YouTube.com and a few more sites.
It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is
not platform specific.
-It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X.
+It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS.
It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it,
redistribute it or use it however you like.
.SH OPTIONS
Make all connections via IPv6
.RS
.RE
+.SS Geo Restriction:
.TP
.B \-\-geo\-verification\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo\-restricted sites.
present) is used for the actual downloading.
.RS
.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-geo\-bypass
+Bypass geographic restriction via faking X\-Forwarded\-For HTTP header
+(experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-geo\-bypass
+Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X\-Forwarded\-For HTTP
+header (experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-geo\-bypass\-country \f[I]CODE\f[]
+Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two\-letter
+ISO 3166\-2 country code (experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
.SS Video Selection:
.TP
.B \-\-playlist\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
.TP
.B \-\-match\-filter \f[I]FILTER\f[]
Generic video filter.
-Specify any key (see help for \-o for a list of available keys) to match
-if the key is present, !key to check if the key is not present,key >
-NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
-compare against a number, and & to require multiple matches.
+Specify any key (see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available keys)
+to match if the key is present, !key to check if the key is not present,
+key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=,
+=) to compare against a number, key = \[aq]LITERAL\[aq] (like "uploader
+= \[aq]Mike Smith\[aq]", also works with !=) to match against a string
+literal and & to require multiple matches.
Values which are not known are excluded unless you put a question mark
-(?) after the operator.For example, to only match videos that have been
-liked more than 100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the
-dislike functionality is not available at the given service), but who
-also have a description, use \-\-match\-filter "like_count > 100 &
-dislike_count <?
+(?) after the operator.
+For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 100
+times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike functionality is
+not available at the given service), but who also have a description,
+use \-\-match\-filter "like_count > 100 & dislike_count <?
50 & description" .
.RS
.RE
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-fragment\-retries \f[I]RETRIES\f[]
-Number of retries for a fragment (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH
-and hlsnative only)
+Number of retries for a fragment (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH,
+hlsnative and ISM)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-skip\-unavailable\-fragments
-Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and hlsnative only)
+Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.RS
.RE
.TP
+.B \-\-keep\-fragments
+Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished;
+fragments are erased by default
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
.B \-\-buffer\-size \f[I]SIZE\f[]
Size of download buffer (e.g.
1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
.RS
.RE
.TP
-.B \-\-autonumber\-size \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
-Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in
-output filename template or \-\-auto\-number option is given (default is
-5)
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
.B \-\-autonumber\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s (default is 1)
.RS
.RS
.RE
.TP
-.B \-A, \-\-auto\-number
-[deprecated; use \-o "%(autonumber)s\-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number
-downloaded files starting from 00000
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
-.B \-t, \-\-title
-[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
-.B \-l, \-\-literal
-[deprecated] Alias of \-\-title
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
.B \-w, \-\-no\-overwrites
Do not overwrite files
.RS
.TP
.B \-j, \-\-dump\-json
Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
-See \-\-output for a description of available keys.
+See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys.
.RS
.RE
.TP
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-audio\-format \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
-"wav"; "best" by default; No effect without \-x
+Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus",
+"vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without \-x
.RS
.RE
.TP
.TP
.B \-\-metadata\-from\-title \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title.
-The format syntax is the same as \-\-output, the parsed parameters
-replace existing values.
-Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s.
-Example: \-\-metadata\-from\-title "%(artist)s \- %(title)s" matches a
-title like "Coldplay \- Paradise"
+The format syntax is the same as \-\-output.
+Regular expression with named capture groups may also be used.
+The parsed parameters replace existing values.
+Example: \-\-metadata\-from\- title "%(artist)s \- %(title)s" matches a
+title like "Coldplay \- Paradise".
+Example (regex): \-\-metadata\-from\-title "(?P.+?) \- (?P
.RS
+\&.+)"
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-xattrs
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-convert\-subs \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported:
+srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
.RS
.RE
.SH CONFIGURATION
execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command
history.
You can achieve this using a \f[C]\&.netrc\f[]
-file (http://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor
+file (https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor
basis.
For that you will need to create a \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file in your
\f[C]$HOME\f[] and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
.PP
On Windows you may also need to setup the \f[C]%HOME%\f[] environment
variable manually.
+For example:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+set\ HOME=%USERPROFILE%
+\f[]
+.fi
.SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE
.PP
The \f[C]\-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the
.PP
The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
single file, like in
-\f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[].
+\f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-o\ funny_video.flv\ "https://some/video"\f[].
However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
downloading each video.
-The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[].
+The special sequences may be formatted according to python string
+formatting
+operations (https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting).
+For example, \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[] or \f[C]%(NAME)05d\f[].
To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses,
-followed by a lowercase S.
-Allowed names are:
+followed by a formatting operations.
+Allowed names along with sequence type are:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]id\f[] (string): Video identifier
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]title\f[] (string): Video title
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]url\f[] (string): Video URL
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]id\f[]: Video identifier
+\f[C]ext\f[] (string): Video filename extension
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]title\f[]: Video title
+\f[C]alt_title\f[] (string): A secondary title of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]url\f[]: Video URL
+\f[C]display_id\f[] (string): An alternative identifier for the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]ext\f[]: Video filename extension
+\f[C]uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the video uploader
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]alt_title\f[]: A secondary title of the video
+\f[C]license\f[] (string): License name the video is licensed under
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]display_id\f[]: An alternative identifier for the video
+\f[C]creator\f[] (string): The creator of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader\f[]: Full name of the video uploader
+\f[C]release_date\f[] (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was
+released
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]license\f[]: License name the video is licensed under
+\f[C]timestamp\f[] (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video
+became available
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]creator\f[]: The creator of the video
+\f[C]upload_date\f[] (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]release_date\f[]: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
+\f[C]uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]timestamp\f[]: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became
-available
+\f[C]location\f[] (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]upload_date\f[]: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
+\f[C]duration\f[] (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader_id\f[]: Nickname or id of the video uploader
+\f[C]view_count\f[] (numeric): How many users have watched the video on
+the platform
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]location\f[]: Physical location where the video was filmed
+\f[C]like_count\f[] (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]duration\f[]: Length of the video in seconds
+\f[C]dislike_count\f[] (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the
+video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]view_count\f[]: How many users have watched the video on the
-platform
+\f[C]repost_count\f[] (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]like_count\f[]: Number of positive ratings of the video
+\f[C]average_rating\f[] (numeric): Average rating give by users, the
+scale used depends on the webpage
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]dislike_count\f[]: Number of negative ratings of the video
+\f[C]comment_count\f[] (numeric): Number of comments on the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]repost_count\f[]: Number of reposts of the video
+\f[C]age_limit\f[] (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]average_rating\f[]: Average rating give by users, the scale used
-depends on the webpage
+\f[C]is_live\f[] (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a
+fixed\-length video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]comment_count\f[]: Number of comments on the video
+\f[C]start_time\f[] (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction
+should start, as specified in the URL
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]age_limit\f[]: Age restriction for the video (years)
+\f[C]end_time\f[] (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction
+should end, as specified in the URL
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format\f[]: A human\-readable description of the format
+\f[C]format\f[] (string): A human\-readable description of the format
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_id\f[]: Format code specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[]
+\f[C]format_id\f[] (string): Format code specified by
+\f[C]\-\-format\f[]
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_note\f[]: Additional info about the format
+\f[C]format_note\f[] (string): Additional info about the format
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video
+\f[C]width\f[] (numeric): Width of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video
+\f[C]height\f[] (numeric): Height of the video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]resolution\f[]: Textual description of width and height
+\f[C]resolution\f[] (string): Textual description of width and height
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]tbr\f[]: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
+\f[C]tbr\f[] (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]abr\f[] (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec in use
+\f[C]acodec\f[] (string): Name of the audio codec in use
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
+\f[C]asr\f[] (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]vbr\f[] (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate
+\f[C]fps\f[] (numeric): Frame rate
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use
+\f[C]vcodec\f[] (string): Name of the video codec in use
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format
+\f[C]container\f[] (string): Name of the container format
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if known in advance
+\f[C]filesize\f[] (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize_approx\f[]: An estimate for the number of bytes
+\f[C]filesize_approx\f[] (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]protocol\f[]: The protocol that will be used for the actual
-download
+\f[C]protocol\f[] (string): The protocol that will be used for the
+actual download
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor\f[]: Name of the extractor
+\f[C]extractor\f[] (string): Name of the extractor
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor_key\f[]: Key name of the extractor
+\f[C]extractor_key\f[] (string): Key name of the extractor
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]epoch\f[]: Unix epoch when creating the file
+\f[C]epoch\f[] (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]autonumber\f[]: Five\-digit number that will be increased with each
-download, starting at zero
+\f[C]autonumber\f[] (numeric): Five\-digit number that will be increased
+with each download, starting at zero
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist\f[]: Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
+\f[C]playlist\f[] (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the
+video
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: Index of the video in the playlist padded with
-leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
+\f[C]playlist_index\f[] (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist
+padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_id\f[]: Playlist identifier
+\f[C]playlist_id\f[] (string): Playlist identifier
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_title\f[]: Playlist title
+\f[C]playlist_title\f[] (string): Playlist title
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the playlist
+uploader
.PP
Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
-\- \f[C]chapter\f[]: Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
-\- \f[C]chapter_number\f[]: Number of the chapter the video belongs to
-\- \f[C]chapter_id\f[]: Id of the chapter the video belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter\f[] (string): Name or title of the chapter the video
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the chapter the video
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter_id\f[] (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
.PP
Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
-\- \f[C]series\f[]: Title of the series or programme the video episode
-belongs to \- \f[C]season\f[]: Title of the season the video episode
-belongs to \- \f[C]season_number\f[]: Number of the season the video
-episode belongs to \- \f[C]season_id\f[]: Id of the season the video
-episode belongs to \- \f[C]episode\f[]: Title of the video episode \-
-\f[C]episode_number\f[]: Number of the video episode within a season \-
-\f[C]episode_id\f[]: Id of the video episode
-.PP
-Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: \-
-\f[C]track\f[]: Title of the track \- \f[C]track_number\f[]: Number of
-the track within an album or a disc \- \f[C]track_id\f[]: Id of the
-track \- \f[C]artist\f[]: Artist(s) of the track \- \f[C]genre\f[]:
-Genre(s) of the track \- \f[C]album\f[]: Title of the album the track
-belongs to \- \f[C]album_type\f[]: Type of the album \-
-\f[C]album_artist\f[]: List of all artists appeared on the album \-
-\f[C]disc_number\f[]: Number of the disc or other physical medium the
-track belongs to \- \f[C]release_year\f[]: Year (YYYY) when the album
-was released
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]series\f[] (string): Title of the series or programme the video
+episode belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season\f[] (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs
+to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the season the video episode
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season_id\f[] (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs
+to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode\f[] (string): Title of the video episode
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the video episode within a
+season
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode_id\f[] (string): Id of the video episode
+.PP
+Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track\f[] (string): Title of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the track within an album or
+a disc
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track_id\f[] (string): Id of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]artist\f[] (string): Artist(s) of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]genre\f[] (string): Genre(s) of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album\f[] (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album_type\f[] (string): Type of the album
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album_artist\f[] (string): List of all artists appeared on the
+album
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]disc_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical
+medium the track belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]release_year\f[] (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
.PP
Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will
be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name.
\f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4\f[] file created in the
current directory.
.PP
+For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for
+example, \f[C]%(view_count)05d\f[] will result in a string with view
+count padded with zeros up to 5 characters, like in \f[C]00042\f[].
+.PP
Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g.
\f[C]\-o\ \[aq]%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\f[]
which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding
\f[C]\-o\ "C:\\%HOMEPATH%\\Desktop\\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"\f[].
.SS Output template examples
.PP
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
$\ youtube\-dl\ \-u\ user\ \-p\ password\ \-o\ \[aq]~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s\ \-\ %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ https://www.udemy.com/java\-tutorial/
#\ Download\ entire\ series\ season\ keeping\ each\ series\ and\ each\ season\ in\ separate\ directory\ under\ C:/MyVideos
-$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ http://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
#\ Stream\ the\ video\ being\ downloaded\ to\ stdout
$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ BaW_jenozKc
\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format \- \f[C]protocol\f[]:
The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower\-case
(\f[C]http\f[], \f[C]https\f[], \f[C]rtsp\f[], \f[C]rtmp\f[],
-\f[C]rtmpe\f[], \f[C]mms\f[], \f[C]f4m\f[], \f[C]ism\f[], \f[C]m3u8\f[],
-or \f[C]m3u8_native\f[]) \- \f[C]format_id\f[]: A short description of
-the format
+\f[C]rtmpe\f[], \f[C]mms\f[], \f[C]f4m\f[], \f[C]ism\f[],
+\f[C]http_dash_segments\f[], \f[C]m3u8\f[], or \f[C]m3u8_native\f[]) \-
+\f[C]format_id\f[]: A short description of the format
.PP
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be
present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular
order not to type it every time you run youtube\-dl.
.SS Format selection examples
.PP
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
.SS How do I update youtube\-dl?
.PP
If you\[aq]ve followed our manual installation
-instructions (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html), you can
+instructions (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html), you can
simply run \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[] (or, on Linux,
\f[C]sudo\ youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[]).
.PP
Note that distribution packages are often outdated.
As a rule of thumb, youtube\-dl releases at least once a month, and
often weekly or even daily.
-Simply go to http://yt\-dl.org/ to find out the current version.
+Simply go to https://yt\-dl.org to find out the current version.
Unfortunately, there is nothing we youtube\-dl developers can do if your
distribution serves a really outdated version.
You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker
.fi
.PP
Afterwards, simply follow our manual installation
-instructions (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html):
+instructions (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html):
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
Videos or video formats streamed via RTMP protocol can only be
downloaded when rtmpdump (https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/) is installed.
Downloading MMS and RTSP videos requires either
-mplayer (http://mplayerhq.hu/) or mpv (https://mpv.io/) to be installed.
+mplayer (https://mplayerhq.hu/) or mpv (https://mpv.io/) to be
+installed.
.SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
.PP
Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
-mpv (https://mpv.io/), vlc (http://www.videolan.org/) or
-mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
+mpv (https://mpv.io/), vlc (https://www.videolan.org/) or
+mplayer (https://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
.SS I extracted a video URL with \f[C]\-g\f[], but it does not play on
another machine / in my web browser.
.PP
configuration file (#configuration).
.SS How do I download a video starting with a \f[C]\-\f[]?
.PP
-Either prepend \f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\f[] or separate the
+Either prepend \f[C]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\f[] or separate the
ID from the options with \f[C]\-\-\f[]:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
youtube\-dl\ \-\-\ \-wNyEUrxzFU
-youtube\-dl\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\-wNyEUrxzFU"
+youtube\-dl\ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\-wNyEUrxzFU"
\f[]
.fi
.SS How do I pass cookies to youtube\-dl?
format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and
convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely
\f[C]CRLF\f[] (\f[C]\\r\\n\f[]) for Windows and \f[C]LF\f[]
-(\f[C]\\n\f[]) for Unix and Unix\-like systems (Linux, Mac OS, etc.).
+(\f[C]\\n\f[]) for Unix and Unix\-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.).
\f[C]HTTP\ Error\ 400:\ Bad\ Request\f[] when using \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[]
is a good sign of invalid newline format.
.PP
You will first need to tell youtube\-dl to stream media to stdout with
\f[C]\-o\ \-\f[], and also tell your media player to read from stdin (it
must be capable of this for streaming) and then pipe former to latter.
-For example, streaming to vlc (http://www.videolan.org/) can be achieved
-with:
+For example, streaming to vlc (https://www.videolan.org/) can be
+achieved with:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj"\ |\ vlc\ \-
+youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj"\ |\ vlc\ \-
\f[]
.fi
.SS How do I download only new videos from a playlist?
.PP
In particular, the generic extractor (used when your website is not in
the list of supported sites by
-youtube\-dl (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) cannot
-mandate one specific downloader.
+youtube\-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html)
+cannot mandate one specific downloader.
.PP
If you put either \f[C]\-\-hls\-prefer\-native\f[] or
\f[C]\-\-hls\-prefer\-ffmpeg\f[] into your configuration, a different
For one, have a look at the list of supported
sites (docs/supportedsites.md).
Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme
-(say, from http://example.com/video/1234567 to
-http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube\-dl reports an URL of a
+(say, from https://example.com/video/1234567 to
+https://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube\-dl reports an URL of a
service in that list as unsupported.
In that case, simply report a bug.
.PP
.SH DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS
.PP
Most users do not need to build youtube\-dl and can download the
-builds (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html) or get them from
+builds (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html) or get them from
their distribution.
.PP
To run youtube\-dl as a developer, you don\[aq]t need to build anything
\f[]
.fi
.PP
+See item 6 of new extractor tutorial (#adding-support-for-a-new-site)
+for how to run extractor specific test cases.
+.PP
If you want to create a build of youtube\-dl yourself, you\[aq]ll need
.IP \[bu] 2
python
class\ YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
\ \ \ \ _VALID_URL\ =\ r\[aq]https?://(?:www\\.)?yourextractor\\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0\-9]+)\[aq]
\ \ \ \ _TEST\ =\ {
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]url\[aq]:\ \[aq]http://yourextractor.com/watch/42\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]url\[aq]:\ \[aq]https://yourextractor.com/watch/42\[aq],
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]md5\[aq]:\ \[aq]TODO:\ md5\ sum\ of\ the\ first\ 10241\ bytes\ of\ the\ video\ file\ (use\ \-\-test)\[aq],
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]info_dict\[aq]:\ {
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]id\[aq]:\ \[aq]42\[aq],
The tests will then be named \f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor\f[],
\f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1\f[],
\f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2\f[], etc.
+Note that tests with \f[C]only_matching\f[] key in test\[aq]s dict are
+not counted in.
.IP " 7." 4
Have a look at
\f[C]youtube_dl/extractor/common.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
Make sure your code follows youtube\-dl coding
conventions (#youtube-dl-coding-conventions) and check the code with
flake8 (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
-Also make sure your code works under all Python (http://www.python.org/)
-versions claimed supported by youtube\-dl, namely 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+.
+Also make sure your code works under all
+Python (https://www.python.org/) versions claimed supported by
+youtube\-dl, namely 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+.
.IP " 9." 4
-When the tests pass, add (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files
-and commit (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and
-push (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
+When the tests pass, add (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new
+files and commit (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and
+push (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
.RS 4
.IP
.nf
ydl_opts\ =\ {}
with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl:
-\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
+\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Most likely, you\[aq]ll want to use various options.
For a list of options available, have a look at
-\f[C]youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L129-L279).
+\f[C]youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/3e4cedf9e8cd3157df2457df7274d0c842421945/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L137-L312).
For a start, if you want to intercept youtube\-dl\[aq]s output, set a
\f[C]logger\f[] object.
.PP
\ \ \ \ \[aq]progress_hooks\[aq]:\ [my_hook],
}
with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl:
-\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
+\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
\f[]
.fi
.SH BUGS
via personal email.
For discussions, join us in the IRC channel
#youtube\-dl (irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl) on freenode
-(webchat (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=youtube-dl)).
+(webchat (https://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=youtube-dl)).
.PP
\f[B]Please include the full output of youtube\-dl when run with
\f[C]\-v\f[]\f[], i.e.
$\ youtube\-dl\ \-v\ <your\ command\ line>
[debug]\ System\ config:\ []
[debug]\ User\ config:\ []
-[debug]\ Command\-line\ args:\ [u\[aq]\-v\[aq],\ u\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj\[aq]]
+[debug]\ Command\-line\ args:\ [u\[aq]\-v\[aq],\ u\[aq]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj\[aq]]
[debug]\ Encodings:\ locale\ cp1251,\ fs\ mbcs,\ out\ cp866,\ pref\ cp1251
[debug]\ youtube\-dl\ version\ 2015.12.06
[debug]\ Git\ HEAD:\ 135392e
.PP
\f[B]Site support requests must contain an example URL\f[].
An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like
-\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\f[].
+\f[C]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\f[].
There should be an obvious video present.
Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video
service (e.g.
-\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/\f[]) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL.
+\f[C]https://www.youtube.com/\f[]) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL.
.SS Are you using the latest version?
.PP
Before reporting any issue, type \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[].
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