X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=029c418d16e332c73942bf6b60ac6470d8b8429f;hb=563e405411131628a6ea160c3fe2b2b4a883ac85;hp=8824daee2cba4437c44db2576384527c55a3c3f1;hpb=d2f9cdb2058fe3530ba42ba26fe843fb94021f70;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8824daee2..029c418d1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. sudo if needed) -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to to skip unavailable videos in a playlist + --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the + playlist or the command line) if an error occurs --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access @@ -28,9 +30,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --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 None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can + --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache /youtube-dl . @@ -53,13 +56,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --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 - file. Record all downloaded videos in it. + --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive + file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in + it. ## Download Options: - -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) + -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. + 50K or 4.2M) -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) - --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) + --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024) --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized @@ -75,7 +80,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename - extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date + extension, %(format)s for the format description + (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"),%(format_id)s for + the unique id of the format (like Youtube's + itags: "137"),%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id , %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, @@ -86,12 +94,14 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or - --autonumber option is given + --auto-number option is given --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) -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files - -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files + -c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files. By + default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if + possible. --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning) --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in @@ -100,6 +110,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. file modification time --write-description write video description to a .description file --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file + --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk ## Verbosity / Simulation Options: @@ -114,15 +125,18 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format + -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information --newline output progress bar as new lines --no-progress do not print progress bar --console-title display progress in console titlebar -v, --verbose print various debugging information --dump-intermediate-pages print downloaded pages to debug problems(very verbose) + --write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in + the current directory to debug problems ## Video Format Options: - -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specifiy the order of + -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported --all-formats download all available video formats @@ -166,10 +180,11 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. processed files are overwritten by default --embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos) + --add-metadata add metadata to the files # 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\\youtube-dl.conf`. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE