-# youtube-dl
+% youtube-dl(1)
-## USAGE
-youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
+# NAME
+youtube-dl
-## DESCRIPTION
+# SYNOPSIS
+**youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
2.x (x being at least 6), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
-## OPTIONS
+# OPTIONS
-h, --help print this help text and exit
--version print program version and exit
-U, --update update this program to latest version
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
would handle
-### Video Selection:
+## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
--playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
--match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
caseless sub-string)
--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files
-### Filesystem Options:
+## Filesystem Options:
-t, --title use title in file name
-l, --literal use literal title in file name
-A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
--write-description write video description to a .description file
--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
-### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
+## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
-s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything
to disk
--console-title display progress in console titlebar
-v, --verbose print various debugging information
-### Video Format Options:
+## Video Format Options:
-f, --format FORMAT video format code
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
--srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download
(optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'
-### Authentication Options:
+## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
-p, --password PASSWORD account password
-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
-### Post-processing Options:
+## Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default
-## FAQ
+# FAQ
### Can you please put the -b option back?
youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
-## COPYRIGHT
+# COPYRIGHT
youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.
-## BUGS
+# BUGS
Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
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+.TH youtube-dl 1 ""
+.SH NAME
+.PP
+youtube-dl
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.PP
+\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] is a small command-line program to download videos
+from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
+It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.x (x being at least 6),
+and it is not platform specific.
+It should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X.
+It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it,
+redistribute it or use it however you like.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+-h,\ --help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit
+--version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ program\ version\ and\ exit
+-U,\ --update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ version
+-i,\ --ignore-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors
+-r,\ --rate-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ download\ rate\ limit\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
+-R,\ --retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
+--dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
+--list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Video Selection:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+--playlist-start\ NUMBER\ \ playlist\ video\ to\ start\ at\ (default\ is\ 1)
+--playlist-end\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ playlist\ video\ to\ end\ at\ (default\ is\ last)
+--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
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Filesystem Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+-t,\ --title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ title\ in\ file\ name
+-l,\ --literal\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ literal\ title\ in\ file\ name
+-A,\ --auto-number\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number\ downloaded\ files\ starting\ from\ 00000
+-o,\ --output\ TEMPLATE\ \ \ \ output\ filename\ template.\ Use\ %(stitle)s\ to\ get\ the
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title,\ %(uploader)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ name,
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically\ incremented
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename\ extension,
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),\ and
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %%\ for\ a\ literal\ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ stdout.
+-a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
+-w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
+-c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
+--no-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files\ (restart
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ beginning)
+--cookies\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ to\ read\ cookies\ from\ and\ dump\ cookie\ jar\ in
+--no-part\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ use\ .part\ files
+--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
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Verbosity / Simulation Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+-q,\ --quiet\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ activates\ quiet\ mode
+-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-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ thumbnail\ URL
+--get-description\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ video\ description
+--get-filename\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ filename
+--get-format\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ format
+--no-progress\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ print\ progress\ bar
+--console-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ progress\ in\ console\ titlebar
+-v,\ --verbose\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ various\ debugging\ information
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Video Format Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+-f,\ --format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ video\ format\ code
+--all-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ all\ available\ video\ formats
+--prefer-free-formats\ \ \ \ prefer\ free\ video\ formats\ unless\ a\ specific\ one\ is
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ requested
+--max-quality\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ highest\ quality\ format\ to\ download
+-F,\ --list-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ list\ all\ available\ formats\ (currently\ youtube\ only)
+--write-srt\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ closed\ captions\ to\ a\ .srt\ file
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (currently\ youtube\ only)
+--srt-lang\ LANG\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ language\ of\ the\ closed\ captions\ to\ download
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (optional)\ use\ IETF\ language\ tags\ like\ \[aq]en\[aq]
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Authentication Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+-u,\ --username\ USERNAME\ \ account\ username
+-p,\ --password\ PASSWORD\ \ account\ password
+-n,\ --netrc\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ .netrc\ authentication\ data
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Post-processing Options:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+--extract-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio-only\ files\ (requires
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe)
+--audio-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ or\ "wav";
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ best\ by\ default
+--audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ bitrate\ specification,\ 128k\ by
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default
+-k,\ --keep-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post-
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SH FAQ
+.SS Can you please put the -b option back?
+.PP
+Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now
+defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
+YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
+need the -b option.
+For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be
+available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]\[aq]re interested
+in.
+In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will
+try to download it.
+.SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
+this?
+.PP
+Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
+too much.
+We\[aq]\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
+CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the
+moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the
+youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
+.SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
+.PP
+Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
+vlc (http://www.videolan.org) or mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
+.SS The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
+.PP
+The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct
+cookies.
+Use the \f[C]--cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
+file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
+Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
+\f[C]--dump-user-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
+.SS ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
+.PP
+youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
+not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
+You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.PP
+youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+.PP
+This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
+(<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
+domain.
+.SH BUGS
+.PP
+Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
+<https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+.PP
+Please include:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+Your exact command line, like
+\f[C]youtube-dl\ -t\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"\f[].
+A common mistake is not to escape the \f[C]&\f[].
+Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The output of \f[C]youtube-dl\ --version\f[]
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The output of \f[C]python\ --version\f[]
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
+"Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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