-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
+ -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
--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:
----------------
--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 (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ -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)
+ --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
%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
different, %(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
- , %(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/d
- ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
+ 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
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:
---------------------
-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)
- --write-auto-sub write automatic 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/vtt] (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:
-----------------------
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
=============
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