\f[B]youtube\-dl\f[] [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-\f[B]youtube\-dl\f[] is a small command\-line program to download videos
-from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
+\f[B]youtube\-dl\f[] is a command\-line program to download videos from
+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.
.TP
.B \-\-ignore\-config
Do not read configuration files.
-When given in the global configuration file /etc /youtube\-dl.conf: Do
+When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube\-dl.conf: Do
not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube\- dl/config
(%APPDATA%/youtube\-dl/config.txt on Windows)
.RS
.RE
.TP
+.B \-\-config\-location \f[I]PATH\f[]
+Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its
+containing directory.
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
.B \-\-flat\-playlist
Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.
.RS
.RE
.TP
+.B \-\-mark\-watched
+Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-mark\-watched
+Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
.B \-\-no\-color
Do not emit color codes in output
.RS
.SS Network Options:
.TP
.B \-\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
-Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy.
+Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
+To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme.
+For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/.
Pass in an empty string (\-\-proxy "") for direct connection
.RS
.RE
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-source\-address \f[I]IP\f[]
-Client\-side IP address to bind to (experimental)
+Client\-side IP address to bind to
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-4, \-\-force\-ipv4
-Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)
+Make all connections via IPv4
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-6, \-\-force\-ipv6
-Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)
+Make all connections via IPv6
.RS
.RE
+.SS Geo Restriction:
.TP
-.B \-\-cn\-verification\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
-Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites.
+.B \-\-geo\-verification\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
+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.
+.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[]
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-match\-filter \f[I]FILTER\f[]
-Generic video filter (experimental).
-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.
+Generic video filter.
+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
.SS Download Options:
.TP
-.B \-r, \-\-rate\-limit \f[I]LIMIT\f[]
+.B \-r, \-\-limit\-rate \f[I]RATE\f[]
Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.
50K or 4.2M)
.RS
.RS
.RE
.TP
+.B \-\-fragment\-retries \f[I]RETRIES\f[]
+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, hlsnative and ISM)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-abort\-on\-unavailable\-fragment
+Abort downloading when some fragment is not available
+.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 \-\-playlist\-random
+Download playlist videos in random order
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
.B \-\-xattr\-set\-filesize
-Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)
+Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-hls\-prefer\-native
-Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)
+Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-hls\-prefer\-ffmpeg
+Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS downloader
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-hls\-use\-mpegts
+Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the video
+while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-external\-downloader \f[I]COMMAND\f[]
Use the specified external downloader.
-Currently supports aria2c,axel,curl,httpie,wget
+Currently supports aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
.RS
.RE
.TP
.RE
.TP
.B \-o, \-\-output \f[I]TEMPLATE\f[]
-Output filename template.
-Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
-%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, %(autonumber)s
-to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
-extension, %(format)s for the format description (like "22 \- 1280x720"
-or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like
-YouTube\[aq]s itags: "137"), %(upload_date)s for the upload date
-(YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc),
-%(id)s for the video id, %(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or
-%(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the
-video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist.
-%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format.
-%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video
-format.
-%% for a literal percent.
-Use \- to output to stdout.
-Can also be used to download to a different directory, for example with
-\-o \[aq]/my/downloads/%(uploader)s /%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\[aq] .
+Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info
.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
+.B \-\-autonumber\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
+Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s (default is 1)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.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
.RS
.RE
.TP
-.B \-\-load\-info \f[I]FILE\f[]
+.B \-\-load\-info\-json \f[I]FILE\f[]
JSON file containing the video information (created with the
"\-\-write\-info\-json" option)
.RS
.B \-\-cache\-dir \f[I]DIR\f[]
Location in the filesystem where youtube\-dl can store some downloaded
information permanently.
-By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME /youtube\-dl or ~/.cache/youtube\-dl .
+By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube\-dl or ~/.cache/youtube\-dl .
At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated
signatures) are cached, but that may change.
.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 \-\-sleep\-interval \f[I]SECONDS\f[]
-Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+Number of seconds to sleep before each download when used alone or a
+lower bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download
+(minimum possible number of seconds to sleep) when used along with
+\-\-max\-sleep\-interval.
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-max\-sleep\-interval \f[I]SECONDS\f[]
+Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download
+(maximum possible number of seconds to sleep).
+Must only be used along with \-\-min\-sleep\-interval.
.RS
.RE
.SS Video Format Options:
.RE
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-list\-formats
-List all available formats of specified videos
+List all available formats of requested videos
.RS
.RE
.TP
.TP
.B \-\-sub\-lang \f[I]LANGS\f[]
Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas,
-use IETF language tags like \[aq]en,pt\[aq]
+use \-\-list\- subs for available language tags
.RS
.RE
.SS Authentication Options:
.RE
.TP
.B \-2, \-\-twofactor \f[I]TWOFACTOR\f[]
-Two\-factor auth code
+Two\-factor authentication code
.RS
.RE
.TP
Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)
.RS
.RE
+.SS Adobe Pass Options:
+.TP
+.B \-\-ap\-mso \f[I]MSO\f[]
+Adobe Pass multiple\-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use
+\-\-ap\-list\-mso for a list of available MSOs
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-ap\-username \f[I]USERNAME\f[]
+Multiple\-system operator account login
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-ap\-password \f[I]PASSWORD\f[]
+Multiple\-system operator account password.
+If this option is left out, youtube\-dl will ask interactively.
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-ap\-list\-mso
+List all supported multiple\-system operators
+.RS
+.RE
.SS Post\-processing Options:
.TP
.B \-x, \-\-extract\-audio
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-audio\-format \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
-"wav"; "best" by default
+Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus",
+"vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without \-x
.RS
.RE
.TP
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-embed\-subs
-Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)
+Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)
.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
.RS
.RE
.TP
-.B \-\-convert\-subtitles \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+.B \-\-convert\-subs \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
+Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported:
+srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
.RS
.RE
.SH CONFIGURATION
.PP
You can configure youtube\-dl by placing any supported command line
option to a configuration file.
-On Linux, the system wide configuration file is located at
+On Linux and OS X, the system wide configuration file is located at
\f[C]/etc/youtube\-dl.conf\f[] and the user wide configuration file at
\f[C]~/.config/youtube\-dl/config\f[].
On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are
\f[C]%APPDATA%\\youtube\-dl\\config.txt\f[] or
\f[C]C:\\Users\\<user\ name>\\youtube\-dl.conf\f[].
+Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to
+create it yourself.
+.PP
For example, with the following configuration file youtube\-dl will
-always extract the audio, not copy the mtime and use a proxy:
+always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all
+videos under \f[C]Movies\f[] directory in your home directory:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-\-\-extract\-audio
+#\ Lines\ starting\ with\ #\ are\ comments
+
+#\ Always\ extract\ audio
+\-x
+
+#\ Do\ not\ copy\ the\ mtime
\-\-no\-mtime
+
+#\ Use\ this\ proxy
\-\-proxy\ 127.0.0.1:3128
+
+#\ Save\ all\ videos\ under\ Movies\ directory\ in\ your\ home\ directory
+\-o\ ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
\f[]
.fi
.PP
+Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka
+switches used in regular command line calls thus there \f[B]must be no
+whitespace\f[] after \f[C]\-\f[] or \f[C]\-\-\f[], e.g.
+\f[C]\-o\f[] or \f[C]\-\-proxy\f[] but not \f[C]\-\ o\f[] or
+\f[C]\-\-\ proxy\f[].
+.PP
You can use \f[C]\-\-ignore\-config\f[] if you want to disable the
configuration file for a particular youtube\-dl run.
+.PP
+You can also use \f[C]\-\-config\-location\f[] if you want to use custom
+configuration file for a particular youtube\-dl run.
.SS Authentication with \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file
.PP
You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for
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 per extractor basis.
-For that you will need to create a\f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file in your
-\f[C]$HOME\f[] and restrict permissions to read/write by you only:
+file (https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor
+basis.
+For that you will need to create a \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file in your
+\f[C]$HOME\f[] and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
\f[]
.fi
.PP
-After that you can add credentials for extractor in the following
-format, where \f[I]extractor\f[] is the name of extractor in lowercase:
+After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following
+format, where \f[I]extractor\f[] is the name of the extractor in
+lowercase:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
.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
output file names.
+.PP
+\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples (#output-template-examples).
+.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]ext\f[] (string): Video filename extension
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]alt_title\f[] (string): A secondary title of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]display_id\f[] (string): An alternative identifier for the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the video uploader
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]license\f[] (string): License name the video is licensed under
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]creator\f[] (string): The creator of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]release_date\f[] (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was
+released
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]timestamp\f[] (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video
+became available
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]upload_date\f[] (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]location\f[] (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]duration\f[] (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]view_count\f[] (numeric): How many users have watched the video on
+the platform
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]like_count\f[] (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]dislike_count\f[] (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the
+video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]repost_count\f[] (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]average_rating\f[] (numeric): Average rating give by users, the
+scale used depends on the webpage
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]comment_count\f[] (numeric): Number of comments on the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]age_limit\f[] (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]format\f[] (string): A human\-readable description of the format
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]format_id\f[] (string): Format code specified by
+\f[C]\-\-format\f[]
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]format_note\f[] (string): Additional info about the format
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]width\f[] (numeric): Width of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]height\f[] (numeric): Height of the video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]resolution\f[] (string): Textual description of width and height
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]tbr\f[] (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]abr\f[] (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
+\f[C]acodec\f[] (string): Name of the audio codec in use
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
+\f[C]asr\f[] (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the
-person who uploaded the video.
+\f[C]vbr\f[] (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date
-in YYYYMMDD format.
+\f[C]fps\f[] (numeric): Frame rate
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
+\f[C]vcodec\f[] (string): Name of the video codec in use
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension
-(like flv or mp4).
+\f[C]container\f[] (string): Name of the container format
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when
-creating the file.
+\f[C]filesize\f[] (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five\-digit
-number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
+\f[C]filesize_approx\f[] (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the name or the id
-of the playlist that contains the video.
+\f[C]protocol\f[] (string): The protocol that will be used for the
+actual download
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the index of
-the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the
-total length of the playlist.
+\f[C]extractor\f[] (string): Name of the extractor
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the format code
-specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[].
+\f[C]extractor_key\f[] (string): Key name of the extractor
.IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]duration\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the
-video in seconds.
+\f[C]epoch\f[] (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\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[] (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the
+video
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\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[] (string): Playlist identifier
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_title\f[] (string): Playlist title
+.PP
+Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
+.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:
+.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.
+Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since
+they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor.
+Such sequences will be replaced with \f[C]NA\f[].
+.PP
+For example for \f[C]\-o\ %(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] and an mp4 video
+with title \f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\f[] and id
+\f[C]BaW_jenozKcj\f[], this will result in a
+\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
+to this path template.
+Any missing directory will be automatically created for you.
+.PP
+To use percent literals in an output template use \f[C]%%\f[].
+To output to stdout use \f[C]\-o\ \-\f[].
.PP
The current default template is \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[].
.PP
system or the filename through an 8bit\-unsafe channel.
In these cases, add the \f[C]\-\-restrict\-filenames\f[] flag to get a
shorter title:
+.SS Output template and Windows batch files
+.PP
+If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you
+must escape plain percent characters (\f[C]%\f[]) by doubling, so that
+\f[C]\-o\ "%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s"\f[] should become
+\f[C]\-o\ "%%(title)s\-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"\f[].
+However you should not touch \f[C]%\f[]\[aq]s that are not plain
+characters, e.g.
+environment variables for expansion should stay intact:
+\f[C]\-o\ "C:\\%HOMEPATH%\\Desktop\\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"\f[].
+.SS Output template examples
+.PP
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ \[aq]%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ BaW_jenozKc
youtube\-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_Ƥāš.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters
-$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ \-\-restrict\-filenames
+
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ \[aq]%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ BaW_jenozKc\ \-\-restrict\-filenames
youtube\-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name
+
+#\ Download\ YouTube\ playlist\ videos\ in\ separate\ directory\ indexed\ by\ video\ order\ in\ a\ playlist
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \[aq]%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
+
+#\ Download\ all\ playlists\ of\ YouTube\ channel/user\ keeping\ each\ playlist\ in\ separate\ directory:
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \[aq]%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
+
+#\ Download\ Udemy\ course\ keeping\ each\ chapter\ in\ separate\ directory\ under\ MyVideos\ directory\ in\ your\ home
+$\ 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
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
+
+#\ Stream\ the\ video\ being\ downloaded\ to\ stdout
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ BaW_jenozKc
\f[]
.fi
.SH FORMAT SELECTION
.PP
-By default youtube\-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes
-you may want to download in a different format.
-The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example
-\f[C]\-f\ 22\f[].
-You can get the list of available formats using
-\f[C]\-\-list\-formats\f[], you can also use a file extension (currently
-it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names
-\f[C]best\f[], \f[C]bestvideo\f[], \f[C]bestaudio\f[] and
-\f[C]worst\f[].
+By default youtube\-dl tries to download the best available quality,
+i.e.
+if you want the best quality you \f[B]don\[aq]t need\f[] to pass any
+special options, youtube\-dl will guess it for you by \f[B]default\f[].
+.PP
+But sometimes you may want to download in a different format, for
+example when you are on a slow or intermittent connection.
+The key mechanism for achieving this is so\-called \f[I]format
+selection\f[] based on which you can explicitly specify desired format,
+select formats based on some criterion or criteria, setup precedence and
+much more.
+.PP
+The general syntax for format selection is \f[C]\-\-format\ FORMAT\f[]
+or shorter \f[C]\-f\ FORMAT\f[] where \f[C]FORMAT\f[] is a \f[I]selector
+expression\f[], i.e.
+an expression that describes format or formats you would like to
+download.
+.PP
+\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples (#format-selection-examples).
+.PP
+The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with
+\f[C]\-f\ 22\f[] you can download the format with format code equal to
+22.
+You can get the list of available format codes for particular video
+using \f[C]\-\-list\-formats\f[] or \f[C]\-F\f[].
+Note that these format codes are extractor specific.
+.PP
+You can also use a file extension (currently \f[C]3gp\f[], \f[C]aac\f[],
+\f[C]flv\f[], \f[C]m4a\f[], \f[C]mp3\f[], \f[C]mp4\f[], \f[C]ogg\f[],
+\f[C]wav\f[], \f[C]webm\f[] are supported) to download the best quality
+format of a particular file extension served as a single file, e.g.
+\f[C]\-f\ webm\f[] will download the best quality format with the
+\f[C]webm\f[] extension served as a single file.
+.PP
+You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
+\- \f[C]best\f[]: Select the best quality format represented by a single
+file with video and audio.
+\- \f[C]worst\f[]: Select the worst quality format represented by a
+single file with video and audio.
+\- \f[C]bestvideo\f[]: Select the best quality video\-only format (e.g.
+DASH video).
+May not be available.
+\- \f[C]worstvideo\f[]: Select the worst quality video\-only format.
+May not be available.
+\- \f[C]bestaudio\f[]: Select the best quality audio only\-format.
+May not be available.
+\- \f[C]worstaudio\f[]: Select the worst quality audio only\-format.
+May not be available.
+.PP
+For example, to download the worst quality video\-only format you can
+use \f[C]\-f\ worstvideo\f[].
.PP
If you want to download multiple videos and they don\[aq]t have the same
formats available, you can specify the order of preference using
-slashes, as in \f[C]\-f\ 22/17/18\f[].
-You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in
+slashes.
+Note that slash is left\-associative, i.e.
+formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example
+\f[C]\-f\ 22/17/18\f[] will download format 22 if it\[aq]s available,
+otherwise it will download format 17 if it\[aq]s available, otherwise it
+will download format 18 if it\[aq]s available, otherwise it will
+complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
+.PP
+If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as
+a separator, e.g.
+\f[C]\-f\ 22,17,18\f[] will download all these three formats, of course
+if they are available.
+Or a more sophisticated example combined with the precedence feature:
+\f[C]\-f\ 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio\f[].
+.PP
+You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in
brackets, as in \f[C]\-f\ "best[height=720]"\f[] (or
\f[C]\-f\ "[filesize>10M]"\f[]).
-This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and
-the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec,
-container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != .
+.PP
+The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons
+\f[C]<\f[], \f[C]<=\f[], \f[C]>\f[], \f[C]>=\f[], \f[C]=\f[] (equals),
+\f[C]!=\f[] (not equals): \- \f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if
+known in advance \- \f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video, if known \-
+\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video, if known \- \f[C]tbr\f[]: Average
+bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s \- \f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio
+bitrate in KBit/s \- \f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s \-
+\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz \- \f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate
+.PP
+Also filtering work for comparisons \f[C]=\f[] (equals), \f[C]!=\f[]
+(not equals), \f[C]^=\f[] (begins with), \f[C]$=\f[] (ends with),
+\f[C]*=\f[] (contains) and following string meta fields: \-
+\f[C]ext\f[]: File extension \- \f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec
+in use \- \f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use \-
+\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]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
+extractor, i.e.
+the metadata offered by the video hoster.
+.PP
Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a
-question mark (?) after the operator.
+question mark (\f[C]?\f[]) after the operator.
You can combine format filters, so
\f[C]\-f\ "[height\ <=?\ 720][tbr>500]"\f[] selects up to 720p videos
(or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500
KBit/s.
-Use commas to download multiple formats, such as
-\f[C]\-f\ 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio\f[].
+.PP
You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file
using \f[C]\-f\ <video\-format>+<audio\-format>\f[] (requires ffmpeg or
-avconv), for example \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio\f[].
+avconv installed), for example \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio\f[] will
+download the best video\-only format, the best audio\-only format and
+mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv.
+.PP
Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if
you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower
than 480 you can use \f[C]\-f\ \[aq](mp4,webm)[height<480]\[aq]\f[].
.PP
-Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube\-dl uses
-\f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio/best\f[] as default format selection (see
-#5447, #5456).
+Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26, youtube\-dl uses
+\f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio/best\f[] as the default format selection
+(see #5447 (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/5447),
+#5456 (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/5456)).
If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading
\f[C]bestvideo\f[] and \f[C]bestaudio\f[] separately and muxing them
together into a single file giving the best overall quality available.
\f[C]best\f[] is also needed for videos that don\[aq]t come from YouTube
because they don\[aq]t provide the audio and video in two different
files.
-If you want to only download some dash formats (for example if you are
+If you want to only download some DASH formats (for example if you are
not interested in getting videos with a resolution higher than 1080p),
you can add \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best\f[] to
your configuration file.
file, you should explicitly specify your choice with \f[C]\-f\ best\f[].
You may want to add it to the configuration file (#configuration) in
order not to type it every time you run youtube\-dl.
+.SS Format selection examples
+.PP
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+#\ Download\ best\ mp4\ format\ available\ or\ any\ other\ best\ if\ no\ mp4\ available
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best\[aq]
+
+#\ Download\ best\ format\ available\ but\ not\ better\ that\ 480p
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480]\[aq]
+
+#\ Download\ best\ video\ only\ format\ but\ no\ bigger\ than\ 50\ MB
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]best[filesize<50M]\[aq]
+
+#\ Download\ best\ format\ available\ via\ direct\ link\ over\ HTTP/HTTPS\ protocol
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq](bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[protocol^=http]\[aq]
+
+#\ Download\ the\ best\ video\ format\ and\ the\ best\ audio\ format\ without\ merging\ them
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]bestvideo,bestaudio\[aq]\ \-o\ \[aq]%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s\[aq]
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Note that in the last example, an output template is recommended as
+bestvideo and bestaudio may have the same file name.
.SH VIDEO SELECTION
.PP
Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options
.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]
.PP
Again, from then on you\[aq]ll be able to update with
\f[C]sudo\ youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[].
+.SS youtube\-dl is extremely slow to start on Windows
+.PP
+Add a file exclusion for \f[C]youtube\-dl.exe\f[] in Windows Defender
+settings.
.SS I\[aq]m getting an error
\f[C]Unable\ to\ extract\ OpenGraph\ title\f[] on YouTube playlists
.PP
Feel free to report
bugs (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+filebug) to
the Ubuntu packaging
-guys (mailto:ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com?subject=outdated%20version%20of%20youtube-dl)
+people (mailto:ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com?subject=outdated%20version%20of%20youtube-dl)
\- all they have to do is update the package to a somewhat recent
version.
See above for a way to update.
+.SS I\[aq]m getting an error when trying to use output template:
+\f[C]error:\ using\ output\ template\ conflicts\ with\ using\ title,\ video\ ID\ or\ auto\ number\f[]
+.PP
+Make sure you are not using \f[C]\-o\f[] with any of these options
+\f[C]\-t\f[], \f[C]\-\-title\f[], \f[C]\-\-id\f[], \f[C]\-A\f[] or
+\f[C]\-\-auto\-number\f[] set in command line or in a configuration
+file.
+Remove the latter if any.
.SS Do I always have to pass \f[C]\-citw\f[]?
.PP
By default, youtube\-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally,
too much.
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
+moment, your best course of action is pointing a web browser to the
youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube\-dl.
.SS Do I need any other programs?
.PP
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
-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 webbrowser.
+another machine / in my web browser.
.PP
It depends a lot on the service.
In many cases, requests for the video (to download/play it) must come
-from the same IP address and with the same cookies.
+from the same IP address and with the same cookies and/or HTTP headers.
Use the \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
\f[C]\-\-dump\-user\-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube\-dl.
+You can also get necessary cookies and HTTP headers from JSON output
+obtained with \f[C]\-\-dump\-json\f[].
.PP
It may be beneficial to use IPv6; in some cases, the restrictions are
only applied to IPv4.
Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
.SS What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
.PP
-Since June 2012 (#342) youtube\-dl is packed as an executable zipfile,
-simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube\-dl.zip\f[] first
-on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above.
+Since June 2012 (#342 (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/342))
+youtube\-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might
+need renaming to \f[C]youtube\-dl.zip\f[] first on some systems) or
+clone the git repository, as laid out above.
If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the
\f[C]__main__.py\f[] file.
To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ youtube\-dl\f[].
-.SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[]
+.SS The exe throws an error due to missing \f[C]MSVCR100.dll\f[]
.PP
-To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
-Redistributable
-Package (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
+To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
+Redistributable Package
+(x86) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555).
.SS On Windows, how should I set up ffmpeg and youtube\-dl? Where should
I put the exe files?
.PP
for example \f[C]\-o\ "/home/user/videos/%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s"\f[].
If you want this for all of your downloads, put the option into your
configuration file (#configuration).
-.SS How do I download a video starting with a \f[C]\-\f[] ?
+.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?
.PP
Use the \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[] option, for example
\f[C]\-\-cookies\ /path/to/cookies/file.txt\f[].
+.PP
+In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser
+extension for exporting cookies.
+For example,
+cookies.txt (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg)
+(for Chrome) or Export
+Cookies (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/)
+(for Firefox).
+.PP
Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the
first line of the cookies file must be either
\f[C]#\ HTTP\ Cookie\ File\f[] or
Make sure you have correct newline
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, \f[C]LF\f[] (\f[C]\\n\f[])
-for Linux and \f[C]CR\f[] (\f[C]\\r\f[]) for Mac OS.
+\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]HTTP\ Error\ 400:\ Bad\ Request\f[] when using \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[]
is a good sign of invalid newline format.
.PP
Passing cookies to youtube\-dl is a good way to workaround login when a
particular extractor does not implement it explicitly.
+Another use case is working around
+CAPTCHA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) some websites require
+you to solve in particular cases in order to get access (e.g.
+YouTube, CloudFlare).
+.SS How do I stream directly to media player?
+.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 (https://www.videolan.org/) can be
+achieved with:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+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
+Use download\-archive feature.
+With this feature you should initially download the complete playlist
+with \f[C]\-\-download\-archive\ /path/to/download/archive/file.txt\f[]
+that will record identifiers of all the videos in a special file.
+Each subsequent run with the same \f[C]\-\-download\-archive\f[] will
+download only new videos and skip all videos that have been downloaded
+before.
+Note that only successful downloads are recorded in the file.
+.PP
+For example, at first,
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+youtube\-dl\ \-\-download\-archive\ archive.txt\ "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+will download the complete \f[C]PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re\f[]
+playlist and create a file \f[C]archive.txt\f[].
+Each subsequent run will only download new videos if any:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+youtube\-dl\ \-\-download\-archive\ archive.txt\ "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Should I add \f[C]\-\-hls\-prefer\-native\f[] into my config?
+.PP
+When youtube\-dl detects an HLS video, it can download it either with
+the built\-in downloader or ffmpeg.
+Since many HLS streams are slightly invalid and ffmpeg/youtube\-dl each
+handle some invalid cases better than the other, there is an option to
+switch the downloader if needed.
+.PP
+When youtube\-dl knows that one particular downloader works better for a
+given website, that downloader will be picked.
+Otherwise, youtube\-dl will pick the best downloader for general
+compatibility, which at the moment happens to be ffmpeg.
+This choice may change in future versions of youtube\-dl, with
+improvements of the built\-in downloader and/or ffmpeg.
+.PP
+In particular, the generic extractor (used when your website is not in
+the list of supported sites by
+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
+subset of videos will fail to download correctly.
+Instead, it is much better to file an issue (https://yt-dl.org/bug) or a
+pull request which details why the native or the ffmpeg HLS downloader
+is a better choice for your use case.
.SS Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows
current movies for free?
.PP
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
You can find out which by examining the output (if you run youtube\-dl
on the console) or catching an \f[C]UnsupportedError\f[] exception if
you run it from a Python program.
+.SH Why do I need to go through that much red tape when filing bugs?
+.PP
+Before we had the issue template, despite our extensive bug reporting
+instructions (#bugs), about 80% of the issue reports we got were
+useless, for instance because people used ancient versions hundreds of
+releases old, because of simple syntactic errors (not in youtube\-dl but
+in general shell usage), because the problem was already reported
+multiple times before, because people did not actually read an error
+message, even if it said "please install ffmpeg", because people did not
+mention the URL they were trying to download and many more simple,
+easy\-to\-avoid problems, many of whom were totally unrelated to
+youtube\-dl.
+.PP
+youtube\-dl is an open\-source project manned by too few volunteers, so
+we\[aq]d rather spend time fixing bugs where we are certain none of
+those simple problems apply, and where we can be reasonably confident to
+be able to reproduce the issue without asking the reporter repeatedly.
+As such, the output of \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-v\ YOUR_URL_HERE\f[] is
+really all that\[aq]s required to file an issue.
+The issue template also guides you through some basic steps you can do,
+such as checking that your version of youtube\-dl is current.
.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
.IP \[bu] 2
-make
+make (only GNU make is supported)
.IP \[bu] 2
pandoc
.IP \[bu] 2
nosetests
.SS Adding support for a new site
.PP
-If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick
-list (assuming your service is called \f[C]yourextractor\f[]):
+If you want to add support for a new site, first of all \f[B]make
+sure\f[] this site is \f[B]not dedicated to copyright
+infringement (README.md#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free)\f[].
+youtube\-dl does \f[B]not support\f[] such sites thus pull requests
+adding support for them \f[B]will be rejected\f[].
+.PP
+After you have ensured this site is distributing its content legally,
+you can follow this quick list (assuming your service is called
+\f[C]yourextractor\f[]):
.IP " 1." 4
Fork this repository (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/fork)
.IP " 2." 4
-Check out the source code with
-\f[C]git\ clone\ git\@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube\-dl.git\f[]
+Check out the source code with:
+.RS 4
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+git\ clone\ git\@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube\-dl.git
+\f[]
+.fi
+.RE
.IP " 3." 4
Start a new git branch with
-\f[C]cd\ youtube\-dl;\ git\ checkout\ \-b\ yourextractor\f[]
+.RS 4
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+cd\ youtube\-dl
+git\ checkout\ \-b\ yourextractor
+\f[]
+.fi
+.RE
.IP " 4." 4
Start with this simple template and save it to
\f[C]youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py\f[]:
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],
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]ext\[aq]:\ \[aq]mp4\[aq],
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]title\[aq]:\ \[aq]Video\ title\ goes\ here\[aq],
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]thumbnail\[aq]:\ \[aq]re:^https?://.*\\.jpg$\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]thumbnail\[aq]:\ r\[aq]re:^https?://.*\\.jpg$\[aq],
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ TODO\ more\ properties,\ either\ as:
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ *\ A\ value
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ *\ MD5\ checksum;\ start\ the\ string\ with\ md5:
.RE
.IP " 5." 4
Add an import in
-\f[C]youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).
+\f[C]youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py).
.IP " 6." 4
Run
\f[C]python\ test/test_download.py\ TestDownload.test_YourExtractor\f[].
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)
for possible helper methods and a detailed description of what your
extractor should and may
-return (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L62-L200).
+return (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L74-L252).
Add tests and code for as many as you want.
.IP " 8." 4
-If you can, check the code with
+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 (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
\f[C]
-$\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+$\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
$\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
$\ git\ commit\ \-m\ \[aq][yourextractor]\ Add\ new\ extractor\[aq]
$\ git\ push\ origin\ yourextractor
We\[aq]ll then review and merge it.
.PP
In any case, thank you very much for your contributions!
+.SS youtube\-dl coding conventions
+.PP
+This section introduces a guide lines for writing idiomatic, robust and
+future\-proof extractor code.
+.PP
+Extractors are very fragile by nature since they depend on the layout of
+the source data provided by 3rd party media hosters out of your control
+and this layout tends to change.
+As an extractor implementer your task is not only to write code that
+will extract media links and metadata correctly but also to minimize
+dependency on the source\[aq]s layout and even to make the code foresee
+potential future changes and be ready for that.
+This is important because it will allow the extractor not to break on
+minor layout changes thus keeping old youtube\-dl versions working.
+Even though this breakage issue is easily fixed by emitting a new
+version of youtube\-dl with a fix incorporated, all the previous
+versions become broken in all repositories and distros\[aq] packages
+that may not be so prompt in fetching the update from us.
+Needless to say, some non rolling release distros may never receive an
+update at all.
+.SS Mandatory and optional metafields
+.PP
+For extraction to work youtube\-dl relies on metadata your extractor
+extracts and provides to youtube\-dl expressed by an information
+dictionary (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L75-L257)
+or simply \f[I]info dict\f[].
+Only the following meta fields in the \f[I]info dict\f[] are considered
+mandatory for a successful extraction process by youtube\-dl:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]id\f[] (media identifier)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]title\f[] (media title)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]url\f[] (media download URL) or \f[C]formats\f[]
+.PP
+In fact only the last option is technically mandatory (i.e.
+if you can\[aq]t figure out the download location of the media the
+extraction does not make any sense).
+But by convention youtube\-dl also treats \f[C]id\f[] and \f[C]title\f[]
+as mandatory.
+Thus the aforementioned metafields are the critical data that the
+extraction does not make any sense without and if any of them fail to be
+extracted then the extractor is considered completely broken.
+.PP
+Any
+field (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L149-L257)
+apart from the aforementioned ones are considered \f[B]optional\f[].
+That means that extraction should be \f[B]tolerant\f[] to situations
+when sources for these fields can potentially be unavailable (even if
+they are always available at the moment) and \f[B]future\-proof\f[] in
+order not to break the extraction of general purpose mandatory fields.
+.SS Example
+.PP
+Say you have some source dictionary \f[C]meta\f[] that you\[aq]ve
+fetched as JSON with HTTP request and it has a key \f[C]summary\f[]:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+meta\ =\ self._download_json(url,\ video_id)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Assume at this point \f[C]meta\f[]\[aq]s layout is:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+{
+\ \ \ \ ...
+\ \ \ \ "summary":\ "some\ fancy\ summary\ text",
+\ \ \ \ ...
+}
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Assume you want to extract \f[C]summary\f[] and put it into the
+resulting info dict as \f[C]description\f[].
+Since \f[C]description\f[] is an optional meta field you should be ready
+that this key may be missing from the \f[C]meta\f[] dict, so that you
+should extract it like:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+description\ =\ meta.get(\[aq]summary\[aq])\ \ #\ correct
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+and not like:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+description\ =\ meta[\[aq]summary\[aq]]\ \ #\ incorrect
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+The latter will break extraction process with \f[C]KeyError\f[] if
+\f[C]summary\f[] disappears from \f[C]meta\f[] at some later time but
+with the former approach extraction will just go ahead with
+\f[C]description\f[] set to \f[C]None\f[] which is perfectly fine
+(remember \f[C]None\f[] is equivalent to the absence of data).
+.PP
+Similarly, you should pass \f[C]fatal=False\f[] when extracting optional
+data from a webpage with \f[C]_search_regex\f[],
+\f[C]_html_search_regex\f[] or similar methods, for instance:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+description\ =\ self._search_regex(
+\ \ \ \ r\[aq]<span[^>]+id="title"[^>]*>([^<]+)<\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ webpage,\ \[aq]description\[aq],\ fatal=False)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+With \f[C]fatal\f[] set to \f[C]False\f[] if \f[C]_search_regex\f[]
+fails to extract \f[C]description\f[] it will emit a warning and
+continue extraction.
+.PP
+You can also pass \f[C]default=<some\ fallback\ value>\f[], for example:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+description\ =\ self._search_regex(
+\ \ \ \ r\[aq]<span[^>]+id="title"[^>]*>([^<]+)<\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ webpage,\ \[aq]description\[aq],\ default=None)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+On failure this code will silently continue the extraction with
+\f[C]description\f[] set to \f[C]None\f[].
+That is useful for metafields that may or may not be present.
+.SS Provide fallbacks
+.PP
+When extracting metadata try to do so from multiple sources.
+For example if \f[C]title\f[] is present in several places, try
+extracting from at least some of them.
+This makes it more future\-proof in case some of the sources become
+unavailable.
+.SS Example
+.PP
+Say \f[C]meta\f[] from the previous example has a \f[C]title\f[] and you
+are about to extract it.
+Since \f[C]title\f[] is a mandatory meta field you should end up with
+something like:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+title\ =\ meta[\[aq]title\[aq]]
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+If \f[C]title\f[] disappears from \f[C]meta\f[] in future due to some
+changes on the hoster\[aq]s side the extraction would fail since
+\f[C]title\f[] is mandatory.
+That\[aq]s expected.
+.PP
+Assume that you have some another source you can extract \f[C]title\f[]
+from, for example \f[C]og:title\f[] HTML meta of a \f[C]webpage\f[].
+In this case you can provide a fallback scenario:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+title\ =\ meta.get(\[aq]title\[aq])\ or\ self._og_search_title(webpage)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+This code will try to extract from \f[C]meta\f[] first and if it fails
+it will try extracting \f[C]og:title\f[] from a \f[C]webpage\f[].
+.SS Make regular expressions flexible
+.PP
+When using regular expressions try to write them fuzzy and flexible.
+.SS Example
+.PP
+Say you need to extract \f[C]title\f[] from the following HTML code:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+<span\ style="position:\ absolute;\ left:\ 910px;\ width:\ 90px;\ float:\ right;\ z\-index:\ 9999;"\ class="title">some\ fancy\ title</span>
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+The code for that task should look similar to:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+title\ =\ self._search_regex(
+\ \ \ \ r\[aq]<span[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>([^<]+)\[aq],\ webpage,\ \[aq]title\[aq])
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Or even better:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+title\ =\ self._search_regex(
+\ \ \ \ r\[aq]<span[^>]+class=(["\\\[aq]])title\\1[^>]*>(?P<title>[^<]+)\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ webpage,\ \[aq]title\[aq],\ group=\[aq]title\[aq])
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Note how you tolerate potential changes in the \f[C]style\f[]
+attribute\[aq]s value or switch from using double quotes to single for
+\f[C]class\f[] attribute:
+.PP
+The code definitely should not look like:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+title\ =\ self._search_regex(
+\ \ \ \ r\[aq]<span\ style="position:\ absolute;\ left:\ 910px;\ width:\ 90px;\ float:\ right;\ z\-index:\ 9999;"\ class="title">(.*?)</span>\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ webpage,\ \[aq]title\[aq],\ group=\[aq]title\[aq])
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Use safe conversion functions
+.PP
+Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from \f[C]utils\f[]:
+\f[C]int_or_none\f[], \f[C]float_or_none\f[].
+Use them for string to number conversions as well.
.SH EMBEDDING YOUTUBE\-DL
.PP
youtube\-dl makes the best effort to be a good command\-line program,
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 what can be done, have a look at
-youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L117-L265).
+For a list of options available, have a look at
+\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
.PP
Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
-<https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> .
-Unless you were prompted so or there is another pertinent reason (e.g.
+<https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>.
+Unless you were prompted to or there is another pertinent reason (e.g.
GitHub fails to accept the bug report), please do not send bug reports
via personal email.
-For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube\-dl on freenode.
+For discussions, join us in the IRC channel
+#youtube\-dl (irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl) on freenode
+(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[].
+\f[C]\-v\f[]\f[], i.e.
+\f[B]add\f[] \f[C]\-v\f[] flag to \f[B]your command line\f[], copy the
+\f[B]whole\f[] output and post it in the issue body wrapped in ``` for
+better formatting.
+It should look similar to this:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-v\ <your\ command\ line>
+[debug]\ System\ config:\ []
+[debug]\ User\ config:\ []
+[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
+[debug]\ Python\ version\ 2.6.6\ \-\ Windows\-2003Server\-5.2.3790\-SP2
+[debug]\ exe\ versions:\ ffmpeg\ N\-75573\-g1d0487f,\ ffprobe\ N\-75573\-g1d0487f,\ rtmpdump\ 2.4
+[debug]\ Proxy\ map:\ {}
+\&...
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+\f[B]Do not post screenshots of verbose logs; only plain text is
+acceptable.\f[]
.PP
The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging
information.
some of these, which makes it hard for us to respond to it.
We\[aq]re often too polite to close the issue outright, but the missing
info makes misinterpretation likely.
-As a commiter myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the
+As a committer myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the
only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for
clarification over and over.
.PP
.PP
\f[B]Site support requests must contain an example URL\f[].
An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc .
+\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.
-http://www.youtube.com/ ) 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[].
.PP
Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you\[aq]re
trying to open.
-Search at the top of the window or at
-https://github.com/rg3/youtube\-dl/search?type=Issues .
+Search at the top of the window or browse the GitHub
+Issues (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) of this
+repository.
If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of
"This affects me as well, with version 2015.01.01.
Here is some more information on the issue: ...".
.PP
Before requesting a new feature, please have a quick peek at the list of
supported
-options (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#synopsis).
+options (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#options).
Many feature requests are for features that actually exist already!
Please, absolutely do show off your work in the issue report and detail
how the existing similar options do \f[I]not\f[] solve your problem.
In particular, every site support request issue should only pertain to
services at one site (generally under a common domain, but always using
the same backend technology).
-Do not request support for vimeo user videos, Whitehouse podcasts, and
+Do not request support for vimeo user videos, White house podcasts, and
Google Plus pages in the same issue.
Also, make sure that you don\[aq]t post bug reports alongside feature
requests.
.SS Is your question about youtube\-dl?
.PP
It may sound strange, but some bug reports we receive are completely
-unrelated to youtube\-dl and relate to a different or even the
-reporter\[aq]s own application.
+unrelated to youtube\-dl and relate to a different, or even the
+reporter\[aq]s own, application.
Please make sure that you are actually using youtube\-dl.
If you are using a UI for youtube\-dl, report the bug to the maintainer
of the actual application providing the UI.
.PP
youtube\-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
.PP
-This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
-(<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
-domain.
+This README file was originally written by Daniel
+Bolton (https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the
+public domain.
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