X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/4e090bc3ceacc4e3cd464d12ea97700e3acad37d..bb8f7fa1e66fb0b783b3fdc24d75ed2ca0694e80:/README.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 0d89a04..a42d837 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -172,18 +172,18 @@ Video Selection: --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see - help for -o for a list of available keys) - to match if the key is present, !key to - check if the key is not present, key > - NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also - works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare - against a number, key = 'LITERAL' (like - "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works with - !=) to match against a string literal and & - to require multiple matches. Values which - are not known are excluded unless you put a - question mark (?) after the operator. For - example, to only match videos that have + the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of + available keys) to match if the key is + present, !key to check if the key is not + present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count + > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to + compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL' + (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works + with !=) to match against a string literal + and & to require multiple matches. Values + which are not known are excluded unless you + put a question mark (?) after the operator. + For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike functionality is not available at the given @@ -210,12 +210,15 @@ Download Options: -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite". --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default - is 10), or "infinite" (DASH and hlsnative - only) - --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and - hlsnative only) + is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and + ISM) + --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative + and ISM) --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not available + --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after + downloading is finished; fragments are + erased by default --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024) --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer @@ -309,8 +312,8 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options: --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. - See --output for a description of available - keys. + See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description + of available keys. -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole @@ -422,8 +425,9 @@ Post-processing Options: (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", - "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; - "best" by default; No effect without -x + "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or + "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without + -x --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K @@ -443,12 +447,14 @@ Post-processing Options: --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format - syntax is the same as --output, the parsed - parameters replace existing values. - Additional templates: %(album)s, - %(artist)s. Example: --metadata-from-title - "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title - like "Coldplay - Paradise" + syntax is the same as --output. Regular + expression with named capture groups may + also be used. The parsed parameters replace + existing values. Example: --metadata-from- + title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a + title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example + (regex): --metadata-from-title + "(?P.+?) - (?P.+)" --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards) --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the @@ -468,7 +474,7 @@ Post-processing Options: syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}' --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format - (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt) + (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc) @@ -539,7 +545,9 @@ To activate authentication with the .netrc file you should pass --netrc to youtube-dl or place it in the configuration file. On Windows you may also need to setup the %HOME% environment variable -manually. +manually. For example: + + set HOME=%USERPROFILE% @@ -552,7 +560,7 @@ names. TL;DR: navigate me to examples. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a -single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video". +single file, like in youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video". However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to python string formatting operations. For example, %(NAME)s or @@ -617,28 +625,38 @@ with sequence type are: - playlist_title (string): Playlist title Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section: -- chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to - -chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to - -chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to + +- chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to +- chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to +- chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme: -- series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode -belongs to - season (string): Title of the season the video episode -belongs to - season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video -episode belongs to - season_id (string): Id of the season the video -episode belongs to - episode (string): Title of the video episode - -episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season - -episode_id (string): Id of the video episode - -Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: - -track (string): Title of the track - track_number (numeric): Number of -the track within an album or a disc - track_id (string): Id of the track -- artist (string): Artist(s) of the track - genre (string): Genre(s) of -the track - album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to - -album_type (string): Type of the album - album_artist (string): List of -all artists appeared on the album - disc_number (numeric): Number of the -disc or other physical medium the track belongs to - release_year -(numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released + +- series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode + belongs to +- season (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to +- season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video episode + belongs to +- season_id (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to +- episode (string): Title of the video episode +- episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a + season +- episode_id (string): Id of the video episode + +Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: + +- track (string): Title of the track +- track_number (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a + disc +- track_id (string): Id of the track +- artist (string): Artist(s) of the track +- genre (string): Genre(s) of the track +- album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to +- album_type (string): Type of the album +- album_artist (string): List of all artists appeared on the album +- disc_number (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium + the track belongs to +- release_year (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note @@ -682,7 +700,8 @@ should stay intact: -o "C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s". Output template examples -Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single. +Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of +single. $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters @@ -700,7 +719,7 @@ Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single. $ youtube-dl -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/ # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos - $ youtube-dl -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" http://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617 + $ youtube-dl -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout $ youtube-dl -o - BaW_jenozKc @@ -781,8 +800,8 @@ fields: - ext: File extension - acodec: Name of the audio codec in use - vcodec: Name of the video codec in use - container: Name of the container format - protocol: The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower-case (http, https, rtsp, rtmp, rtmpe, mms, f4m, -ism, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short description of the -format +ism, http_dash_segments, m3u8, or m3u8_native) - format_id: A short +description of the format Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular @@ -829,7 +848,8 @@ file in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dl. Format selection examples -Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single. +Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of +single. # Download best mp4 format available or any other best if no mp4 available $ youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best' @@ -889,7 +909,7 @@ If you have installed youtube-dl using a package manager like _apt-get_ or _yum_, use the standard system update mechanism to update. Note that distribution packages are often outdated. As a rule of thumb, youtube-dl releases at least once a month, and often weekly or even daily. Simply -go to http://yt-dl.org/ to find out the current version. Unfortunately, +go to https://yt-dl.org to find out the current version. Unfortunately, there is nothing we youtube-dl developers can do if your distribution serves a really outdated version. You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker or support forum. @@ -1094,11 +1114,11 @@ all of your downloads, put the option into your configuration file. How do I download a video starting with a -? -Either prepend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from +Either prepend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or separate the ID from the options with --: youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU - youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU" + youtube-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU" How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl? @@ -1129,7 +1149,7 @@ You will first need to tell youtube-dl to stream media to stdout with capable of this for streaming) and then pipe former to latter. For example, streaming to vlc can be achieved with: - youtube-dl -o - "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc - + youtube-dl -o - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj" | vlc - How do I download only new videos from a playlist? @@ -1226,7 +1246,7 @@ How can I detect whether a given URL is supported by youtube-dl? For one, have a look at the list of supported sites. Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from -http://example.com/video/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and +https://example.com/video/1234567 to https://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In that case, simply report a bug. @@ -1290,6 +1310,9 @@ test file directly; any of the following work: python test/test_download.py nosetests +See item 6 of new extractor tutorial for how to run extractor specific +test cases. + If you want to create a build of youtube-dl yourself, you'll need - python @@ -1331,7 +1354,7 @@ yourextractor): class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor): _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)' _TEST = { - 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42', + 'url': 'https://yourextractor.com/watch/42', 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)', 'info_dict': { 'id': '42', @@ -1368,7 +1391,8 @@ yourextractor): _TEST to _TESTS and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will then be named TestDownload.test_YourExtractor, TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1, - TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc. + TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2, etc. Note that tests with + only_matching key in test's dict are not counted in. 7. Have a look at youtube_dl/extractor/common.py for possible helper methods and a detailed description of what your extractor should and may return. Add tests and code for as many as you want. @@ -1566,7 +1590,7 @@ fashion, like this: ydl_opts = {} with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: - ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']) + ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']) Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options available, have a look at youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py. For a start, if you @@ -1607,7 +1631,7 @@ downloads/converts the video to an mp3 file: 'progress_hooks': [my_hook], } with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: - ydl.download(['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']) + ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']) @@ -1629,7 +1653,7 @@ to this: $ youtube-dl -v <your command line> [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] - [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] + [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.06 [debug] Git HEAD: 135392e @@ -1684,9 +1708,9 @@ command-line) or upload the .dump files you get when you add SITE SUPPORT REQUESTS MUST CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE URL. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc. There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of -a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL. +a video service (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/) is _not_ an example URL. Are you using the latest version?