sudo if needed)
-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to 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
--user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
--referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
- --cache-dir None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
store downloaded information permanently. By
default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
/youtube-dl .
%(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if
different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically
incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename
- extension, %(upload_date)s for the upload date
- (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider
- (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id
- , %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in,
- %(playlist_index)s for the position in the
- playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use - to
- output to stdout. Can also be used to download to
- a different directory, for example with -o '/my/d
- ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .
+ extension, %(format)s for the format description
+ (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD")%(upload_date)s for
+ the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the
+ provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the
+ video id , %(playlist)s for the playlist the
+ video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the position
+ in the playlist and %% for a literal percent. Use
+ - to output to stdout. Can also be used to
+ download to a different directory, for example
+ with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(i
+ d)s.%(ext)s' .
--autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s
when it is present in output filename template or
--autonumber option is given