X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/a37ec5190dc9843f04d93d3bc4ce8124ea4f133f..479efb9c85e5c8a29ae1ffba5d69998a78938d8a:/README.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b1511f3..5008e5a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # youtube-dl ## USAGE -youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL +youtube-dl [options] url [url...] ## DESCRIPTION **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from @@ -12,24 +12,41 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ## OPTIONS -h, --help print this help text and exit - -v, --version print program version and exit + --version print program version and exit -U, --update update this program to latest version -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) + --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification + --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they + would handle + +### Video Selection: --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) - --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification + --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 ### Filesystem Options: -t, --title use title in file name -l, --literal use literal title in file name -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 - -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template + -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the + title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, + %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented + number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, + %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and + %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to + stdout. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files - --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to + --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 @@ -38,19 +55,26 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ### Verbosity / Simulation Options: -q, --quiet activates quiet mode - -s, --simulate do not download video + -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything + to disk + --skip-download do not download the video -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename + --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format --no-progress do not print progress bar --console-title display progress in console titlebar + -v, --verbose print various debugging information ### Video Format Options: -f, --format FORMAT video format code --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) ### Authentication Options: -u, --username USERNAME account username @@ -60,7 +84,11 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ### Post-processing Options: --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe) - --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default + --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; + best by default + --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default + -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- + processing; the video is erased by default ## FAQ @@ -68,7 +96,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. -### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What''s this? +### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''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.