X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=a42dfb8567ffb86e926756aec59cbee94cee29bf;hb=8d7d9d34521bcfa1b846964f404e8769d2e85ba0;hp=bc5e0f76df2759b004be225d4419d021a5bcf3a0;hpb=b1d65c33695feec76a801b7647fe8077869c25ad;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bc5e0f76d..a42dfb856 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget: - sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2014.05.13/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + 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). @@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ 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 @@ -51,35 +45,22 @@ 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". Use the value "auto" to let - youtube-dl guess. The default value "error" - just throws an error. + 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) @@ -125,9 +106,9 @@ 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 @@ -160,18 +141,15 @@ 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 @@ -181,6 +159,19 @@ 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 @@ -210,6 +201,22 @@ 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".