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@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line. + --print-json Be quiet and print the video information as + JSON (video is still being downloaded). --newline output progress bar as new lines --no-progress do not print progress bar --console-title display progress in console titlebar @@ -248,14 +250,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ## Video Format Options: -f, --format FORMAT video format code, specify the order of - preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f - mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also - supported. You can also use the special - names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", - "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By - default, youtube-dl will pick the best - quality. Use commas to download multiple - audio formats, such as -f + 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". 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- @@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. # 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 `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<Yourname>\youtube-dl.conf`. +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 `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf`. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE @@ -449,6 +452,14 @@ Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unz To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29). +### On Windows, how should I set up ffmpeg and youtube-dl? Where should I put the exe files? + +If you put youtube-dl and ffmpeg in the same directory that you're running the command from, it will work, but that's rather cumbersome. + +To make a different directory work - either for ffmpeg, or for youtube-dl, or for both - simply create the directory (say, `C:\bin`, or `C:\Users\<User name>\bin`), put all the executables directly in there, and then [set your PATH environment variable](https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml) to include that directory. + +From then on, after restarting your shell, you will be able to access both youtube-dl and ffmpeg (and youtube-dl will be able to find ffmpeg) by simply typing `youtube-dl` or `ffmpeg`, no matter what directory you're in. + ### How can I detect whether a given URL is supported by youtube-dl? For one, have a look at the [list of supported sites](docs/supportedsites). Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from http://example.com/v/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In that case, simply report a bug. |