X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=c8d28db3cd8e699974746fa2ed08f5e5ba438e0b;hb=14294236bf9623fac4ad748389689b77d52b3547;hp=993aef49ea3872068b70cab7a9683035e1f3eda9;hpb=4e38899e9754c0bd0655732a02388559046b004e;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 993aef49e..c8d28db3c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ youtube-dl # 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 -2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in -your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, +2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on +your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. # OPTIONS @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --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, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) (default is 1024) @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string) --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files + --min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. + 50k or 44.6m) + --max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. + 50k or 44.6m) ## Filesystem Options: -t, --title use title in file name @@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ 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 + --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 @@ -92,10 +97,16 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. requested --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only) - --write-srt write video closed captions to a .srt file + --write-sub write subtitle file (currently youtube only) + --only-sub downloads only the subtitles (no video) + --all-subs downloads all the available subtitles of the video (currently youtube only) - --srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download - (optional) use IETF language tags like 'en' + --list-subs lists all available subtitles for the video + (currently youtube only) + --sub-format LANG 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' ## Authentication Options: -u, --username USERNAME account username @@ -105,11 +116,13 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ## Post-processing Options: -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) - --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; - best by default + --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or + "wav"; best by default --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5) + --recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary + (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm) -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- processing; the video is erased by default --no-post-overwrites do not overwrite post-processed files; the post- @@ -117,7 +130,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. # 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 `~/.local/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`. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE @@ -131,6 +144,7 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. T - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4). - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file. - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. + - `playlist`: The name or the id of the playlist that contains the video. The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment). @@ -196,7 +210,8 @@ Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: