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youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
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# OPTIONS
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- -h, --help Print this help text and exit
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- --version Print program version and exit
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- -U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
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- sure that you have sufficient permissions
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- (run with sudo if needed)
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- -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
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- skip unavailable videos in a playlist
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- --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
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- playlist or the command line) if an error
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- occurs
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- --dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
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- --list-extractors List all supported extractors
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- --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
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- extractors
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- --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
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- extractor
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- --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
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- example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
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- from google videos for youtube-dl "large
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- apple". Use the value "auto" to let
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- youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
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- warning when guessing). "error" just throws
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- an error. The default value "fixup_error"
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- repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
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- this is not possible instead of searching.
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- --ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
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- in the global configuration file
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- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
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- configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
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- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
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- on Windows)
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- --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
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- the path to the config or its containing
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- directory.
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- --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
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- only list them.
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- --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
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- --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
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- --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
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+ -h, --help Print this help text and exit
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+ --version Print program version and exit
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+ -U, --update Update this program to latest version.
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+ Make sure that you have sufficient
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+ permissions (run with sudo if needed)
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+ -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for
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+ example to skip unavailable videos in a
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+ playlist
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+ --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in
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+ the playlist or the command line) if an
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+ error occurs
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+ --dump-user-agent Display the current browser
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+ identification
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+ --list-extractors List all supported extractors
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+ --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
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+ extractors
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+ --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
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+ extractor
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+ --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs.
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+ For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two
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+ videos from google videos for youtube-
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+ dl "large apple". Use the value "auto"
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+ to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning"
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+ to emit a warning when guessing).
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+ "error" just throws an error. The
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+ default value "fixup_error" repairs
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+ broken URLs, but emits an error if this
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+ is not possible instead of searching.
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+ --ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When
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+ given in the global configuration file
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+ /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the
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+ user configuration in
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+ ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
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+ (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on
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+ Windows)
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+ --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file;
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+ either the path to the config or its
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+ containing directory.
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+ --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a
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+ playlist, only list them.
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+ --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
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+ --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube
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+ only)
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+ --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
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## Network Options:
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- --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
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- To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
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- scheme. For example
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- socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty
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- string (--proxy "") for direct connection
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- --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
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- --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
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- -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
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- -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
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+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS
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+ proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a
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+ proper scheme. For example
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+ socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an
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+ empty string (--proxy "") for direct
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+ connection
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+ --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in
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+ seconds
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+ --source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
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+ -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
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+ -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
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## Geo Restriction:
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- --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
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- some geo-restricted sites. The default
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- proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
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- option is not present) is used for the
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- actual downloading.
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- --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
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- X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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- --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
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- faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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- --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
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- explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2
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- country code
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- --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
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- explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
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- notation
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+ --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address
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+ for some geo-restricted sites. The
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+ default proxy specified by --proxy (or
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+ none, if the option is not present) is
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+ used for the actual downloading.
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+ --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via
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+ faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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+ --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction
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+ via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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+ --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction
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+ with explicitly provided two-letter ISO
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+ 3166-2 country code
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+ --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction
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+ with explicitly provided IP block in
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+ CIDR notation
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## Video Selection:
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- --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
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- --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
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- --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
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- indices of the videos in the playlist
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- separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
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- 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
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- indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
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- specify range: "--playlist-items
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- 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
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- at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
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- --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
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- caseless sub-string)
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- --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or
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- caseless sub-string)
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- --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
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- --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
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- SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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- --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
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- (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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- --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date
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- --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
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- this date (i.e. inclusive)
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- --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
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- this date (i.e. inclusive)
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- --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
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- COUNT views
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- --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
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- COUNT views
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- --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
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- the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
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- available keys) to match if the key is
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- present, !key to check if the key is not
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- present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
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- > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
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- compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
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- (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
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- with !=) to match against a string literal
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- and & to require multiple matches. Values
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- which are not known are excluded unless you
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- put a question mark (?) after the operator.
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- For example, to only match videos that have
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- been liked more than 100 times and disliked
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- less than 50 times (or the dislike
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- functionality is not available at the given
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- service), but who also have a description,
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- use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
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- dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
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- --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
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- to a video and a playlist.
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- --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
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- a video and a playlist.
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- --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
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- age
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- --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
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- archive file. Record the IDs of all
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- downloaded videos in it.
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- --include-ads Download advertisements as well
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- (experimental)
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+ --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is
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+ 1)
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+ --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is
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+ last)
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+ --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download.
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+ Specify indices of the videos in the
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+ playlist separated by commas like: "--
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+ playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to
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+ download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in
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+ the playlist. You can specify range: "
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+ --playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
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+ download the videos at index 1, 2, 3,
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+ 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
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+ --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
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+ caseless sub-string)
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+ --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles
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+ (regex or caseless sub-string)
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+ --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
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+ --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
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+ SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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+ --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than
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+ SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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+ --date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this
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+ date
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+ --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or
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+ before this date (i.e. inclusive)
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+ --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or
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+ after this date (i.e. inclusive)
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+ --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less
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+ than COUNT views
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+ --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more
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+ than COUNT views
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+ --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key
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+ (see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list
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+ of available keys) to match if the key
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+ is present, !key to check if the key is
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+ not present, key > NUMBER (like
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+ "comment_count > 12", also works with
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+ >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a
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+ number, key = 'LITERAL' (like "uploader
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+ = 'Mike Smith'", also works with !=) to
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+ match against a string literal and & to
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+ require multiple matches. Values which
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+ are not known are excluded unless you
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+ put a question mark (?) after the
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+ operator. For example, to only match
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+ videos that have been liked more than
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+ 100 times and disliked less than 50
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+ times (or the dislike functionality is
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+ not available at the given service),
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+ but who also have a description, use
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+ --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
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+ dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
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+ --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL
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+ refers to a video and a playlist.
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+ --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL
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+ refers to a video and a playlist.
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+ --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the
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+ given age
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+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
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+ archive file. Record the IDs of all
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+ downloaded videos in it.
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+ --include-ads Download advertisements as well
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+ (experimental)
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## Download Options:
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- -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
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- (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
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- -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
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- "infinite".
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- --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
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- is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
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- ISM)
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- --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
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- and ISM)
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- --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
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- available
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- --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
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- downloading is finished; fragments are
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- erased by default
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- --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
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- (default is 1024)
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- --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
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- size. By default, the buffer size is
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- automatically resized from an initial value
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- of SIZE.
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- --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
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- downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
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- is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
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- bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
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- (experimental)
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- --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
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- --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
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- --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
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- expected file size
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- --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of
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- ffmpeg
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- --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
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- downloader
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- --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos,
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- allowing to play the video while
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- downloading (some players may not be able
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- to play it)
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- --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
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- Currently supports
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- aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
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- --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
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- downloader
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+ -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per
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+ second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
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+ -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
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+ "infinite".
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+ --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment
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+ (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH,
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+ hlsnative and ISM)
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+ --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH,
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+ hlsnative and ISM)
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+ --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is
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+ not available
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+ --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
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+ downloading is finished; fragments are
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+ erased by default
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+ --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or
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+ 16K) (default is 1024)
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+ --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
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+ size. By default, the buffer size is
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+ automatically resized from an initial
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+ value of SIZE.
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+ --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
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+ downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M)
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+ (default is disabled). May be useful
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+ for bypassing bandwidth throttling
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+ imposed by a webserver (experimental)
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+ --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse
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+ order
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+ --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random
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+ order
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+ --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
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+ expected file size
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+ --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead
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+ of ffmpeg
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+ --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
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+ downloader
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+ --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS
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+ videos, allowing to play the video
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+ while downloading (some players may not
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+ be able to play it)
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+ --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
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+ Currently supports aria2c,avconv,axel,c
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+ url,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
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+ --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
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+ downloader
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## Filesystem Options:
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- -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
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- stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
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- with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
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- comments and ignored.
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- --id Use only video ID in file name
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- -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
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- TEMPLATE" for all the info
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- --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
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- (default is 1)
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- --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
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- characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
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- filenames
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- -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
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- -c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
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- By default, youtube-dl will resume
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- downloads if possible.
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- --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
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- (restart from beginning)
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- --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
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- into output file
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- --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
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- the file modification time
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- --write-description Write video description to a .description
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- file
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- --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
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- --write-annotations Write video annotations to a
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|
- .annotations.xml file
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|
|
- --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
|
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|
- (created with the "--write-info-json"
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|
- option)
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- --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
|
|
|
- jar in
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- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
|
|
|
- can store some downloaded information
|
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|
- permanently. By default
|
|
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- $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
|
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- ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
|
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|
- YouTube player files (for videos with
|
|
|
- obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
|
|
|
- may change.
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- --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
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- --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
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|
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+ -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-'
|
|
|
+ for stdin), one URL per line. Lines
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|
|
+ starting with '#', ';' or ']' are
|
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|
+ considered as comments and ignored.
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+ --id Use only video ID in file name
|
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|
+ -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the
|
|
|
+ "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info
|
|
|
+ --output-na-placeholder PLACEHOLDER Placeholder value for unavailable meta
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|
|
+ fields in output filename template
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|
|
+ (default is "NA")
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|
|
+ --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for
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|
|
+ %(autonumber)s (default is 1)
|
|
|
+ --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
|
|
|
+ characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
|
|
|
+ filenames
|
|
|
+ -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)
|
|
|
+ --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
|
|
|
+ into output file
|
|
|
+ --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to
|
|
|
+ set the 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
|
|
|
+ .annotations.xml file
|
|
|
+ --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video
|
|
|
+ information (created with the "--write-
|
|
|
+ info-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
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Thumbnail images:
|
|
|
- --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
|
|
|
- --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
|
|
|
- --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
|
|
|
- formats
|
|
|
+ --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
|
|
|
+ --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to
|
|
|
+ disk
|
|
|
+ --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available
|
|
|
+ thumbnail formats
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
|
|
|
- -q, --quiet Activate 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
|
|
|
- -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
|
|
|
- -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
|
|
|
- --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
|
|
|
- --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
|
|
|
- --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
|
|
|
- --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.
|
|
|
- See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description
|
|
|
- of available keys.
|
|
|
- -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
|
|
|
- for each command-line argument. If the URL
|
|
|
- refers to a playlist, dump the whole
|
|
|
- playlist information in a single line.
|
|
|
- --print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
|
|
|
- JSON (video is still being downloaded).
|
|
|
- --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-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
|
|
|
- to debug problems (very verbose)
|
|
|
- --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
|
|
|
- files in the current directory to debug
|
|
|
- problems
|
|
|
- --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
|
|
|
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
|
|
|
- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
|
|
|
- debugging
|
|
|
+ -q, --quiet Activate 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
|
|
|
+ -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
|
|
|
+ -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
|
|
|
+ --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
|
|
|
+ --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
|
|
|
+ --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video
|
|
|
+ description
|
|
|
+ --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. See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
|
|
|
+ for a description of available keys.
|
|
|
+ -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON
|
|
|
+ information for each command-line
|
|
|
+ argument. If the URL refers to a
|
|
|
+ playlist, dump the whole playlist
|
|
|
+ information in a single line.
|
|
|
+ --print-json Be quiet and print the video
|
|
|
+ information as JSON (video is still
|
|
|
+ being downloaded).
|
|
|
+ --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-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using
|
|
|
+ base64 to debug problems (very verbose)
|
|
|
+ --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
|
|
|
+ files in the current directory to debug
|
|
|
+ problems
|
|
|
+ --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
|
|
|
+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for
|
|
|
+ debugging
|
|
|
+ --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server
|
|
|
+ for debugging
|
|
|
|
|
|
## 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 URL 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
|
|
|
- --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
|
|
|
- download when used alone or a lower bound
|
|
|
- of a range for randomized sleep before each
|
|
|
- download (minimum possible number of
|
|
|
- seconds to sleep) when used along with
|
|
|
- --max-sleep-interval.
|
|
|
- --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep
|
|
|
- before each download (maximum possible
|
|
|
- number of seconds to sleep). Must only be
|
|
|
- used along with --min-sleep-interval.
|
|
|
+ --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 URL 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
|
|
|
+ --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
|
|
|
+ download when used alone or a lower
|
|
|
+ bound of a range for randomized sleep
|
|
|
+ before each download (minimum possible
|
|
|
+ number of seconds to sleep) when used
|
|
|
+ along with --max-sleep-interval.
|
|
|
+ --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized
|
|
|
+ sleep before each download (maximum
|
|
|
+ possible number of seconds to sleep).
|
|
|
+ Must only be used along with --min-
|
|
|
+ sleep-interval.
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Video Format Options:
|
|
|
- -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT
|
|
|
- SELECTION" for all the info
|
|
|
- --all-formats Download all available video formats
|
|
|
- --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
|
|
|
- one is requested
|
|
|
- -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
|
|
|
- videos
|
|
|
- --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
|
|
|
- related data on YouTube videos
|
|
|
- --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
|
|
|
- bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
|
|
|
- container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
|
|
|
- webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
|
|
|
+ -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT
|
|
|
+ SELECTION" for all the info
|
|
|
+ --all-formats Download all available video formats
|
|
|
+ --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a
|
|
|
+ specific one is requested
|
|
|
+ -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
|
|
|
+ videos
|
|
|
+ --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
|
|
|
+ related data on YouTube videos
|
|
|
+ --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
|
|
|
+ bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
|
|
|
+ container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
|
|
|
+ webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is
|
|
|
+ required
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Subtitle Options:
|
|
|
- --write-sub Write subtitle file
|
|
|
- --write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle file
|
|
|
- (YouTube only)
|
|
|
- --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
|
|
|
- video
|
|
|
- --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
|
|
|
- --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
|
|
|
- preference, for example: "srt" or
|
|
|
- "ass/srt/best"
|
|
|
- --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
|
|
|
- (optional) separated by commas, use --list-
|
|
|
- subs for available language tags
|
|
|
+ --write-sub Write subtitle file
|
|
|
+ --write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle
|
|
|
+ file (YouTube only)
|
|
|
+ --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of
|
|
|
+ the video
|
|
|
+ --list-subs List all available subtitles for the
|
|
|
+ video
|
|
|
+ --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
|
|
|
+ preference, for example: "srt" or
|
|
|
+ "ass/srt/best"
|
|
|
+ --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
|
|
|
+ (optional) separated by commas, use
|
|
|
+ --list-subs for available language tags
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Authentication Options:
|
|
|
- -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
|
|
|
- -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
|
|
|
- out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
|
|
|
- -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
|
|
|
- -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
|
|
|
- --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
|
|
|
+ -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
|
|
|
+ -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is
|
|
|
+ left out, youtube-dl will ask
|
|
|
+ interactively.
|
|
|
+ -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
|
|
|
+ -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
|
|
|
+ --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Adobe Pass Options:
|
|
|
- --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
|
|
|
- provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
|
|
|
- a list of available MSOs
|
|
|
- --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
|
|
|
- --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
|
|
|
- If this option is left out, youtube-dl will
|
|
|
- ask interactively.
|
|
|
- --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
|
|
|
- operators
|
|
|
+ --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
|
|
|
+ provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso
|
|
|
+ for a list of available MSOs
|
|
|
+ --ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
|
|
|
+ --ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account
|
|
|
+ password. If this option is left out,
|
|
|
+ youtube-dl will ask interactively.
|
|
|
+ --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
|
|
|
+ operators
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Post-processing Options:
|
|
|
- -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
|
|
|
- (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
|
|
|
- avprobe)
|
|
|
- --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
|
|
|
- "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
|
|
|
- "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
|
|
|
- -x
|
|
|
- --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
|
|
|
- a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
|
|
|
- for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
|
|
|
- (default 5)
|
|
|
- --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
|
|
|
- necessary (currently supported:
|
|
|
- mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
|
|
|
- --postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
|
|
|
- -k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-
|
|
|
- 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,
|
|
|
- webm and mkv videos)
|
|
|
- --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
|
|
|
- --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
|
|
|
- --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
|
|
|
- artist from the video title. The format
|
|
|
- syntax is the same as --output. Regular
|
|
|
- expression with named capture groups may
|
|
|
- also be used. The parsed parameters replace
|
|
|
- existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
|
|
|
- title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
|
|
|
- title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
|
|
|
- (regex): --metadata-from-title
|
|
|
- "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
|
|
|
- --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
|
|
|
- (using dublin core and xdg standards)
|
|
|
- --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
|
|
|
- file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
|
|
|
- emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
|
|
|
- default; fix file if we can, warn
|
|
|
- otherwise)
|
|
|
- --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
|
|
|
- postprocessors
|
|
|
- --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
|
|
|
- postprocessors (default)
|
|
|
- --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
|
|
|
- either the path to the binary or its
|
|
|
- containing directory.
|
|
|
- --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
|
|
|
- downloading and post-processing, similar to
|
|
|
- find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
|
|
|
- push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
|
|
|
- --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
|
|
|
- (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
|
|
|
+ -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
|
|
|
+ (requires ffmpeg/avconv and
|
|
|
+ ffprobe/avprobe)
|
|
|
+ --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
|
|
|
+ "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis",
|
|
|
+ or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect
|
|
|
+ without -x
|
|
|
+ --audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality,
|
|
|
+ insert a value between 0 (better) and 9
|
|
|
+ (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate
|
|
|
+ like 128K (default 5)
|
|
|
+ --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
|
|
|
+ necessary (currently supported:
|
|
|
+ mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
|
|
|
+ --postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the
|
|
|
+ postprocessor
|
|
|
+ -k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the
|
|
|
+ post-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, webm and mkv videos)
|
|
|
+ --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover
|
|
|
+ art
|
|
|
+ --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
|
|
|
+ --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song
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+ title / artist from the video title.
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+ The format syntax is the same as
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+ --output. Regular expression with named
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+ capture groups may also be used. The
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+ parsed parameters replace existing
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+ values. Example: --metadata-from-title
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+ "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
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+ title like "Coldplay - Paradise".
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+ Example (regex): --metadata-from-title
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+ "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
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+ --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's
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+ xattrs (using dublin core and xdg
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+ standards)
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+ --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of
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+ the file. One of never (do nothing),
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+ warn (only emit a warning),
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+ detect_or_warn (the default; fix file
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+ if we can, warn otherwise)
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+ --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running
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+ the postprocessors
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+ --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running
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+ the postprocessors (default)
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+ --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
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+ either the path to the binary or its
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+ containing directory.
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+ --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
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+ downloading and post-processing,
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+ similar to find's -exec syntax.
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+ Example: --exec 'adb push {}
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+ /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
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+ --convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
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+ (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
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# CONFIGURATION
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Sergey M․