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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms - [OPTIONS](#options) - [CONFIGURATION](#configuration) - [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template) +- [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection) - [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection) - [FAQ](#faq) - [DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS](#developer-instructions) @@ -184,16 +185,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each download. ## Video Format Options: - -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . Instead of format codes, you can select by - extension for the extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", - "worst". You can filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). - This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, - vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a - question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so -f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" selects up to 720p videos - (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality. - Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio. You can merge the video and audio - of two formats into a single file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example -f - bestvideo+bestaudio. + -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info --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 @@ -271,6 +263,13 @@ $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filena youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name ``` +# FORMAT SELECTION + +By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes you may want to download other format. +The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example `-f 22`. You can get the list of available formats using `--list-formats`, you can also use a file extension (currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names `best`, `bestvideo`, `bestaudio` and `worst`. + +If you are want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes, as in `-f 22/17/18`. You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`). This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so `-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]"` selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. Use commas to download multiple formats, such as `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`. You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using `-f <video-format>+<audio-format>` (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio`. + # VIDEO SELECTION Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats: diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index 11603f60d..39c38c980 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -322,32 +322,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): video_format.add_option( '-f', '--format', action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None, - help=( - 'Video format code, specify the order of preference using' - ' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . ' - ' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the ' - 'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. ' - 'You can also use the special names "best",' - ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". ' - ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in' - ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"' - ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). ' - ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps' - ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, !=' - ' and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol' - ' and the comparisons =, != .' - ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you' - ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.' - ' You can combine format filters, so ' - '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" ' - 'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not ' - 'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.' - ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.' - ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as' - ' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.' - ' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single' - ' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or' - ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.')) + help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info') video_format.add_option( '--all-formats', action='store_const', dest='format', const='all', |