-t, --title use title in file name
-l, --literal use literal title in file name
-A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
- -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template
+ -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the
+ title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name,
+ %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented
+ number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, and %%
+ for a literal percent
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
- --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to
+ --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart
+ from beginning)
+ --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in
--no-part do not use .part files
--no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
modification time
-f, --format FORMAT video format code
--all-formats download all available video formats
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
+ -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
### Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
ffmpeg and ffprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default
+ --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis" or "mp3"; best by default
--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default