--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
- --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an
+ empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
--cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
store downloaded information permanently. By
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
--no-playlist download only the currently playing video
--age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
- --download-archive FILE Download only videos not present in the archive
+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive
file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in
it.
# CONFIGURATION
-You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`.
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf`.
# OUTPUT TEMPLATE