X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/32ad8acade51269177cd01c5aa3c7169557eeac8..16a91194b542b099c141633fd95e77db4ff075ed:/README.txt diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 4b7adfd..a0f20fd 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms INSTALLATION -To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: +To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type: sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You can also use pip: This command will update youtube-dl if you have already installed it. See the pypi page for more information. -OS X users can install youtube-dl with Homebrew: +macOS users can install youtube-dl with Homebrew: brew install youtube-dl @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ DESCRIPTION YOUTUBE-DL 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. It is released to the public -domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however -you like. +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. youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ OPTIONS Network Options: --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. - To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify - a proper scheme. For example + To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper + scheme. For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds @@ -131,16 +131,18 @@ 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 + option is not present) is used for the actual downloading. --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking - X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental) + X-Forwarded-For HTTP header --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) + country code + --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with + explicitly provided IP block in CIDR + notation Video Selection: @@ -227,10 +229,15 @@ Download Options: size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE. + --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP + downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default + is disabled). May be useful for bypassing + bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver + (experimental) --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with - expected file size (experimental) + expected file size --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS @@ -249,7 +256,9 @@ Download Options: Filesystem Options: -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for - stdin) + stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting + with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as + comments and ignored. --id Use only video ID in file name -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info @@ -465,9 +474,9 @@ Post-processing Options: default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise) --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the - postprocessors (default) - --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors + --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the + postprocessors (default) --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory. @@ -484,7 +493,7 @@ CONFIGURATION You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line -option to a configuration file. On Linux and OS X, the system wide +option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at /etc/youtube-dl.conf and the user wide configuration file at ~/.config/youtube-dl/config. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are %APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt or @@ -596,6 +605,12 @@ with sequence type are: 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 @@ -625,6 +640,9 @@ with sequence type are: 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: @@ -1129,15 +1147,15 @@ Use the --cookies option, for example In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, cookies.txt (for Chrome) -or Export Cookies (for Firefox). +or cookies.txt (for Firefox). Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must be either # HTTP Cookie File or # Netscape HTTP Cookie File. Make sure you have correct newline format in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely CRLF (\r\n) for Windows and LF (\n) for Unix and -Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac OS, etc.). HTTP Error 400: Bad Request -when using --cookies is a good sign of invalid newline format. +Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.). HTTP Error 400: Bad Request when +using --cookies is a good sign of invalid newline format. Passing cookies to youtube-dl is a good way to workaround login when a particular extractor does not implement it explicitly. Another use case @@ -1337,12 +1355,12 @@ yourextractor): 1. Fork this repository 2. Check out the source code with: - git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git + git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git 3. Start a new git branch with - cd youtube-dl - git checkout -b yourextractor + cd youtube-dl + git checkout -b yourextractor 4. Start with this simple template and save it to youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py: @@ -1405,10 +1423,10 @@ yourextractor): 9. When the tests pass, add the new files and commit them and push the result, like this: - $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py - $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py - $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add new extractor' - $ git push origin yourextractor + $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py + $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py + $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add new extractor' + $ git push origin yourextractor 10. Finally, create a pull request. We'll then review and merge it.