youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
# OPTIONS
- -h, --help Print this help text and exit
- --version Print program version and exit
- -U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make
- sure that you have sufficient permissions
- (run with sudo if needed)
- -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to
- skip unavailable videos in a playlist
- --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the
- playlist or the command line) if an error
- occurs
- --dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
- --list-extractors List all supported extractors
- --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
- extractors
- --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 youtube-dl "large
- apple". Use the value "auto" to let
- youtube-dl 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 Do not read configuration files. When given
- in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
- configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
- on Windows)
- --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
- the path to the config or its containing
- directory.
- --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
- only list them.
- --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
- --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
- --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
+ -h, --help Print this help text and exit
+ --version Print program version and exit
+ -U, --update Update this program to latest version.
+ Make sure that you have sufficient
+ permissions (run with sudo if needed)
+ -i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for
+ example to skip unavailable videos in a
+ playlist
+ --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in
+ the playlist or the command line) if an
+ error occurs
+ --dump-user-agent Display the current browser
+ identification
+ --list-extractors List all supported extractors
+ --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
+ extractors
+ --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 youtube-
+ dl "large apple". Use the value "auto"
+ to let youtube-dl 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 Do not read configuration files. When
+ given in the global configuration file
+ /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the
+ user configuration in
+ ~/.config/youtube-dl/config
+ (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on
+ Windows)
+ --config-location PATH Location of the configuration file;
+ either the path to the config or its
+ containing directory.
+ --flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a
+ playlist, only list them.
+ --mark-watched Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
+ --no-mark-watched Do not mark videos watched (YouTube
+ only)
+ --no-color Do not emit color codes in output
## Network Options:
- --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
- To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper
- scheme. For example
- socks5://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
- -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
- -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
+ --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS
+ proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a
+ proper scheme. For example
+ socks5://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
+ -4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
+ -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
## 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.
- --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via faking
- X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
- --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction via
- faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
- --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction with
- explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2
- country code
- --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction with
- explicitly provided IP block in CIDR
- notation
+ --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.
+ --geo-bypass Bypass geographic restriction via
+ faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
+ --no-geo-bypass Do not bypass geographic restriction
+ via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header
+ --geo-bypass-country CODE Force bypass geographic restriction
+ with explicitly provided two-letter ISO
+ 3166-2 country code
+ --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK Force bypass geographic restriction
+ with explicitly provided IP block in
+ CIDR notation
## Video Selection:
- --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1)
- --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)
- --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify
- indices of the videos in the playlist
- separated by commas like: "--playlist-items
- 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
- indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
- specify range: "--playlist-items
- 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
- at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
- --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
- caseless sub-string)
- --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or
- caseless sub-string)
- --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
- --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 in this date
- --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before
- this date (i.e. inclusive)
- --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after
- this date (i.e. inclusive)
- --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than
- COUNT views
- --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than
- COUNT views
- --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key (see
- the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of
- available keys) to match if the key is
- present, !key to check if the key is not
- present, key > NUMBER (like "comment_count
- > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
- compare against a number, key = 'LITERAL'
- (like "uploader = 'Mike Smith'", also works
- with !=) to match against a string literal
- and & to require multiple matches. Values
- which are not known are excluded unless you
- put a question mark (?) after the operator.
- For example, to only match videos that have
- been liked more than 100 times and disliked
- less than 50 times (or the dislike
- functionality is not available at the given
- service), but who also have a description,
- use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
- dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
- --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers
- to a video and a playlist.
- --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
- a video and a playlist.
- --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given
- age
- --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
- archive file. Record the IDs of all
- downloaded videos in it.
- --include-ads Download advertisements as well
- (experimental)
+ --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is
+ 1)
+ --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is
+ last)
+ --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download.
+ Specify indices of the videos in the
+ playlist separated by commas like: "--
+ playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to
+ download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in
+ the playlist. You can specify range: "
+ --playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will
+ download the videos at index 1, 2, 3,
+ 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
+ --match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or
+ caseless sub-string)
+ --reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles
+ (regex or caseless sub-string)
+ --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
+ --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 in this
+ date
+ --datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or
+ before this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ --dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or
+ after this date (i.e. inclusive)
+ --min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less
+ than COUNT views
+ --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more
+ than COUNT views
+ --match-filter FILTER Generic video filter. Specify any key
+ (see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list
+ of available keys) to match if the key
+ is present, !key to check if the key is
+ not present, key > NUMBER (like
+ "comment_count > 12", also works with
+ >=, <, <=, !=, =) to compare against a
+ number, key = 'LITERAL' (like "uploader
+ = 'Mike Smith'", also works with !=) to
+ match against a string literal and & to
+ require multiple matches. Values which
+ are not known are excluded unless you
+ put a question mark (?) after the
+ operator. For example, to only match
+ videos that have been liked more than
+ 100 times and disliked less than 50
+ times (or the dislike functionality is
+ not available at the given service),
+ but who also have a description, use
+ --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
+ dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
+ --no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL
+ refers to a video and a playlist.
+ --yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL
+ refers to a video and a playlist.
+ --age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the
+ given age
+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the
+ archive file. Record the IDs of all
+ downloaded videos in it.
+ --include-ads Download advertisements as well
+ (experimental)
## Download Options:
- -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per second
- (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
- -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
- "infinite".
- --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment (default
- is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
- ISM)
- --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
- and ISM)
- --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is not
- available
- --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
- downloading is finished; fragments are
- erased by default
- --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
- (default is 1024)
- --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
- size. By default, the buffer size is
- automatically resized from an initial value
- of SIZE.
- --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
- downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
- is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
- bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
- (experimental)
- --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
- --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random order
- --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
- expected file size
- --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of
- ffmpeg
- --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
- downloader
- --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS videos,
- allowing to play the video while
- downloading (some players may not be able
- to play it)
- --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
- Currently supports
- aria2c,avconv,axel,curl,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
- --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
- downloader
+ -r, --limit-rate RATE Maximum download rate in bytes per
+ second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
+ -R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or
+ "infinite".
+ --fragment-retries RETRIES Number of retries for a fragment
+ (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH,
+ hlsnative and ISM)
+ --skip-unavailable-fragments Skip unavailable fragments (DASH,
+ hlsnative and ISM)
+ --abort-on-unavailable-fragment Abort downloading when some fragment is
+ not available
+ --keep-fragments Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
+ downloading is finished; fragments are
+ erased by default
+ --buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or
+ 16K) (default is 1024)
+ --no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer
+ size. By default, the buffer size is
+ automatically resized from an initial
+ value of SIZE.
+ --http-chunk-size SIZE Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
+ downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M)
+ (default is disabled). May be useful
+ for bypassing bandwidth throttling
+ imposed by a webserver (experimental)
+ --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse
+ order
+ --playlist-random Download playlist videos in random
+ order
+ --xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
+ expected file size
+ --hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead
+ of ffmpeg
+ --hls-prefer-ffmpeg Use ffmpeg instead of the native HLS
+ downloader
+ --hls-use-mpegts Use the mpegts container for HLS
+ videos, allowing to play the video
+ while downloading (some players may not
+ be able to play it)
+ --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader.
+ Currently supports aria2c,avconv,axel,c
+ url,ffmpeg,httpie,wget
+ --external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external
+ downloader
## Filesystem Options:
- -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for
- stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
- with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
- comments and ignored.
- --id Use only video ID in file name
- -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
- TEMPLATE" for all the info
- --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
- (default is 1)
- --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
- characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
- filenames
- -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
- -c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files.
- By default, youtube-dl will resume
- downloads if possible.
- --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files
- (restart from beginning)
- --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
- into output file
- --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set
- the file modification time
- --write-description Write video description to a .description
- file
- --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file
- --write-annotations Write video annotations to a
- .annotations.xml file
- --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video information
- (created with the "--write-info-json"
- option)
- --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie
- jar in
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
- can store some downloaded information
- permanently. By default
- $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
- ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
- YouTube player files (for videos with
- obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
- may change.
- --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
- --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
+ -a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-'
+ for stdin), one URL per line. Lines
+ starting with '#', ';' or ']' are
+ considered as comments and ignored.
+ --id Use only video ID in file name
+ -o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template, see the
+ "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info
+ --output-na-placeholder PLACEHOLDER Placeholder value for unavailable meta
+ fields in output filename template
+ (default is "NA")
+ --autonumber-start NUMBER Specify the start value for
+ %(autonumber)s (default is 1)
+ --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
+ characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
+ filenames
+ -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
+ -c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded
+ files. By default, youtube-dl will
+ resume downloads if possible.
+ --no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded
+ files (restart from beginning)
+ --no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
+ into output file
+ --no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to
+ set the file modification time
+ --write-description Write video description to a
+ .description file
+ --write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json
+ file
+ --write-annotations Write video annotations to a
+ .annotations.xml file
+ --load-info-json FILE JSON file containing the video
+ information (created with the "--write-
+ info-json" option)
+ --cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump
+ cookie jar in
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where
+ youtube-dl can store some downloaded
+ information permanently. By default
+ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
+ ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment,
+ only YouTube player files (for videos
+ with obfuscated signatures) are cached,
+ but that may change.
+ --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
+ --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
## Thumbnail images:
- --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
- --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
- --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
- formats
+ --write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk
+ --write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to
+ disk
+ --list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available
+ thumbnail formats
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
- -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
- --no-warnings Ignore warnings
- -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
- anything to disk
- --skip-download Do not download the video
- -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
- -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
- --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
- --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
- --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description
- --get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
- --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename
- --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
- -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
- See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description
- of available keys.
- -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
- for each command-line argument. If the URL
- refers to a playlist, dump the whole
- playlist information in a single line.
- --print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
- JSON (video is still being downloaded).
- --newline Output progress bar as new lines
- --no-progress Do not print progress bar
- --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
- -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
- --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
- -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
- --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
- debugging
+ -q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
+ --no-warnings Ignore warnings
+ -s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not
+ write anything to disk
+ --skip-download Do not download the video
+ -g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL
+ -e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title
+ --get-id Simulate, quiet but print id
+ --get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
+ --get-description Simulate, quiet but print video
+ description
+ --get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length
+ --get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output
+ filename
+ --get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format
+ -j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON
+ information. See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE"
+ for a description of available keys.
+ -J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON
+ information for each command-line
+ argument. If the URL refers to a
+ playlist, dump the whole playlist
+ information in a single line.
+ --print-json Be quiet and print the video
+ information as JSON (video is still
+ being downloaded).
+ --newline Output progress bar as new lines
+ --no-progress Do not print progress bar
+ --console-title Display progress in console titlebar
+ -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
+ --print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
+ -C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for
+ debugging
+ --no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server
+ for debugging
## Workarounds:
- --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
- --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
- --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
- information about the video. (Currently
- supported only for YouTube)
- --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
- --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
- access is restricted to one domain
- --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
- separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
- option multiple times
- --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
- bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
- or fribidi executable in PATH
- --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
- download when used alone or a lower bound
- of a range for randomized sleep before each
- download (minimum possible number of
- seconds to sleep) when used along with
- --max-sleep-interval.
- --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep
- before each download (maximum possible
- number of seconds to sleep). Must only be
- used along with --min-sleep-interval.
+ --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding
+ (experimental)
+ --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation
+ --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to
+ retrieve information about the video.
+ (Currently supported only for YouTube)
+ --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
+ --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the
+ video access is restricted to one
+ domain
+ --add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its
+ value, separated by a colon ':'. You
+ can use this option multiple times
+ --bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
+ bidirectional text support. Requires
+ bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH
+ --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each
+ download when used alone or a lower
+ bound of a range for randomized sleep
+ before each download (minimum possible
+ number of seconds to sleep) when used
+ along with --max-sleep-interval.
+ --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized
+ sleep before each download (maximum
+ possible number of seconds to sleep).
+ Must only be used along with --min-
+ sleep-interval.
## Video Format Options:
- -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT
- SELECTION" for all the info
- --all-formats Download all available video formats
- --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific
- one is requested
- -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
- videos
- --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
- related data on YouTube videos
- --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
- bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
- container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
- webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is required
+ -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT
+ SELECTION" for all the info
+ --all-formats Download all available video formats
+ --prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a
+ specific one is requested
+ -F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
+ videos
+ --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and
+ related data on YouTube videos
+ --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
+ bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
+ container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
+ webm, flv. Ignored if no merge is
+ required
## Subtitle Options:
- --write-sub Write subtitle file
- --write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle file
- (YouTube only)
- --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the
- video
- --list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
- --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
- preference, for example: "srt" or
- "ass/srt/best"
- --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
- (optional) separated by commas, use --list-
- subs for available language tags
+ --write-sub Write subtitle file
+ --write-auto-sub Write automatically generated subtitle
+ file (YouTube only)
+ --all-subs Download all the available subtitles of
+ the video
+ --list-subs List all available subtitles for the
+ video
+ --sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
+ preference, for example: "srt" or
+ "ass/srt/best"
+ --sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download
+ (optional) separated by commas, use
+ --list-subs for available language tags
## Authentication Options:
- -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
- -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left
- out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
- -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
- -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
- --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
+ -u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID
+ -p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is
+ left out, youtube-dl will ask
+ interactively.
+ -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code
+ -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data
+ --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku)
## 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-dl will
- ask interactively.
- --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
- operators
+ --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-dl will ask interactively.
+ --ap-list-mso List all supported multiple-system
+ operators
## Post-processing Options:
- -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
- (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or
- 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)
- --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)
+ -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files
+ (requires ffmpeg/avconv and
+ ffprobe/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)
+ --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)
# CONFIGURATION
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