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youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
- INSTALLATION
--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
+
+
+Geo Restriction:
+
--geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
some geo-restricted sites. The default
proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
options is not present) is used for the
actual downloading.
+ --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
+ X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)
+ --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
+ faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
+ (experimental)
+ --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
+ explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2
+ country code (experimental)
Video Selection:
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
COUNT views
--match-filter FILTER 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. 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 <? 50 &
- description" .
+ 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 = 'LITERAL'
+ (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", 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 <? 50 & description" .
--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
to a video and a playlist.
--yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
-R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
"infinite".
--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
- is 10), or "infinite" (DASH and hlsnative
- only)
- --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and
- hlsnative only)
+ is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
+ ISM)
+ --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
+ and ISM)
--abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
available
+ --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
+ downloading is finished; fragments are
+ erased by default
--buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
--id Use only video ID in file name
-o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
TEMPLATE" for all the info
- --autonumber-size NUMBER 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)
--autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
(default is 1)
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
filenames
- -A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o
- "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number
- downloaded files starting from 00000
- -t, --title [deprecated] Use title in file name
- (default)
- -l, --literal [deprecated] Alias of --title
-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
By default, youtube-dl will resume
--get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
--get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
-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.
-J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
for each command-line argument. If the URL
refers to a playlist, dump the whole
(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
- "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav";
- "best" by default; No effect without -x
+ "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
+ "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
+ -x
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
--metadata-from-title FORMAT 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"
+ 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<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
(using dublin core and xdg standards)
--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
/sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
- (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+ (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
to youtube-dl or place it in the configuration file.
On Windows you may also need to setup the %HOME% environment variable
-manually.
+manually. For example:
+
+ set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
TL;DR: navigate me to examples.
The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
-single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video".
+single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video".
However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
-downloading each video. The special sequences have the format %(NAME)s.
-To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses,
-followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are:
-
-- id: Video identifier
-- title: Video title
-- url: Video URL
-- ext: Video filename extension
-- alt_title: A secondary title of the video
-- display_id: An alternative identifier for the video
-- uploader: Full name of the video uploader
-- license: License name the video is licensed under
-- creator: The creator of the video
-- release_date: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
-- timestamp: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
-- upload_date: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
-- uploader_id: Nickname or id of the video uploader
-- location: Physical location where the video was filmed
-- duration: Length of the video in seconds
-- view_count: How many users have watched the video on the platform
-- like_count: Number of positive ratings of the video
-- dislike_count: Number of negative ratings of the video
-- repost_count: Number of reposts of the video
-- average_rating: Average rating give by users, the scale used depends
- on the webpage
-- comment_count: Number of comments on the video
-- age_limit: Age restriction for the video (years)
-- format: A human-readable description of the format
-- format_id: Format code specified by --format
-- format_note: Additional info about the format
-- width: Width of the video
-- height: Height of the video
-- resolution: Textual description of width and height
-- tbr: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
-- abr: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
-- acodec: Name of the audio codec in use
-- asr: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
-- vbr: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
-- fps: Frame rate
-- vcodec: Name of the video codec in use
-- container: Name of the container format
-- filesize: The number of bytes, if known in advance
-- filesize_approx: An estimate for the number of bytes
-- protocol: The protocol that will be used for the actual download
-- extractor: Name of the extractor
-- extractor_key: Key name of the extractor
-- epoch: Unix epoch when creating the file
-- autonumber: Five-digit number that will be increased with each
- download, starting at zero
-- playlist: Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
-- playlist_index: Index of the video in the playlist padded with
- leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
-- playlist_id: Playlist identifier
-- playlist_title: Playlist title
+downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according
+to python string formatting operations. For example, %(NAME)s or
+%(NAME)05d. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in
+parentheses, followed by a formatting operations. Allowed names along
+with sequence type are:
+
+- id (string): Video identifier
+- title (string): Video title
+- url (string): Video URL
+- ext (string): Video filename extension
+- alt_title (string): A secondary title of the video
+- display_id (string): An alternative identifier for the video
+- uploader (string): Full name of the video uploader
+- license (string): License name the video is licensed under
+- creator (string): The creator of the video
+- release_date (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was
+ released
+- timestamp (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became
+ available
+- upload_date (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
+- uploader_id (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
+- location (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
+- duration (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
+- view_count (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the
+ platform
+- like_count (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
+- dislike_count (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
+- repost_count (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
+- average_rating (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale
+ used depends on the webpage
+- comment_count (numeric): Number of comments on the video
+- age_limit (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
+- is_live (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a
+ fixed-length video
+- start_time (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should
+ start, as specified in the URL
+- end_time (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should
+ end, as specified in the URL
+- format (string): A human-readable description of the format
+- format_id (string): Format code specified by --format
+- format_note (string): Additional info about the format
+- width (numeric): Width of the video
+- height (numeric): Height of the video
+- resolution (string): Textual description of width and height
+- tbr (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
+- abr (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
+- acodec (string): Name of the audio codec in use
+- asr (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
+- vbr (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
+- fps (numeric): Frame rate
+- vcodec (string): Name of the video codec in use
+- container (string): Name of the container format
+- filesize (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
+- filesize_approx (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
+- protocol (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual
+ download
+- extractor (string): Name of the extractor
+- extractor_key (string): Key name of the extractor
+- epoch (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
+- autonumber (numeric): Five-digit number that will be increased with
+ each download, starting at zero
+- playlist (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the
+ video
+- playlist_index (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded
+ with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
+- playlist_id (string): Playlist identifier
+- playlist_title (string): Playlist title
+- playlist_uploader (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
+- playlist_uploader_id (string): Nickname or id of the playlist
+ uploader
Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
-- chapter: Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to -
-chapter_number: Number of the chapter the video belongs to - chapter_id:
-Id of the chapter the video belongs to
+
+- chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
+- chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
+- chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
-- series: Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
-- season: Title of the season the video episode belongs to -
-season_number: Number of the season the video episode belongs to -
-season_id: Id of the season the video episode belongs to - episode:
-Title of the video episode - episode_number: Number of the video episode
-within a season - episode_id: Id of the video episode
-
-Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: -
-track: Title of the track - track_number: Number of the track within an
-album or a disc - track_id: Id of the track - artist: Artist(s) of the
-track - genre: Genre(s) of the track - album: Title of the album the
-track belongs to - album_type: Type of the album - album_artist: List of
-all artists appeared on the album - disc_number: Number of the disc or
-other physical medium the track belongs to - release_year: Year (YYYY)
-when the album was released
+
+- series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode
+ belongs to
+- season (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
+- season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video episode
+ belongs to
+- season_id (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
+- episode (string): Title of the video episode
+- episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a
+ season
+- episode_id (string): Id of the video episode
+
+Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
+
+- track (string): Title of the track
+- track_number (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a
+ disc
+- track_id (string): Id of the track
+- artist (string): Artist(s) of the track
+- genre (string): Genre(s) of the track
+- album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
+- album_type (string): Type of the album
+- album_artist (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
+- disc_number (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium
+ the track belongs to
+- release_year (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will
be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note
youtube-dl test video-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4 file created in the current
directory.
+For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for
+example, %(view_count)05d will result in a string with view count padded
+with zeros up to 5 characters, like in 00042.
+
Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g.
-o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' which will
result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this
Output template examples
-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.
$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc
youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
$ youtube-dl -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' 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
vcodec: Name of the video codec in use - container: Name of the
container format - protocol: The protocol that will be used for the
actual download, lower-case (http, https, rtsp, rtmp, rtmpe, mms, f4m,
-ism, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short description of the
-format
+ism, http_dash_segments, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short
+description of the format
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be
present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular
Format selection examples
-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.
# Download best mp4 format available or any other best if no mp4 available
$ youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best'
or _yum_, use the standard system update mechanism to update. 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. Unfortunately,
+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 or support forum.
How do I download a video starting with a -?
-Either prepend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from
+Either prepend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from
the options with --:
youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
- youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
+ youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl?
capable of this for streaming) and then pipe former to latter. For
example, streaming to vlc can be achieved with:
- youtube-dl -o - "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc -
+ youtube-dl -o - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc -
How do I download only new videos from a playlist?
For one, have a look at the list of supported sites. 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
+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.
python test/test_download.py
nosetests
+See item 6 of new extractor tutorial for how to run extractor specific
+test cases.
+
If you want to create a build of youtube-dl yourself, you'll need
- python
class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
_VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
_TEST = {
- 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
+ 'url': 'https://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)',
'info_dict': {
'id': '42',
_TEST to _TESTS and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests
will then be named TestDownload.test_YourExtractor,
TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1,
- TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc.
+ TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc. Note that tests with
+ only_matching key in test's dict are not counted in.
7. Have a look at youtube_dl/extractor/common.py for possible helper
methods and a detailed description of what your extractor should and
may return. Add tests and code for as many as you want.
ydl_opts = {}
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
- ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
+ ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options
available, have a look at youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py. For a start, if you
'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
}
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
- ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
+ ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
- [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
+ [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.06
[debug] Git HEAD: 135392e
SITE SUPPORT REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE URL. An example URL is a
URL you might want to download, like
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious
video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of
-a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL.
+a video service (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL.
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