X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=fdd115c9b0d8302e60300e6b3e15be323164990d;hb=60ce0c67fd1ef71463af2c036bbabf06ec26bd98;hp=20982b0f1addee32fb7115661edf14713bd512b4;hpb=7550ea501a94ed9060220cf4c8f696e514862c1a;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20982b0f1..fdd115c9b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms # INSTALLATION -To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: +To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type: sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ You can also use pip: This command will update youtube-dl if you have already installed it. See the [pypi page](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/youtube_dl) for more information. -OS X users can install youtube-dl with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/): +macOS users can install youtube-dl with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/): brew install youtube-dl @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo ## Network Options: --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. - To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify - a proper scheme. For example + To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper + scheme. For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection --socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds @@ -109,16 +109,15 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo option is not present) is used for the actual downloading. --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking - X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental) + X-Forwarded-For HTTP header --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header - (experimental) --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 - country code (experimental) + country code --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR - notation (experimental) + notation ## Video Selection: --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1) @@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with - expected file size (experimental) + expected file size --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS @@ -428,9 +427,9 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise) --prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the - postprocessors (default) - --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors + --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the + postprocessors (default) --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory. @@ -443,7 +442,7 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo # CONFIGURATION -You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and OS X, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself. +You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself. For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory: ``` @@ -512,6 +511,8 @@ The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single f - `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available - `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD) - `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader + - `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on + - `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel - `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed - `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds - `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform @@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ Either prepend `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=` or separate the ID from the op Use the `--cookies` option, for example `--cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt`. -In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, [cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg) (for Chrome) or [Export Cookies](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/) (for Firefox). +In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, [cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg) (for Chrome) or [cookies.txt](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/) (for Firefox). Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must be either `# HTTP Cookie File` or `# Netscape HTTP Cookie File`. Make sure you have correct [newline format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely `CRLF` (`\r\n`) for Windows and `LF` (`\n`) for Unix and Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.). `HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` when using `--cookies` is a good sign of invalid newline format.