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| author | Jeff Crouse <jefftimesten@gmail.com> | 2013-01-05 15:03:54 -0500 | 
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| committer | Jeff Crouse <jefftimesten@gmail.com> | 2013-01-05 15:03:54 -0500 | 
| commit | 258d5850c91e0d37a36c6bae0a25314f8149b05a (patch) | |
| tree | 7d87df8436a588a4338a460499d8614006b6254a /README.md | |
| parent | 187da2c093ad1013ea714a464e615de9aa773482 (diff) | |
| parent | 8e5f7618704805caf9fac093e604834237a7965c (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl
Conflicts:
	.gitignore
	LATEST_VERSION
	Makefile
	youtube-dl
	youtube-dl.exe
	youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
	youtube_dl/__init__.py
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% youtube-dl(1) +% YOUTUBE-DL(1)  # NAME  youtube-dl @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.      -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) +    --buffer-size SIZE       size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) (default +                             is 1024) +    --no-resize-buffer       do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By +                             default, the buffer size is automatically resized +                             from an initial value of SIZE.      --dump-user-agent        display the current browser identification      --user-agent UA          specify a custom user agent      --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they @@ -37,16 +42,22 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.    Filesystem Options:      -t, --title              use title in file name      --id                     use video ID in file name -    -l, --literal            use literal title in file name +    -l, --literal            [deprecated] alias of --title      -A, --auto-number        number downloaded files starting from 00000 -    -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the +    -o, --output TEMPLATE    output filename template. Use %(title)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), -                             %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, -                             etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal -                             percent. Use - to output to stdout. +                             %(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 +                             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/%(upl +                             oader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . +    --restrict-filenames     Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and +                             avoid "&" and spaces in filenames      -a, --batch-file FILE    file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)      -w, --no-overwrites      do not overwrite files      -c, --continue           resume partially downloaded files @@ -101,6 +112,34 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.                               specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)      -k, --keep-video         keeps the video file on disk after the post-                               processing; the video is erased by default +    --no-post-overwrites     do not overwrite post-processed files; the post- +                             processed files are overwritten by default + +# CONFIGURATION + +You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf`. + +# OUTPUT TEMPLATE + +The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "http://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences have the format `%(NAME)s`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are: + + - `id`: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier. + - `url`: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL. + - `uploader`: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the person who uploaded the video. + - `upload_date`: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date in YYYYMMDD format. + - `title`: The sequence will be replaced by the video title. + - `ext`: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension (like flv or mp4). + - `epoch`: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when creating the file. + - `autonumber`: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. + +The current default template is `%(id)s.%(ext)s`, but that will be switchted to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` (which can be requested with `-t` at the moment). + +In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: + +    $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc +    youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4    # All kinds of weird characters +    $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames +    youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4          # A simple file name  # FAQ @@ -137,17 +176,9 @@ The error  means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7. -To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like this: - -	git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git -	cd youtube-dl -	python -m youtube_dl --help - -Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. -  ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone? -Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`. +Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`.  ### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++* @@ -166,6 +197,9 @@ Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/i  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. +* If possible re-run the command with `--verbose`, and include the full output, it is really helpful to us.  * 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). + +For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.  | 
