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29 changes: 17 additions & 12 deletions Makefile
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default: update

update: compile update-readme update-latest
all: compile exe readme man-page update-latest

update-latest:
./youtube-dl.dev --version > LATEST_VERSION
./youtube-dl --version > LATEST_VERSION

update-readme:
@options=$$(COLUMNS=80 ./youtube-dl.dev --help | sed -e '1,/.*General Options.*/ d' -e 's/^\W\{2\}\(\w\)/### \1/') && \
header=$$(sed -e '/.*## OPTIONS/,$$ d' README.md) && \
footer=$$(sed -e '1,/.*## FAQ/ d' README.md) && \
readme:
@options=$$(COLUMNS=80 ./youtube-dl --help | sed -e '1,/.*General Options.*/ d' -e 's/^\W\{2\}\(\w\)/## \1/') && \
header=$$(sed -e '/.*# OPTIONS/,$$ d' README.md) && \
footer=$$(sed -e '1,/.*# FAQ/ d' README.md) && \
echo "$${header}" > README.md && \
echo >> README.md && \
echo '## OPTIONS' >> README.md && \
echo '# OPTIONS' >> README.md && \
echo "$${options}" >> README.md&& \
echo >> README.md && \
echo '## FAQ' >> README.md && \
echo '# FAQ' >> README.md && \
echo "$${footer}" >> README.md

man-page:
pandoc -s -w man README.md -o youtube-dl.1

compile:
zip --quiet --junk-paths youtube-dl youtube_dl/*.py
echo '#!/usr/bin/env python' > youtube-dl
cat youtube-dl.zip >> youtube-dl
rm youtube-dl.zip

install: youtube-dl
exe:
bash devscripts/wine-py2exe.sh build_exe.py

install:
install -m 755 --owner root --group root youtube-dl /usr/local/bin/
install -m 644 --owner root --group root youtube-dl.1 /usr/local/man/man1

.PHONY: default compile update update-latest update-readme install
.PHONY: all update-latest readme man-page compile exe install
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# youtube-dl
% youtube-dl(1)

## USAGE
youtube-dl [options] url [url...]
# NAME
youtube-dl

## DESCRIPTION
# SYNOPSIS
**youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [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 6), 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
# OPTIONS
-h, --help print this help text and exit
--version print program version and exit
-U, --update update this program to latest version
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--list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they
would handle

### Video Selection:
## Video Selection:
--playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1)
--playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last)
--match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless
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caseless sub-string)
--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files

### Filesystem Options:
## 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
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--write-description write video description to a .description file
--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file

### Verbosity / Simulation Options:
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
-s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything
to disk
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--console-title display progress in console titlebar
-v, --verbose print various debugging information

### Video Format Options:
## Video Format Options:
-f, --format FORMAT video format code
--all-formats download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is
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--srt-lang LANG language of the closed captions to download
(optional) use IETF language tags like 'en'

### Authentication Options:
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
-p, --password PASSWORD account password
-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data

### Post-processing Options:
## Post-processing Options:
--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";
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-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default

## FAQ
# FAQ

### Can you please put the -b option back?

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youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.

## COPYRIGHT
# COPYRIGHT

youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.

This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public domain.

## BUGS
# BUGS

Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>

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.TH youtube-dl 1 ""
.SH NAME
.PP
youtube-dl
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]youtube-dl\f[] 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 6),
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.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-h,\ --help\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ this\ help\ text\ and\ exit
--version\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ program\ version\ and\ exit
-U,\ --update\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ update\ this\ program\ to\ latest\ 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)
--dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
--list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
\f[]
.fi
.SS Video Selection:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
--playlist-start\ NUMBER\ \ playlist\ video\ to\ start\ at\ (default\ is\ 1)
--playlist-end\ NUMBER\ \ \ \ playlist\ video\ to\ end\ at\ (default\ is\ last)
--match-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or\ caseless
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ sub-string)
--reject-title\ REGEX\ \ \ \ \ skip\ download\ for\ matching\ titles\ (regex\ or
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ caseless\ sub-string)
--max-downloads\ NUMBER\ \ \ Abort\ after\ downloading\ NUMBER\ files
\f[]
.fi
.SS Filesystem Options:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-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.\ Use\ %(stitle)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,
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),\ and
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %%\ for\ a\ literal\ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ stdout.
-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
--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
--write-description\ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ description\ to\ a\ .description\ file
--write-info-json\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ metadata\ to\ a\ .info.json\ file
\f[]
.fi
.SS Verbosity / Simulation Options:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-q,\ --quiet\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ activates\ quiet\ mode
-s,\ --simulate\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ video\ and\ do\ not\ write\ anything
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ to\ disk
--skip-download\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ download\ the\ 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
--get-format\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ simulate,\ quiet\ but\ print\ output\ format
--no-progress\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ print\ progress\ bar
--console-title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ progress\ in\ console\ titlebar
-v,\ --verbose\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ various\ debugging\ information
\f[]
.fi
.SS Video Format Options:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-f,\ --format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ \ video\ format\ code
--all-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ all\ available\ video\ formats
--prefer-free-formats\ \ \ \ prefer\ free\ video\ formats\ unless\ a\ specific\ one\ is
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ requested
--max-quality\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ \ highest\ quality\ format\ to\ download
-F,\ --list-formats\ \ \ \ \ \ \ list\ all\ available\ formats\ (currently\ youtube\ only)
--write-srt\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ closed\ captions\ to\ a\ .srt\ file
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (currently\ youtube\ only)
--srt-lang\ LANG\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ language\ of\ the\ closed\ captions\ to\ download
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (optional)\ use\ IETF\ language\ tags\ like\ \[aq]en\[aq]
\f[]
.fi
.SS Authentication Options:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-u,\ --username\ USERNAME\ \ account\ username
-p,\ --password\ PASSWORD\ \ account\ password
-n,\ --netrc\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ .netrc\ authentication\ data
\f[]
.fi
.SS Post-processing Options:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
--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
--audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ bitrate\ specification,\ 128k\ by
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default
-k,\ --keep-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post-
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
\f[]
.fi
.SH FAQ
.SS Can you please put the -b option back?
.PP
Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now
defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by
YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer
need the -b option.
For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be
available in a specific high quality format you\[aq]\[aq]re interested
in.
In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will
try to download it.
.SS I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What\[aq]s
this?
.PP
Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download
too much.
We\[aq]\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the
CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the
moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the
youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.
.SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it?
.PP
Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as
vlc (http://www.videolan.org) or mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
.SS The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
.PP
The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct
cookies.
Use the \f[C]--cookies\f[] option to write the required cookies into a
file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file.
Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
\f[C]--dump-user-agent\f[] to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
.SS ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
.PP
youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
.PP
This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton
(<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is likewise released into the public
domain.
.SH BUGS
.PP
Bugs and suggestions should be reported at:
<https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
.PP
Please include:
.IP \[bu] 2
Your exact command line, like
\f[C]youtube-dl\ -t\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"\f[].
A common mistake is not to escape the \f[C]&\f[].
Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem.
.IP \[bu] 2
The output of \f[C]youtube-dl\ --version\f[]
.IP \[bu] 2
The output of \f[C]python\ --version\f[]
.IP \[bu] 2
The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or
"Windows 7 x64" is usually enough).
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