kw = {
'version': __version__,
'formatter': fmt,
- 'usage': '%prog [options] url [url...]',
+ 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
}
'--extractor-descriptions',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
- general.add_option(
- '--proxy', dest='proxy',
- default=None, metavar='URL',
- help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
- general.add_option(
- '--socket-timeout',
- dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None,
- help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
general.add_option(
'--ignore-config',
action='store_true',
- help='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)')
+ help='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/config '
+ '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
default=False,
help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
+ network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
+ network.add_option(
+ '--proxy', dest='proxy',
+ default=None, metavar='URL',
+ help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
+ network.add_option(
+ '--socket-timeout',
+ dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
+ help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
+ network.add_option(
+ '--source-address',
+ metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
+ help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
+ )
+ network.add_option(
+ '-4', '--force-ipv4',
+ action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
+ help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
+ )
+ network.add_option(
+ '-6', '--force-ipv6',
+ action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
+ help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
+ )
+
selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-start',
authentication.add_option(
'-p', '--password',
dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='account password')
+ help='account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
authentication.add_option(
'-2', '--twofactor',
dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help=(
'video format code, specify the order of preference using'
- ' slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also'
- ' supported. You can also use the special names "best",'
- ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and'
- ' "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
+ ' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . '
+ ' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the '
+ 'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. '
+ 'You can also use the special names "best",'
+ ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". '
+ ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in'
+ ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"'
+ ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). '
+ ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, and vbr'
+ ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != .'
+ ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you'
+ ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
+ ' You can combine format filters, so '
+ '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" '
+ 'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not '
+ 'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.'
+ ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as'
' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'
'--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
help='Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--merge-output-format',
+ action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
+ help=(
+ 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.'
+ 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
subtitles.add_option(
'--test',
action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--playlist-reverse',
+ action='store_true',
+ help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
workarounds.add_option(
'--bidi-workaround',
dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
+ workarounds.add_option(
+ '--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
+ dest='sleep_interval',
+ help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--print-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
+ help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).',
+ )
verbosity.add_option(
'--newline',
action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
'--print-traffic',
dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-C', '--call-home',
+ dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
+ help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-call-home',
+ dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
+ help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
filesystem.add_option(
filesystem.add_option(
'--id', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name')
- filesystem.add_option(
- '-A', '--auto-number',
- action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
- help='number downloaded files starting from 00000')
filesystem.add_option(
'-o', '--output',
dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
'--restrict-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-A', '--auto-number',
+ action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
+ help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000')
filesystem.add_option(
'-t', '--title',
action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
'--xattrs',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
help='write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--fixup',
+ metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
+ help='(experimental) Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
+ 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
+ 'detect_or_warn(check whether we can do anything about it, warn '
+ 'otherwise')
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
parser.add_option_group(general)
+ parser.add_option_group(network)
parser.add_option_group(selection)
parser.add_option_group(downloader)
parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
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