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@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ## Filesystem Options: -t, --title use title in file name - -l, --literal use literal title in file name + --id use video ID 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, @@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to stdout. + --restrict-filenames Avoid some characters such as "&" 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 @@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data ## Post-processing Options: - --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires + -x, --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; best by default @@ -101,6 +104,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- processing; the video is erased 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`. + # FAQ ### Can you please put the -b option back? @@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ 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++* |