yt-dlp/yt_dlp/options.py
2021-08-07 21:41:48 +05:30

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Python

from __future__ import unicode_literals
import os.path
import optparse
import re
import sys
from .compat import (
compat_expanduser,
compat_get_terminal_size,
compat_getenv,
compat_kwargs,
compat_shlex_split,
)
from .utils import (
expand_path,
get_executable_path,
OUTTMPL_TYPES,
preferredencoding,
write_string,
)
from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
from .version import __version__
from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
from .postprocessor.ffmpeg import (
FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
)
def _hide_login_info(opts):
PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
def _scrub_eq(o):
m = eqre.match(o)
if m:
return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
else:
return o
opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
return opts
def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
try:
optionf = open(filename_bytes)
except IOError:
return default # silently skip if file is not present
try:
# FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
contents = optionf.read()
if sys.version_info < (3,):
contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
finally:
optionf.close()
return res
def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
# .config
xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
# appdata
appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
if appdata_dir:
userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is None:
userConfFile += '.txt'
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
# home
userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is None:
userConfFile += '.txt'
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
if userConf is not None:
return userConf, userConfFile
return default, None
def _format_option_string(option):
''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
opts = []
if option._short_opts:
opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
if option._long_opts:
opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
if len(opts) > 1:
opts.insert(1, ', ')
if option.takes_value():
opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
return ''.join(opts)
def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=','):
# append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest) if append else []
value = [value] if delim is None else value.split(delim)
setattr(
parser.values, option.dest,
current + value if append is True else value + current)
def _dict_from_options_callback(
option, opt_str, value, parser,
allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True):
out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
if multiple_keys:
allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
if mobj is not None:
keys = [k.strip() for k in mobj.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
val = mobj.group('val')
elif default_key is not None:
keys, val = [default_key], value
else:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
try:
val = process(val) if process else val
except Exception as err:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
'wrong %s formatting; %s' % (opt_str, err))
for key in keys:
out_dict[key] = val
# No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
max_width = columns if columns else 80
# 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
# and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
# This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
kw = {
'version': __version__,
'formatter': fmt,
'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
}
parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
general.add_option(
'-h', '--help',
action='help',
help='Print this help text and exit')
general.add_option(
'--version',
action='version',
help='Print program version and exit')
general.add_option(
'-U', '--update',
action='store_true', dest='update_self',
help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
general.add_option(
'-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=None,
help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-error)')
general.add_option(
'--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
general.add_option(
'--dump-user-agent',
action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
general.add_option(
'--list-extractors',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
help='List all supported extractors and exit')
general.add_option(
'--extractor-descriptions',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
general.add_option(
'--force-generic-extractor',
action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching')
general.add_option(
'--ignore-config', '--no-config',
action='store_true',
help=(
'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
general.add_option(
'--config-location',
dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
general.add_option(
'--no-flat-playlist',
action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
general.add_option(
'--mark-watched',
action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
help='Mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
general.add_option(
'--no-mark-watched',
action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
general.add_option(
'--no-colors',
action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
help='Do not emit color codes in output')
general.add_option(
'--compat-options',
metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=[],
action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback, type='str',
help=(
'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl and youtube-dlc '
'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
network.add_option(
'--proxy', dest='proxy',
default=None, metavar='URL',
help=(
'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
'for direct connection'))
network.add_option(
'--socket-timeout',
dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
network.add_option(
'--source-address',
metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
)
network.add_option(
'-4', '--force-ipv4',
action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
help='Make all connections via IPv4',
)
network.add_option(
'-6', '--force-ipv6',
action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
help='Make all connections via IPv6',
)
geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
geo.add_option(
'--geo-verification-proxy',
dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help=(
'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
geo.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass',
action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
geo.add_option(
'--no-geo-bypass',
action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-start',
dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-end',
dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-items',
dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13')
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
selection.add_option(
'--reject-title',
dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
selection.add_option(
'--max-downloads',
dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
selection.add_option(
'--min-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
selection.add_option(
'--max-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
selection.add_option(
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
'"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
selection.add_option(
'--datebefore',
metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
help=(
'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
selection.add_option(
'--dateafter',
metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
help=(
'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
selection.add_option(
'--min-views',
metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views')
selection.add_option(
'--max-views',
metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
selection.add_option(
'--match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
help=(
'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
r'"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\bcats \& dogs\b\'" '
'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
'(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--no-playlist',
action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
selection.add_option(
'--yes-playlist',
action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
selection.add_option(
'--age-limit',
metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
selection.add_option(
'--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
dest='download_archive',
help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-reject',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
selection.add_option(
'--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
selection.add_option(
'--no-download-archive',
dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
help='Do not use archive file (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--include-ads',
dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
'--no-include-ads',
dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
authentication.add_option(
'-u', '--username',
dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
help='Login with this account ID')
authentication.add_option(
'-p', '--password',
dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
authentication.add_option(
'-2', '--twofactor',
dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
help='Two-factor authentication code')
authentication.add_option(
'-n', '--netrc',
action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
help='Use .netrc authentication data')
authentication.add_option(
'--video-password',
dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-mso',
dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-username',
dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
help='Multiple-system operator account login')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-password',
dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-list-mso',
action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
video_format.add_option(
'-f', '--format',
action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
video_format.add_option(
'-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
video_format.add_option(
'--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
help=(
'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
video_format.add_option(
'--no-format-sort-force',
action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
help=(
'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
video_format.add_option(
'--video-multistreams',
action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
video_format.add_option(
'--no-video-multistreams',
action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
video_format.add_option(
'--audio-multistreams',
action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
video_format.add_option(
'--no-audio-multistreams',
action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
video_format.add_option(
'--all-formats',
action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
video_format.add_option(
'--prefer-free-formats',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
help=(
'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
video_format.add_option(
'--no-prefer-free-formats',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
video_format.add_option(
'--check-formats',
action='store_true', dest='check_formats', default=None,
help='Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
video_format.add_option(
'--no-check-formats',
action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
help='Do not check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
video_format.add_option(
'-F', '--list-formats',
action='store_true', dest='listformats',
help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
video_format.add_option(
'--list-formats-as-table',
action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
video_format.add_option(
'--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
video_format.add_option(
'--merge-output-format',
action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help=(
'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
'Ignored if no merge is required'))
video_format.add_option(
'--allow-unplayable-formats',
action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
help=(
'Allow unplayable formats to be listed and downloaded. '
'All video post-processing will also be turned off'))
video_format.add_option(
'--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
help='Do not allow unplayable formats to be listed or downloaded (default)')
subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
subtitles.add_option(
'--write-subs', '--write-srt',
action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
help='Write subtitle file')
subtitles.add_option(
'--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--all-subs',
action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
subtitles.add_option(
'--list-subs',
action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
subtitles.add_option(
'--sub-format',
action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
subtitles.add_option(
'--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
help=(
'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) '
'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
downloader.add_option(
'-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
downloader.add_option(
'-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
downloader.add_option(
'--throttled-rate',
dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
downloader.add_option(
'--fragment-retries',
dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
downloader.add_option(
'--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
downloader.add_option(
'--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
downloader.add_option(
'--keep-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
downloader.add_option(
'--no-keep-fragments',
action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--resize-buffer',
action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--no-resize-buffer',
action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
downloader.add_option(
'--http-chunk-size',
dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
help=(
'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--test',
action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
downloader.add_option(
'--playlist-reverse',
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
downloader.add_option(
'--no-playlist-reverse',
action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--playlist-random',
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in random order')
downloader.add_option(
'--xattr-set-filesize',
dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-use-mpegts',
dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
help=(
'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
downloader.add_option(
'--no-hls-use-mpegts',
dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
help=(
'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader', '--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
'default_key': 'default',
'process': str.strip
}, help=(
'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
'(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
'default_key': 'default',
'process': compat_shlex_split
}, help=(
'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
'(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
workarounds.add_option(
'--encoding',
dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
workarounds.add_option(
'--no-check-certificate',
action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
workarounds.add_option(
'--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
workarounds.add_option(
'--user-agent',
metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
help='Specify a custom user agent')
workarounds.add_option(
'--referer',
metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
)
workarounds.add_option(
'--add-header',
metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
)
workarounds.add_option(
'--bidi-workaround',
dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
workarounds.add_option(
'--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
workarounds.add_option(
'--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
help=(
'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
'(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
workarounds.add_option(
'--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
workarounds.add_option(
'--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
verbosity.add_option(
'-q', '--quiet',
action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-warnings',
dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Ignore warnings')
verbosity.add_option(
'-s', '--simulate',
action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-simulate',
action='store_false', dest='simulate',
help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
verbosity.add_option(
'--ignore-no-formats-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
help=(
'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
verbosity.add_option(
'--skip-download', '--no-download',
action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
verbosity.add_option(
'-O', '--print', metavar='TEMPLATE',
action='callback', dest='forceprint', type='str', default=[],
callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
help=(
'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used'))
verbosity.add_option(
'-g', '--get-url',
action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'-e', '--get-title',
action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-id',
action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-description',
action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-duration',
action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-filename',
action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-format',
action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
help=(
'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-json',
action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
help=(
'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--newline',
action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
help='Output progress bar as new lines')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-progress',
action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
help='Do not print progress bar')
verbosity.add_option(
'--console-title',
action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
help='Display progress in console titlebar')
verbosity.add_option(
'-v', '--verbose',
action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
help='Print various debugging information')
verbosity.add_option(
'--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
verbosity.add_option(
'--write-pages',
action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
verbosity.add_option(
'--youtube-print-sig-code',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
verbosity.add_option(
'-C', '--call-home',
dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
# help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-call-home',
dest='call_home', action='store_false',
# help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
filesystem.add_option(
'-a', '--batch-file',
dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
"Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
filesystem.add_option(
'--id', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-P', '--paths',
metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
'default_key': 'home'
}, help=(
'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
'All the same types as --output are supported. '
'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
filesystem.add_option(
'-o', '--output',
metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
'default_key': 'default'
}, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
filesystem.add_option(
'--output-na-placeholder',
dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-start',
dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--restrict-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-restrict-filenames',
action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--windows-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-windows-filenames',
action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
filesystem.add_option(
'--auto-number',
action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--title',
action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'--literal', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-w', '--no-overwrites',
action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
help='Do not overwrite any files')
filesystem.add_option(
'--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-force-overwrites',
action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'-c', '--continue',
action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-continue',
action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
help=(
'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--part',
action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-part',
action='store_true', dest='nopart',
help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
filesystem.add_option(
'--mtime',
action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-mtime',
action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-description',
action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
help='Write video description to a .description file')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-description',
action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
help='Do not write video description (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-info-json',
action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-info-json',
action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-annotations',
action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-annotations',
action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-playlist-metafiles',
action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
help=(
'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
filesystem.add_option(
'--clean-infojson',
action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
help=(
'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-clean-infojson',
action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
help='Write all fields to the infojson')
filesystem.add_option(
'--write-comments', '--get-comments',
action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
help=(
'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--load-info-json', '--load-info',
dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies',
dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies',
action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies-from-browser',
dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[:PROFILE]',
help=(
'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
'"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
'|'.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS)))))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies-from-browser',
action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
filesystem.add_option(
'--rm-cache-dir',
action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--no-write-thumbnail',
action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--write-all-thumbnails',
action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
thumbnail.add_option(
'--list-thumbnails',
action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
link.add_option(
'--write-link',
action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
link.add_option(
'--write-url-link',
action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
link.add_option(
'--write-webloc-link',
action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
link.add_option(
'--write-desktop-link',
action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
postproc.add_option(
'-x', '--extract-audio',
action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
help=(
'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
dest='audioquality', default='5',
help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--remux-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
help=(
'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
help=(
'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
postproc.add_option(
'--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
'process': compat_shlex_split,
'multiple_keys': False
}, help=(
'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
'Merger, ExtractAudio, SplitChapters, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, '
'SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
'SponSkrub, FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg, FFprobe, and SponSkrub. '
'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
'"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-keep-video',
action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--post-overwrites',
action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-post-overwrites',
action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-subs',
action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-subs',
action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-thumbnail',
action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
help='Embed metadata including chapter markers (if supported by the format) to the video file (Alias: --add-metadata)')
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
help='Do not write metadata (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
postproc.add_option(
'--metadata-from-title',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--parse-metadata',
metavar='FROM:TO', dest='metafromfield', action='append',
help=(
'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
postproc.add_option(
'--fixup',
metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
help=(
'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='ffmpeg_location',
help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec', metavar='CMD',
action='callback', dest='exec_cmd', default=[], type='str',
callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
help=(
'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-exec',
action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const=[],
help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
action='callback', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', default=[], type='str',
callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'delim': None},
help=(
'Execute a command before the actual download. '
'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-exec-before-download',
action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
help=(
'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
'(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-thumbnails',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
help=(
'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
'(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
postproc.add_option(
'--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
help=(
'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
sponskrub = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponSkrub (SponsorBlock) Options', description=(
'SponSkrub (https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) is a utility to mark/remove sponsor segments '
'from downloaded YouTube videos using SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub',
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=None,
help=(
'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections. '
'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
sponskrub.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub',
action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
help='Do not use sponskrub')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub-cut',
action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub-force', default=False,
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--no-sponskrub-force',
action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
help='Location of the sponskrub binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
sponskrub.add_option(
'--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-retries',
dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
extractor.add_option(
'--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
extractor.add_option(
'--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
extractor.add_option(
'--hls-split-discontinuity',
dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
)
extractor.add_option(
'--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
_extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [val.strip() for val in vals.split(',')])
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-args',
metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'multiple_keys': False,
'process': lambda val: dict(
_extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
}, help=(
'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
parser.add_option_group(general)
parser.add_option_group(network)
parser.add_option_group(geo)
parser.add_option_group(selection)
parser.add_option_group(downloader)
parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
parser.add_option_group(link)
parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
parser.add_option_group(video_format)
parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
parser.add_option_group(authentication)
parser.add_option_group(postproc)
parser.add_option_group(sponskrub)
parser.add_option_group(extractor)
if overrideArguments is not None:
opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
if opts.verbose:
write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
else:
def compat_conf(conf):
if sys.version_info < (3,):
return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
return conf
configs = {
'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
paths = {'command-line': False}
opts, args = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
def get_configs():
if '--config-location' in configs['command-line']:
location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
if os.path.isdir(location):
location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
if not os.path.exists(location):
parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
configs['custom'] = _readOptions(location, default=None)
if configs['custom'] is None:
configs['custom'] = []
else:
paths['custom'] = location
if '--ignore-config' in configs['command-line']:
return
if '--ignore-config' in configs['custom']:
return
def read_options(path, user=False):
# Multiple package names can be given here
# Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
# the configuration file of any of these three packages
for package in ('yt-dlp',):
if user:
config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
else:
current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
if config is not None:
return config, current_path
return [], None
configs['portable'], paths['portable'] = read_options(get_executable_path())
if '--ignore-config' in configs['portable']:
return
def get_home_path():
opts = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])[0]
return expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()
configs['home'], paths['home'] = read_options(get_home_path())
if '--ignore-config' in configs['home']:
return
configs['system'], paths['system'] = read_options('/etc')
if '--ignore-config' in configs['system']:
return
configs['user'], paths['user'] = read_options('', True)
if '--ignore-config' in configs['user']:
configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
get_configs()
argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if opts.verbose:
for label in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
key = label.lower()
if paths.get(key) is None:
continue
if paths[key]:
write_string('[debug] %s config file: %s\n' % (label, paths[key]))
write_string('[debug] %s config: %s\n' % (label, repr(_hide_login_info(configs[key]))))
return parser, opts, args