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# OPTIONS
-h, --help print this help text and exit
--version print program version and exit
-U, --update update this program to latest version. Make
sure that you have sufficient permissions
(run with sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to
skip unavailable videos in a playlist
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
playlist or the command line) if an error
occurs
-U, --update update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
--dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs
they would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
extractors
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
from google videos for youtube-dl "large
apple". Use the value "auto" to let
youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
warning when guessing). "error" just throws
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
in the global configuration file /etc
/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
on Windows)
--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
only list them.
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple".
Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.
--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user configuration
in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)
--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.
--no-color Do not emit color codes in output.
## Network Options:
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in
an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
connection
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
--socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
(experimental)
-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
(experimental)
-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
(experimental)
--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)
-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)
-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
--playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
--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" 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 download the videos
at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
--match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or
caseless sub-string)
--reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or
caseless sub-string)
--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"
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
download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
--match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
--reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)
--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded on or before
this date (i.e. inclusive)
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded on or after
this date (i.e. inclusive)
--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
COUNT views
--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, !key to check if the key is not
present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count >
12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
compare against a number, and & to require
multiple matches. Values which are not
known are excluded unless you put a
question mark (?) after the operator.For
example, to only match videos that have
been liked more than 100 times and disliked
less than 50 times (or the dislike
functionality is not available at the given
service), but who also have a description,
use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)
--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views
--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views
--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,
!key to check if the key is not present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against
a number, and & to require multiple matches. Values which are not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the
operator.For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike
functionality is not available at the given service), but who also have a description, use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
--no-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a
playlist, download only the video.
--yes-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a
playlist, download the playlist.
--age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given
age
--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
archive file. Record the IDs of all
downloaded videos in it.
--include-ads Download advertisements as well
(experimental)
--no-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.
--yes-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download the playlist.
--age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.
--include-ads Download advertisements as well (experimental)
## Download Options:
-r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second
(e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10), or
"infinite".
--buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer
size. By default, the buffer size is
automatically resized from an initial value
of SIZE.
-r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
--buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.
--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
--xattr-set-filesize (experimental) set file xattribute
ytdl.filesize with expected filesize
--hls-prefer-native (experimental) Use the native HLS
downloader instead of ffmpeg.
--external-downloader COMMAND (experimental) Use the specified external
downloader. Currently supports
aria2c,curl,wget
--xattr-set-filesize (experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize
--hls-prefer-native (experimental) Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg.
--external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget
--external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external downloader.
## Filesystem Options:
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for
stdin)
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
--id use only video ID in file name
-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 nickname if different,
%(autonumber)s to get an automatically
incremented number, %(ext)s for the
filename extension, %(format)s for the
format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or
"HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of
the format (like Youtube's itags: "137"),
%(upload_date)s for the upload date
(YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
(youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the
video id, %(playlist_title)s,
%(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if
present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the
video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the
position in the playlist. %(height)s and
%(width)s for the width and height of the
video format. %(resolution)s for a textual
description of the resolution of the video
format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to
output to stdout. Can also be used to
download to a different directory, for
example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s
/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in
%(autonumber)s when it is present in output
filename template or --auto-number option
is given
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
filenames
-A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o
"%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number
downloaded files starting from 00000
-t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name
(default)
-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
nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, %(format)s for
the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube's itags: "137"),
%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id,
%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in,
%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. %(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format.
%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to stdout.
Can also be used to download to a different directory, for example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000
-t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name (default)
-l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
-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
-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 .annotation
file
--load-info FILE json file containing the video information
(created with the "--write-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.
--write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file
--load-info FILE json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-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
--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
--no-warnings Ignore warnings
-s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
anything to disk
-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
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--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 --output 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).
-j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output 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-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems
(very verbose)
--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)
--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems
--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.
-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)
--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
information about the video. (Currently
supported only for YouTube)
--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.
--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.
## Video Format Options:
-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 extension for the extensions aac, m4a,
mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use
the special names "best", "bestvideo",
"bestaudio", "worst". You can filter the
video results by putting a condition in
brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or
-f "[filesize>10M]"). This works for
filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr,
asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >,
>=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec,
container, and protocol and the comparisons
=, != . Formats for which the value is not
known are excluded unless you put a
question mark (?) after the operator. You
can combine format filters, so -f "[height
<=? 720][tbr>500]" selects up to 720p
videos (or videos where the height is not
known) with a bitrate of at least 500
KBit/s. By default, youtube-dl will pick
the best quality. Use commas to download
multiple audio formats, such as -f
136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.
You can merge the video and audio of two
formats into a single file using -f <video-
format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or
avconv), for example -f
-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
extension for the extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio",
"worst". You can filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or -f "[filesize>10M]").
This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec,
vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a
question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so -f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" selects up to 720p videos
(or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.
Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio. You can merge the video and audio
of two formats into a single file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example -f
bestvideo+bestaudio.
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific
one is requested
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
-F, --list-formats list all available formats
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifest 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
--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifest 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
--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
necessary (currently supported:
mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
-k, --keep-video keeps 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
videos)
-x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
--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
(default 5)
--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
-k, --keep-video keeps 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 videos)
--embed-thumbnail embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
--add-metadata write metadata to the video file
--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 (default)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
postprocessors
--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, similar to find's -exec
syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
/sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
--convert-subtitles FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
--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 (default)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors
--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, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm
{}'
--convert-subtitles FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
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