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* Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
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* Better message when login required
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* **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
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* Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
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* Makes redundant: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
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* Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
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* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
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* Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
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README.md
74
README.md
@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ Then simply run `make`. You can also run `make yt-dlp` instead to compile only t
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(default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)
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--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos if an
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error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)
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--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
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--list-extractors List all supported extractors
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--dump-user-agent Display the current user-agent and exit
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--list-extractors List all supported extractors and exit
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--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported
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extractors
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extractors and exit
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--force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic
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extractor
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--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
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@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ Then simply run `make`. You can also run `make yt-dlp` instead to compile only t
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--no-write-thumbnail Do not write thumbnail image to disk
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(default)
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--write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
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--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail
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formats
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--list-thumbnails List available thumbnails of each video.
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Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
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## Internet Shortcut Options:
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--write-link Write an internet shortcut file, depending
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--write-desktop-link Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut
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## Verbosity and Simulation Options:
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-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode
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-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode. If used with
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--verbose, print the log to stderr
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--no-warnings Ignore warnings
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-s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write
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anything to disk
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--no-simulate Download the video even if printing/listing
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options are used
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--ignore-no-formats-error Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull
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for extracting metadata even if the video
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is not actually available for download
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for extracting metadata even if the videos
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are not actually available for download
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(experimental)
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--no-ignore-no-formats-error Throw error when no downloadable video
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formats are found (default)
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--skip-download Do not download the video but write all
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related files (Alias: --no-download)
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-O, --print TEMPLATE Simulate, quiet but print the given fields.
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Either a field name or similar formatting
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as the output template can be used
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-j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
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See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of
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available keys
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-J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information
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for each command-line argument. If the URL
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refers to a playlist, dump the whole
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playlist information in a single line
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--print-json Be quiet and print the video information as
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JSON (video is still being downloaded)
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-O, --print TEMPLATE Quiet, but print the given fields for each
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video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
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used. Either a field name or same syntax as
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the output template can be used
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-j, --dump-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
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video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is
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used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a
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description of available keys
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-J, --dump-single-json Quiet, but print JSON information for each
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url or infojson passed. Simulate unless
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--no-simulate is used. If the URL refers to
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a playlist, the whole playlist information
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is dumped in a single line
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--force-write-archive Force download archive entries to be
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written as far as no errors occur, even if
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-s or another simulation option is used
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actually downloadable
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--no-check-formats Do not check that the formats selected are
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actually downloadable
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-F, --list-formats List all available formats of requested
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videos
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-F, --list-formats List available formats of each video.
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Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
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--merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g.
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bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
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container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
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(Alias: --write-automatic-subs)
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--no-write-auto-subs Do not write auto-generated subtitles
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(default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)
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--list-subs List all available subtitles for the video
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--list-subs List available subtitles of each video.
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Simulate unless --no-simulate is used
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--sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats
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preference, for example: "srt" or
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"ass/srt/best"
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--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format to convert the audio
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to when -x is used. Currently supported
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formats are: best (default) or one of
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aac|flac|mp3|m4a|opus|vorbis|wav
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best|aac|flac|mp3|m4a|opus|vorbis|wav
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--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a
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value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for
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VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
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path to the binary or its containing
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directory
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--exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
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downloading and post-processing. Similar
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syntax to the output template can be used
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downloading and post-processing. Same
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syntax as the output template can be used
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to pass any field as arguments to the
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command. An additional field "filepath"
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that contains the final path of the
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downloaded file is also available. If no
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fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended
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to the end of the command
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to the end of the command. This option can
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be used multiple times
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--no-exec Remove any previously defined --exec
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--exec-before-download CMD Execute a command before the actual
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download. The syntax is the same as --exec
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but "filepath" is not available
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but "filepath" is not available. This
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option can be used multiple times
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--no-exec-before-download Remove any previously defined
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--exec-before-download
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--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to another format
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(currently supported: srt|vtt|ass|lrc)
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(Alias: --convert-subtitles)
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@ -1374,7 +1384,7 @@ $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata 'description:(?s)(?P<meta_comment>.+)' --add-metadata
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# EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS
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Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) seperated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. Eg: `--extractor-args "youtube:skip=dash,hls;player_client=android" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
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Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) seperated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. Eg: `--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=android_agegate,web;include_live_dash" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
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The following extractors use this feature:
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* **youtube**
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* `player_skip`: `configs` - skip any requests for client configs and use defaults
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* `include_live_dash`: Include live dash formats (These formats don't download properly)
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* `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side).
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* `max_comments`: maximum amount of comments to download (default all).
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* `max_comment_depth`: maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths 1 or 2 (default).
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* `max_comments`: Maximum amount of comments to download (default all).
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* `max_comment_depth`: Maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths 1 or 2 (default).
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* **funimation**
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* `language`: Languages to extract. Eg: `funimation:language=english,japanese`
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#### Developer options
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These options are not intended to be used by the end-user
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--test For testing extractors
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--test Download only part of video for testing extractors
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--youtube-print-sig-code For testing youtube signatures
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'temp' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py)
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outtmpl: Dictionary of templates for output names. Allowed keys
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are 'default' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py).
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A string a also accepted for backward compatibility
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For compatibility with youtube-dl, a single string can also be used
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outtmpl_na_placeholder: Placeholder for unavailable meta fields.
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restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
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trim_file_name: Limit length of filename (extension excluded)
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overwrites: Overwrite all video and metadata files if True,
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overwrite only non-video files if None
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and don't overwrite any file if False
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For compatibility with youtube-dl,
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"nooverwrites" may also be used instead
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playliststart: Playlist item to start at.
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playlistend: Playlist item to end at.
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playlist_items: Specific indices of playlist to download.
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writedescription: Write the video description to a .description file
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writeinfojson: Write the video description to a .info.json file
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clean_infojson: Remove private fields from the infojson
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writecomments: Extract video comments. This will not be written to disk
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getcomments: Extract video comments. This will not be written to disk
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unless writeinfojson is also given
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writeannotations: Write the video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
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writethumbnail: Write the thumbnail image to a file
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ffmpeg_location: Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
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to the binary or its containing directory.
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postprocessor_args: A dictionary of postprocessor/executable keys (in lower case)
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and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
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postprocessor/executable. The dict can also have "PP+EXE" keys
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which are used when the given exe is used by the given PP.
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Use 'default' as the name for arguments to passed to all PP
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and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
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postprocessor/executable. The dict can also have "PP+EXE" keys
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which are used when the given exe is used by the given PP.
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Use 'default' as the name for arguments to passed to all PP
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For compatibility with youtube-dl, a single list of args
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can also be used
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The following options are used by the extractors:
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extractor_retries: Number of times to retry for known errors
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min_filesize: Skip files smaller than this size
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max_filesize: Skip files larger than this size
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xattr_set_filesize: Set ytdl.filesize user xattribute with expected size.
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external_downloader_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
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external downloader.
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external_downloader_args: A dictionary of downloader keys (in lower case)
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and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
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executable. Use 'default' as the name for arguments to be
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passed to all downloaders. For compatibility with youtube-dl,
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a single list of args can also be used
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hls_use_mpegts: Use the mpegts container for HLS videos.
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http_chunk_size: Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading. May be
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useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by
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general.add_option(
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'--dump-user-agent',
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action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
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help='Display the current browser identification and exit')
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help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
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general.add_option(
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'--list-extractors',
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action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
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'--flat-playlist',
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action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
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help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
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general.add_option(
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'--flat-videos',
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action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
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# help='Do not resolve the video urls')
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# doesn't work
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help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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general.add_option(
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'--no-flat-playlist',
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action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
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verbosity.add_option(
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'-q', '--quiet',
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action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
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help='Activate quiet mode')
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help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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verbosity.add_option(
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'--no-warnings',
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dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
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action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
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help=(
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'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
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'even if the video is not actually available for download (experimental)'))
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'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
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verbosity.add_option(
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'--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
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action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
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callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
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help=(
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'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
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'Similar syntax to the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
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'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
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'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
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'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
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'This option can be used multiple times'))
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