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[](https://pypi.org/project/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://travis-ci.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://pepy.tech/project/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://gitter.im/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/blob/master/LICENSE)
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youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
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- [INSTALLATION](#installation)
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- [DESCRIPTION](#description)
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- [OPTIONS](#options)
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- [COPYRIGHT](#copyright)
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# INSTALLATION
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**All Platforms**
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Preferred way using pip:
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You may want to use `python3` instead of `python`
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python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
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**UNIX** (Linux, macOS, etc.)
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Using wget:
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sudo wget https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
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sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
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Using curl:
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sudo curl -L https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
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sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
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**Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!).
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**Compile**
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To build the Windows executable yourself
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python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
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pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
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Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
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There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
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For Unix:
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You will need the required build tools
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python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
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Then simply type this
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make
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# DESCRIPTION
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**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
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youtube-dlc [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
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# OPTIONS
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-h, --help Print this help text and exit
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--version Print program version and exit
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-U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
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sure that you have sufficient permissions
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(run with sudo if needed)
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-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
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skip unavailable videos in a playlist
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--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
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playlist or the command line) if an error
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occurs
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--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
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--list-extractors List all supported extractors
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--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
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extractors
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--force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
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extractor
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--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
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example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
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from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
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apple". Use the value "auto" to let
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youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
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warning when guessing). "error" just throws
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an error. The default value "fixup_error"
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repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
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this is not possible instead of searching.
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--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given
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in the global configuration file
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/etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
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configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
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dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-
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dlc/config.txt on Windows)
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--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
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the path to the config or its containing
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directory.
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--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
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only list them.
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--mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
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--no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
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--no-color Do not emit color codes in output
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## Network Options:
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--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
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To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
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scheme. For example
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socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty
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string (--proxy "") for direct connection
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--socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
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--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
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-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
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-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
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## Geo Restriction:
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--geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
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some geo-restricted sites. The default
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proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
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option is not present) is used for the
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actual downloading.
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--geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
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X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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--no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
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faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
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--geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
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explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2
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country code
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--geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
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explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
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notation
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## Video Selection:
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--playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
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--playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
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--playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
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indices of the videos in the playlist
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separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
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1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
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indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
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specify range: "--playlist-items
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1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
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at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
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--match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
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caseless sub-string)
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--reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or
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caseless sub-string)
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--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
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--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
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SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
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(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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--date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date
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--datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
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this date (i.e. inclusive)
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--dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
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this date (i.e. inclusive)
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--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
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COUNT views
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--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
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COUNT views
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--match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
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the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
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available keys) to match if the key is
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present, !key to check if the key is not
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present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
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> 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
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compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
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(like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
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with !=) to match against a string literal
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and & to require multiple matches. Values
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which are not known are excluded unless you
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put a question mark (?) after the operator.
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For example, to only match videos that have
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been liked more than 100 times and disliked
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less than 50 times (or the dislike
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functionality is not available at the given
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service), but who also have a description,
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use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
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dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
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--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
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to a video and a playlist.
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--yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
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a video and a playlist.
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--age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
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age
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--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
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archive file. Record the IDs of all
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downloaded videos in it.
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--include-ads Download advertisements as well
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(experimental)
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## Download Options:
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-r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
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(e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
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-R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
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"infinite".
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--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
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is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
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ISM)
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--skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
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and ISM)
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--abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
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available
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--keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
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downloading is finished; fragments are
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erased by default
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--buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
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(default is 1024)
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--no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
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size. By default, the buffer size is
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automatically resized from an initial value
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of SIZE.
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--http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
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downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
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is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
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bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
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(experimental)
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--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
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--playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
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--xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
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expected file size
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--hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of
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ffmpeg
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--hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
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downloader
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--hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos,
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allowing to play the video while
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downloading (some players may not be able
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to play it)
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--external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
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Currently supports
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aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
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--external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
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downloader
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## Filesystem Options:
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-a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
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stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
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with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
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comments and ignored.
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--id Use only video ID in file name
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-o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
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TEMPLATE" for all the info
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--autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
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(default is 1)
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--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
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characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
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filenames
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-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
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-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
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By default, youtube-dlc will resume
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downloads if possible.
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--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
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(restart from beginning)
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--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
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into output file
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--no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
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the file modification time
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--write-description Write video description to a .description
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file
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--write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
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--write-annotations Write video annotations to a
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.annotations.xml file
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--load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
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(created with the "--write-info-json"
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option)
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--cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
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jar in
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--cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-
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dlc can store some downloaded information
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permanently. By default
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$XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or
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~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only
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YouTube player files (for videos with
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obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
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may change.
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--no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
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--rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
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## Thumbnail images:
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--write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
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--write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
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--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
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formats
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## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
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-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
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--no-warnings Ignore warnings
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-s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
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anything to disk
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--skip-download Do not download the video
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-g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
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-e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
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--get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
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--get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
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--get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
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--get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
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--get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
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--get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
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-j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
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See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description
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of available keys.
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-J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
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for each command-line argument. If the URL
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refers to a playlist, dump the whole
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playlist information in a single line.
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--print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
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JSON (video is still being downloaded).
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--newline Output progress bar as new lines
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--no-progress Do not print progress bar
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--console-title Display progress in console titlebar
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-v, --verbose Print various debugging information
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--dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
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to debug problems (very verbose)
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--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
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files in the current directory to debug
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problems
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--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
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-C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dlc server for
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debugging
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--no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for
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debugging
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## Workarounds:
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--encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
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--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
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--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
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information about the video. (Currently
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supported only for YouTube)
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--user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
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--referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
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access is restricted to one domain
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--add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
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separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
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option multiple times
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--bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
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bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
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or fribidi executable in PATH
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--sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
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download when used alone or a lower bound
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of a range for randomized sleep before each
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download (minimum possible number of
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seconds to sleep) when used along with
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--max-sleep-interval.
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--max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep
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before each download (maximum possible
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number of seconds to sleep). Must only be
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used along with --min-sleep-interval.
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## Video Format Options:
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-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT
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SELECTION" for all the info
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--all-formats Download all available video formats
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--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
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one is requested
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-F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
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videos
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--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
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related data on YouTube videos
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--merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
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bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
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container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
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webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
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## Subtitle Options:
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--write-sub Write subtitle file
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--write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle file
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(YouTube only)
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--all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
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video
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--list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
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--sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
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preference, for example: "srt" or
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"ass/srt/best"
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--sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
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(optional) separated by commas, use --list-
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subs for available language tags
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## Authentication Options:
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-u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
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-p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
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out, youtube-dlc will ask interactively.
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-2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
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-n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
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--video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)
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## Adobe Pass Options:
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--ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
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provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
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a list of available MSOs
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--ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
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--ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
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If this option is left out, youtube-dlc
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will ask interactively.
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--ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
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operators
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## Post-processing Options:
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-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
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(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
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avprobe)
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--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
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"flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
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"wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
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-x
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--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
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a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
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for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
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(default 5)
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--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
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necessary (currently supported:
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mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
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--postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
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-k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-
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processing; the video is erased by default
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--no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the
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post-processed files are overwritten by
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default
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--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
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webm and mkv videos)
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--embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
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--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
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--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
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artist from the video title. The format
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syntax is the same as --output. Regular
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expression with named capture groups may
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also be used. The parsed parameters replace
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existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
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title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
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title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
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(regex): --metadata-from-title
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"(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
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--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
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(using dublin core and xdg standards)
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--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
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file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
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emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
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default; fix file if we can, warn
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otherwise)
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--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
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postprocessors
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--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
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postprocessors (default)
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--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
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either the path to the binary or its
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containing directory.
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--exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
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downloading and post-processing, similar to
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find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
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push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
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--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
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(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
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