# youtube-dl
## USAGE
-youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL
+youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
## DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
## OPTIONS
- -h, --help print this help text and exit
- -v, --version print program version and exit
- -U, --update update this program to latest stable version
- -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
- -r LIMIT, --rate-limit=LIMIT
- download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
- -R RETRIES, --retries=RETRIES
- number of retries (default is 10)
- --playlist-start=NUMBER
- playlist video to start at (default is 1)
- --playlist-end=NUMBER
- playlist video to end at (default is last)
- --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
-
-### Authentication Options
- -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
- account username
- -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
- account password
- -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
-
-### Video Format Options
- -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
- video format code
- --all-formats download all available video formats
- --max-quality=FORMAT
- highest quality format to download
-
-### Verbosity / Simulation Options
- -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
- -s, --simulate do not download video
- -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
- -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
- --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
- --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
- --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
- --no-progress do not print progress bar
- --console-title display progress in console titlebar
-
-### Filesystem Options
- -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 TEMPLATE, --output=TEMPLATE
- output filename template
- -a FILE, --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-part do not use .part files
- --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
- modification time
+ -h, --help print this help text and exit
+ -v, --version print program version and exit
+ -U, --update update this program to latest version
+ -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
+ --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
+ --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
+ would handle
+
+### Video Selection:
+ --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
+ --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
+ --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)
+
+### Filesystem Options:
+ -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. 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
+ --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
+ --write-description write video description to a .description file
+ --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
+
+### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
+ -q, --quiet activates quiet mode
+ -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
+ -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
+ --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
+ --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
+ --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
+ --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format
+ --no-progress do not print progress bar
+ --console-title display progress in console titlebar
+
+### Video Format Options:
+ -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
+ -p, --password PASSWORD account password
+ -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
### 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
+ --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
+ ffmpeg and ffprobe)
+ --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
+
+## FAQ
+
+### Can you please put the -b option back?
+
+Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
+
+### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
+
+Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
+
+### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
+
+Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
+
+### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
+
+The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
+
+### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
+
+youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
## COPYRIGHT
-**youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is
-released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was
-originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is
-likewise released into the public domain.
+
+youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+
+This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
## BUGS
-Bugs should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+
+Please include:
+
+* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
+* 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).