% YOUTUBE-DL(1)
# NAME
-youtube-dl
+youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
# SYNOPSIS
**youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
is restricted to one domain
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
would handle
- --proxy None Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+ --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
file modification time
--write-description write video description to a .description file
--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
+ --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
--skip-download do not download the video
-g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
-e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
+ --get-id simulate, quiet but print id
--get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
--get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
--get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
-F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube
only)
--write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only)
- --only-sub downloads only the subtitles (no video)
+ --only-sub [deprecated] alias of --skip-download
--all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the
video (currently youtube only)
--list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video
(currently youtube only)
- --sub-format LANG subtitle format [srt/sbv] (default=srt)
+ --sub-format FORMAT subtitle format [srt/sbv] (default=srt)
(currently youtube only)
--sub-lang LANG language of the subtitles to download (optional)
use IETF language tags like 'en'