**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
**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
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
2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on
your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
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.
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
# OPTIONS
# OPTIONS
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## Post-processing Options:
## Post-processing Options:
-x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
-x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
best by default
"wav"; best by default
--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
--audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
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# CONFIGURATION
# 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`.