X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/38bb9b1b0a044cabaf5691553815e334cd2e9213..f19349c26118065acbe21509383c63465df794fe:/youtube-dl.1 diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index cde2abf..d5967c8 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -15,262 +15,845 @@ 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. .SH OPTIONS -.IP -.nf -\f[C] -\-h,\ \-\-help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit -\-\-version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Print\ program\ version\ and\ exit -\-U,\ \-\-update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ version.\ Make\ sure\ that\ you\ have\ sufficient\ permissions\ (run\ with\ sudo\ if\ needed) -\-i,\ \-\-ignore\-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Continue\ on\ download\ errors,\ for\ example\ to\ skip\ unavailable\ videos\ in\ a\ playlist -\-\-abort\-on\-error\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Abort\ downloading\ of\ further\ videos\ (in\ the\ playlist\ or\ the\ command\ line)\ if\ an\ error\ occurs -\-\-dump\-user\-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification -\-\-list\-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors -\-\-extractor\-descriptions\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Output\ descriptions\ of\ all\ supported\ extractors -\-\-force\-generic\-extractor\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Force\ extraction\ to\ use\ the\ generic\ extractor -\-\-default\-search\ PREFIX\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ this\ prefix\ for\ unqualified\ URLs.\ For\ example\ "gvsearch2:"\ downloads\ two\ videos\ from\ google\ videos\ for\ youtube\-dl\ "large\ apple". -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ the\ value\ "auto"\ to\ let\ youtube\-dl\ guess\ ("auto_warning"\ to\ emit\ a\ warning\ when\ guessing).\ "error"\ just\ throws\ an\ error.\ The -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default\ value\ "fixup_error"\ repairs\ broken\ URLs,\ but\ emits\ an\ error\ if\ this\ is\ not\ possible\ instead\ of\ searching. -\-\-ignore\-config\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ read\ configuration\ files.\ 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) -\-\-flat\-playlist\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ extract\ the\ videos\ of\ a\ playlist,\ only\ list\ them. -\-\-no\-color\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ emit\ color\ codes\ in\ output -\f[] -.fi +.TP +.B \-h, \-\-help +Print this help text and exit +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-version +Print program version and exit +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-U, \-\-update +Update this program to latest version. +Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed) +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-i, \-\-ignore\-errors +Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a +playlist +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-abort\-on\-error +Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command +line) if an error occurs +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-dump\-user\-agent +Display the current browser identification +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-list\-extractors +List all supported extractors +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-extractor\-descriptions +Output descriptions of all supported extractors +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-force\-generic\-extractor +Force extraction to use the generic extractor +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-default\-search \f[I]PREFIX\f[] +Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. +For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for +youtube\-dl "large apple". +Use the value "auto" to let youtube\-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a +warning when guessing). +"error" just throws an error. +The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error +if this is not possible instead of searching. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-ignore\-config +Do not read configuration files. +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 \-\-flat\-playlist +Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-no\-color +Do not emit color codes in output +.RS +.RE .SS Network Options: -.IP -.nf -\f[C] -\-\-proxy\ URL\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ the\ specified\ HTTP/HTTPS\ proxy.\ Pass\ in\ an\ empty\ string\ (\-\-proxy\ "")\ for\ direct\ connection -\-\-socket\-timeout\ SECONDS\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Time\ to\ wait\ before\ giving\ up,\ in\ seconds -\-\-source\-address\ IP\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Client\-side\ IP\ address\ to\ bind\ to\ (experimental) -\-4,\ \-\-force\-ipv4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Make\ all\ connections\ via\ IPv4\ (experimental) -\-6,\ \-\-force\-ipv6\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Make\ all\ connections\ via\ IPv6\ (experimental) -\-\-cn\-verification\-proxy\ URL\ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ this\ proxy\ to\ verify\ the\ IP\ address\ for\ some\ Chinese\ sites.\ The\ default\ proxy\ specified\ by\ \-\-proxy\ (or\ none,\ if\ the\ options\ is -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ not\ present)\ is\ used\ for\ the\ actual\ downloading.\ (experimental) -\f[] -.fi +.TP +.B \-\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[] +Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. +Pass in an empty string (\-\-proxy "") for direct connection +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-socket\-timeout \f[I]SECONDS\f[] +Time to wait before giving up, in seconds +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-source\-address \f[I]IP\f[] +Client\-side IP address to bind to (experimental) +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-4, \-\-force\-ipv4 +Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental) +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-6, \-\-force\-ipv6 +Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental) +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \-\-cn\-verification\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[] +Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. +The default proxy specified by \-\-proxy (or none, if the options is not +present) is used for the actual downloading. +(experimental) +.RS +.RE .SS Video Selection: -.IP -.nf -\f[C] -\-\-playlist\-start\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Playlist\ video\ to\ start\ at\ (default\ is\ 1) -\-\-playlist\-end\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Playlist\ video\ to\ end\ at\ (default\ is\ last) -\-\-playlist\-items\ ITEM_SPEC\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Playlist\ video\ items\ to\ download.\ Specify\ indices\ of\ the\ videos\ in\ the\ playlist\ separated\ by\ commas\ like:\ "\-\-playlist\-items\ 1,2,5,8" -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ if\ you\ want\ to\ download\ videos\ indexed\ 1,\ 2,\ 5,\ 8\ in\ the\ playlist.\ You\ can\ specify\ range:\ "\-\-playlist\-items\ 1\-3,7,10\-13",\ it\ will -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ the\ videos\ at\ index\ 1,\ 2,\ 3,\ 7,\ 10,\ 11,\ 12\ and\ 13. -\-\-match\-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Download\ only\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or\ caseless\ sub\-string) -\-\-reject\-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Skip\ download\ for\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or\ caseless\ sub\-string) -\-\-max\-downloads\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Abort\ after\ downloading\ NUMBER\ files -\-\-min\-filesize\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ smaller\ than\ SIZE\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m) -\-\-max\-filesize\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ larger\ than\ SIZE\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m) -\-\-date\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ this\ date -\-\-datebefore\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ on\ or\ before\ this\ date\ (i.e.\ inclusive) -\-\-dateafter\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ on\ or\ after\ this\ date\ (i.e.\ inclusive) -\-\-min\-views\ COUNT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ with\ less\ than\ COUNT\ views -\-\-max\-views\ COUNT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ download\ any\ videos\ with\ more\ than\ COUNT\ views -\-\-match\-filter\ FILTER\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 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.\ 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\ +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 \\youtube\-dl.conf\f[]. +For example, with the following configuration file youtube\-dl will +always extract the audio, not copy the mtime and use a proxy: .IP .nf \f[C] -\-x,\ \-\-extract\-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio\-only\ files\ (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 -\-\-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\ (default -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5) -\-\-recode\-video\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Encode\ the\ video\ to\ another\ format\ if\ necessary\ (currently\ supported:\ mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi) -\-\-postprocessor\-args\ ARGS\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Give\ these\ arguments\ to\ the\ postprocessor -\-k,\ \-\-keep\-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Keep\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post\-processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default -\-\-no\-post\-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Do\ not\ overwrite\ post\-processed\ files;\ the\ post\-processed\ files\ are\ overwritten\ by\ default -\-\-embed\-subs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Embed\ subtitles\ in\ the\ video\ (only\ for\ mkv\ and\ mp4\ videos) -\-\-embed\-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Embed\ thumbnail\ in\ the\ audio\ as\ cover\ art -\-\-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" -\-\-xattrs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Write\ metadata\ to\ the\ video\ file\[aq]s\ xattrs\ (using\ dublin\ core\ and\ xdg\ standards) -\-\-fixup\ POLICY\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Automatically\ correct\ known\ faults\ of\ the\ file.\ One\ of\ never\ (do\ nothing),\ warn\ (only\ emit\ a\ warning),\ detect_or_warn\ (the\ 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 -\-\-ffmpeg\-location\ PATH\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Location\ of\ the\ ffmpeg/avconv\ binary;\ either\ the\ path\ to\ the\ binary\ or\ its\ containing\ directory. -\-\-exec\ CMD\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Execute\ a\ command\ on\ the\ file\ after\ downloading,\ similar\ to\ find\[aq]s\ \-exec\ syntax.\ Example:\ \-\-exec\ \[aq]adb\ push\ {}\ /sdcard/Music/\ &&\ rm -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ {}\[aq] -\-\-convert\-subtitles\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Convert\ the\ subtitles\ to\ other\ format\ (currently\ supported:\ srt|ass|vtt) +\-\-extract\-audio +\-\-no\-mtime +\-\-proxy\ 127.0.0.1:3128 \f[] .fi -.SH CONFIGURATION .PP -You can configure youtube\-dl by placing default arguments (such as -\f[C]\-\-extract\-audio\ \-\-no\-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio -and not copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube\-dl.conf\f[] and/or -\f[C]~/.config/youtube\-dl/config\f[]. -On Windows, the configuration file locations are -\f[C]%APPDATA%\\youtube\-dl\\config.txt\f[] and -\f[C]C:\\Users\\\\youtube\-dl.conf\f[]. +You can use \f[C]\-\-ignore\-config\f[] if you want to disable the +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 extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with \f[C]\-\-username\f[] and \f[C]\-\-password\f[]) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube\-dl -execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in shell command +execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. -You can achieve this using \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] +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 \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file in your +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: .IP .nf @@ -298,11 +881,11 @@ machine\ twitch\ login\ my_twitch_account_name\ password\ my_twitch_password \f[] .fi .PP -To activate authentication with \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file you should pass -\f[C]\-\-netrc\f[] to youtube\-dl or to place it in configuration +To activate authentication with the \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file you should +pass \f[C]\-\-netrc\f[] to youtube\-dl or place it in the configuration file (#configuration). .PP -On Windows you may also need to setup \f[C]%HOME%\f[] environment +On Windows you may also need to setup the \f[C]%HOME%\f[] environment variable manually. .SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE .PP @@ -314,7 +897,7 @@ single file, like in 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[]. -To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, +To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are: .IP \[bu] 2 @@ -339,11 +922,18 @@ creating the file. \f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five\-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]playlist\f[]: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the -video. +\f[C]playlist\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the name or the id +of the playlist that contains the video. +.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. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]format_id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the format code +specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[]. .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: The index of the video in the playlist, a -five\-digit number. +\f[C]duration\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the +video in seconds. .PP The current default template is \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[]. .PP @@ -364,7 +954,7 @@ youtube\-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name .SH FORMAT SELECTION .PP By default youtube\-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes -you may want to download other format. +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 @@ -393,6 +983,9 @@ Use commas to download multiple formats, such as You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using \f[C]\-f\ +\f[] (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio\f[]. +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 @@ -400,8 +993,8 @@ Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26 youtube\-dl uses 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. -Otherwise it falls back to \f[C]best\f[] and results in downloading best -available quality served as a single file. +Otherwise it falls back to \f[C]best\f[] and results in downloading the +best available quality served as a single file. \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. @@ -418,15 +1011,15 @@ delivery immediately to your player and not to wait until .PP If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to youtube\-dl 2015.04.26), i.e. -you want to download best available quality media served as a single +you want to download the best available quality media served as a single 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. .SH VIDEO SELECTION .PP Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options -\f[C]\-\-date\f[], \f[C]\-\-datebefore\f[] or \f[C]\-\-dateafter\f[], -they accept dates in two formats: +\f[C]\-\-date\f[], \f[C]\-\-datebefore\f[] or \f[C]\-\-dateafter\f[]. +They accept dates in two formats: .IP \[bu] 2 Absolute dates: Dates in the format \f[C]YYYYMMDD\f[]. .IP \[bu] 2 @@ -443,7 +1036,7 @@ $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-dateafter\ now\-6months #\ Download\ only\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ on\ January\ 1,\ 1970 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-date\ 19700101 -$\ #\ will\ only\ download\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ the\ 200x\ decade +$\ #\ Download\ only\ the\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ the\ 200x\ decade $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-dateafter\ 20000101\ \-\-datebefore\ 20091231 \f[] .fi @@ -466,7 +1059,7 @@ 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, there is nothing we youtube\-dl developers can do if your -distributions serves a really outdated version. +distribution serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker or support forum. .PP @@ -520,7 +1113,7 @@ Therefore, it is unnecessary and sometimes harmful to copy long option strings from webpages. In particular, the only option out of \f[C]\-citw\f[] that is regularly useful is \f[C]\-i\f[]. -.SS Can you please put the \-b option back? +.SS Can you please put the \f[C]\-b\f[] option back? .PP Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube\-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by @@ -539,12 +1132,26 @@ 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 youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube\-dl. +.SS Do I need any other programs? +.PP +youtube\-dl works fine on its own on most sites. +However, if you want to convert video/audio, you\[aq]ll need +avconv (https://libav.org/) or ffmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/). +On some sites \- most notably YouTube \- videos can be retrieved in a +higher quality format without sound. +youtube\-dl will detect whether avconv/ffmpeg is present and +automatically pick the best option. +.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. .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/). -.SS I extracted a video URL with \-g, but it does not play on another -machine / in my webbrowser. +.SS I extracted a video URL with \f[C]\-g\f[], but it does not play on +another machine / in my webbrowser. .PP It depends a lot on the service. In many cases, requests for the video (to download/play it) must come @@ -562,7 +1169,8 @@ exception rather than the rule. .PP Please bear in mind that some URL protocols are \f[B]not\f[] supported by browsers out of the box, including RTMP. -If you are using \-g, your own downloader must support these as well. +If you are using \f[C]\-g\f[], your own downloader must support these as +well. .PP If you want to play the video on a machine that is not running youtube\-dl, you can relay the video content from the machine that runs @@ -586,7 +1194,7 @@ output \f[C][1]\ 2839\f[] or .PP That\[aq]s actually the output from your shell. Since ampersand is one of the special shell characters it\[aq]s -interpreted by shell preventing you from passing the whole URL to +interpreted by the shell preventing you from passing the whole URL to youtube\-dl. To disable your shell from interpreting the ampersands (or any other special characters) you have to either put the whole URL in quotes or @@ -680,6 +1288,24 @@ youtube\-dl\ \-\-\ \-wNyEUrxzFU youtube\-dl\ "http://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[]. +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 +\f[C]#\ Netscape\ HTTP\ Cookie\ File\f[]. +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]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. .SS Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free? .PP @@ -847,12 +1473,13 @@ class\ YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor): \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ webpage\ =\ self._download_webpage(url,\ video_id) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ TODO\ more\ code\ goes\ here,\ for\ example\ ... -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title\ =\ self._html_search_regex(r\[aq]

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\[aq],\ webpage,\ \[aq]title\[aq]) +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title\ =\ self._html_search_regex(r\[aq]

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\[aq],\ webpage,\ \[aq]title\[aq]) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ return\ { \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]id\[aq]:\ video_id, \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]title\[aq]:\ title, \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]description\[aq]:\ self._og_search_description(webpage), +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]uploader\[aq]:\ self._search_regex(r\[aq]]+id="uploader"[^>]*>([^<]+)<\[aq],\ webpage,\ \[aq]uploader\[aq],\ fatal=False), \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ TODO\ more\ properties\ (see\ youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ } \f[] @@ -868,16 +1495,15 @@ This \f[I]should fail\f[] at first, but you can continually re\-run it until you\[aq]re done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename \f[C]_TEST\f[] to \f[C]_TESTS\f[] and make it into a list of dictionaries. -The tests will be then be named -\f[C]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. .IP " 7." 4 Have a look at -\f[C]youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) +\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 -return (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). +extractor should and may +return (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L62-L200). Add tests and code for as many as you want. .IP " 8." 4 If you can, check the code with @@ -926,7 +1552,7 @@ with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl: .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#L69). +youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L117-L265). For a start, if you want to intercept youtube\-dl\[aq]s output, set a \f[C]logger\f[] object. .PP @@ -982,7 +1608,7 @@ For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube\-dl on freenode. \f[B]Please include the full output of youtube\-dl when run with \f[C]\-v\f[]\f[]. .PP -The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging +The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever. @@ -1017,12 +1643,13 @@ only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for clarification over and over. .PP For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the -\f[I]complete\f[] output of youtube\-dl when called with the \-v flag. +\f[I]complete\f[] output of youtube\-dl when called with the +\f[C]\-v\f[] flag. The error message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe how many of our bug reports do not contain this information. .PP If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship, adding -\-\-call\-home may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. +\f[C]\-\-call\-home\f[] may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the error is \f[C]ERROR:\ Unable\ to\ extract\ ...\f[] and you cannot reproduce it from multiple countries, add \f[C]\-\-dump\-pages\f[] (warning: this will yield a rather large output, redirect it to the file @@ -1039,7 +1666,7 @@ service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL. .SS Are you using the latest version? .PP -Before reporting any issue, type youtube\-dl \-U. +Before reporting any issue, type \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[]. This should report that you\[aq]re up\-to\-date. About 20% of the reports we receive are already fixed, but people are using outdated versions.