X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=5cc959ac54d33de813222558d6c44ce06a5e3391;hb=fc96eb4e2180d9a2371d84daa4305a5f34f12321;hp=6cfd2c1481a068361f539864ce9903cb8030f9fe;hpb=3ef79a974a002b118cbaeb537821815af0576ad9;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6cfd2c148..5cc959ac5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,32 @@ -% YOUTUBE-DL(1) - -# NAME youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms # SYNOPSIS **youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] +# INSTALLATION + +To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: + + sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + +If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget: + + sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + +Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29). + +OS X users can install **youtube-dl** with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/). + + brew install youtube-dl + +You can also use pip: + + sudo pip install youtube-dl + +Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html . + # DESCRIPTION **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version @@ -25,12 +46,6 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. 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 is restricted to one domain - --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value, - separated by a colon ':'. You can use this - option multiple times --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported @@ -38,34 +53,22 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection - --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. - --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve - information about the video. (Currently - supported only for YouTube) - --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl - can store some downloaded information - permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME - /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the - moment, only YouTube player files (for - videos with obfuscated signatures) are - cached, but that may change. - --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching --socket-timeout None Time to wait before giving up, in seconds - --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack - bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv - or fribidi executable in PATH --default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large - apple". By default (with value "auto") - youtube-dl guesses. + apple". Use the value "auto" to let + youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a + warning when guessing). "error" just throws + an error. The default value "fixup_error" + repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if + this is not possible instead of searching. --ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc /youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows) - --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental) ## Video Selection: --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) @@ -111,9 +114,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. of SIZE. ## Filesystem Options: - -t, --title use title in file name (default) + -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for + stdin) --id use only video ID in file name - -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the @@ -146,18 +149,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --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) - --load-info FILE json file containing the video information - (created with the "--write-json" option) + -t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name + (default) + -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite 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 --no-part do not use .part files --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time @@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file --write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk + --load-info FILE json file containing the video information + (created with the "--write-json" option) + --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie + jar in + --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl + can store some downloaded information + permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME + /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the + moment, only YouTube player files (for + videos with obfuscated signatures) are + cached, but that may change. + --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching + --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files ## Verbosity / Simulation Options: -q, --quiet activates quiet mode @@ -196,6 +209,22 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. problems --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic +## Workarounds: + --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental) + --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. + --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve + information about the video. (Currently + supported only for YouTube) + --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent + --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video + access is restricted to one domain + --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value, + separated by a colon ':'. You can use this + option multiple times + --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack + bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv + or fribidi executable in PATH + ## Video Format Options: -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". @@ -226,6 +255,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ## Authentication Options: -u, --username USERNAME account username -p, --password PASSWORD account password + -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR two-factor auth code -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data --video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri) @@ -241,7 +271,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. 128K (default 5) --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: - mp4|flv|ogg|webm) + mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv) -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default @@ -258,6 +288,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. postprocessors (default) --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors + --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after + downloading, similar to find's -exec + syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} + /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}' # CONFIGURATION @@ -282,10 +316,12 @@ The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: - $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc - youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters - $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames - youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name +```bash +$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc +youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters +$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames +youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name +``` # VIDEO SELECTION @@ -296,17 +332,38 @@ Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--dateb Examples: - # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months - $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months +```bash +# Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months +$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months - # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970 - $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 +# Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970 +$ youtube-dl --date 19700101 - $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade - $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 +$ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade +$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 +``` # FAQ +### I'm getting an error `Unable to extract OpenGraph title` on YouTube playlists + +YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube videos. + +If you have installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball, please use that to update. Note that Ubuntu packages do not seem to get updated anymore. Since we are not affiliated with Ubuntu, there is little we can do. Feel free to report bugs to the Ubuntu packaging guys - all they have to do is update the package to a somewhat recent version. + +Alternatively, uninstall the youtube-dl package and follow [our manual installation instructions](http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html). In a pinch, this should do if you used `apt-get` before to install youtube-dl: + +``` +sudo apt-get remove -y youtube-dl +sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +hash -r +``` + +### Do I always have to pass in `--max-quality FORMAT`, or `-citw`? + +By default, youtube-dl intends to have the best options (incidentally, if you have a convincing case that these should be different, [please file an issue where you explain that](https://yt-dl.org/bug)). Therefore, it is unnecessary and sometimes harmful to copy long option strings from webpages. In particular, `--max-quality` *limits* the video quality (so if you want the best quality, do NOT pass it in), and the only option out of `-citw` that is regularly useful is `-i`. + ### 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. @@ -378,49 +435,49 @@ If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assum 2. Check out the source code with `git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git` 3. Start a new git branch with `cd youtube-dl; git checkout -b yourextractor` 4. Start with this simple template and save it to `youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py`: - - # coding: utf-8 - from __future__ import unicode_literals - - import re - - from .common import InfoExtractor - - - class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor): - _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P[0-9]+)' - _TEST = { - 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42', - 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file', - 'info_dict': { - 'id': '42', - 'ext': 'mp4', - 'title': 'Video title goes here', - # TODO more properties, either as: - # * A value - # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5: - # * A regular expression; start the string with re: - # * Any Python type (for example int or float) - } + ```python + # coding: utf-8 + from __future__ import unicode_literals + + import re + + from .common import InfoExtractor + + + class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor): + _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P[0-9]+)' + _TEST = { + 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42', + 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file', + 'info_dict': { + 'id': '42', + 'ext': 'mp4', + 'title': 'Video title goes here', + 'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$', + # TODO more properties, either as: + # * A value + # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5: + # * A regular expression; start the string with re: + # * Any Python type (for example int or float) } + } - def _real_extract(self, url): - mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url) - video_id = mobj.group('id') - - # TODO more code goes here, for example ... - webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id) - title = self._html_search_regex(r'

(.*?)

', webpage, 'title') - - return { - 'id': video_id, - 'title': title, - # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) - } + def _real_extract(self, url): + mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url) + video_id = mobj.group('id') + # TODO more code goes here, for example ... + webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id) + title = self._html_search_regex(r'

(.*?)

', webpage, 'title') + return { + 'id': video_id, + 'title': title, + # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) + } + ``` 5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py). -6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. +6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc. 7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want. 8. If you can, check the code with [pyflakes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes) (a good idea) and [pep8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8) (optional, ignore E501). 9. When the tests pass, [add](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-add.html) the new files and [commit](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-commit.html) them and [push](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-push.html) the result, like this: