import shlex
import sys
+from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
from .compat import (
compat_expanduser,
compat_getenv,
'--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',
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',
'--playlist-end',
dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
help='playlist video to end at (default is last)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--playlist-items',
+ dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
+ help='playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
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',
'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.'
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,
+ '--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 (e.g. mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv) '
+ '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')
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
- help='number of retries (default is %default)')
+ help='number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
'--playlist-reverse',
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--xattr-set-filesize',
+ dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
+ help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--external-downloader',
+ dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
+ help='(experimental) Use the specified external downloader. '
+ 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
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', type=float,
+ help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
verbosity.add_option(
'--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(
'--write-annotations',
action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
help='write video annotations to a .annotation file')
- filesystem.add_option(
- '--write-thumbnail',
- action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
- help='write thumbnail image to disk')
filesystem.add_option(
'--load-info',
dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
+ thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--write-thumbnail',
+ action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+ help='write thumbnail image to disk')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--write-all-thumbnails',
+ action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
+ help='write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--list-thumbnails',
+ action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
+ help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
+
postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
postproc.add_option(
'-x', '--extract-audio',
'--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)
+ parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
parser.add_option_group(video_format)
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