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[](https://travis-ci.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
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[](https://pypi.org/project/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://gitter.im/youtube-dlc)
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[](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/blob/master/LICENSE)
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youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms.
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youtube-dlc is a fork of youtube-dl with the intention of getting features tested by the community merged in the tool faster, since youtube-dl's development seems to be slowing down. (https://web.archive.org/web/20201014194602/https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462)
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- [INSTALLATION](#installation)
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- [UPDATE](#update)
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- [DESCRIPTION](#description)
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- [OPTIONS](#options)
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- [Network Options:](#network-options)
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- [Geo Restriction:](#geo-restriction)
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- [Video Selection:](#video-selection)
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- [Download Options:](#download-options)
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- [Filesystem Options:](#filesystem-options)
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- [Thumbnail images:](#thumbnail-images)
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- [Verbosity / Simulation Options:](#verbosity--simulation-options)
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- [Workarounds:](#workarounds)
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- [Video Format Options:](#video-format-options)
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- [Subtitle Options:](#subtitle-options)
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- [Authentication Options:](#authentication-options)
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- [Adobe Pass Options:](#adobe-pass-options)
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- [Post-processing Options:](#post-processing-options)
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- [Extractor Options:](#extractor-options)
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- [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
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- [Authentication with `.netrc` file](#authentication-with-netrc-file)
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- [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
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- [Output template and Windows batch files](#output-template-and-windows-batch-files)
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- [Output template examples](#output-template-examples)
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- [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
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- [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
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- [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
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- [Default Format Selection](#default-format-selection)
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- [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
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- [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection-1)
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# INSTALLATION
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[How to update](#update)
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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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If you want to install the current master branch
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python -m pip install git+https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-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/yt-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/yt-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/yt-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 (without version info!)
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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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New way to build Windows is to use `python pyinst.py` (please use python3 64Bit)
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For 32Bit Version use a 32Bit Version of python (3 preferred here as well) and run `python pyinst32.py`
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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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# UPDATE
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**DO NOT UPDATE using `-U` !** instead download binaries again or when installed with pip use a described above when installing.
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I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them easier.
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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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--break-on-existing Stop the download process after attempting
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to download a file that's in the archive.
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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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--trim-file-name Limit the filename length (extension
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excluded)
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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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--sleep-subtitles Enforce sleep interval on subtitles as well.
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## Video Format Options:
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-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION"
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for more details
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-S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
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"Sorting Formats" for more details
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--S-force, --format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
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|
precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
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|
Formats" for more details
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--no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
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|
specified sort order, see "Sorting Formats"
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for more details (default)
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--video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file (default)
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--no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file
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--audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file (default)
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--no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file
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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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|
--youtube-skip-hls-manifest Do not download the HLS 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:
|
|
|
--ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
|
|
|
provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
|
|
|
a list of available MSOs
|
|
|
--ap-username USERNAME Multiple-system operator account login
|
|
|
--ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
|
|
|
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:
|
|
|
-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
|
|
|
(requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
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|
|
avprobe)
|
|
|
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac",
|
|
|
"flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or
|
|
|
"wav"; "best" by default; No effect without
|
|
|
-x
|
|
|
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert
|
|
|
a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse)
|
|
|
for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
|
|
|
(default 5)
|
|
|
--remux-video FORMAT Remux the video to another container format
|
|
|
if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv,
|
|
|
target container format must support video
|
|
|
/ audio encoding, remuxing may fail)
|
|
|
--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if
|
|
|
necessary (currently supported:
|
|
|
mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
|
|
|
--postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
|
|
|
-k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-
|
|
|
processing; the video is erased by default
|
|
|
--no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the
|
|
|
post-processed files are overwritten by
|
|
|
default
|
|
|
--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
|
|
|
webm and mkv videos)
|
|
|
--embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
|
|
|
--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
|
|
|
--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title /
|
|
|
artist from the video title. The format
|
|
|
syntax is the same as --output. Regular
|
|
|
expression with named capture groups may
|
|
|
also be used. The parsed parameters replace
|
|
|
existing values. Example: --metadata-from-
|
|
|
title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a
|
|
|
title like "Coldplay - Paradise". Example
|
|
|
(regex): --metadata-from-title
|
|
|
"(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
|
|
|
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs
|
|
|
(using dublin core and xdg standards)
|
|
|
--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the
|
|
|
file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only
|
|
|
emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the
|
|
|
default; fix file if we can, warn
|
|
|
otherwise)
|
|
|
--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
|
|
|
postprocessors
|
|
|
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
|
|
|
postprocessors (default)
|
|
|
--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
|
|
|
either the path to the binary or its
|
|
|
containing directory.
|
|
|
--exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
|
|
|
downloading and post-processing, similar to
|
|
|
find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
|
|
|
push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
|
|
|
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format
|
|
|
(currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Extractor Options:
|
|
|
--ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
|
|
|
|
|
|
# CONFIGURATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dlc.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dlc/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dlc\config.txt` or `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dlc.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory:
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
# Lines starting with # are comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Always extract audio
|
|
|
-x
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Do not copy the mtime
|
|
|
--no-mtime
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Use this proxy
|
|
|
--proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
|
|
|
-o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can also use `--config-location` if you want to use custom configuration file for a particular youtube-dlc run.
|
|
|
|
|
|
### Authentication with `.netrc` file
|
|
|
|
|
|
You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with `--username` and `--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube-dlc execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a [`.netrc` file](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a `.netrc` file in your `$HOME` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
touch $HOME/.netrc
|
|
|
chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase:
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
machine <extractor> login <login> password <password>
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
For example:
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
|
|
|
machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to youtube-dlc or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
|
|
|
|
|
|
On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example:
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
|
|
# OUTPUT TEMPLATE
|
|
|
|
|
|
The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names.
|
|
|
|
|
|
**tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).
|
|
|
|
|
|
The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dlc -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to [python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example, `%(NAME)s` or `%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Allowed names along with sequence type are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
- `id` (string): Video identifier
|
|
|
- `title` (string): Video title
|
|
|
- `url` (string): Video URL
|
|
|
- `ext` (string): Video filename extension
|
|
|
- `alt_title` (string): A secondary title of the video
|
|
|
- `display_id` (string): An alternative identifier for the video
|
|
|
- `uploader` (string): Full name of the video uploader
|
|
|
- `license` (string): License name the video is licensed under
|
|
|
- `creator` (string): The creator of the video
|
|
|
- `release_date` (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
|
|
|
- `timestamp` (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available
|
|
|
- `upload_date` (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
|
|
|
- `uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
|
|
|
- `channel` (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on
|
|
|
- `channel_id` (string): Id of the channel
|
|
|
- `location` (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
|
|
|
- `duration` (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
|
|
|
- `view_count` (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform
|
|
|
- `like_count` (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
|
|
|
- `dislike_count` (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video
|
|
|
- `repost_count` (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
|
|
|
- `average_rating` (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
|
|
|
- `comment_count` (numeric): Number of comments on the video
|
|
|
- `age_limit` (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
|
|
|
- `is_live` (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video
|
|
|
- `start_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as specified in the URL
|
|
|
- `end_time` (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in the URL
|
|
|
- `format` (string): A human-readable description of the format
|
|
|
- `format_id` (string): Format code specified by `--format`
|
|
|
- `format_note` (string): Additional info about the format
|
|
|
- `width` (numeric): Width of the video
|
|
|
- `height` (numeric): Height of the video
|
|
|
- `resolution` (string): Textual description of width and height
|
|
|
- `tbr` (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
|
|
|
- `abr` (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
|
|
|
- `acodec` (string): Name of the audio codec in use
|
|
|
- `asr` (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
|
|
|
- `vbr` (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
|
|
|
- `fps` (numeric): Frame rate
|
|
|
- `vcodec` (string): Name of the video codec in use
|
|
|
- `container` (string): Name of the container format
|
|
|
- `filesize` (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
|
|
|
- `filesize_approx` (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
|
|
|
- `protocol` (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual download
|
|
|
- `extractor` (string): Name of the extractor
|
|
|
- `extractor_key` (string): Key name of the extractor
|
|
|
- `epoch` (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
|
|
|
- `autonumber` (numeric): Number that will be increased with each download, starting at `--autonumber-start`
|
|
|
- `playlist` (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
|
|
|
- `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
|
|
|
- `playlist_id` (string): Playlist identifier
|
|
|
- `playlist_title` (string): Playlist title
|
|
|
- `playlist_uploader` (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
|
|
|
- `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:
|
|
|
|
|
|
- `chapter` (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to
|
|
|
- `chapter_number` (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to
|
|
|
- `chapter_id` (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:
|
|
|
|
|
|
- `series` (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to
|
|
|
- `season` (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to
|
|
|
- `season_number` (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to
|
|
|
- `season_id` (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to
|
|
|
- `episode` (string): Title of the video episode
|
|
|
- `episode_number` (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season
|
|
|
- `episode_id` (string): Id of the video episode
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
|
|
|
|
|
|
- `track` (string): Title of the track
|
|
|
- `track_number` (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc
|
|
|
- `track_id` (string): Id of the track
|
|
|
- `artist` (string): Artist(s) of the track
|
|
|
- `genre` (string): Genre(s) of the track
|
|
|
- `album` (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
|
|
|
- `album_type` (string): Type of the album
|
|
|
- `album_artist` (string): List of all artists appeared on the album
|
|
|
- `disc_number` (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to
|
|
|
- `release_year` (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor. Such sequences will be replaced with `NA`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For example for `-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title `youtube-dlc test video` and id `BaW_jenozKcj`, this will result in a `youtube-dlc test video-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4` file created in the current directory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for example, `%(view_count)05d` will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up to 5 characters, like in `00042`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g. `-o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'` which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this path template. Any missing directory will be automatically created for you.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To use percent literals in an output template use `%%`. To output to stdout use `-o -`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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:
|
|
|
|
|
|
#### Output template and Windows batch files
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you must escape plain percent characters (`%`) by doubling, so that `-o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"` should become `-o "%%(title)s-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"`. However you should not touch `%`'s that are not plain characters, e.g. environment variables for expansion should stay intact: `-o "C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#### Output template examples
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
|
|
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc
|
|
|
youtube-dlc test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc --get-filename -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
|
|
|
youtube-dlc_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc -o '%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc -u user -p password -o '~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc -o "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
|
|
|
|
|
|
# Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
|
|
|
$ youtube-dlc -o - BaW_jenozKc
|
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
|
|
# FORMAT SELECTION
|
|
|
|
|
|
By default youtube-dlc tries to download the best available quality, i.e. if you want the best quality you **don't need** to pass any special options, youtube-dlc will guess it for you by **default**.
|
|
|
|
|
|
But sometimes you may want to download in a different format, for example when you are on a slow or intermittent connection. The key mechanism for achieving this is so-called *format selection* based on which you can explicitly specify desired format, select formats based on some criterion or criteria, setup precedence and much more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The general syntax for format selection is `--format FORMAT` or shorter `-f FORMAT` where `FORMAT` is a *selector expression*, i.e. an expression that describes format or formats you would like to download.
|
|
|
|
|
|
**tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#format-selection-examples).
|
|
|
|
|
|
The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with `-f 22` you can download the format with format code equal to 22. You can get the list of available format codes for particular video using `--list-formats` or `-F`. Note that these format codes are extractor specific.
|
|
|
|
|
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You can also use a file extension (currently `3gp`, `aac`, `flv`, `m4a`, `mp3`, `mp4`, `ogg`, `wav`, `webm` are supported) to download the best quality format of a particular file extension served as a single file, e.g. `-f webm` will download the best quality format with the `webm` extension served as a single file.
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You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:
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- `b*`, `best*`: Select the best quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
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- `w*`, `worst*`: Select the worst quality format irrespective of whether it contains video or audio.
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- `b`, `best`: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
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- `w`, `worst`: Select the worst quality format that contains both video and audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]`
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- `bv`, `bestvideo`: Select the best quality video-only format. Equivalent to `best*[acodec=none]`
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- `wv`, `worstvideo`: Select the worst quality video-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec=none]`
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- `bv*`, `bestvideo*`: Select the best quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec!=none]`
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- `wv*`, `worstvideo*`: Select the worst quality format that contains video. It may also contain audio. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec!=none]`
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- `ba`, `bestaudio`: Select the best quality audio-only format. Equivalent to `best*[vcodec=none]`
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- `wa`, `worstaudio`: Select the worst quality audio-only format. Equivalent to `worst*[vcodec=none]`
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- `ba*`, `bestaudio*`: Select the best quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to `best*[acodec!=none]`
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- `wa*`, `worstaudio*`: Select the worst quality format that contains audio. It may also contain video. Equivalent to `worst*[acodec!=none]`
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For example, to download the worst quality video-only format you can use `-f worstvideo`. It is however recomended to never actually use `worst` and related options. See [sorting formats](#sorting-formats) for more details.
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If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes. Note that formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example `-f 22/17/18` will download format 22 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format 18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable formats are available for download.
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If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as a separator, e.g. `-f 22,17,18` will download all these three formats, of course if they are available. Or a more sophisticated example combined with the precedence feature: `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`.
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You can merge the video and audio of multiple formats into a single file using `-f <format1>+<format2>+...` (requires ffmpeg or avconv installed), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio` will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together with ffmpeg/avconv. If `--no-video-multistreams` is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one are ignored. Similarly, if `--no-audio-multistreams` is used, all formats with an audio stream except the first one are ignored. For example, `-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio` will download and merge all 3 given formats. The resulting file will have 2 video streams and 2 audio streams. But `-f bestvideo+best+bestaudio --no-video-multistreams` will download and merge only `bestvideo` and `bestaudio`. `best` is ignored since another format containing a video stream (`bestvideo`) has already been selected. The order of the formats is therefore important. `-f best+bestaudio --no-audio-multistreams` will download and merge both formats while `-f bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams` will ignore `best` and download only `bestaudio`.
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## Filtering Formats
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You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`).
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The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons `<`, `<=`, `>`, `>=`, `=` (equals), `!=` (not equals):
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- `filesize`: The number of bytes, if known in advance
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- `width`: Width of the video, if known
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- `height`: Height of the video, if known
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- `tbr`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
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- `abr`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
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- `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
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- `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
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- `fps`: Frame rate
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Also filtering work for comparisons `=` (equals), `^=` (starts with), `$=` (ends with), `*=` (contains) and following string meta fields:
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- `ext`: File extension
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- `acodec`: Name of the audio codec in use
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- `vcodec`: Name of the video codec in use
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- `container`: Name of the container format
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- `protocol`: The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower-case (`http`, `https`, `rtsp`, `rtmp`, `rtmpe`, `mms`, `f4m`, `ism`, `http_dash_segments`, `m3u8`, or `m3u8_native`)
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- `format_id`: A short description of the format
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Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation `!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g. `!*=` (does not contain).
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Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the video hoster.
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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.
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Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use `-f '(mp4,webm)[height<480]'`.
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## Sorting Formats
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You can change the criteria for being considered the `best` by using `-S` (`--format-sort`). The general format for this is `--format-sort field1,field2...`. The available fields are:
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- `video`, `has_video`: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream
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- `audio`, `has_audio`: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream
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- `extractor`, `preference`, `extractor_preference`: The format preference as given by the extractor
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- `lang`, `language_preference`: Language preference as given by the extractor
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- `quality`: The quality of the format. This is a metadata field available in some websites
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- `source`, `source_preference`: Preference of the source as given by the extractor
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- `proto`, `protocol`: Protocol used for download (`https`/`ftps` > `http`/`ftp` > `m3u8-native` > `m3u8` > `http-dash-segments` > other > `mms`/`rtsp` > unknown > `f4f`/`f4m`)
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- `vcodec`, `video_codec`: Video Codec (`av01` > `vp9` > `h265` > `h264` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` > other > unknown)
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- `acodec`, `audio_codec`: Audio Codec (`opus` > `vorbis` > `aac` > `mp4a` > `mp3` > `ac3` > `dts` > other > unknown)
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- `codec`: Equivalent to `vcodec,acodec`
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- `vext`, `video_ext`: Video Extension (`mp4` > `flv` > `webm` > other > unknown). If `--prefer-free-formats` is used, `webm` is prefered.
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- `aext`, `audio_ext`: Audio Extension (`m4a` > `aac` > `mp3` > `ogg` > `opus` > `webm` > other > unknown). If `--prefer-free-formats` is used, the order changes to `opus` > `ogg` > `webm` > `m4a` > `mp3` > `aac`.
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- `ext`, `extension`: Equivalent to `vext,aext`
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- `filesize`: Exact filesize, if know in advance. This will be unavailable for mu38 and DASH formats.
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- `filesize_approx`: Approximate filesize calculated the manifests
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- `size`, `filesize_estimate`: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize
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- `height`: Height of video
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- `width`: Width of video
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- `res`, `dimension`: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.
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- `fps`, `framerate`: Framerate of video
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- `tbr`, `total_bitrate`: Total average bitrate in KBit/s
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- `vbr`, `video_bitrate`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
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- `abr`, `audio_bitrate`: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
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- `br`, `bitrate`: Equivalent to using `tbr,vbr,abr`
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- `samplerate`, `asr`: Audio sample rate in Hz
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All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in decending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a `+`. Eg: `+res` prefers the smallest resolution format. Additionally, you can suffix a prefered value for the fields, seperated by a `:`. Eg: `res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than 720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than 720p. For `codec` and `ext`, you can provide two prefered values, the first for video and the second for audio. Eg: `+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to `+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to `h264` > `h265` > `vp9` > `av01` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` and audio codec preference to `mp4a` > `aac` > `vorbis` > `opus` > `mp3` > `ac3` > `dts`. You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the provided by using `~` as the delimiter. Eg: `filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to 1 GiB.
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The fields `has_video`, `extractor_preference`, `language_preference`, `quality` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behaviour can be changed by using `--force-format-sort`. Apart from these, the default order used by youtube-dlc is: `tbr,filesize,vbr,height,width,protocol,vext,abr,aext,fps,filesize_approx,source_preference,format_id`. Note that the extractors may override this default order (currently no extractor does this), but not the user-provided order.
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If your format selector is `worst`, the last item is selected after sorting. This means it will select the format that is worst in all repects. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use `-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps`.
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**Tip**: You can use the `-v -F` to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).
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## Default Format Selection
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Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26, youtube-dlc uses `-f bestvideo+bestaudio/best` as the default format selection (see [#5447](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/5447), [#5456](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/5456)). If ffmpeg or avconv are installed this results in downloading `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` separately and muxing them together into a single file giving the best overall quality available. Otherwise it falls back to `best` and results in downloading the best available quality served as a single file. `best` is also needed for videos that don't come from YouTube because they don't provide the audio and video in two different files. Note that if you use youtube-dlc to stream to `stdout` (and most likely to pipe it to your media player then), i.e. you explicitly specify output template as `-o -`, youtube-dlc still uses `-f best` format selection in order to start content delivery immediately to your player and not to wait until `bestvideo` and `bestaudio` are downloaded and muxed.
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If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to youtube-dlc 2015.04.26), i.e. you want to download the best available quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice with `-f best`. You may want to add it to the [configuration file](#configuration) in order not to type it every time you run youtube-dlc.
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## Format Selection examples
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Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
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```bash
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# Download and merge the best best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
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# or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
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$ youtube-dlc
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# Same as above
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
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# Download best format that contains video,
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# and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo*+bestaudio/best' --no-audio-multistreams
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# Download the worst video available
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'worstvideo+worstaudio/worst'
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# Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
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$ youtube-dlc -S '+res'
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# Download the smallest video available
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$ youtube-dlc -S '+size,+bitrate'
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# Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/bestvideo+bestaudio / best'
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# Download the best video with the best extension
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# (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'ext'
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# Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
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# or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480] / worstvideo+bestaudio/worst'
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# Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
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# or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'height:480'
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# Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
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# or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
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# Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
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# So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'res:480'
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# Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
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# or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'best[filesize<50M] / worst'
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# Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
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# or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'best' -S 'filesize:50M'
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# Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'best' -S 'filesize~50M'
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# Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
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# or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
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$ youtube-dlc -f '(bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
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# Download best video available via the best protocol
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# (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'protocol'
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# Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
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# For this case, an output template should be used since
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# by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
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$ youtube-dlc -f 'bestvideo,bestaudio' -o '%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s'
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# Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
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$ youtube-dlc -f '(bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[vcodec^=avc1] / bestvideo+bestaudio/best'
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# Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
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# or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'codec:h264'
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# Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
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# or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
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$ youtube-dlc -S '+codec:h264'
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# More complex examples
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# Download the best video no better than 720p prefering framerate greater than 30,
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# or the worst video (prefering framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
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$ youtube-dlc -f '((bestvideo[fps>30]/bestvideo)[height<=720]/(worstvideo[fps>30]/worstvideo)) + bestaudio / (best[fps>30]/best)[height<=720]/(worst[fps>30]/worst)'
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# Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
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# or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
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# prefering larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
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$ youtube-dlc -S 'res:720,fps'
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# Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
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# or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
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# prefering better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
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$ youtube-dlc -S '+res:480,codec,br'
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```
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# VIDEO SELECTION
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Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`. They accept dates in two formats:
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- Absolute dates: Dates in the format `YYYYMMDD`.
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- Relative dates: Dates in the format `(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?`
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Examples:
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```bash
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# Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
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$ youtube-dlc --dateafter now-6months
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# Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
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$ youtube-dlc --date 19700101
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$ # Download only the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
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$ youtube-dlc --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
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```
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