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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d0c255201 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +# youtube-dl + +## USAGE +youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL + +## DESCRIPTION +**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from +YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version +2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in +your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, +which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. + +## 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 + -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) + --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 + +### 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 + -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-part do not use .part files + --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file + modification time + --write-description write video description to a .description file + --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file + +### Verbosity / Simulation Options: + -q, --quiet activates quiet mode + -s, --simulate do not download 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 + --no-progress do not print progress bar + --console-title display progress in console titlebar + +### Video Format Options: + -f, --format FORMAT video format code + --all-formats download all available video formats + --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download + +### Authentication Options: + -u, --username USERNAME account username + -p, --password PASSWORD account password + -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data + +### 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 + +## 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. + +## BUGS +Bugs should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> |