X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/df5478464cde9ccd55331acb878209984dbd568b..b238854ce845f3796daac74edab2e8a373e8ba1a:/README.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 56e2512..fc9f17e 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -23,23 +23,28 @@ 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 - -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) - -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) - --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 - from an initial value of SIZE. + -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 is restricted to one domain --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle - --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy + --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors + --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 downloaded information permanently. By + default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache + /youtube-dl . + --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching Video Selection: ---------------- @@ -58,6 +63,23 @@ 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 listed in the archive + file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in + it. + +Download Options: +----------------- + + -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) + (default is 1024) + --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By + default, the buffer size is automatically resized + from an initial value of SIZE. Filesystem Options: ------------------- @@ -71,7 +93,10 @@ 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, @@ -82,12 +107,14 @@ 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 @@ -96,6 +123,7 @@ 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: @@ -112,34 +140,42 @@ Verbosity / Simulation Options: --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description --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 --newline output progress bar as new lines --no-progress do not print progress bar --console-title display progress in console titlebar -v, --verbose print various debugging information --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very verbose) + --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in + the current directory to debug problems Video Format Options: --------------------- - -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of - preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18" + -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of + 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) - --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] (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: ----------------------- @@ -165,13 +201,18 @@ 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 ============= 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. +mtime) into /etc/youtube-dl.conf and/or ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf. On +Windows, the configuration file locations are +%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt and C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf. OUTPUT TEMPLATE =============== @@ -203,9 +244,7 @@ lowercase S. Allowed names are: - playlist_index: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number. -The current default template is %(id)s.%(ext)s, but that will be -switchted to %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s (which can be requested with -t at -the moment). +The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system @@ -242,14 +281,14 @@ 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 +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? 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 +too much. We're considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.