X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/9a117f94b4bfe84cfe1d904d5132aefcf41511c9..4ac9786eb3f0912486829e27d6e6de14aa21eb38:/README.txt?ds=inline diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 8f08dd2..4b400fd 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ OPTIONS -h, --help print this help text and exit --version print program version and exit - -U, --update update this program to latest version - -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors + -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 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 --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access @@ -34,6 +39,11 @@ OPTIONS --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. + --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can + store downloaded information permanently. By + default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache + /youtube-dl . + --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching Video Selection: ---------------- @@ -52,13 +62,18 @@ Video Selection: --date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date --datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date + --no-playlist download only the currently playing video + --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age + --download-archive FILE Download only videos not present in the archive + file. Record all downloaded videos in it. Download Options: ----------------- - -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) + -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. + 50K or 4.2M) -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) - --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) + --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024) --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized @@ -76,7 +91,10 @@ Filesystem Options: %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename - extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date + extension, %(format)s for the format description + (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"),%(format_id)s for + the unique id of the format (like Youtube'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)s for the playlist the video is in, @@ -87,12 +105,14 @@ Filesystem Options: ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or - --autonumber option is given + --auto-number option is given --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) -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files - -c, --continue resume partially downloaded 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 @@ -101,6 +121,7 @@ Filesystem Options: file modification time --write-description write video description to a .description file --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file + --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk Verbosity / Simulation Options: @@ -123,30 +144,35 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options: -v, --verbose print various debugging information --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very verbose) + --write-pages Write downloaded pages to files in the current + directory Video Format Options: --------------------- -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of - preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18" + preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" + and "-f flv" are also supported --all-formats download all available video formats --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only) - --write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only) - --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (currently youtube - only) - --only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download + +Subtitle Options: +----------------- + + --write-sub write subtitle file + --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (youtube only) --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the - video (currently youtube only) + video --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video - (currently youtube only) - --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format [srt/sbv/vtt] (default=srt) - (currently youtube only) - --sub-lang LANG language of the subtitles to download (optional) - use IETF language tags like 'en' + --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube + only) + --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download (optional) + separated by commas, use IETF language tags like + 'en,pt' Authentication Options: ----------------------- @@ -172,6 +198,9 @@ Post-processing Options: 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 mp4 + videos) + --add-metadata add metadata to the files CONFIGURATION =============