X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/de5b9c36a58e493e6f8c8c3694370e477da74f94..8971c038452ee63404bda42c0b54936ea2ac156b:/debian/youtube-dl.pod?ds=inline diff --git a/debian/youtube-dl.pod b/debian/youtube-dl.pod index 34cdc06..78f44eb 100644 --- a/debian/youtube-dl.pod +++ b/debian/youtube-dl.pod @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # -*- pod -*- =head1 NAME -youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com +youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com =head1 DESCRIPTION -youtube-dl is a script to download videos from youtube.com. +youtube-dl is a script to download videos from youtube.com or any other of +the supported video platforms. + +Currently supported sites are: CollegeHumor, Comedy Central, Dailymotion, +Facebook, Metacafe, MyVideo, Photobucket, The Escapist, Vimeo, Yahoo!, +YouTube, blip.tv, depositfiles.com, video.google.com, xvideos, Soundcloud, +InfoQ, Mixcloud, OpenClassRoom. Once it is installed in your system, you should be able to call it from the command line. Usage instructions are easy. Use youtube-dl followed @@ -64,6 +70,11 @@ The number B of the video in a playlist where we should start downlading The number B of the video in a playlist where we should stop downloading (default is -1, which stands for the last video in the playlist). +=item --dump-user-agent + +Display how youtube-dl will identify itself (the User-Agent string) to the +remote server. + =item -u B, --username=B Specify the youtube account username B. Some videos require an @@ -107,17 +118,12 @@ For youtube.com, in particular, the meaning of the format codes is given as: =back -Note that not all videos are available in all formats. - -=item -b, --best-quality - -This option is deprecated, does nothing currently, and is expected to be -removed in a next release, as it is the current behavior of youtube-dl. +Note that not all videos are available in all formats and that other +sites supported by B may have different conventions for +their video formats. -=item -m, --mobile-version - -Synonymous to the option "-f 17", to download videos playable on some -mobile phones. +By default, youtube-dl will download the best available format; if you want +to download the worst format to save bandwidth and time, use C<-f> I. =item --all-formats @@ -158,10 +164,19 @@ thumbnail. Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the description of the video. +=item --get-filename + +Simulate the operation, like quiet mode, but print the output filename. + =item --no-progress Do not print the progress bar during downloads. +=item --console-title + +If possible, set the title of the console window with the progress of the +download. + =item -t, --title Use the title of the video in the file name used to download the video. @@ -198,6 +213,28 @@ Do no overwrite already existing files. Resume partially downloaded files. +=item --cookies=B + +Store the received cookies to file B (the "cookie jar"). + +=item --no-part + +Do not append the I<.part> suffix do files that have not yet been completed. + +=item --no-mtime + +Do not use the I header to set the file modification time. + +=item --extract-audio + +Create an audio-only file extracted from the video downloaded. Requires that +ffmpeg and ffprobe be installed. + +=item --audio-format=B + +Set the audio format to be used for the extraction. Possible values are +I, I, I, with I being the default. + =back =head1 OUTPUT TEMPLATE