-.TH YOUTUBE-DL "1" "June 2007" "youtube-dl" "User Commands"
-.SH NAME
-youtube-dl \- download a video file from YouTube.com
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-usage: youtube\-dl [options] video_url
-.SS "options:"
-.TP
-\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-print this help text and exit
-.TP
-\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-print program version and exit
-.TP
-\fB\-u\fR USERNAME, \fB\-\-username\fR=\fIUSERNAME\fR
-account username
-.TP
-\fB\-p\fR PASSWORD, \fB\-\-password\fR=\fIPASSWORD\fR
-account password
-.TP
-\fB\-o\fR FILE, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
-output video file name
-.TP
-\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
-activates quiet mode
-.TP
-\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-simulate\fR
-do not download video
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-title\fR
-use title in file name
-.TP
-\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-literal\fR
-use literal title in file name
-.TP
-\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-netrc\fR
-use .netrc authentication data
-.TP
-\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-get-url\fR
-print final video URL only
-.TP
-\fB\-2\fR, \fB\-\-title-too\fR
-used with -g, print title too
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+.\"
+.IX Title "YOUTUBE-DL 1"
+.TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 "2011-02-25" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
+.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
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+.nh
+.SH "NAME"
+youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
+.Vb 1
+\& youtube\-dl [options] url ...
+.Ve
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+youtube-dl is a script to download videos from youtube.com.
+.PP
+Once it is installed in your system, you should be able to call it from
+the command line. Usage instructions are easy. Use youtube-dl followed
+by a video \s-1URL\s0 or identifier. As an example, consider:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& youtube\-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar"
+.Ve
+.PP
+The video will be saved to the file \f(CW\*(C`foobar.flv\*(C'\fR in that example. Many
+YouTube.com videos are in Flash Video format and their extension would
+be \f(CW\*(C`flv\*(C'\fR. Other videos are encoded in H.264 and these usually have the
+extension \f(CW\*(C`mp4\*(C'\fR. In Linux and other unices, video players using a
+recent version of ffmpeg can play them. That includes MPlayer, \s-1VLC\s0,
+xine, among others.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.IX Header "OPTIONS"
+\&\fByoutube-dl\fR accepts options in the following categories
+.IP "\-h, \-\-help" 4
+.IX Item "-h, --help"
+Print help text and exit.
+.IP "\-v, \-\-version" 4
+.IX Item "-v, --version"
+Print program version and exit.
+.IP "\-U, \-\-update" 4
+.IX Item "-U, --update"
+Update this program to the latest stable version.
+.IP "\-i, \-\-ignore\-errors" 4
+.IX Item "-i, --ignore-errors"
+Ignore errors during download and continue processing.
+.IP "\-r \fBL\fR, \-\-rate\-limit=\fBL\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-r L, --rate-limit=L"
+Limit the download speed to the specified maximum \fBL\fR (e.g., 50k or 44.6m).
+.IP "\-R \fBR\fR, \-\-retries=\fBR\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-R R, --retries=R"
+Number \fBR\fR of retries for a given download (default is 10).
+.IP "\-\-playlist\-start=\fBN\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--playlist-start=N"
+The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should start downlading
+(default is 1).
+.IP "\-\-playlist\-end=\fBN\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--playlist-end=N"
+The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should stop downloading
+(default is \-1, which stands for the last video in the playlist).
+.IP "\-\-dump\-user\-agent" 4
+.IX Item "--dump-user-agent"
+Display how youtube-dl will identify itself (the User-Agent string) to the
+remote server.
+.IP "\-u \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR, \-\-username=\fB\s-1UN\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-u UN, --username=UN"
+Specify the youtube account username \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR. Some videos require an
+account to be downloaded, mostly because they're flagged as mature
+content.
+.IP "\-p \fB\s-1PW\s0\fR, \-\-password=\fB\s-1PW\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-p PW, --password=PW"
+Like the username, specifies the account password to be \fB\s-1PW\s0\fR.
+.IP "\-n, \-\-netrc" 4
+.IX Item "-n, --netrc"
+Get authentication data from the standard unix .netrc file on the user's
+home directory. The machine name is youtube regarding this usage.
+.IP "\-f \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR, \-\-format=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-f FMT, --format=FMT"
+Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video.
+.Sp
+For youtube.com, in particular, the meaning of the format codes is given as:
+.RS 4
+.IP "WebM video at 480p: 43" 4
+.IX Item "WebM video at 480p: 43"
+.PD 0
+.IP "WebM video at 720p: 45" 4
+.IX Item "WebM video at 720p: 45"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 480p: 18" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 480p: 18"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 720p: 22" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 720p: 22"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 1080p: 37" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 1080p: 37"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 360p: 34" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 360p: 34"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 480p: 35" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 480p: 35"
+.IP "H263 video at 240p: 5" 4
+.IX Item "H263 video at 240p: 5"
+.IP "3GP video: 17" 4
+.IX Item "3GP video: 17"
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.PD
+.Sp
+Note that not all videos are available in all formats and that other
+sites supported by \fByoutube-dl\fR may have different conventions for
+their video formats.
+.RE
+.IP "\-\-all\-formats" 4
+.IX Item "--all-formats"
+Downloads all formats for which a video may be available.
+.IP "\-\-max\-quality=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--max-quality=FMT"
+Limit the maximum quality of the videos to downloads to \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR.
+.IP "\-q, \-\-quiet" 4
+.IX Item "-q, --quiet"
+Activates quiet mode, avoiding many messages being written to the
+terminal.
+.IP "\-s, \-\-simulate" 4
+.IX Item "-s, --simulate"
+Simulate the operation, but do not download the video. Useful for
+testing.
+.IP "\-g, \-\-get\-url" 4
+.IX Item "-g, --get-url"
+Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but show the \s-1URL\s0 that would be
+used to download the video. Can be used with other download tools like
+wget or aria2c.
+.IP "\-e, \-\-get\-title" 4
+.IX Item "-e, --get-title"
+Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but show the title of the video
+that would be downloaded.
+.IP "\-\-get\-thumbnail" 4
+.IX Item "--get-thumbnail"
+Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the \s-1URL\s0 of of the video's
+thumbnail.
+.IP "\-\-get\-description" 4
+.IX Item "--get-description"
+Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the description of the
+video.
+.IP "\-\-get\-filename" 4
+.IX Item "--get-filename"
+Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the output filename.
+.IP "\-\-no\-progress" 4
+.IX Item "--no-progress"
+Do not print the progress bar during downloads.
+.IP "\-\-console\-title" 4
+.IX Item "--console-title"
+If possible, set the title of the console window with the progress of the
+download.
+.IP "\-t, \-\-title" 4
+.IX Item "-t, --title"
+Use the title of the video in the file name used to download the video.
+.IP "\-l, \-\-literal" 4
+.IX Item "-l, --literal"
+Use the literal title of the video in file name used to download the
+video. Can contain \*(L"weird\*(R" characters that are not filtered like with
+the \-t option.
+.IP "\-A, \-\-auto\-number" 4
+.IX Item "-A, --auto-number"
+When downloading multiple videos from a playlist, automatically number them,
+in sequence, starting from 00000.
+.IP "\-o \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR, \-\-output=\fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-o TPL, --output=TPL"
+Specify a template \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR for the names of the files to be created when
+they are downloaded. The default filename is video_id.flv. But you can
+also use the video title in the filename with the \f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\-\-title\*(C'\fR
+option, or preserve the literal title in the filename with the \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR or
+\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-literal\*(C'\fR option.
+.IP "\-a \fBF\fR, \-\-batch\-file=\fBF\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-a F, --batch-file=F"
+Specify the name of a file containing URLs of videos to download from
+youtube in batch mode. The file must contain one \s-1URL\s0 per line.
+.IP "\-w, \-\-no\-overwrites" 4
+.IX Item "-w, --no-overwrites"
+Do no overwrite already existing files.
+.IP "\-c, \-\-continue" 4
+.IX Item "-c, --continue"
+Resume partially downloaded files.
+.IP "\-\-cookies=\fBF\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--cookies=F"
+Store the received cookies to file \fBF\fR (the \*(L"cookie jar\*(R").
+.IP "\-\-no\-part" 4
+.IX Item "--no-part"
+Do not append the \fI.part\fR suffix do files that have not yet been completed.
+.IP "\-\-no\-mtime" 4
+.IX Item "--no-mtime"
+Do not use the \fILast-modified\fR header to set the file modification time.
+.IP "\-\-extract\-audio" 4
+.IX Item "--extract-audio"
+Create an audio-only file extracted from the video downloaded. Requires that
+ffmpeg and ffprobe be installed.
+.IP "\-\-audio\-format=\fB\s-1FORMAT\s0\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--audio-format=FORMAT"
+Set the audio format to be used for the extraction. Possible values are
+\&\fIbest\fR, \fIaac\fR, \fImp3\fR, with \fIbest\fR being the default.
+.SH "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
+.IX Header "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
+The \-o option allows users to indicate a template for the output file
+names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when
+downloading a single file, like in youtube-dl \-o funny_video.flv
+\&\*(L"http://some/video\*(R". However, it may contain special sequences that will
+be replaced when downloading each video.
+.PP
+The special sequences have the format \f(CW\*(C`%(NAME)s\*(C'\fR. To clarify, that's a
+percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a
+lowercase S. Allowed names are:
+.IP "id" 4
+.IX Item "id"
+The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
+.IP "url" 4
+.IX Item "url"
+The sequence will be replaced by the video \s-1URL\s0.
+.IP "uploader" 4
+.IX Item "uploader"
+The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded
+the video.
+.IP "title" 4
+.IX Item "title"
+The sequence will be replaced by the literal video title.
+.IP "stitle" 4
+.IX Item "stitle"
+The sequence will be replaced by a simplified video title, restricted to
+alphanumeric characters and dashes.
+.IP "ext" 4
+.IX Item "ext"
+The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like \f(CW\*(C`flv\*(C'\fR
+or \f(CW\*(C`mp4\*(C'\fR).
+.IP "epoch" 4
+.IX Item "epoch"
+The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file.
+.PP
+As you may have guessed, the default template is \f(CW\*(C`%(id)s.%(ext)s\*(C'\fR. When
+some command line options are used, it's replaced by other templates
+like \f(CW\*(C`%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\*(C'\fR. You can specify your own.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.IX Header "AUTHOR"
+youtube-dl was written by Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez and many contributors
+from all around the internet. This manpage was written by Rogerio Brito
+<rbrito@users.sf.net>.
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