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(https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462) - [INSTALLATION](#installation) - [DESCRIPTION](#description) - [OPTIONS](#options) - [Network Options:](#network-options) - [Geo Restriction:](#geo-restriction) - [Video Selection:](#video-selection) - [Download Options:](#download-options) - [Filesystem Options:](#filesystem-options) - [Thumbnail images:](#thumbnail-images) - [Verbosity / Simulation Options:](#verbosity--simulation-options) - [Workarounds:](#workarounds) - [Video Format Options:](#video-format-options) - [Subtitle Options:](#subtitle-options) - [Authentication Options:](#authentication-options) - [Adobe Pass Options:](#adobe-pass-options) - [Post-processing Options:](#post-processing-options) - [Extractor Options:](#extractor-options) # INSTALLATION **All Platforms** Preferred way using pip: You may want to use `python3` instead of `python` python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc **UNIX** (Linux, macOS, etc.) Using wget: sudo wget https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc Using curl: sudo curl -L https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc **Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!). **Compile** To build the Windows executable yourself python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller pyinstaller.exe youtube_dlc\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed. There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist` For Unix: You will need the required build tools python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests Then simply type this make # DESCRIPTION **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. youtube-dlc [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-dlc "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dlc 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-dlc.conf: Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube- dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube- dlc/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 ## 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 ## 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 .+?) - (?P.+)" --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