# youtube-dl
## USAGE
-youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL
+youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
## DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
## OPTIONS
-h, --help print this help text and exit
-v, --version print program version and exit
- -U, --update update this program to latest stable version
+ -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
+
+### Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
--playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
- --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
+ --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
### 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
- -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template
+ -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
-a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
- --cookies FILE file to dump cookie jar to
+ --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
### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
- -s, --simulate do not download video
+ -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
-f, --format FORMAT video format code
--all-formats download all available video formats
--max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download
+ -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only)
### Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
ffmpeg and ffprobe)
- --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default
+ --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis" or "mp3"; best by default
+ --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg 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
+
+## FAQ
+
+### Can you please put the -b option back?
+
+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''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it.
+
+### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this?
+
+Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''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.
+
+### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
+
+Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
+
+### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
+
+The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
+
+### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
+
+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
-**youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is
-released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was
-originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is
-likewise released into the public domain.
+
+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 should be reported at: <https://github.com/phihag/youtube-dl/issues>
+
+Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
+
+Please include:
+
+* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
+* The output of `youtube-dl --version`
+* The output of `python --version`
+* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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