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-i, --ignore-errors Ignore download and postprocessing errors.
The download will be considered successful
even if the postprocessing fails
--no-abort-on-error Continue with next video on download
errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in
a playlist (default)
--no-abort-on-error Continue with next video on download errors;
e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a
playlist (default)
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)
--dump-user-agent Display the current user-agent and exit
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extractors and exit
--force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
from google videos for the search term
"large apple". Use the value "auto" to let
yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
warning when guessing). "error" just throws
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. Eg:
"gvsearch2:python " downloads two videos from
google videos for the search term "python".
Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess
("auto_warning" to emit a warning when
guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
default value "fixup_error" repairs broken
URLs, but emits an error if this is not
possible instead of searching
--ignore-config Don't load any more configuration files
except those given by --config-locations.
For backward compatibility, if this option
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file, the user configuration is not loaded.
(Alias: --no-config)
--no-config-locations Do not load any custom configuration files
(default). When given inside a
configuration file, ignore all previous
--config-locations defined in the current
file
(default). When given inside a configuration
file, ignore all previous --config-locations
defined in the current file
--config-locations PATH Location of the main configuration file;
either the path to the config or its
containing directory. Can be used multiple
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creates options "--get-audio" and "-X" that
takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to
"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0".
All defined aliases are listed in the
--help output. Alias options can trigger
more aliases; so be carefull to avoid
defining recursive options. As a safety
measure, each alias may be triggered a
maximum of 100 times. This option can be
used multiple times
All defined aliases are listed in the --help
output. Alias options can trigger more
aliases; so be carefull to avoid defining
recursive options. As a safety measure, each
alias may be triggered a maximum of 100
times. This option can be used multiple
times
## Network Options:
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
scheme. For example
socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in
an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To
enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme.
Eg: socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass
in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
connection
--socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
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## Geo-restriction:
--geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
some geo-restricted sites. The default
proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the
option is not present) is used for the
actual downloading
some geo-restricted sites. The default proxy
specified by --proxy (or none, if the option
is not present) is used for the actual
downloading
--geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)
--no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
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1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
specify range: "--playlist-items
1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13
--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than
SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at
index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13
--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE
(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
(e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
--date DATE Download only videos uploaded on this date.
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--dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
this date. The date formats accepted is the
same as --date
--match-filters FILTER Generic video filter. Any field (see
"OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a
number or a string using the operators
defined in "Filtering formats". You can
also simply specify a field to match if the
field is present, use "!field" to check if
the field is not present, and "& " to check
multiple conditions. Use a "\" to escape
"& " or quotes if needed. If used multiple
times, the filter matches if atleast one of
the conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter
--match-filters FILTER Generic video filter. Any "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
field can be compared with a number or a
string using the operators defined in
"Filtering formats". You can also simply
specify a field to match if the field is
present, use "!field" to check if the field
is not present, and "& " to check multiple
conditions. Use a "\" to escape "& " or
quotes if needed. If used multiple times,
the filter matches if atleast one of the
conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter
!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 &
description~='(?i)\bcats \& dogs\b'"
matches only videos that are not live OR
those that have a like count more than 100
(or the like field is not available) and
also has a description that contains the
phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case). Use
"--match-filter -" to interactively ask
whether to download each video
description~='(?i)\bcats \& dogs\b'" matches
only videos that are not live OR those that
have a like count more than 100 (or the like
field is not available) and also has a
description that contains the phrase "cats &
dogs" (caseless ). Use "--match-filter -" to
interactively ask whether to download each
video
--no-match-filter Do not use generic video filter (default)
--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
to a video and a playlist
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input URL
--no-break-per-input --break-on-existing and similar options
terminates the entire download queue
--skip-playlist-after-errors N Number of allowed failures until the rest
of the playlist is skipped
--skip-playlist-after-errors N Number of allowed failures until the rest of
the playlist is skipped
## Download Options:
-N, --concurrent-fragments N Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative
video that should be downloaded
concurrently (default is 1)
video that should be downloaded concurrently
(default is 1)
-r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
(e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
--throttled-rate RATE Minimum download rate in bytes per second
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"infinite"
--file-access-retries RETRIES Number of times to retry on file access
error (default is 3), or "infinite"
--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
ISM)
--fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default is
10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)
--retry-sleep [TYPE:]EXPR An expression for the time to sleep between
retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by
the type of retry (file_access, fragment,
http (default)) to apply the sleep to. EXPR
can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]]
or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. This option can
be used multiple times to set the sleep for
the different retry types. Eg: --retry-sleep
linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20
--skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
hlsnative and ISM (default)
hlsnative and ISM downloads (default)
(Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
--abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
--abort-on-unavailable-fragment
Abort download if a fragment is unavailable
(Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
--keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
downloading is finished
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interrupted. This is enabled by default for
live streams
--no-hls-use-mpegts Do not use the mpegts container for HLS
videos. This is default when not
downloading live streams
videos. This is default when not downloading
live streams
--downloader [PROTO:]NAME Name or path of the external downloader to
use (optionally) prefixed by the protocols
(http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to
use it for. Currently supports native,
aria2c, avconv, axel, curl, ffmpeg, httpie,
wget. You can use this option multiple
times to set different downloaders for
different protocols. For example,
--downloader aria2c --downloader
"dash,m3u8:native" will use aria2c for
http/ftp downloads, and the native
downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads (Alias:
--external-downloader)
wget. You can use this option multiple times
to set different downloaders for different
protocols. For example, --downloader aria2c
--downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use
aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the
native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads
(Alias: --external-downloader)
--downloader-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the external
downloader. Specify the downloader name and
the arguments separated by a colon ":". For
ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to
different positions using the same syntax
as --postprocessor-args. You can use this
ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different
positions using the same syntax as
--postprocessor-args. You can use this
option multiple times to give different
arguments to different downloaders (Alias:
--external-downloader-args)
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comments and ignored
--no-batch-file Do not read URLs from batch file (default)
-P, --paths [TYPES:]PATH The paths where the files should be
downloaded. Specify the type of file and
the path separated by a colon ":". All the
same TYPES as --output are supported.
downloaded. Specify the type of file and the
path separated by a colon ":". All the same
TYPES as --output are supported.
Additionally, you can also provide "home"
(default) and "temp" paths. All
intermediary files are first downloaded to
the temp path and then the final files are
moved over to the home path after download
is finished. This option is ignored if
--output is an absolute path
(default) and "temp" paths. All intermediary
files are first downloaded to the temp path
and then the final files are moved over to
the home path after download is finished.
This option is ignored if --output is an
absolute path
-o, --output [TYPES:]TEMPLATE Output filename template; see "OUTPUT
TEMPLATE" for details
--output-na-placeholder TEXT Placeholder value for unavailable meta
fields in output filename template
(default: "NA")
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
characters, and avoid "& " and spaces in
filenames
--output-na-placeholder TEXT Placeholder for unavailable fields in
"OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "NA")
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters,
and avoid "& " and spaces in filenames
--no-restrict-filenames Allow Unicode characters, "& " and spaces in
filenames (default)
--windows-filenames Force filenames to be Windows-compatible
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extension) to the specified number of
characters
-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite any files
--force-overwrites Overwrite all video and metadata files.
This option includes --no-continue
--force-overwrites Overwrite all video and metadata files. This
option includes --no-continue
--no-force-overwrites Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite
related files (default)
-c, --continue Resume partially downloaded files/fragments
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restart download of the entire file
--part Use .part files instead of writing directly
into output file (default)
--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
into output file
--mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the
file modification time (default)
--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly into
output file
--mtime Use the Last-modified header to set the file
modification time (default)
--no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
the file modification time
--write-description Write video description to a .description
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--write-description etc. (default)
--no-write-playlist-metafiles Do not write playlist metadata when using
--write-info-json, --write-description etc.
--clean-info-json Remove some private fields such as
filenames from the infojson. Note that it
could still contain some personal
information (default)
--clean-info-json Remove some private fields such as filenames
from the infojson. Note that it could still
contain some personal information (default)
--no-clean-info-json Write all fields to the infojson
--write-comments Retrieve video comments to be placed in the
infojson. The comments are fetched even
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--load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
(created with the "--write-info-json"
option)
--cookies FILE Netscape formatted file to read cookies
from and dump cookie jar in
--cookies FILE Netscape formatted file to read cookies from
and dump cookie jar in
--no-cookies Do not read/dump cookies from/to file
(default)
--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]
The name of the browser and (optionally)
the name/path of the profile to load
cookies from, separated by a ":". Currently
The name of the browser and (optionally) the
name/path of the profile to load cookies
from, separated by a ":". Currently
supported browsers are: brave, chrome,
chromium, edge, firefox, opera, safari,
vivaldi. By default, the most recently
accessed profile is used. The keyring used
for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux
can be (optionally) specified after the
browser name separated by a "+". Currently
supported keyrings are: basictext,
gnomekeyring, kwallet
for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can
be (optionally) specified after the browser
name separated by a "+". Currently supported
keyrings are: basictext, gnomekeyring,
kwallet
--no-cookies-from-browser Do not load cookies from browser (default)
--cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
can store some downloaded information (such
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--write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut
## Verbosity and Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode. If used with
--verbose, print the log to stderr
-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose,
print the log to stderr
--no-warnings Ignore warnings
-s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
anything to disk
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--use-postprocessor, and "video" (default).
Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless
--no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are
used. This option can be used multiple
times
used. This option can be used multiple times
--print-to-file [WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE
Append given template to the file. The
values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as
that of --print. FILE uses the same syntax
as the output template. This option can be
used multiple times
values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that
of --print. FILE uses the same syntax as the
output template. This option can be used
multiple times
-j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
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--no-simulate is used. If the URL refers to
a playlist, the whole playlist information
is dumped in a single line
--force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be
written as far as no errors occur, even if
-s or another simulation option is used
(Alias: --force-download-archive)
--force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be written
as far as no errors occur, even if -s or
another simulation option is used (Alias:
--force-download-archive)
--newline Output progress bar as new lines
--no-progress Do not print progress bar
--progress Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode
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-v, --verbose Print various debugging information
--dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
to debug problems (very verbose)
--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to
files in the current directory to debug
problems
--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files
in the current directory to debug problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
## Workarounds:
--encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
--legacy-server-connect Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to
servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure
--legacy-server-connect Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers
that do not support RFC 5746 secure
renegotiation
--no-check-certificates Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
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download. This is the minimum time to sleep
when used along with --max-sleep-interval
(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)
--max-sleep-interval SECONDS Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can
only be used along with --min-sleep-interval
--max-sleep-interval SECONDS Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only
be used along with --min-sleep-interval
--sleep-subtitles SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
subtitle download
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for more details
-S, --format-sort SORTORDER Sort the formats by the fields given, see
"Sorting Formats" for more details
--S-force, -- format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
--format-sort-force Force user specified sort order to have
precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
Formats" for more details
Formats" for more details (Alias: --S-force)
--no-format-sort-force Some fields have precedence over the user
specified sort order (default), see
"Sorting Formats" for more details
specified sort order (default)
--video-multistreams Allow multiple video streams to be merged
into a single file
--no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for
each output file (default)
--no-video-multistreams Only one video stream is downloaded for each
output file (default)
--audio-multistreams Allow multiple audio streams to be merged
into a single file
--no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for
each output file (default)
--no-audio-multistreams Only one audio stream is downloaded for each
output file (default)
--prefer-free-formats Prefer video formats with free containers
over non-free ones of same quality. Use
with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free
containers irrespective of quality
over non-free ones of same quality. Use with
"-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers
irrespective of quality
--no-prefer-free-formats Don't give any special preference to free
containers (default)
--check-formats Make sure formats are selected only from
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(default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)
--list-subs List available subtitles of each video.
Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
--sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
preference, for example: "srt" or
"ass/srt/best"
--sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format; accepts formats preference,
Eg: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"
--sub-langs LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download (can
be regex) or "all" separated by commas.
(Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") You can prefix
the language code with a "-" to exempt it
from the requested languages. (Eg:
--sub-langs all,-live_chat) Use --list-subs
for a list of available language tags
be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg:
--sub-langs "en.*,ja") You can prefix the
language code with a "-" to exclud e it from
the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs
all,-live_chat) Use --list-subs for a list
of available language tags
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
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-2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
-n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
--netrc-location PATH Location of .netrc authentication data;
either the path or its containing
directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc
either the path or its containing directory.
Defaults to ~/.netrc
--video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
--ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV
provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
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--ap-password PASSWORD Multiple-system operator account password.
If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask
interactively
--ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
operators
--ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system operators
--client-certificate CERTFILE Path to client certificate file in PEM
format. May include the private key
--client-certificate-key KEYFILE Path to private key file for client
--client-certificate-key KEYFILE
Path to private key file for client
certificate
--client-certificate-password PASSWORD
Password for client certificate private
key, if encrypted. If not provided and the
key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask
interactively
Password for client certificate private key,
if encrypted. If not provided, and the key
is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively
## Post-Processing Options:
-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
(requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format to convert the audio
to when -x is used. Currently supported
formats are: best (default) or one of aac,
flac, mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format to convert the audio to
when -x is used. Currently supported formats
are: best (default) or one of aac, flac,
mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when
converting the audio with -x. Insert a
value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for
VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
(default 5)
converting the audio with -x. Insert a value
between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a
specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
--remux-video FORMAT Remux the video into another container if
necessary (currently supported: mp4, mkv,
flv, webm, mov, avi, mka, ogg, aac, flac,
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target container does not support the
video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You
can specify multiple rules; Eg.
"aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to
m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv.
"aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a,
mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv.
--recode-video FORMAT Re-encode the video into another format if
re-encoding is necessary. The syntax and
supported formats are the same as --remux-video
necessary. The syntax and supported formats
are the same as --remux-video
--postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessors.
Specify the postprocessor/executable name
and the arguments separated by a colon ":"
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supported executables are: AtomicParsley,
FFmpeg and FFprobe. You can also specify
"PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the
specified executable only when being used
by the specified postprocessor.
Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, "_i"/"_o"
can be appended to the prefix optionally
followed by a number to pass the argument
before the specified input/output file. Eg:
--ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". You can
use this option multiple times to give
different arguments to different
postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)
specified executable only when being used by
the specified postprocessor. Additionally,
for ffmpeg/ffprobe, "_i"/"_o" can be
appended to the prefix optionally followed
by a number to pass the argument before the
specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa
"Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". You can use
this option multiple times to give different
arguments to different postprocessors.
(Alias: --ppa)
-k, --keep-video Keep the intermediate video file on disk
after post-processing
--no-keep-video Delete the intermediate video file after
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--no-embed-thumbnail Do not embed thumbnail (default)
--embed-metadata Embed metadata to the video file. Also
embeds chapters/infojson if present unless
--no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json
are used (Alias: --add-metadata)
--no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are
used (Alias: --add-metadata)
--no-embed-metadata Do not add metadata to file (default)
(Alias: --no-add-metadata)
--embed-chapters Add chapter markers to the video file
(Alias: --add-chapters)
--no-embed-chapters Do not add chapter markers (default)
(Alias: --no-add-chapters)
--no-embed-chapters Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias:
--no-add-chapters)
--embed-info-json Embed the infojson as an attachment to
mkv/mka video files
--no-embed-info-json Do not embed the infojson as an attachment
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(using dublin core and xdg standards)
--concat-playlist POLICY Concatenate videos in a playlist. One of
"never", "always", or "multi_video"
(default; only when the videos form a
single show). All the video files must have
same codecs and number of streams to be
(default; only when the videos form a single
show). All the video files must have same
codecs and number of streams to be
concatable. The "pl_video:" prefix can be
used with "--paths" and "--output" to set
the output filename for the concatenated
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field as arguments to the command. After
download, an additional field "filepath"
that contains the final path of the
downloaded file is also available, and if
no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is
appended to the end of the command. This
option can be used multiple times
downloaded file is also available, and if no
fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended
to the end of the command. This option can
be used multiple times
--no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to another format
(currently supported: srt, vtt, ass, lrc)
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--convert-thumbnails FORMAT Convert the thumbnails to another format
(currently supported: jpg, png, webp)
--split-chapters Split video into multiple files based on
internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix
can be used with "--paths" and "--output"
to set the output filename for the split
files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details
internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix can
be used with "--paths" and "--output" to set
the output filename for the split files. See
"OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details
--no-split-chapters Do not split video based on chapters
(default)
--remove-chapters REGEX Remove chapters whose title matches the
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be used multiple times
--no-remove-chapters Do not remove any chapters from the file
(default)
--force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes around the chapters before
removing/splitting them. Requires a
re-encode and thus is very slow, but the
resulting video may have fewer artifacts
around the cuts
--force-keyframes-at-cuts Force keyframes around chapters when
removing/splitting them. The resulting video
may have fewer artifacts around the cuts,
but is very slow due to needing a re-encode
--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts Do not force keyframes around the chapters
when cutting/splitting (default)
--use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS] The (case sensitive) name of plugin
--use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS]
The (case sensitive) name of plugin
postprocessors to be enabled, and
(optionally) arguments to be passed to it,
separated by a colon ":". ARGS are a
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"before_dl" (before each video download),
"post_process" (after each video download;
default), "after_move" (after moving video
file to it's final locations),
"after_video" (after downloading and
processing all formats of a video), or
"playlist" (at end of playlist). This
option can be used multiple times to add
different postprocessors
file to it's final locations), "after_video"
(after downloading and processing all
formats of a video), or "playlist" (at end
of playlist). This option can be used
multiple times to add different
postprocessors
## SponsorBlock Options:
Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor,
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--sponsorblock-mark CATS SponsorBlock categories to create chapters
for, separated by commas. Available
categories are all, default(=all), sponsor,
intro, outro, selfpromo, preview, filler,
interaction, music_offtopic, poi_highlight.
You can prefix the category with a "-" to
exempt it. See [1] for description of the
categories. Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview
categories are sponsor, intro, outro,
selfpromo, preview, filler, interaction,
music_offtopic, poi_highlight, all and
default (=all). You can prefix the category
with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for
description of the categories. Eg:
--sponsorblock-mark all,-preview
[1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories
--sponsorblock-remove CATS SponsorBlock categories to be removed from
the video file, separated by commas. If a
category is present in both mark and
remove, remove takes precedence. The syntax
and available categories are the same as
for --sponsorblock-mark except that
"default" refers to "all,-filler" and
poi_highlight is not available
category is present in both mark and remove,
remove takes precedence. The syntax and
available categories are the same as for
--sponsorblock-mark except that "default"
refers to "all,-filler" and poi_highlight is
not available
--sponsorblock-chapter-title TEMPLATE
The title template for SponsorBlock
chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark.
The same syntax as the output template is
used, but the only available fields are
start_time, end_time, category, categories,
name, category_names. Defaults to
"[SponsorBlock]: %(category_names)l"
An output template for the title of the
SponsorBlock chapters created by
--sponsorblock-mark. The only available
fields are start_time, end_time, category,
categories, name, category_names. Defaults
to "[SponsorBlock]: %(category_names)l"
--no-sponsorblock Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and
--sponsorblock-remove
--sponsorblock-api URL SponsorBlock API location, defaults to
https://sponsor.ajay.app
## Extractor Options:
--extractor-retries RETRIES Number of retries for known extractor
errors (default is 3), or "infinite"
--extractor-retries RETRIES Number of retries for known extractor errors
(default is 3), or "infinite"
--allow-dynamic-mpd Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
(Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
--ignore-dynamic-mpd Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
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--hls-split-discontinuity Split HLS playlists to different formats at
discontinuities such as ad breaks
--no-hls-split-discontinuity Do not split HLS playlists to different
formats at discontinuities such as ad
breaks (default)
formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks
(default)
--extractor-args KEY:ARGS Pass these arguments to the extractor. See
"EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. You can
use this option multiple times to give
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