-% 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
sure that you have sufficient permissions
(run with sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to
- to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
+ 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 is restricted to one domain
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs
they would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
--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 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)
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
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
video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the
video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the
position in the playlist and %% for a
- literal percent. Use - to output to stdout.
- Can also be used to download to a different
+ literal percent. %(height)s and %(width)s
+ for the width and height of the video
+ format. %(resolution)s for a textual
+ description of the resolution of the video
+ format. Use - to output to stdout. Can also
+ be used to download to a different
directory, for example with -o '/my/downloa
ds/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in
--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
--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
+ --no-warnings Ignore warnings
-s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write
anything to disk
--skip-download do not download the video
--get-duration simulate, quiet but print video length
--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
+ -j, --dump-json simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
+ See --output for a description of available
+ keys.
--newline output progress bar as new lines
--no-progress do not print progress bar
--console-title display progress in console titlebar
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".
"-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported.
You can also use the special names "best",
- "bestaudio", "worst", and "worstaudio". By
- default, youtube-dl will pick the best
- quality.
+ "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst",
+ "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default,
+ youtube-dl will pick the best quality.
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific
one is requested
## 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)
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
default
--embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
videos)
+ --embed-thumbnail embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
--add-metadata write metadata to the video file
--xattrs write metadata to the video file's xattrs
(using dublin core and xdg standards)
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
-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\<Yourname>\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/config`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf`.
# OUTPUT TEMPLATE
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
Examples:
- $ # 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
- $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
- $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
+```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
+
+$ # 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.
### Adding support for a new site
-If you want to add support for a new site, copy *any* [recently modified](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commits/master/youtube_dl/extractor) file in `youtube_dl/extractor`, add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py). 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). Don't forget to run the tests with `python test/test_download.py Test_Download.test_YourExtractor`! For a detailed tutorial, refer to [this blog post](http://filippo.io/add-support-for-a-new-video-site-to-youtube-dl/).
+If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assuming your service is called `yourextractor`):
+
+1. [Fork this repository](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/fork)
+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`:
+ ```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<id>[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'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', 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. 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:
+
+ $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+ $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
+ $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add new extractor'
+ $ git push origin yourextractor
+
+10. Finally, [create a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request). We'll then review and merge it.
+
+In any case, thank you very much for your contributions!
# BUGS
For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the *complete* output of youtube-dl when called with the -v flag. The error message you get for (most) bugs even says so, but you would not believe how many of our bug reports do not contain this information.
-Site support requests must contain an example URL. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
+Site support requests **must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
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