-% youtube-dl(1)
+% YOUTUBE-DL(1)
# NAME
youtube-dl
%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD),
%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe,
etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal
- percent. Use - to output to stdout.
+ 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' .
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and
avoid "&" and spaces in filenames
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
-To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like this:
-
- git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
- cd youtube-dl
- python -m youtube_dl --help
-
-Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
-
### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.
* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
* The output of `python --version`
* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
+
+For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.