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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube-dl.1')
-rw-r--r-- | youtube-dl.1 | 77 |
1 files changed, 72 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index c7315a4f9..c66374a56 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. -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) +--buffer-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16k)\ (default +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ is\ 1024) +--no-resize-buffer\ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ automatically\ adjust\ the\ buffer\ size.\ By +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ the\ buffer\ size\ is\ automatically\ resized +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ an\ initial\ value\ of\ SIZE. --dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification --user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent --list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they @@ -48,9 +53,10 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. .nf \f[C] -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, @@ -58,6 +64,8 @@ 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\ \ \ \ \ Restrict\ filenames\ to\ only\ ASCII\ characters,\ and +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ avoid\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in\ filenames -a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin) -w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files -c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files @@ -119,7 +127,7 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. .IP .nf \f[C] ---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 @@ -130,6 +138,65 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default \f[] .fi +.SH CONFIGURATION +.PP +You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as +\f[C]--extract-audio\ --no-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio and not +copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube-dl.conf\f[] and/or +\f[C]~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf\f[]. +.SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE +.PP +The \f[C]-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the +output file names. +The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a +single file, like in +\f[C]youtube-dl\ -o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[]. +However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when +downloading each video. +The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[]. +To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, +followed by a lowercase S. +Allowed names are: +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the +person who uploaded the video. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date +in YYYYMMDD format. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension +(like flv or mp4). +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when +creating the file. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit +number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. +.PP +The current default template is \f[C]%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[], but that will +be switchted to \f[C]%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] (which can be +requested with \f[C]-t\f[] at the moment). +.PP +In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces, +or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows +system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. +In these cases, add the \f[C]--restrict-filenames\f[] flag to get a +shorter title: +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc +youtube-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters +$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ --restrict-filenames +youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name +\f[] +.fi .SH FAQ .SS Can you please put the -b option back? .PP @@ -203,10 +270,10 @@ Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. .PP Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube-dl.zip\f[] first on -some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. +some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the \f[C]__main__.py\f[] file. -To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ compile\f[]. +To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ youtube-dl\f[]. .SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[] .PP To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 |