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# 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 LIMIT, --rate-limit=LIMIT
download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-R RETRIES, --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
### Authentication Options
-u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
account username
-p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
account password
-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
### Video Format Options
-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
video format code
--all-formats download all available video formats
--max-quality=FORMAT
highest quality format to download
### 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
### 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 TEMPLATE, --output=TEMPLATE
output filename template
-a FILE, --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
### 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>
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