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playlist or the command line) if an error
occurs
--dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
- --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
- --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video
- access is restricted to one domain
- --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
- separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
- option multiple times
--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs
they would handle
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
@@ -51,18 +45,6 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in
an empty string (--proxy "") for direct
connection
- --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
- --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
- information about the video. (Currently
- supported only for YouTube)
- --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
- can store some downloaded information
- permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME
- /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the
- moment, only YouTube player files (for
- videos with obfuscated signatures) are
- cached, but that may change.
- --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
--socket-timeout None Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
--bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack
bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
@@ -79,7 +61,6 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf
(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on
Windows)
- --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
@@ -125,9 +106,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
of SIZE.
## Filesystem Options:
- -t, --title use title in file name (default)
+ -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for
+ stdin)
--id use only 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 %(title)s to
get the title, %(uploader)s for the
@@ -160,18 +141,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
--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)
- --load-info FILE json file containing the video information
- (created with the "--write-json" option)
+ -t, --title [deprecated] use title in file name
+ (default)
+ -l, --literal [deprecated] alias of --title
-w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files
-c, --continue force resume of partially downloaded files.
By default, youtube-dl will resume
downloads if possible.
--no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files
(restart from beginning)
- --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie
- jar in
--no-part do not use .part files
--no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set
the file modification time
@@ -181,6 +159,19 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
--write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation
file
--write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
+ --load-info FILE json file containing the video information
+ (created with the "--write-json" option)
+ --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie
+ jar in
+ --cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+ can store some downloaded information
+ permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME
+ /youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the
+ moment, only YouTube player files (for
+ videos with obfuscated signatures) are
+ cached, but that may change.
+ --no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
+ --rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache files
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
@@ -210,6 +201,19 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
problems
--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic
+## Workarounds:
+ --encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)
+ --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
+ --prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
+ information about the video. (Currently
+ supported only for YouTube)
+ --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent
+ --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video
+ access is restricted to one domain
+ --add-header FIELD:VALUE specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
+ separated by a colon ':'. You can use this
+ option multiple times
+
## Video Format Options:
-f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of
preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18".