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces,
or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows
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.
+need the \f[C]\-b\f[] option.
For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be
-available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]\[aq]re interested
-in.
-In that case, simply request it with the \-f option and youtube\-dl will
-try to download it.
+available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]re interested in.
+In that case, simply request it with the \f[C]\-f\f[] option and
+youtube\-dl will try to download it.
.SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
this?
.PP
Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
too much.
-We\[aq]\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
+We\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), 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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