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241 lines
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Groff
.TH youtube-dl 1 ""
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.SH NAME
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.PP
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youtube-dl
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.PP
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\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] is a small command-line program to download videos
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from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
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It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.x (x being at least 6),
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and it is not platform specific.
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It should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X.
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It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it,
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redistribute it or use it however you like.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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-h,\ --help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit
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--version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ program\ version\ and\ exit
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-U,\ --update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ version
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-i,\ --ignore-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors
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-r,\ --rate-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ download\ rate\ limit\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
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-R,\ --retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
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--dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
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--user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
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--list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Video Selection:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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--playlist-start\ NUMBER\ \ playlist\ video\ to\ start\ at\ (default\ is\ 1)
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--playlist-end\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ playlist\ video\ to\ end\ at\ (default\ is\ last)
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--match-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or\ caseless
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ sub-string)
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--reject-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ skip\ download\ for\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ caseless\ sub-string)
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--max-downloads\ NUMBER\ \ \ Abort\ after\ downloading\ NUMBER\ files
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Filesystem Options:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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-t,\ --title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ title\ in\ file\ name
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--id\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ video\ ID\ in\ file\ name
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-l,\ --literal\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ literal\ title\ in\ file\ name
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-A,\ --auto-number\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number\ downloaded\ files\ starting\ from\ 00000
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-o,\ --output\ TEMPLATE\ \ \ \ output\ filename\ template.\ Use\ %(stitle)s\ to\ get\ the
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title,\ %(uploader)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ name,
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically\ incremented
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename\ extension,
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(extractor)s\ for\ the\ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe,
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to\ stdout.
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-a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
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-w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
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-c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
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--no-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files\ (restart
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ beginning)
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--cookies\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ to\ read\ cookies\ from\ and\ dump\ cookie\ jar\ in
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--no-part\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ use\ .part\ files
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--no-mtime\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ use\ the\ Last-modified\ header\ to\ set\ the\ file
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ modification\ time
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--write-description\ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ description\ to\ a\ .description\ file
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--write-info-json\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ metadata\ to\ a\ .info.json\ file
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Verbosity / Simulation Options:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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-q,\ --quiet\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ activates\ quiet\ mode
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-s,\ --simulate\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ video\ and\ do\ not\ write\ anything
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ to\ disk
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--skip-download\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ video
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-g,\ --get-url\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ URL
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-e,\ --get-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ title
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--get-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ thumbnail\ URL
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--get-description\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ video\ description
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--get-filename\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ filename
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--get-format\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ format
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--no-progress\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ print\ progress\ bar
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--console-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ progress\ in\ console\ titlebar
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-v,\ --verbose\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ various\ debugging\ information
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Video Format Options:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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-f,\ --format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ video\ format\ code
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--all-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ all\ available\ video\ formats
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--prefer-free-formats\ \ \ \ prefer\ free\ video\ formats\ unless\ a\ specific\ one\ is
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ requested
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--max-quality\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ highest\ quality\ format\ to\ download
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-F,\ --list-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ list\ all\ available\ formats\ (currently\ youtube\ only)
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--write-srt\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ closed\ captions\ to\ a\ .srt\ file
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (currently\ youtube\ only)
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--srt-lang\ LANG\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ language\ of\ the\ closed\ captions\ to\ download
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (optional)\ use\ IETF\ language\ tags\ like\ \[aq]en\[aq]
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Authentication Options:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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-u,\ --username\ USERNAME\ \ account\ username
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-p,\ --password\ PASSWORD\ \ account\ password
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-n,\ --netrc\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ .netrc\ authentication\ data
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS Post-processing Options:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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--extract-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio-only\ files\ (requires
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe)
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--audio-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ or\ "wav";
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ best\ by\ default
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--audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ quality\ specification,\ insert\ a
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ value\ between\ 0\ (better)\ and\ 9\ (worse)\ for\ VBR\ or\ a
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specific\ bitrate\ like\ 128K\ (default\ 5)
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-k,\ --keep-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post-
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SH FAQ
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.SS Can you please put the -b option back?
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.PP
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Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now
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defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
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YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
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need the -b option.
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For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be
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available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]\[aq]re interested
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in.
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In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will
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try to download it.
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.SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
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this?
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Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
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too much.
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We\[aq]\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
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CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the
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moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the
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youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
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.SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
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Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
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vlc (http://www.videolan.org) or mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
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.SS The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
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.PP
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The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct
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cookies.
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Use the \f[C]--cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
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file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
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Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
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\f[C]--dump-user-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
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.SS ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
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youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
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not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
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You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
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.SS ERROR: unable to download video
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youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is
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not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
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You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
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.SS SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character
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The error
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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File\ "youtube-dl",\ line\ 2
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SyntaxError:\ Non-ASCII\ character\ \[aq]\\x93\[aq]\ ...
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\f[]
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.fi
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means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python.
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Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
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To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you\[aq]ll have to manually check it
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out like this:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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git\ clone\ git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
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cd\ youtube-dl
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python\ -m\ youtube_dl\ --help
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\f[]
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.fi
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Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
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.SS What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
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Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile,
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simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube-dl.zip\f[] first on
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some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code.
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If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the
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\f[C]__main__.py\f[] file.
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To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ compile\f[].
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.SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[]
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To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
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Redistributable
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Package (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
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This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
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(<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
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domain.
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.SH BUGS
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Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
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<https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
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Please include:
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.IP \[bu] 2
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Your exact command line, like
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\f[C]youtube-dl\ -t\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"\f[].
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A common mistake is not to escape the \f[C]&\f[].
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Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
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.IP \[bu] 2
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The output of \f[C]youtube-dl\ --version\f[]
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.IP \[bu] 2
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The output of \f[C]python\ --version\f[]
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.IP \[bu] 2
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The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
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"Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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