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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 sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)
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- -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
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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 sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)
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+ -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
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--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
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- --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
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+ --dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
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--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle
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--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
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- --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple".
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+ --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple".
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Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
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default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.
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--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user configuration
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in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)
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--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.
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- --no-color Do not emit color codes in output.
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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 proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
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not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)
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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 indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
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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 indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8"
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if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
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download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
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- --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
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- --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
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+ --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
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+ --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (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 SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (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 this date (i.e. inclusive)
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- --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)
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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 this date (i.e. inclusive)
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+ --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)
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--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views
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--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views
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- --match-filter FILTER (Experimental) Generic video filter. Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to match if the key is present,
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+ --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter (experimental). Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to match if the key is present,
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!key to check if the key is not present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against
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a number, and & to require multiple matches. Values which are not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the
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operator.For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike
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functionality is not available at the given service), but who also have a description, use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
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dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
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- --no-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.
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- --yes-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download the playlist.
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- --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
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+ --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.
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+ --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.
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+ --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given age
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--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.
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--include-ads Download advertisements as well (experimental)
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## Download Options:
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- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
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- -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
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- --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
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- --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.
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+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
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+ -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
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+ --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
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+ --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.
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--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
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- --xattr-set-filesize (experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize
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- --hls-prefer-native (experimental) Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg.
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+ --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)
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+ --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)
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--external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget
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- --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external downloader.
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+ --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external downloader
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## Filesystem Options:
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- -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
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- --id use only video ID in file name
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- -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader
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+ -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
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+ --id Use only video ID in file name
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+ -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader
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nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, %(format)s for
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- the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube's itags: "137"),
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+ the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube's itags: "137"),
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%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id,
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%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in,
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%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. %(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format.
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%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to stdout.
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Can also be used to download to a different directory, for example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
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- --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given
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+ --autonumber-size NUMBER Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given
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--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
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- -A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000
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- -t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name (default)
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- -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
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- -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
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- -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.
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- --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)
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- --no-part do not use .part files - write directly into output file
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- --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time
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- --write-description write video description to a .description 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 .annotation file
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- --load-info FILE json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)
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- --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
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+ -A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000
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+ -t, --title [deprecated] Use title in file name (default)
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+ -l, --literal [deprecated] Alias of --title
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+ -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
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+ -c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.
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+ --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)
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+ --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly into output file
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+ --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time
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+ --write-description Write video description to a .description 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 .annotation file
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+ --load-info FILE JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" 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 permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl
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or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may
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--rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
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## Thumbnail images:
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- --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
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- --write-all-thumbnails write all thumbnail image formats to disk
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+ --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
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+ --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
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--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats
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## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
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- -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
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+ -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
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--no-warnings Ignore warnings
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- -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything to disk
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- --skip-download do not download the video
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- -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
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- -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
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- --get-id simulate, quiet but print id
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- --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
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- --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
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- --get-duration simulate, quiet but print video length
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- --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
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- --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
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- -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.
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- -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
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+ -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk
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+ --skip-download Do not download the video
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+ -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
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+ -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
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+ --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
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+ --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
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+ --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
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+ --get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
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+ --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
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+ --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
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+ -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.
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+ -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
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information in a single line.
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--print-json Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).
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- --newline output progress bar as new lines
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- --no-progress do not print progress bar
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- --console-title display progress in console titlebar
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- -v, --verbose print various debugging information
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- --dump-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)
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+ --newline Output progress bar as new lines
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+ --no-progress Do not print progress bar
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+ --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
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+ -v, --verbose Print various debugging information
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+ --dump-pages Print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)
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--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems
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--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
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- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.
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- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.
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+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
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+ --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
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## Workarounds:
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--encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
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- --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
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+ --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
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--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)
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- --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
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- --referer URL specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain
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- --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ':'. You can use this option multiple times
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+ --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
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+ --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain
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+ --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ':'. You can use this option multiple times
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--bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH
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--sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
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## Video Format Options:
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- -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . Instead of format codes, you can select by
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+ -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . Instead of format codes, you can select by
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extension for the extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio",
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"worst". You can filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or -f "[filesize>10M]").
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This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec,
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Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio. You can merge the video and audio
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of two formats into a single file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example -f
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bestvideo+bestaudio.
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- --all-formats download all available video formats
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- --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
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- --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
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- -F, --list-formats list all available formats
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+ --all-formats Download all available video formats
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+ --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
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+ --max-quality FORMAT Highest quality format to download
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+ -F, --list-formats List all available formats
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--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos
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--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
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merge is required
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## Subtitle Options:
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- --write-sub write subtitle file
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- --write-auto-sub write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)
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- --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the video
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- --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
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- --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "ass/srt/best"
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- --sub-lang LANGS languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like 'en,pt'
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+ --write-sub Write subtitle file
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+ --write-auto-sub Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)
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+ --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the video
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+ --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
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+ --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"
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+ --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like 'en,pt'
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## Authentication Options:
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- -u, --username USERNAME login with this account ID
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- -p, --password PASSWORD account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
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- -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR two-factor auth code
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- -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
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- --video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri)
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+ -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
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+ -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
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+ -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor auth code
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+ -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
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+ --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, smotri)
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## Post-processing Options:
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- -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
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- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
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- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
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- (default 5)
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+ -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
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+ --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
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+ --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
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+ 5)
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--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
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- -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default
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- --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default
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- --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)
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- --embed-thumbnail embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
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- --add-metadata write metadata to the video file
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- --metadata-from-title FORMAT parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format syntax is the same as --output, the parsed
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+ -k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default
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+ --no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default
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+ --embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)
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+ --embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
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+ --add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
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+ --metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format syntax is the same as --output, the parsed
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parameters replace existing values. Additional templates: %(album), %(artist). Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s -
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%(title)s" matches a title like "Coldplay - Paradise"
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- --xattrs write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
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+ --xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
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--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn(the default;
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fix file if we can, warn otherwise)
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--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)
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Philipp Hagemeister