X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/848723ea972c09f28787db91d8c06e98a274ab89..b231d9b4ede7f09ecd861e8accd5df688bf8a40e:/README.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 0015a74..4f41be2 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,6 +1,3 @@ -NAME -==== - youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms SYNOPSIS @@ -8,6 +5,27 @@ SYNOPSIS youtube-dl OPTIONS URL [URL...] +INSTALLATION +============ + +To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: + + sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + +If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget: + + sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + +Windows users can download a .exe file and place it in their home +directory or any other location on their PATH. + +Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to +check out and work with the git repository. For further options, +including PGP signatures, see +https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html . + DESCRIPTION =========== @@ -27,14 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed) -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to - to skip unavailable videos in a playlist + 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 - --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent - --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video - access is restricted to one domain --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported @@ -42,24 +57,16 @@ OPTIONS --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection - --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. - --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl - can store some downloaded information - permanently. 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. - --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching --socket-timeout None Time to wait before giving up, in seconds - --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack - bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv - or fribidi executable in PATH --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large - apple". By default (with value "auto") - youtube-dl guesses. + 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 @@ -117,9 +124,9 @@ Download Options: Filesystem Options: ------------------- - -t, --title use title in file name (default) + -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for + stdin) --id use only video ID in file name - -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the @@ -137,8 +144,12 @@ Filesystem Options: video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist and %% for a - literal percent. Use - to output to stdout. - Can also be used to download to a different + literal percent. %(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. Use - to output to stdout. Can also + be used to download to a different directory, for example with -o '/my/downloa ds/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in @@ -148,18 +159,15 @@ Filesystem Options: --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames - -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for - stdin) - --load-info FILE json file containing the video information - (created with the "--write-json" option) + -t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name + (default) + -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible. --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning) - --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie - jar in --no-part do not use .part files --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time @@ -169,11 +177,25 @@ Filesystem Options: --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk + --load-info FILE json file containing the video information + (created with the "--write-json" option) + --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie + jar in + --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl + can store some downloaded information + permanently. 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. + --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching + --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files Verbosity / Simulation Options: ------------------------------- -q, --quiet activates quiet mode + --no-warnings Ignore warnings -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything to disk --skip-download do not download the video @@ -185,7 +207,9 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options: --get-duration simulate, quiet but print video length --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 + -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information. + See --output for a description of available + keys. --newline output progress bar as new lines --no-progress do not print progress bar --console-title display progress in console titlebar @@ -197,6 +221,24 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options: problems --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic +Workarounds: +------------ + + --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental) + --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. + --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve + information about the video. (Currently + supported only for YouTube) + --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent + --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video + access is restricted to one domain + --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value, + separated by a colon ':'. You can use this + option multiple times + --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack + bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv + or fribidi executable in PATH + Video Format Options: --------------------- @@ -204,9 +246,9 @@ Video Format Options: preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", - "bestaudio", "worst", and "worstaudio". By - default, youtube-dl will pick the best - quality. + "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", + "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, + youtube-dl will pick the best quality. --all-formats download all available video formats --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested @@ -250,7 +292,7 @@ Post-processing Options: 128K (default 5) --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: - mp4|flv|ogg|webm) + mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv) -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default @@ -259,6 +301,7 @@ Post-processing Options: default --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos) + --embed-thumbnail embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art --add-metadata write metadata to the video file --xattrs write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards) @@ -272,7 +315,7 @@ CONFIGURATION You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as --extract-audio --no-mtime to always extract the audio and not copy the -mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf. On +mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl/config. On Windows, the configuration file locations are %APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt and C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf. @@ -330,11 +373,14 @@ Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options --date, Examples: -$ # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months $ 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 $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 ---datebefore 20091231 + # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months + $ 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 + $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 FAQ === @@ -433,14 +479,76 @@ If you want to create a build of youtube-dl yourself, you'll need Adding support for a new site -If you want to add support for a new site, copy any recently modified -file in youtube_dl/extractor, add an import in -youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py. Have a look at -youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py for possible helper methods and a -detailed description of what your extractor should return. Don't forget -to run the tests with -python test/test_download.py Test_Download.test_YourExtractor! For a -detailed tutorial, refer to this blog post. +If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick +list (assuming your service is called yourextractor): + +1. Fork this repository +2. Check out the source code with + 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 +4. Start with this simple template and save it to + youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py: + + # coding: utf-8 + from __future__ import unicode_literals + + import re + + from .common import InfoExtractor + + + class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor): + _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P[0-9]+)' + _TEST = { + 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42', + 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file', + 'info_dict': { + 'id': '42', + 'ext': 'mp4', + 'title': 'Video title goes here', + # TODO more properties, either as: + # * A value + # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5: + # * A regular expression; start the string with re: + # * Any Python type (for example int or float) + } + } + + def _real_extract(self, url): + mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url) + video_id = mobj.group('id') + + # TODO more code goes here, for example ... + webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id) + title = self._html_search_regex(r'

(.*?)

', webpage, 'title') + + return { + 'id': video_id, + 'title': title, + # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) + } + +5. Add an import in youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py. +6. Run python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor. + This should fail at first, but you can continually re-run it until + you're done. +7. Have a look at youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py for possible + helper methods and a detailed description of what your extractor + should return. Add tests and code for as many as you want. +8. If you can, check the code with pyflakes (a good idea) and pep8 + (optional, ignore E501). +9. When the tests pass, add the new files and commit them and push the + result, like this: + + $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.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. + +In any case, thank you very much for your contributions! BUGS ==== @@ -580,3 +688,4 @@ youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the public domain. +