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NAME

       yt-dlp - A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches

SYNOPSIS

       yt-dlp [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

DESCRIPTION

       yt-dlp  is  a  youtube-dl  (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)  fork based on the now
       inactive youtube-dlc (https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc).  The main  focus  of  this
       project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original
       project

OPTIONS

   General Options:
       -h, --help
              Print this help text and exit

       --version
              Print program version and exit

       -i, --ignore-errors
              Ignore download  and  postprocessing  errors.   The  download  will  be  considered
              successful even if the postprocessing fails

       --no-abort-on-error
              Continue  with next video on download errors; e.g.  to skip unavailable videos in a
              playlist (default)

       --abort-on-error
              Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)

       --dump-user-agent
              Display the current user-agent and exit

       --list-extractors
              List all supported extractors and exit

       --extractor-descriptions
              Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit

       --force-generic-extractor
              Force extraction to use the generic extractor

       --default-search PREFIX
              Use this prefix for unqualified  URLs.   For  example  "gvsearch2:"  downloads  two
              videos  from google videos for the search term "large apple".  Use the value "auto"
              to let yt-dlp 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

       --ignore-config
              Don't load any more configuration files except those given  by  --config-locations.
              For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration
              file, the user configuration is not loaded.  (Alias: --no-config)

       --no-config-locations
              Do not load  any  custom  configuration  files  (default).   When  given  inside  a
              configuration  file,  ignore all previous --config-locations defined in the current
              file

       --config-locations PATH
              Location of the main configuration file; either the  path  to  the  config  or  its
              containing  directory.   Can  be used multiple times and inside other configuration
              files

       --flat-playlist
              Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them

       --no-flat-playlist
              Extract the videos of a playlist

       --live-from-start
              Download  livestreams  from  the  start.   Currently  only  supported  for  YouTube
              (Experimental)

       --no-live-from-start
              Download livestreams from the current time (default)

       --wait-for-video MIN[-MAX]
              Wait for scheduled streams to become available.  Pass the minimum number of seconds
              (or range) to wait between retries

       --no-wait-for-video
              Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)

       --mark-watched
              Mark videos watched (even with --simulate)

       --no-mark-watched
              Do not mark videos watched (default)

       --no-colors
              Do not emit color codes in output

       --compat-options OPTS
              Options  that  can  help  keep  compatibility  with   youtube-dl   or   youtube-dlc
              configurations  by  reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp.  See "Differences
              in default behavior" for details

   Network Options:
       --proxy URL
              Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.  To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a  proper
              scheme.   For  example socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/.  Pass in an empty string
              (--proxy "") for direct connection

       --socket-timeout SECONDS
              Time to wait before giving up, in seconds

       --source-address IP
              Client-side IP address to bind to

       -4, --force-ipv4
              Make all connections via IPv4

       -6, --force-ipv6
              Make all connections via IPv6

   Geo-restriction:
       --geo-verification-proxy URL
              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-bypass
              Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (default)

       --no-geo-bypass
              Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header

       --geo-bypass-country CODE
              Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO  3166-2
              country code

       --geo-bypass-ip-block IP_BLOCK
              Force  bypass  geographic  restriction  with  explicitly  provided IP block in CIDR
              notation

   Video Selection:
       --playlist-start NUMBER
              Playlist video to start at (default is 1)

       --playlist-end NUMBER
              Playlist video to end at (default is last)

       --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC
              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

       --min-filesize SIZE
              Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g.  50k or 44.6m)

       --max-filesize SIZE
              Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g.  50k or 44.6m)

       --date DATE
              Download  only  videos uploaded on this date.  The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the
              format "(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"

       --datebefore DATE
              Download only videos uploaded on or before this date.  The date formats accepted is
              the same as --date

       --dateafter DATE
              Download  only videos uploaded on or after this date.  The date formats accepted is
              the same as --date

       --match-filters FILTER
              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, use "!field" to check
              if  the  field  is  not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions.  Use a "" to
              escape "&" or quotes if needed.  If used multiple  times,  the  filter  matches  if
              atleast  one of the conditions are met.  Eg: --match-filter !is_live --match-filter
              "like_count>?100 & description~='(?i)& dogs" matches only videos that are not  live
              OR  those that have 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)

       --no-match-filter
              Do not use generic video filter (default)

       --no-playlist
              Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist

       --yes-playlist
              Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist

       --age-limit YEARS
              Download only videos suitable for the given age

       --download-archive FILE
              Download only videos not listed in  the  archive  file.   Record  the  IDs  of  all
              downloaded videos in it

       --no-download-archive
              Do not use archive file (default)

       --max-downloads NUMBER
              Abort after downloading NUMBER files

       --break-on-existing
              Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive

       --break-on-reject
              Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out

       --break-per-input
              Make --break-on-existing and --break-on- reject act only on the current input URL

       --no-break-per-input
              --break-on-existing and --break-on-reject terminates the entire download queue

       --skip-playlist-after-errors N
              Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped

   Download Options:
       -N, --concurrent-fragments N
              Number   of   fragments  of  a  dash/hlsnative  video  that  should  be  downloaded
              concurrently (default is 1)

       -r, --limit-rate RATE
              Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.  50K or 4.2M)

       --throttled-rate RATE
              Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the
              video data is re-extracted (e.g.  100K)

       -R, --retries RETRIES
              Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite"

       --file-access-retries RETRIES
              Number of times to retry on file access error (default is 10), or "infinite"

       --fragment-retries RETRIES
              Number  of  retries  for a fragment (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative
              and ISM)

       --skip-unavailable-fragments
              Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative  and  ISM  (default)  (Alias:  --no-
              abort-on-unavailable-fragment)

       --abort-on-unavailable-fragment * Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable*
              (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)

       --keep-fragments
              Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished

       --no-keep-fragments
              Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)

       --buffer-size SIZE
              Size of download buffer (e.g.  1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)

       --resize-buffer
              The  buffer  size  is  automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size
              (default)

       --no-resize-buffer
              Do not automatically adjust the buffer size

       --http-chunk-size SIZE
              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)

       --playlist-reverse
              Download playlist videos in reverse order

       --no-playlist-reverse
              Download playlist videos in default order (default)

       --playlist-random
              Download playlist videos in random order

       --xattr-set-filesize
              Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size

       --hls-use-mpegts
              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

       --no-hls-use-mpegts
              Do not use the  mpegts  container  for  HLS  videos.   This  is  default  when  not
              downloading live streams

       --downloader [PROTO:]NAME
              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,  aria2c,  avconv,  axel, curl, ffmpeg, httpie, wget (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)

       --downloader-args NAME:ARGS
              Give  these  arguments to the external downloader.  Specify the downloader name and
              the arguments separated by a colon ":".  For ffmpeg, arguments  can  be  passed  to
              different  positions  using  the  same syntax as --postprocessor-args.  You can use
              this option multiple times to give different  arguments  to  different  downloaders
              (Alias: --external-downloader-args)

   Filesystem Options:
       -a, --batch-file FILE
              File containing URLs to download ("-" for stdin), one URL per line.  Lines starting
              with "#", ";" or "]" are considered as comments and ignored

       --no-batch-file
              Do not read URLs from batch file (default)

       -P, --paths [TYPES:]PATH
              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

       -o, --output [TYPES:]TEMPLATE
              Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details

       --output-na-placeholder TEXT
              Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default:
              "NA")

       --restrict-filenames
              Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames

       --no-restrict-filenames
              Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)

       --windows-filenames
              Force filenames to be Windows-compatible

       --no-windows-filenames
              Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)

       --trim-filenames LENGTH
              Limit the  filename  length  (excluding  extension)  to  the  specified  number  of
              characters

       -w, --no-overwrites
              Do not overwrite any files

       --force-overwrites
              Overwrite all video and metadata files.  This option includes --no-continue

       --no-force-overwrites
              Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)

       -c, --continue
              Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)

       --no-continue
              Do  not  resume  partially  downloaded  fragments.   If the file is not fragmented,
              restart download of the entire file

       --part Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)

       --no-part
              Do not use .part files - write directly into output file

       --mtime
              Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)

       --no-mtime
              Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time

       --write-description
              Write video description to a .description file

       --no-write-description
              Do not write video description (default)

       --write-info-json
              Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)

       --no-write-info-json
              Do not write video metadata (default)

       --write-playlist-metafiles
              Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata when using  --write-info-
              json, --write-description etc.  (default)

       --no-write-playlist-metafiles
              Do  not  write  playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description
              etc.

       --clean-info-json
              Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson.  Note that it could
              still contain some personal information (default)

       --no-clean-info-json
              Write all fields to the infojson

       --write-comments
              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)

       --no-write-comments
              Do  not  retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias:
              --no-get-comments)

       --load-info-json FILE
              JSON file containing the video information (created  with  the  "--write-info-json"
              option)

       --cookies FILE
              Netscape formatted file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in

       --no-cookies
              Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)

       --cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]
              The  name  of  the  browser  and  (optionally) the name/path of the profile to load
              cookies from, separated by a ":".  Currently supported browsers are: brave, chrome,
              chromium,  edge,  firefox,  opera,  safari, vivaldi.  By default, the most recently
              accessed profile is used.  The keyring used  for  decrypting  Chromium  cookies  on
              Linux  can  be  (optionally)  specified  after the browser name separated by a "+".
              Currently supported keyrings are: basictext, gnomekeyring, kwallet

       --no-cookies-from-browser
              Do not load cookies from browser (default)

       --cache-dir DIR
              Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some  downloaded  information
              (such as client ids and signatures) permanently.  By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp
              or ~/.cache/yt-dlp

       --no-cache-dir
              Disable filesystem caching

       --rm-cache-dir
              Delete all filesystem cache files

   Thumbnail Options:
       --write-thumbnail
              Write thumbnail image to disk

       --no-write-thumbnail
              Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)

       --write-all-thumbnails
              Write all thumbnail image formats to disk

       --list-thumbnails
              List available thumbnails of each video.  Simulate unless --no-simulate is used

   Internet Shortcut Options:
       --write-link
              Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform  (.url,  .webloc
              or .desktop).  The URL may be cached by the OS

       --write-url-link
              Write  a  .url  Windows internet shortcut.  The OS caches the URL based on the file
              path

       --write-webloc-link
              Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut

       --write-desktop-link
              Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut

   Verbosity and Simulation Options:
       -q, --quiet
              Activate quiet mode.  If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr

       --no-warnings
              Ignore warnings

       -s, --simulate
              Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk

       --no-simulate
              Download the video even if printing/listing options are used

       --ignore-no-formats-error
              Ignore "No video formats" error.  Useful for extracting metadata even if the videos
              are not actually available for download (experimental)

       --no-ignore-no-formats-error
              Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)

       --skip-download
              Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)

       -O, --print [WHEN:]TEMPLATE
              Field  name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to
              print it, separated by a ":".  Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as  that  of
              --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default).  Implies --quiet and --simulate (unless
              --no-simulate is used).  This option can be used multiple times

       --print-to-file [WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE
              Append given template to the file.  The values of WHEN and  TEMPLATE  are  same  as
              that  of  --print.   FILE uses the same syntax as the output template.  This option
              can be used multiple times

       -j, --dump-json
              Quiet, but print JSON information for each video.  Simulate unless --no-simulate is
              used.  See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys

       -J, --dump-single-json
              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

       --force-write-archive
              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)

       --newline
              Output progress bar as new lines

       --no-progress
              Do not print progress bar

       --progress
              Show progress bar, even if in quiet mode

       --console-title
              Display progress in console titlebar

       --progress-template [TYPES:]TEMPLATE
              Template  for  progress  outputs,  optionally  prefixed  with  one  of  "download:"
              (default),  "download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-
              title:".  The video's fields are accessible under the "info" key and  the  progress
              attributes  are accessible under "progress" key.  E.g.: --console-title --progress-
              template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"

       -v, --verbose
              Print various debugging information

       --dump-pages
              Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)

       --write-pages
              Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in  the  current  directory  to  debug
              problems

       --print-traffic
              Display sent and read HTTP traffic

   Workarounds:
       --encoding ENCODING
              Force the specified encoding (experimental)

       --legacy-server-connect
              Explicitly  allow  HTTPS  connection to servers that do not support RFC 5746 secure
              renegotiation

       --no-check-certificates
              Suppress HTTPS certificate validation

       --prefer-insecure
              Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about  the  video  (Currently
              supported only for YouTube)

       --add-header FIELD:VALUE
              Specify  a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":".  You can use
              this option multiple times

       --bidi-workaround
              Work around terminals that lack bidirectional  text  support.   Requires  bidiv  or
              fribidi executable in PATH

       --sleep-requests SECONDS
              Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction

       --sleep-interval SECONDS
              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)

       --max-sleep-interval SECONDS
              Maximum number of seconds to sleep.  Can  only  be  used  along  with  --min-sleep-
              interval

       --sleep-subtitles SECONDS
              Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download

   Video Format Options:
       -f, --format FORMAT
              Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details

       -S, --format-sort SORTORDER
              Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details

       --S-force, --format-sort-force
              Force  user  specified  sort order to have precedence over all fields, see "Sorting
              Formats" for more details

       --no-format-sort-force
              Some fields have precedence over the  user  specified  sort  order  (default),  see
              "Sorting Formats" for more details

       --video-multistreams
              Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file

       --no-video-multistreams
              Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)

       --audio-multistreams
              Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file

       --no-audio-multistreams
              Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)

       --prefer-free-formats
              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

       --no-prefer-free-formats
              Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)

       --check-formats
              Make sure formats are selected only from those that are actually downloadable

       --check-all-formats
              Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable

       --no-check-formats
              Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable

       -F, --list-formats
              List available formats of each video.  Simulate unless --no-simulate is used

       --merge-output-format FORMAT
              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

   Subtitle Options:
       --write-subs
              Write subtitle file

       --no-write-subs
              Do not write subtitle file (default)

       --write-auto-subs
              Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)

       --no-write-auto-subs
              Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)

       --list-subs
              List available subtitles of each video.  Simulate unless --no-simulate is used

       --sub-format FORMAT
              Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"

       --sub-langs LANGS
              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

   Authentication Options:
       -u, --username USERNAME
              Login with this account ID

       -p, --password PASSWORD
              Account password.  If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively

       -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR
              Two-factor authentication code

       -n, --netrc
              Use .netrc authentication data

       --netrc-location PATH
              Location  of  .netrc  authentication  data;  either  the  path  or  its  containing
              directory.  Defaults to ~/.netrc

       --video-password PASSWORD
              Video password (vimeo, youku)

       --ap-mso MSO
              Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for
              a list of available MSOs

       --ap-username USERNAME
              Multiple-system operator account login

       --ap-password PASSWORD
              Multiple-system operator account password.  If this option is left out, yt-dlp will
              ask interactively

       --ap-list-mso
              List all supported multiple-system operators

   Post-Processing Options:
       -x, --extract-audio
              Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)

       --audio-format FORMAT
              Specify  audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used.  Currently supported
              formats are: best (default) or one of aac, flac, mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac

       --audio-quality QUALITY
              Specify ffmpeg audio quality to use when converting the audio with  -x.   Insert  a
              value  between  0  (best)  and  10  (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K
              (default 5)

       --remux-video FORMAT
              Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: mp4, mkv,
              flv,  webm,  mov, avi, mka, ogg, aac, flac, mp3, m4a, opus, vorbis, wav, alac).  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.

       --recode-video FORMAT
              Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is  necessary.   The  syntax
              and supported formats are the same as --remux-video

       --postprocessor-args NAME:ARGS
              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, ModifyChapters,
              SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, Metadata, EmbedSubtitle,
              EmbedThumbnail,  SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, FixupStretched, FixupM4a,
              FixupM3u8,  FixupTimestamp  and  FixupDuration.   The  supported  executables  are:
              AtomicParsley,  FFmpeg and FFprobe.  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)

       -k, --keep-video
              Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing

       --no-keep-video
              Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)

       --post-overwrites
              Overwrite post-processed files (default)

       --no-post-overwrites
              Do not overwrite post-processed files

       --embed-subs
              Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)

       --no-embed-subs
              Do not embed subtitles (default)

       --embed-thumbnail
              Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art

       --no-embed-thumbnail
              Do not embed thumbnail (default)

       --embed-metadata
              Embed  metadata to the video file.  Also embeds chapters/infojson if present unless
              --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)

       --no-embed-metadata
              Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)

       --embed-chapters
              Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)

       --no-embed-chapters
              Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)

       --embed-info-json
              Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files

       --no-embed-info-json
              Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file

       --parse-metadata FROM:TO
              Parse additional metadata like  title/artist  from  other  fields;  see  "MODIFYING
              METADATA" for details

       --replace-in-metadata FIELDS REGEX REPLACE
              Replace  text  in  a metadata field using the given regex.  This option can be used
              multiple times

       --xattrs
              Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)

       --concat-playlist POLICY
              Concatenate videos in a playlist.   One  of  "never",  "always",  or  "multi_video"
              (default;  only when the videos form a single show).  All the video files must have
              same codecs and number of streams to be concatable.  The "pl_video:" prefix can  be
              used  with "--paths" and "--output" to set the output filename for the split files.
              See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details

       --fixup POLICY
              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)

       --ffmpeg-location PATH
              Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to  the  binary  or  its  containing
              directory

       --exec [WHEN:]CMD
              Execute  a  command,  optionally  prefixed  with  when to execute it (after_move if
              unspecified), separated by a ":".  Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as  that
              of --use-postprocessor.  Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any
              field as arguments to the command.  After download, an additional field  "filepath"
              that  contains  the  final path of the downloaded file is also available, and if no
              fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command.  This option
              can be used multiple times

       --no-exec
              Remove any previously defined --exec

       --convert-subs FORMAT
              Convert  the  subtitles to another format (currently supported: srt, vtt, ass, lrc)
              (Alias: --convert-subtitles)

       --convert-thumbnails FORMAT
              Convert the thumbnails to another format (currently supported: jpg, png, webp)

       --split-chapters
              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

       --no-split-chapters
              Do not split video based on chapters (default)

       --remove-chapters REGEX
              Remove chapters whose title matches the  given  regular  expression.   Time  ranges
              prefixed  by  a  ""  can  also be used in place of chapters to remove the specified
              range. Eg: --remove-chapters "10:15-15:00" --remove-chapters "intro".  This  option
              can be used multiple times

       --no-remove-chapters
              Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)

       --force-keyframes-at-cuts
              Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them.  Requires a re-
              encode and thus is very slow, but the resulting  video  may  have  fewer  artifacts
              around the cuts

       --no-force-keyframes-at-cuts
              Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)

       --use-postprocessor NAME[:ARGS]
              The  (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, and (optionally)
              arguments to be passed to it, separated by a colon ":".  ARGS are a  semicolon  ";"
              delimited   list   of   NAME=VALUE.    The  "when"  argument  determines  when  the
              postprocessor is invoked.  It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction),
              "after_filter"   (after  video  passes  filter),  "before_dl"  (before  each  video
              download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), "after_move" (after
              moving  video  file  to it's final locations), "after_video" (after downloading and
              processing all formats of a video), or  "playlist"  (at  end  of  playlist).   This
              option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors

   SponsorBlock Options:
       Make  chapter  entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) from
       downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)

       --sponsorblock-mark CATS
              SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for,  separated  by  commas.   Available
              categories  are  all,  default(=all),  sponsor,  intro,  outro, selfpromo, preview,
              filler, interaction, music_offtopic, poi_highlight.  You can  prefix  the  category
              with  a  "-"  to  exempt  it.   See  [1]  for  description  of the categories.  Eg:
              --sponsorblock-mark                        all,-preview                         [1]
              https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories

       --sponsorblock-remove CATS
              SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas.  If
              a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence.  The syntax
              and  available  categories  are  the  same  as  for --sponsorblock-mark except that
              "default" refers to "all,-filler" and poi_highlight is not available

       --sponsorblock-chapter-title TEMPLATE
              The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by  --sponsorblock-mark.   The
              same  syntax  as  the  output  template  is used, but the only available fields are
              start_time, end_time, category,  categories,  name,  category_names.   Defaults  to
              "[SponsorBlock]: %(category_names)l"

       --no-sponsorblock
              Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove

       --sponsorblock-api URL
              SponsorBlock API location, defaults to https://sponsor.ajay.app

   Extractor Options:
       --extractor-retries RETRIES
              Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is 3), or "infinite"

       --allow-dynamic-mpd
              Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)

       --ignore-dynamic-mpd
              Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)

       --hls-split-discontinuity
              Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks

       --no-hls-split-discontinuity
              Do  not  split  HLS  playlists  to  different formats at discontinuities such as ad
              breaks (default)

       --extractor-args KEY:ARGS
              Pass these arguments to the extractor.  See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details.  You
              can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors

CONFIGURATION

       You  can  configure yt-dlp by placing any supported command line option to a configuration
       file.  The configuration is loaded from the following locations:

       1. Main Configuration: The file given by --config-location

       2. Portable Configuration: yt-dlp.conf in the same directory as the  bundled  binary.   If
          you are running from source-code (<root dir>/yt_dlp/__main__.py), the root directory is
          used instead.

       3. Home Configuration: yt-dlp.conf in the home  path  given  by  -P,  or  in  the  current
          directory if no such path is given

       4. User Configuration:

           • %XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp/config (recommended on Linux/macOS)

           • %XDG_CONFIG_HOME%/yt-dlp.conf

           • %APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config (recommended on Windows)

           • %APPDATA%/yt-dlp/config.txt

           • ~/yt-dlp.conf~/yt-dlp.conf.txt %XDG_CONFIG_HOME% defaults to ~/.config if undefined.  On windows,
             %APPDATA% generally points to C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming and ~  points  to
             %HOME%    if   present,   %USERPROFILE%   (generally   C:\Users\<user   name>),   or
             %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

       5. System Configuration: /etc/yt-dlp.conf

       For example, with the following configuration file yt-dlp will always extract  the  audio,
       not  copy  the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under YouTube directory in your home
       directory:

              # Lines starting with # are comments

              # Always extract audio
              -x

              # Do not copy the mtime
              --no-mtime

              # Use this proxy
              --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128

              # Save all videos under YouTube directory in your home directory
              -o ~/YouTube/%(title)s.%(ext)s

       Note that options in configuration file are just the same options  aka  switches  used  in
       regular  command  line  calls; thus there must be no whitespace after - or --, e.g.  -o or
       --proxy but not - o or -- proxy.

       You can use --ignore-config  if  you  want  to  disable  all  configuration  files  for  a
       particular  yt-dlp  run.   If  --ignore-config  is found inside any configuration file, no
       further configuration will be loaded.  For example, having  the  option  in  the  portable
       configuration   file   prevents   loading   of  home,  user,  and  system  configurations.
       Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if --ignore-config is found inside  the  system
       configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded.

   Authentication with .netrc file
       You  may  also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support
       authentication (by providing login and password with --username and --password)  in  order
       not  to  pass  credentials as command line arguments on every yt-dlp execution and prevent
       tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history.  You can achieve this using  a
       .netrc  file  (https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info)  on a per extractor basis.  For
       that you will need to create a .netrc file in --netrc-location and restrict permissions to
       read/write by only you:

              touch $HOME/.netrc
              chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc

       After  that  you  can  add  credentials  for  an  extractor in the following format, where
       extractor is the name of the extractor in lowercase:

              machine <extractor> login <username> password <password>

       For example:

              machine youtube login myaccount@gmail.com password my_youtube_password
              machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password

       To activate authentication with the .netrc file you should pass --netrc to yt-dlp or place
       it in the configuration file.

       The default location of the .netrc file is $HOME (~) in UNIX.  On Windows, it is %HOME% if
       present, %USERPROFILE% (generally C:\Users\<user name>) or %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

OUTPUT TEMPLATE

       The -o option is used to indicate a template for the output file names while -P option  is
       used to specify the path each type of file should be saved to.

       The  simplest  usage  of -o is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single
       file, like in yt-dlp -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video" (hard-coding  file  extension
       like this is not recommended and could break some post-processing).

       It  may however also contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each
       video.  The special sequences may be  formatted  according  to  Python  string  formatting
       operations           (https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-
       formatting).  For example, %(NAME)s or %(NAME)05d.  To clarify, that is a  percent  symbol
       followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations.

       The  field  names  themselves (the part inside the parenthesis) can also have some special
       formatting: 1.  Object traversal: The dictionaries and lists available in metadata can  be
       traversed  by  using  a  .  (dot) separator.  You can also do python slicing using :.  Eg:
       %(tags.0)s, %(subtitles.en.-1.ext)s, %(id.3:7:-1)s, %(formats.:.format_id)s.  %()s  refers
       to  the entire infodict.  Note that all the fields that become available using this method
       are not listed below.  Use -j to see such fields

       1. Addition: Addition and subtraction of  numeric  fields  can  be  done  using  +  and  -
          respectively.  Eg: %(playlist_index+10)03d, %(n_entries+1-playlist_index)d

       2. Date/time   Formatting:  Date/time  fields  can  be  formatted  according  to  strftime
          formatting      (https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-
          format-codes)  by  specifying  it  separated  from  the  field  name  using  a  >.  Eg:
          %(duration>%H-%M-%S)s, %(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s, %(epoch-3600>%H-%M-%S)s

       3. Alternatives:  Alternate  fields  can  be  specified   separated   with   a   ,.    Eg:
          %(release_date>%Y,upload_date>%Y|Unknown)s

       4. Replacement:  A  replacement  value can specified using a & separator.  If the field is
          not empty, this replacement value will be used instead of  the  actual  field  content.
          This is done after alternate fields are considered; thus the replacement is used if any
          of the alternative fields is not empty.

       5. Default: A literal default value can be specified for when the field is empty using a |
          separator.  This overrides --output-na-template.  Eg: %(uploader|Unknown)s

       6. More  Conversions:  In addition to the normal format types diouxXeEfFgGcrs, B, j, l, q,
          D, S can be used for converting to Bytes, json (flag # for  pretty-printing),  a  comma
          separated  list  (flag  #  for  \n newline-separated), a string quoted for the terminal
          (flag # to split a list into different arguments), to add Decimal  suffixes  (Eg:  10M)
          (flag  #  to  use 1024 as factor), and to Sanitize as filename (flag # for restricted),
          respectively

       7. Unicode normalization: The format type U can be  used  for  NFC  unicode  normalization
          (https://docs.python.org/3/library/unicodedata.html#unicodedata.normalize).         The
          alternate form flag (#) changes the normalization to NFD and the conversion flag +  can
          be  used  for NFKC/NFKD compatibility equivalence normalization.  Eg: %(title)+.100U is
          NFKC

       To summarize, the general syntax for a field is:

              %(name[.keys][addition][>strf][,alternate][&replacement][|default])[flags][width][.precision][length]type

       Additionally, you can set different  output  templates  for  the  various  metadata  files
       separately from the general output template by specifying the type of file followed by the
       template separated by a colon  :.   The  different  file  types  supported  are  subtitle,
       thumbnail,   description,   annotation   (deprecated),   infojson,   link,   pl_thumbnail,
       pl_description, pl_infojson, chapter, pl_video.  For example,  -o  "%(title)s.%(ext)s"  -o
       "thumbnail:%(title)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s"  will put the thumbnails in a folder with the same
       name as the video.  If any of the templates is empty,  that  type  of  file  will  not  be
       written.   Eg:  --write-thumbnail -o "thumbnail:" will write thumbnails only for playlists
       and not for video.

       The available fields are:

       • id (string): Video identifier

       • title (string): Video title

       • fulltitle (string): Video title ignoring live timestamp and generic title

       • url (string): Video URL

       • ext (string): Video filename extension

       • alt_title (string): A secondary title of the video

       • description (string): The description of the video

       • display_id (string): An alternative identifier for the video

       • uploader (string): Full name of the video uploader

       • license (string): License name the video is licensed under

       • creator (string): The creator of the video

       • timestamp (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available

       • upload_date (string): Video upload date in UTC (YYYYMMDD)

       • release_timestamp (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was released

       • release_date (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released in UTC

       • modified_timestamp (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was last modified

       • modified_date (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was last modified in UTC

       • uploader_id (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader

       • channel (string): Full name of the channel the video is uploaded on

       • channel_id (string): Id of the channel

       • channel_follower_count (numeric): Number of followers of the channel

       • location (string): Physical location where the video was filmed

       • duration (numeric): Length of the video in seconds

       • duration_string (string): Length of the video (HH:mm:ss)

       • view_count (numeric): How many users have watched the video on the platform

       • like_count (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video

       • dislike_count (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the video

       • repost_count (numeric): Number of reposts of the video

       • average_rating (numeric): Average rating give by users, the scale used  depends  on  the
         webpage

       • comment_count  (numeric): Number of comments on the video (For some extractors, comments
         are only downloaded at the end, and so this field cannot be used)

       • age_limit (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)

       • live_status (string): One of "is_live", "was_live", "is_upcoming", "not_live"

       • is_live (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a fixed-length video

       • was_live (boolean): Whether this video was originally a live stream

       • playable_in_embed (string): Whether this video is allowed to play in embedded players on
         other sites

       • availability    (string):    Whether    the    video   is   "private",   "premium_only",
         "subscriber_only", "needs_auth", "unlisted" or "public"

       • start_time (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as  specified
         in the URL

       • end_time  (numeric):  Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as specified in
         the URL

       • format (string): A human-readable description of the format

       • format_id (string): Format code specified by --format

       • format_note (string): Additional info about the format

       • width (numeric): Width of the video

       • height (numeric): Height of the video

       • resolution (string): Textual description of width and height

       • tbr (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s

       • abr (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s

       • acodec (string): Name of the audio codec in use

       • asr (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz

       • vbr (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s

       • fps (numeric): Frame rate

       • dynamic_range (string): The dynamic range of the video

       • vcodec (string): Name of the video codec in use

       • container (string): Name of the container format

       • filesize (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance

       • filesize_approx (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes

       • protocol (string): The protocol that will be used for the actual download

       • extractor (string): Name of the extractor

       • extractor_key (string): Key name of the extractor

       • epoch (numeric): Unix epoch of when the information extraction was completed

       • autonumber (numeric): Number that will be increased  with  each  download,  starting  at
         --autonumber-start

       • video_autonumber (numeric): Number that will be increased with each video

       • n_entries (numeric): Total number of extracted items in the playlist

       • playlist_id (string): Identifier of the playlist that contains the video

       • playlist_title (string): Name of the playlist that contains the video

       • playlist (string): playlist_id or playlist_title

       • playlist_count  (numeric):  Total  number of items in the playlist.  May not be known if
         entire playlist is not extracted

       • playlist_index (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with  leading  zeros
         according the final index

       • playlist_autonumber  (numeric):  Position  of  the  video in the playlist download queue
         padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist

       • playlist_uploader (string): Full name of the playlist uploader

       • playlist_uploader_id (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader

       • webpage_url (string): A URL to the video webpage which if given to yt-dlp  should  allow
         to get the same result again

       • webpage_url_basename (string): The basename of the webpage URL

       • webpage_url_domain (string): The domain of the webpage URL

       • original_url  (string):  The  URL given by the user (or same as webpage_url for playlist
         entries)

       Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section:

       • chapter (string): Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to

       • chapter_number (numeric): Number of the chapter the video belongs to

       • chapter_id (string): Id of the chapter the video belongs to

       Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme:

       • series (string): Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to

       • season (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs to

       • season_number (numeric): Number of the season the video episode belongs to

       • season_id (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs to

       • episode (string): Title of the video episode

       • episode_number (numeric): Number of the video episode within a season

       • episode_id (string): Id of the video episode

       Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:

       • track (string): Title of the track

       • track_number (numeric): Number of the track within an album or a disc

       • track_id (string): Id of the track

       • artist (string): Artist(s) of the track

       • genre (string): Genre(s) of the track

       • album (string): Title of the album the track belongs to

       • album_type (string): Type of the album

       • album_artist (string): List of all artists appeared on the album

       • disc_number (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to

       • release_year (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released

       Available for chapter:  prefix  when  using  --split-chapters  for  videos  with  internal
       chapters:

       • section_title (string): Title of the chapter

       • section_number (numeric): Number of the chapter within the file

       • section_start (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds

       • section_end (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds

       Available only when used in --print:

       • urls (string): The URLs of all requested formats, one in each line

       • filename  (string):  Name  of  the  video  file.   Note  that the actual filename may be
         different  due  to  post-processing.   Use  --exec  echo  to  get  the  name  after  all
         postprocessing is complete

       • formats_table (table): The video format table as printed by --list-formats

       • thumbnails_table (table): The thumbnail format table as printed by --list-thumbnails

       • subtitles_table (table): The subtitle format table as printed by --list-subs

       • automatic_captions_table  (table):  The  automatic  subtitle  format table as printed by
         --list-subs

       Available only in --sponsorblock-chapter-title:

       • start_time (numeric): Start time of the chapter in seconds

       • end_time (numeric): End time of the chapter in seconds

       • categories (list): The SponsorBlock categories the chapter belongs to

       • category (string): The smallest SponsorBlock category the chapter belongs to

       • category_names (list): Friendly names of the categories

       • name (string): Friendly name of the smallest category

       Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the
       actual    value    corresponding   to   the   sequence   name.    For   example   for   -o
       %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s and an mp4 video with title yt-dlp test video and id BaW_jenozKc,
       this  will  result  in  a  yt-dlp  test  video-BaW_jenozKc.mp4 file created in the current
       directory.

       Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on  the
       metadata  obtained  by  a  particular  extractor.   Such  sequences  will be replaced with
       placeholder value provided with --output-na-placeholder (NA by default).

       Tip: Look at the -j output to identify which fields are available for the particular URL

       For    numeric    sequences     you     can     use     numeric     related     formatting
       (https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-formatting),      for
       example, %(view_count)05d will result in a string with view count padded with zeros up  to
       5 characters, like in 00042.

       Output    templates   can   also   contain   arbitrary   hierarchical   path,   e.g.    -o
       "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" which  will  result  in  downloading
       each video in a directory corresponding to this path template.  Any missing directory will
       be automatically created for you.

       To use percent literals in an output template use %%.  To output to stdout use -o -.

       The current default template is %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s.

       In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &,  such  as  when
       transferring  the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-
       unsafe channel.  In these cases, add the --restrict-filenames flag to get a shorter title.

   Output template examples
              $ yt-dlp --get-filename -o "test video.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
              test video.webm    # Literal name with correct extension

              $ yt-dlp --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
              youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.webm    # All kinds of weird characters

              $ yt-dlp --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
              youtube-dl_test_video_.webm    # Restricted file name

              # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
              $ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"

              # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directories according to their uploaded year
              $ yt-dlp -o "%(upload_date>%Y)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"

              # Prefix playlist index with " - " separator, but only if it is available
              $ yt-dlp -o '%(playlist_index|)s%(playlist_index& - |)s%(title)s.%(ext)s' BaW_jenozKc "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"

              # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
              $ yt-dlp -o "%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"

              # Download Udemy course keeping each chapter in separate directory under MyVideos directory in your home
              $ yt-dlp -u user -p password -P "~/MyVideos" -o "%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial"

              # Download entire series season keeping each series and each season in separate directory under C:/MyVideos
              $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episode_number)s - %(episode)s.%(ext)s" "https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617"

              # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext", subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\subs\uploader\title.ext"
              # and put all temporary files in "C:\MyVideos\tmp"
              $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -P "temp:tmp" -P "subtitle:subs" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenoz --write-subs

              # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext" and subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\subs\title.ext"
              $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -o "subtitle:%(uploader)s/subs/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --write-subs

              # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
              $ yt-dlp -o - BaW_jenozKc

FORMAT SELECTION

       By default, yt-dlp tries to download the best available quality  if  you  don't  pass  any
       options.  This is generally equivalent to using -f bestvideo*+bestaudio/best.  However, if
       multiple audiostreams is enabled (--audio-multistreams), the default format changes to  -f
       bestvideo+bestaudio/best.   Similarly,  if  ffmpeg is unavailable, or if you use yt-dlp to
       stream to stdout (-o -), the default becomes -f best/bestvideo+bestaudio.

       Deprecation warning: Latest versions of yt-dlp can stream multiple formats to  the  stdout
       simultaneously  using ffmpeg.  So, in future versions, the default for this will be set to
       -f bv*+ba/b similar to normal downloads.  If you want to preserve the -f b/bv+ba  setting,
       it is recommended to explicitly specify it in the configuration options.

       The  general syntax for format selection is -f FORMAT (or --format FORMAT) where FORMAT is
       a selector expression, i.e.  an expression that describes format or formats you would like
       to download.

       The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with -f 22 you can download
       the format with format code equal to 22.  You can get the list of available  format  codes
       for  particular  video  using  --list-formats  or  -F.   Note  that these format codes are
       extractor specific.

       You can also use a file extension (currently 3gp, aac, flv, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav,  webm
       are  supported)  to download the best quality format of a particular file extension served
       as a single file, e.g.  -f webm will download  the  best  quality  format  with  the  webm
       extension served as a single file.

       You can use -f - to interactively provide the format selector for each video

       You can also use special names to select particular edge case formats:

       • all: Select all formats separately

       • mergeall: Select and merge all formats (Must be used with --audio-multistreams, --video-
         multistreams or both)

       • b*, best*: Select the best quality format that contains either a video or an audio

       • b, best: Select the best quality format that contains both video and audio.   Equivalent
         to best*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]

       • bv,   bestvideo:   Select   the   best   quality   video-only   format.   Equivalent  to
         best*[acodec=none]

       • bv*, bestvideo*: Select the best quality  format  that  contains  video.   It  may  also
         contain audio.  Equivalent to best*[vcodec!=none]

       • ba,   bestaudio:   Select   the   best   quality   audio-only   format.   Equivalent  to
         best*[vcodec=none]

       • ba*, bestaudio*: Select the best quality  format  that  contains  audio.   It  may  also
         contain  video.   Equivalent to best*[acodec!=none] (Do not use! (https://github.com/yt-
         dlp/yt-dlp/issues/979#issuecomment-919629354))

       • w*, worst*: Select the worst quality format that contains either a video or an audio

       • w, worst:  Select  the  worst  quality  format  that  contains  both  video  and  audio.
         Equivalent to worst*[vcodec!=none][acodec!=none]

       • wv,   worstvideo:   Select   the   worst   quality  video-only  format.   Equivalent  to
         worst*[acodec=none]

       • wv*, worstvideo*: Select the worst quality format that  contains  video.   It  may  also
         contain audio.  Equivalent to worst*[vcodec!=none]

       • wa,   worstaudio:   Select   the   worst   quality  audio-only  format.   Equivalent  to
         worst*[vcodec=none]

       • wa*, worstaudio*: Select the worst quality format that  contains  audio.   It  may  also
         contain video.  Equivalent to worst*[acodec!=none]

       For  example,  to  download the worst quality video-only format you can use -f worstvideo.
       It is however recommended not to use worst and related options.  When your format selector
       is  worst,  the format which is worst in all respects is selected.  Most of the time, what
       you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead.   So  it  is  generally
       better  to  use  -S  +size or more rigorously, -S +size,+br,+res,+fps instead of -f worst.
       See sorting formats for more details.

       You can select the n'th best format of a  type  by  using  best<type>.<n>.   For  example,
       best.2  will  select  the  2nd best combined format.  Similarly, bv*.3 will select the 3rd
       best format that contains a video stream.

       If you want to download multiple videos and they don't have the  same  formats  available,
       you can specify the order of preference using slashes.  Note that formats on the left hand
       side are preferred, for example -f 22/17/18 will download format  22  if  it's  available,
       otherwise  it will download format 17 if it's available, otherwise it will download format
       18 if it's available, otherwise it will complain that no suitable  formats  are  available
       for download.

       If you want to download several formats of the same video use a comma as a separator, e.g.
       -f 22,17,18 will download all these three formats, of course if they are available.  Or  a
       more    sophisticated    example    combined    with    the    precedence    feature:   -f
       136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.

       You can merge the video and audio  of  multiple  formats  into  a  single  file  using  -f
       <format1>+<format2>+...  (requires  ffmpeg  installed), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio
       will download the best video-only format, the best audio-only format and mux them together
       with ffmpeg.

       Deprecation  warning: Since the below described behavior is complex and counter-intuitive,
       this will be removed and multistreams will be enabled by default in  the  future.   A  new
       operator will be instead added to limit formats to single audio/video

       Unless  --video-multistreams is used, all formats with a video stream except the first one
       are ignored.  Similarly, unless --audio-multistreams is used, all formats  with  an  audio
       stream  except  the  first  one  are  ignored.   For  example, -f bestvideo+best+bestaudio
       --video-multistreams --audio-multistreams will download and merge  all  3  given  formats.
       The   resulting   file   will   have  2  video  streams  and  2  audio  streams.   But  -f
       bestvideo+best+bestaudio --no-video-multistreams will download and  merge  only  bestvideo
       and bestaudio.  best is ignored since another format containing a video stream (bestvideo)
       has already been  selected.   The  order  of  the  formats  is  therefore  important.   -f
       best+bestaudio  --no-audio-multistreams  will  download  and  merge  both formats while -f
       bestaudio+best --no-audio-multistreams will ignore best and download only bestaudio.

   Filtering Formats
       You can also filter the video formats by  putting  a  condition  in  brackets,  as  in  -f
       "best[height=720]" (or -f "[filesize>10M]").

       The  following  numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons <, <=, >, >=, = (equals),
       != (not equals):

       • filesize: The number of bytes, if known in advance

       • width: Width of the video, if known

       • height: Height of the video, if known

       • tbr: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s

       • abr: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s

       • vbr: Average video bitrate in KBit/s

       • asr: Audio sampling rate in Hertz

       • fps: Frame rate

       Also filtering work for comparisons = (equals), ^=  (starts  with),  $=  (ends  with),  *=
       (contains), ~= (matches regex) and following string meta fields:

       • ext: File extension

       • acodec: Name of the audio codec in use

       • vcodec: Name of the video codec in use

       • container: Name of the container format

       • protocol:  The  protocol  that  will  be used for the actual download, lower-case (http,
         https, rtsp, rtmp, rtmpe, mms, f4m, ism, http_dash_segments, m3u8, or m3u8_native)

       • format_id: A short description of the format

       • language: Language code

       Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation ! in  order  to  produce  an  opposite
       comparison,  e.g.   !*= (does not contain).  The comparand of a string comparison needs to
       be quoted with either double or single quotes if it contains spaces or special  characters
       other than ._-.

       Note  that  none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this
       solely depends on the metadata  obtained  by  particular  extractor,  i.e.   the  metadata
       offered  by the website.  Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used
       for filtering.

       Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a question  mark  (?)
       after  the  operator.   You  can  combine  format filters, so -f "[height<=?720][tbr>500]"
       selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate  of  at
       least  500  KBit/s.   You  can  also use the filters with all to download all formats that
       satisfy the filter.  For example, -f "all[vcodec=none]" selects all audio-only formats.

       Format selectors can also be grouped  using  parentheses,  for  example  if  you  want  to
       download the best pre-merged mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use
       -f "(mp4,webm)[height<480]".

   Sorting Formats
       You can change the criteria for being considered the best  by  using  -S  (--format-sort).
       The general format for this is --format-sort field1,field2....

       The available fields are:

       • hasvid: Gives priority to formats that has a video stream

       • hasaud: Gives priority to formats that has a audio stream

       • ie_pref: The format preference

       • lang: The language preference

       • quality: The quality of the format

       • source: The preference of the source

       • proto:   Protocol  used  for  download  (https/ftps  >  http/ftp  >  m3u8_native/m3u8  >
         http_dash_segments> websocket_frag > mms/rtsp > f4f/f4m)

       • vcodec: Video Codec (av01 > vp9.2 > vp9 > h265 > h264 > vp8 > h263 > theora > other)

       • acodec: Audio Codec (flac/alac > wav/aiff > opus > vorbis > aac > mp4a > mp3  >  eac3  >
         ac3 > dts > other)

       • codec: Equivalent to vcodec,acodec

       • vext:  Video  Extension  (mp4  > webm > flv > other).  If --prefer-free-formats is used,
         webm is preferred.

       • aext: Audio Extension (m4a > aac > mp3 > ogg > opus > webm > other).  If  --prefer-free-
         formats is used, the order changes to opus > ogg > webm > m4a > mp3 > aac.

       • ext: Equivalent to vext,aext

       • filesize: Exact filesize, if known in advance

       • fs_approx: Approximate filesize calculated from the manifests

       • size: Exact filesize if available, otherwise approximate filesize

       • height: Height of video

       • width: Width of video

       • res: Video resolution, calculated as the smallest dimension.

       • fps: Framerate of video

       • hdr: The dynamic range of the video (DV > HDR12 > HDR10+ > HDR10 > HLG > SDR)

       • tbr: Total average bitrate in KBit/s

       • vbr: Average video bitrate in KBit/s

       • abr: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s

       • br: Equivalent to using tbr,vbr,abr

       • asr: Audio sample rate in Hz

       Deprecation  warning: Many of these fields have (currently undocumented) aliases, that may
       be removed in a future version.  It is recommended to use only the documented field names.

       All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in descending order.  To reverse  this,
       prefix  the  field  with  a  +.   Eg:  +res  prefers  format with the smallest resolution.
       Additionally, you can suffix a preferred value for the fields,  separated  by  a  :.   Eg:
       res:720 prefers larger videos, but no larger than 720p and the smallest video if there are
       no videos less than 720p.  For codec and ext, you can provide two  preferred  values,  the
       first   for   video   and  the  second  for  audio.   Eg:  +codec:avc:m4a  (equivalent  to
       +vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a) sets the video codec preference to h264 > h265 > vp9  >  vp9.2  >
       av01  > vp8 > h263 > theora and audio codec preference to mp4a > aac > vorbis > opus > mp3
       > ac3 > dts.  You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the  provided  by
       using  ~  as the delimiter.  Eg: filesize~1G prefers the format with filesize closest to 1
       GiB.

       The fields hasvid and ie_pref are always given highest priority in  sorting,  irrespective
       of  the  user-defined  order.  This behaviour can be changed by using --format-sort-force.
       Apart       from       these,       the        default        order        used        is:
       lang,quality,res,fps,hdr:12,codec:vp9.2,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id.        The
       extractors may override this default order, but they  cannot  override  the  user-provided
       order.

       Note that the default has codec:vp9.2; i.e.  av1 is not preferred.  Similarly, the default
       for hdr is hdr:12; i.e.  dolby vision is not preferred.  These choices are made  since  DV
       and  AV1  formats  are not yet fully compatible with most devices.  This may be changed in
       the future as more devices become capable of smoothly playing back these formats.

       If your format selector is worst, the last item is selected after sorting.  This means  it
       will select the format that is worst in all respects.  Most of the time, what you actually
       want is the video with the smallest filesize instead.  So it is generally better to use -f
       best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps.

       Tip: You can use the -v -F to see how the formats have been sorted (worst to best).

   Format Selection examples
              # Download and merge the best video-only format and the best audio-only format,
              # or download the best combined format if video-only format is not available
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv+ba/b"

              # Download best format that contains video,
              # and if it doesn't already have an audio stream, merge it with best audio-only format
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b"

              # Same as above
              $ yt-dlp

              # Download the best video-only format and the best audio-only format without merging them
              # For this case, an output template should be used since
              # by default, bestvideo and bestaudio will have the same file name.
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv,ba" -o "%(title)s.f%(format_id)s.%(ext)s"

              # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
              # and all audio-only formats into one file
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+mergeall[vcodec=none]" --audio-multistreams

              # Download and merge the best format that has a video stream,
              # and the best 2 audio-only formats into one file
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba+ba.2" --audio-multistreams

              # The following examples show the old method (without -S) of format selection
              # and how to use -S to achieve a similar but (generally) better result

              # Download the worst video available (old method)
              $ yt-dlp -f "wv*+wa/w"

              # Download the best video available but with the smallest resolution
              $ yt-dlp -S "+res"

              # Download the smallest video available
              $ yt-dlp -S "+size,+br"

              # Download the best mp4 video available, or the best video if no mp4 available
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4] / bv*+ba/b"

              # Download the best video with the best extension
              # (For video, mp4 > webm > flv. For audio, m4a > aac > mp3 ...)
              $ yt-dlp -S "ext"

              # Download the best video available but no better than 480p,
              # or the worst video if there is no video under 480p
              $ yt-dlp -f "bv*[height<=480]+ba/b[height<=480] / wv*+ba/w"

              # Download the best video available with the largest height but no better than 480p,
              # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
              $ yt-dlp -S "height:480"

              # Download the best video available with the largest resolution but no better than 480p,
              # or the best video with the smallest resolution if there is no video under 480p
              # Resolution is determined by using the smallest dimension.
              # So this works correctly for vertical videos as well
              $ yt-dlp -S "res:480"

              # Download the best video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
              # or the worst video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
              $ yt-dlp -f "b[filesize<50M] / w"

              # Download largest video (that also has audio) but no bigger than 50 MB,
              # or the smallest video (that also has audio) if there is no video under 50 MB
              $ yt-dlp -f "b" -S "filesize:50M"

              # Download best video (that also has audio) that is closest in size to 50 MB
              $ yt-dlp -f "b" -S "filesize~50M"

              # Download best video available via direct link over HTTP/HTTPS protocol,
              # or the best video available via any protocol if there is no such video
              $ yt-dlp -f "(bv*+ba/b)[protocol^=http][protocol!*=dash] / (bv*+ba/b)"

              # Download best video available via the best protocol
              # (https/ftps > http/ftp > m3u8_native > m3u8 > http_dash_segments ...)
              $ yt-dlp -S "proto"

              # Download the best video with either h264 or h265 codec,
              # or the best video if there is no such video
              $ yt-dlp -f "(bv*[vcodec~='^((he|a)vc|h26[45])']+ba) / (bv*+ba/b)"

              # Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
              # or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
              $ yt-dlp -S "codec:h264"

              # Download the best video with worst codec no worse than h264,
              # or the best video with best codec if there is no such video
              $ yt-dlp -S "+codec:h264"

              # More complex examples

              # Download the best video no better than 720p preferring framerate greater than 30,
              # or the worst video (still preferring framerate greater than 30) if there is no such video
              $ yt-dlp -f "((bv*[fps>30]/bv*)[height<=720]/(wv*[fps>30]/wv*)) + ba / (b[fps>30]/b)[height<=720]/(w[fps>30]/w)"

              # Download the video with the largest resolution no better than 720p,
              # or the video with the smallest resolution available if there is no such video,
              # preferring larger framerate for formats with the same resolution
              $ yt-dlp -S "res:720,fps"

              # Download the video with smallest resolution no worse than 480p,
              # or the video with the largest resolution available if there is no such video,
              # preferring better codec and then larger total bitrate for the same resolution
              $ yt-dlp -S "+res:480,codec,br"

MODIFYING METADATA

       The  metadata  obtained  by  the  extractors can be modified by using --parse-metadata and
       --replace-in-metadata

       --replace-in-metadata FIELDS REGEX REPLACE is used to replace text in any  metadata  field
       using   python   regular   expression  (https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-
       expression-syntax).                                                         Backreferences
       (https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html?highlight=backreferences#re.sub) can be used in
       the replace string for advanced use.

       The general syntax of --parse-metadata FROM:TO is to give the name of a field or an output
       template  to extract data from, and the format to interpret it as, separated by a colon :.
       Either a  python  regular  expression  (https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-
       expression-syntax)  with  named  capture groups or a similar syntax to the output template
       (only %(field)s formatting is supported) can be used for  TO.   The  option  can  be  used
       multiple times to parse and modify various fields.

       Note  that  any  field  created  by  this can be used in the output template and will also
       affect the media file's metadata added when using --add-metadata.

       This option also has a few special uses: * You can download an additional URL based on the
       metadata  of the currently downloaded video.  To do this, set the field additional_urls to
       the     URL     that     you     want     to     download.       Eg:      --parse-metadata
       "description:(?P<additional_urls>https?://www\.vimeo\.com/\d+)  will  download  the  first
       vimeo video found in the description * You can use this to change  the  metadata  that  is
       embedded  in  the media file.  To do this, set the value of the corresponding field with a
       meta_ prefix.  For example, any value you set to meta_description field will be  added  to
       the  description  field  in  the  file.   For example, you can use this to set a different
       "description" and "synopsis".  To modify the  metadata  of  individual  streams,  use  the
       meta<n>_ prefix (Eg: meta1_language).  Any value set to the meta_ field will overwrite all
       default values.

       Note: Metadata modification happens before format  selection,  post-extraction  and  other
       post-processing  operations.   Some  fields  may  be  added or changed during these steps,
       overriding your changes.

       For reference, these are the fields yt-dlp adds by default to the file metadata:

       Metadata fields           From
       ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       title                     track or title
       date                      upload_date
       description, synopsis     description
       purl, comment             webpage_url
       track                     track_number
       artist                    artist,  creator,  uploader   or
                                 uploader_id
       genre                     genre
       album                     album
       album_artist              album_artist
       disc                      disc_number
       show                      series
       season_number             season_number
       episode_id                episode or episode_id
       episode_sort              episode_number
       language of each stream   the format's language

       Note: The file format may not support some of these fields

   Modifying metadata examples
              # Interpret the title as "Artist - Title"
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "title:%(artist)s - %(title)s"

              # Regex example
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "description:Artist - (?P<artist>.+)"

              # Set title as "Series name S01E05"
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "%(series)s S%(season_number)02dE%(episode_number)02d:%(title)s"

              # Prioritize uploader as the "artist" field in video metadata
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "%(uploader|)s:%(meta_artist)s" --add-metadata

              # Set "comment" field in video metadata using description instead of webpage_url,
              # handling multiple lines correctly
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata "description:(?s)(?P<meta_comment>.+)" --add-metadata

              # Remove "formats" field from the infojson by setting it to an empty string
              $ yt-dlp --parse-metadata ":(?P<formats>)" -j

              # Replace all spaces and "_" in title and uploader with a `-`
              $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata "title,uploader" "[ _]" "-"

EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS

       Some  extractors  accept  additional  arguments which can be passed using --extractor-args
       KEY:ARGS.  ARGS is a ; (semicolon) separated string of  ARG=VAL1,VAL2.   Eg:  --extractor-
       args    "youtube:player-client=android_embedded,web;include_live_dash"    --extractor-args
       "funimation:version=uncut"

       The following extractors use this feature:

   youtube
       • skip: One or more of hls, dash  or  translated_subs  to  skip  extraction  of  the  m3u8
         manifests, dash manifests and auto-translated subtitles respectively

       • player_client:  Clients  to  extract video data from.  The main clients are web, android
         and ios with variants _music, _embedded, _embedscreen, _creator (Eg: web_embedded);  and
         mweb  and  tv_embedded  (agegate  bypass)  with no variants.  By default, android,web is
         used, but tv_embedded and creator variants are added as required for  age-gated  videos.
         Similarly  the  music variants are added for music.youtube.com urls.  You can use all to
         use all the clients, and default for the default clients.

       • player_skip: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction.
         One  or  more of configs (skip client configs), webpage (skip initial webpage), js (skip
         js player).  While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or  avoid
         some  rate-limiting,  they  could  cause  some issues.  See #860 (https://github.com/yt-
         dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details

       • include_live_dash: Include live  dash  formats  even  without  --live-from-start  (These
         formats don't download properly)

       • comment_sort: top or new (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)

       • max_comments:  Limit the amount of comments to gather.  Comma-separated list of integers
         representing  max-comments,max-parents,max-replies,max-replies-per-thread.   Default  is
         all,all,all,all

         • E.g.   all,all,1000,10 will get a maximum of 1000 replies total, with up to 10 replies
           per thread.  1000,all,100 will get a maximum of 1000 comments, with a maximum  of  100
           replies total

   youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
       • skip:  One  or  more  of  webpage  (skip initial webpage download), authcheck (allow the
         download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial  webpage  is  downloaded.
         This may cause unwanted behavior, see #1122 (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122)
         for more details)

       • approximate_date: Extract approximate upload_date  in  flat-playlist.   This  may  cause
         date-based filters to be slightly off

   funimation
       • language: Languages to extract.  Eg: funimation:language=english,japanese

       • version: The video version to extract - uncut or simulcast

   crunchyroll
       • language: Languages to extract.  Eg: crunchyroll:language=jaJp

       • hardsub: Which hard-sub versions to extract.  Eg: crunchyroll:hardsub=None,enUS

   crunchyrollbeta
       • format:    Which   stream   type(s)   to   extract.    Default   is   adaptive_hls   Eg:
         crunchyrollbeta:format=vo_adaptive_hls

         • Potentially  useful  values  include  adaptive_hls,  adaptive_dash,   vo_adaptive_hls,
           vo_adaptive_dash, download_hls, trailer_hls, trailer_dash

       • hardsub:  Preference  order  for which hardsub versions to extract.  Default is None (no
         hardsubs).  Eg: crunchyrollbeta:hardsub=en-US,None

   vikichannel
       • video_types: Types of videos to download - one  or  more  of  episodes,  movies,  clips,
         trailers

   niconico
       • segment_duration:  Segment duration in milliseconds for HLS-DMC formats.  Use it at your
         own risk since this feature may result in your account termination.

   youtubewebarchive
       • check_all: Try to check more at the cost of more requests.  One or more  of  thumbnails,
         captures

   gamejolt
       • comment_sort:  hot  (default),  you  (cookies needed), top, new - choose comment sorting
         mode (on GameJolt's side)

   hotstar
       • res: resolution to ignore - one or more of sd, hd, fhd

       • vcodec: vcodec to ignore - one or more of h264, h265, dvh265

       • dr: dynamic range to ignore - one or more of sdr, hdr10, dv

   tiktok
       • app_version: App  version  to  call  mobile  APIs  with  -  should  be  set  along  with
         manifest_app_version.  (e.g.  20.2.1)

       • manifest_app_version: Numeric app version to call mobile APIs with.  (e.g.  221)

   rokfinchannel
       • tab:  Which tab to download.  One of new, top, videos, podcasts, streams, stacks.  (E.g.
         rokfinchannel:tab=streams)

       NOTE: These options may be changed/removed in the  future  without  concern  for  backward
       compatibility

INSTALLATION

       You can install yt-dlp using one of the following methods:

   Using the release binary
       You can simply download the correct binary file for your OS

       Note:  The  manpages,  shell  completion  files  etc.  are available in the source tarball
       (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.tar.gz)

       In UNIX-like OSes (MacOS, Linux, BSD), you can  also  install  the  same  in  one  of  the
       following ways:

              sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
              sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

              sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
              sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

              sudo aria2c https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp --dir /usr/local/bin -o yt-dlp
              sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

   With PIP (https://pypi.org/project/pip)
       You can install the PyPI package (https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp) with:

              python3 -m pip install -U yt-dlp

       You can install without any of the optional dependencies using:

              python3 -m pip install --no-deps -U yt-dlp

       If you want to be on the cutting edge, you can also install the master branch with:

              python3 -m pip install --force-reinstall https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/archive/master.tar.gz

       Note that on some systems, you may need to use py or python instead of python3

   With Homebrew (https://brew.sh)
       macOS or Linux users that are using Homebrew can also install it by:

              brew install yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp

   UPDATE
       You can use yt-dlp -U to update if you are using the provided release

       If  you  installed  with  pip, simply re-run the same command that was used to install the
       program

       If you installed using Homebrew, run brew upgrade yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp

   DEPENDENCIES
       Python versions 3.6+ (CPython and PyPy) are supported.  Other versions and implementations
       may or may not work correctly.

       While all the other dependencies are optional, ffmpeg and ffprobe are highly recommended

       • ffmpeg  and  ffprobe  (https://www.ffmpeg.org) - Required for merging separate video and
         audio files as well as for various post-processing tasks.  License depends on the  build
         (https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html)

       • mutagen  (https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen)*  -  For  embedding thumbnail in certain
         formats.                     Licensed                    under                    GPLv2+
         (https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen/blob/master/COPYING)

       • pycryptodomex  (https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome)* - For decrypting AES-128 HLS
         streams     and     various     other     data.      Licensed     under     BSD-2-Clause
         (https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/master/LICENSE.rst)

       • websockets  (https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets)* - For downloading over websocket.
         Licensed under BSD-3-Clause (https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/blob/main/LICENSE)

       • secretstorage (https://github.com/mitya57/secretstorage)*  -  For  accessing  the  Gnome
         keyring  while  decrypting  cookies of Chromium-based browsers on Linux.  Licensed under
         BSD-3-Clause (https://github.com/mitya57/secretstorage/blob/master/LICENSE)

       • brotli  (https://github.com/google/brotli)*  or  brotlicffi  (https://github.com/python-
         hyper/brotlicffi)   -  Brotli  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotli)  content  encoding
         support.            Both           licensed            under            MIT            1
         (https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/master/LICENSE)   2   (https://github.com/python-
         hyper/brotlicffi/blob/master/LICENSE)

       • certifi   (https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi)*   -   Provides   Mozilla's   root
         certificate    bundle.    Licensed   under   MPLv2   (https://github.com/certifi/python-
         certifi/blob/master/LICENSE)

       • AtomicParsley  (https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley)  -  For  embedding  thumbnail   in
         mp4/m4a       if       mutagen/ffmpeg      cannot.       Licensed      under      GPLv2+
         (https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley/blob/master/COPYING)

       • rtmpdump (http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu) - For downloading rtmp streams.  ffmpeg will  be
         used as a fallback.  Licensed under GPLv2+ (http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu)

       • mplayer   (http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html)   or   mpv   (https://mpv.io)   -  For
         downloading rstp streams.  ffmpeg will be used as a  fallback.   Licensed  under  GPLv2+
         (https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright)

       • phantomjs  (https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs)  -  Used  in extractors where javascript
         needs        to        be        run.         Licensed        under         BSD-3-Clause
         (https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/blob/master/LICENSE.BSD)

       • sponskrub  (https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub)  -  For  using  the  now  deprecated
         sponskrub            options.              Licensed             under             GPLv3+
         (https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub/blob/master/LICENCE.md)

       • Any external downloader that you want to use with --downloader

       To  use  or  redistribute  the  dependencies, you must agree to their respective licensing
       terms.

       The Windows and MacOS standalone release  binaries  are  already  built  with  the  python
       interpreter and all optional python packages (marked with *) included.

       Note:  There are some regressions in newer ffmpeg versions that causes various issues when
       used alongside yt-dlp.  Since ffmpeg is such an important dependency,  we  provide  custom
       builds  (https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds#ffmpeg-static-auto-builds)  with  patches
       for these issues at yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds  (https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds).   See
       the  readme  (https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds#patches-applied)  for details on the
       specific issues solved by these builds

   COMPILE
       For Windows: To build the Windows executable, you must have pyinstaller (and  any  of  yt-
       dlp's  optional  dependencies  if  needed).   Once you have all the necessary dependencies
       installed, (optionally) build lazy  extractors  using  devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py,
       and  then  just  run  pyinst.py.   The  executable will be built for the same architecture
       (32/64 bit) as the python used to build it.

              py -m pip install -U pyinstaller -r requirements.txt
              py devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
              py pyinst.py

       Note           that           pyinstaller           does            not            support
       (https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms)      Python
       installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment

       For Unix: You will need the required build tools: python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, pytest
       Then simply run make.  You can also run make yt-dlp instead to  compile  only  the  binary
       without updating any of the additional files

       Note: In either platform, devscripts/update-version.py can be used to automatically update
       the version number

       You can  also  fork  the  project  on  github  and  run  your  fork's  build  workflow  to
       automatically build a release

PLUGINS

       Plugins  are  loaded from <root-dir>/ytdlp_plugins/<type>/__init__.py; where <root-dir> is
       the directory of the binary (<root-dir>/yt-dlp), or the root directory of  the  module  if
       you  are  running  directly from source-code (<root dir>/yt_dlp/__main__.py).  Plugins are
       currently not supported for the pip version

       Plugins can be of <type>s extractor or postprocessor.  Extractor plugins do not need to be
       enabled  from the CLI and are automatically invoked when the input URL is suitable for it.
       Postprocessor plugins can be invoked using --use-postprocessor NAME.

       See ytdlp_plugins for example plugins.

       Note that all plugins are imported even if not invoked,  and  that  there  are  no  checks
       performed on plugin code.  Use plugins at your own risk and only if you trust the code

       If you are a plugin author, add ytdlp-plugins (https://github.com/topics/ytdlp-plugins) as
       a topic to your repository for discoverability

EMBEDDING YT-DLP

       yt-dlp makes the best effort to be  a  good  command-line  program,  and  thus  should  be
       callable from any programming language.

       Your  program  should  avoid  parsing  the  normal  stdout since they may change in future
       versions.  Instead they should use  options  such  as  -J,  --print,  --progress-template,
       --exec etc to create console output that you can reliably reproduce and parse.

       From a Python program, you can embed yt-dlp in a more powerful fashion, like this:

              from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL

              ydl_opts = {'format': 'bestaudio'}
              with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
                  ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])

       Most  likely, you'll want to use various options.  For a list of options available, have a
       look at yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py.

       Here's a more complete example demonstrating various functionality:

              import json
              import yt_dlp

              class MyLogger:
                  def debug(self, msg):
                      # For compatibility with youtube-dl, both debug and info are passed into debug
                      # You can distinguish them by the prefix '[debug] '
                      if msg.startswith('[debug] '):
                          pass
                      else:
                          self.info(msg)

                  def info(self, msg):
                      pass

                  def warning(self, msg):
                      pass

                  def error(self, msg):
                      print(msg)

              # ℹ️ See the docstring of yt_dlp.postprocessor.common.PostProcessor
              class MyCustomPP(yt_dlp.postprocessor.PostProcessor):
                  # ℹ️ See docstring of yt_dlp.postprocessor.common.PostProcessor.run
                  def run(self, info):
                      self.to_screen('Doing stuff')
                      return [], info

              # ℹ️ See "progress_hooks" in the docstring of yt_dlp.YoutubeDL
              def my_hook(d):
                  if d['status'] == 'finished':
                      print('Done downloading, now converting ...')

              def format_selector(ctx):
                  """ Select the best video and the best audio that won't result in an mkv.
                  This is just an example and does not handle all cases """

                  # formats are already sorted worst to best
                  formats = ctx.get('formats')[::-1]

                  # acodec='none' means there is no audio
                  best_video = next(f for f in formats
                                    if f['vcodec'] != 'none' and f['acodec'] == 'none')

                  # find compatible audio extension
                  audio_ext = {'mp4': 'm4a', 'webm': 'webm'}[best_video['ext']]
                  # vcodec='none' means there is no video
                  best_audio = next(f for f in formats if (
                      f['acodec'] != 'none' and f['vcodec'] == 'none' and f['ext'] == audio_ext))

                  yield {
                      # These are the minimum required fields for a merged format
                      'format_id': f'{best_video["format_id"]}+{best_audio["format_id"]}',
                      'ext': best_video['ext'],
                      'requested_formats': [best_video, best_audio],
                      # Must be + separated list of protocols
                      'protocol': f'{best_video["protocol"]}+{best_audio["protocol"]}'
                  }

              # ℹ️ See docstring of yt_dlp.YoutubeDL for a description of the options
              ydl_opts = {
                  'format': format_selector,
                  'postprocessors': [{
                      # Embed metadata in video using ffmpeg.
                      # ℹ️ See yt_dlp.postprocessor.FFmpegMetadataPP for the arguments it accepts
                      'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
                      'add_chapters': True,
                      'add_metadata': True,
                  }],
                  'logger': MyLogger(),
                  'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
                  # Add custom headers
                  'http_headers': {'Referer': 'https://www.google.com'}
              }

              # ℹ️ See the public functions in yt_dlp.YoutubeDL for for other available functions.
              # Eg: "ydl.download", "ydl.download_with_info_file"
              with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
                  ydl.add_post_processor(MyCustomPP())
                  info = ydl.extract_info('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc')

                  # ℹ️ ydl.sanitize_info makes the info json-serializable
                  print(json.dumps(ydl.sanitize_info(info)))

       Tip: If you are porting your code from youtube-dl to yt-dlp, one important point  to  look
       out  for is that we do not guarantee the return value of YoutubeDL.extract_info to be json
       serializable, or even be a dictionary.  It will be dictionary-like, but  if  you  want  to
       ensure  it  is a serializable dictionary, pass it through YoutubeDL.sanitize_info as shown
       in the example above

NEW FEATURES

       • Based  on  youtube-dl  2021.12.17  commit/6508688  (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-
         dl/commit/6508688e88c83bb811653083db9351702cd39a6a)  (exceptions (https://github.com/yt-
         dlp/yt-dlp/issues/21))      and      youtube-dlc       2020.11.11-3       commit/f9401f2
         (https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-
         dlc/commit/f9401f2a91987068139c5f757b12fc711d4c0cee):  You  get  all  the  features  and
         patches  of  youtube-dlc  (https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)  in  addition to the
         latest youtube-dl (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)

       • SponsorBlock Integration: You can mark/remove sponsor  sections  in  youtube  videos  by
         utilizing the SponsorBlock (https://sponsor.ajay.app) API

       • Format  Sorting:  The  default  format  sorting options have been changed so that higher
         resolution and better codecs will be  now  preferred  instead  of  simply  using  larger
         bitrate.   Furthermore,  you  can  now specify the sort order using -S.  This allows for
         much easier format selection than what is possible by simply using --format (examples)

       • Merged with animelover1984/youtube-dl: You get most of  the  features  and  improvements
         from  animelover1984/youtube-dl (https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl) including
         --write-comments, BiliBiliSearch, BilibiliChannel, Embedding thumbnail in  mp4/ogg/opus,
         playlist  infojson  etc.  Note that the NicoNico livestreams are not available.  See #31
         (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/31) for details.

       • Youtube improvements:

         • All Feeds (:ytfav, :ytwatchlater, :ytsubs, :ythistory, :ytrec) and  private  playlists
           supports downloading multiple pages of content

         • Search (ytsearch:, ytsearchdate:), search URLs and in-channel search works

         • Mixes supports downloading multiple pages of content

         • Some (but not all) age-gated content can be downloaded without cookies

         • Fix for n-sig based throttling (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29326)

         • Redirect channel's home URL automatically to /video to preserve the old behaviour

         • 255kbps  audio is extracted (if available) from youtube music when premium cookies are
           given

         • Youtube music Albums, channels etc  can  be  downloaded  (except  self-uploaded  music
           (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/723))

         • Download livestreams from the start using --live-from-start (experimental)

       • Cookies from browser: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers
         using --cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]

       • Split video by chapters: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using
         --split-chapters

       • Multi-threaded  fragment  downloads:  Download  multiple fragments of m3u8/mpd videos in
         parallel.  Use --concurrent-fragments (-N) option to set the number of threads used

       • Aria2c with HLS/DASH: You can use aria2c as the external downloader  for  DASH(mpd)  and
         HLS(m3u8) formats

       • New and fixed extractors: Many new extractors have been added and a lot of existing ones
         have been fixed.  See the changelog or the list of supported sites

       • New MSOs: Philo, Spectrum, SlingTV, Cablevision, RCN

       • Subtitle extraction from manifests: Subtitles can  be  extracted  from  streaming  media
         manifests.           See          commit/be6202f          (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-
         dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details

       • Multiple paths and output  templates:  You  can  give  different  output  templates  and
         download  paths  for  different types of files.  You can also set a temporary path where
         intermediary files are downloaded to using --paths (-P)

       • Portable Configuration: Configuration files are automatically loaded from the  home  and
         root directories.  See configuration for details

       • Output  template  improvements:  Output  templates  can  now  have date-time formatting,
         numeric offsets, object traversal etc.  See output  template  for  details.   Even  more
         advanced operations can also be done with the help of --parse-metadata and --replace-in-
         metadata

       • Other new options: Many new options have been added such as --concat-playlist,  --print,
         --wait-for-video,   --sleep-requests,   --convert-thumbnails,   --write-link,   --force-
         download-archive, --force-overwrites, --break-on-reject etc

       • Improvements:  Regex  and   other   operators   in   --format/--match-filter,   multiple
         --postprocessor-args   and  --downloader-args,  faster  archive  checking,  more  format
         selection options,  merge  multi-video/audio,  multiple  --config-locations,  --exec  at
         different stages, etc

       • Plugins: Extractors and PostProcessors can be loaded from an external file.  See plugins
         for details

       • Self-updater: The releases can be updated using yt-dlp -U

       See changelog or commits (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commits) for the full  list  of
       changes

   Differences in default behavior
       Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc:

       • The  options  --auto-number  (-A), --title (-t) and --literal (-l), no longer work.  See
         removed options for details

       • avconv is not supported as an alternative to ffmpeg

       • yt-dlp  stores  config  files  in  slightly  different  locations  to  youtube-dl.   See
         configuration for a list of correct locations

       • The  default output template is %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s.  There is no real reason for
         this change.  This was changed before yt-dlp was ever made public and now there  are  no
         plans  to  change  it  back to %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.  Instead, you may use --compat-
         options filename

       • The default format sorting is different from youtube-dl and  prefers  higher  resolution
         and  better codecs rather than higher bitrates.  You can use the --format-sort option to
         change this to any order you prefer, or use --compat-options format-sort to use youtube-
         dl's sorting order

       • The  default  format  selector is bv*+ba/b.  This means that if a combined video + audio
         format that is better than the best video-only format  is  found,  the  former  will  be
         preferred.  Use -f bv+ba/b or --compat-options format-spec to revert this

       • Unlike  youtube-dlc, yt-dlp does not allow merging multiple audio/video streams into one
         file by default (since this conflicts with the use  of  -f  bv*+ba).   If  needed,  this
         feature  must  be  enabled using --audio-multistreams and --video-multistreams.  You can
         also use --compat-options multistreams to enable both

       • --no-abort-on-error is enabled by default.   Use  --abort-on-error  or  --compat-options
         abort-on-error to abort on errors instead

       • When  writing  metadata  files  such  as  thumbnails,  description or infojson, the same
         information (if available) is also  written  for  playlists.   Use  --no-write-playlist-
         metafiles or --compat-options no-playlist-metafiles to not write these files

       • --add-metadata  attaches  the  infojson to mkv files in addition to writing the metadata
         when used with --write-info-json.   Use  --no-embed-info-json  or  --compat-options  no-
         attach-info-json to revert this

       • Some  metadata  are embedded into different fields when using --add-metadata as compared
         to youtube-dl.  Most notably,  comment  field  contains  the  webpage_url  and  synopsis
         contains the description.  You can use --parse-metadata to modify this to your liking or
         use --compat-options embed-metadata to revert this

       • playlist_index behaves differently when used with options  like  --playlist-reverse  and
         --playlist-items.   See  #302 (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details.
         You can use --compat-options playlist-index if you want to keep the earlier behavior

       • The output of -F is listed in a new format.  Use --compat-options list-formats to revert
         this

       • All experiences of a funimation episode are considered as a single video.  This behavior
         breaks existing  archives.   Use  --compat-options  seperate-video-versions  to  extract
         information from only the default player

       • Youtube  live  chat  (if  available)  is  considered  as  a  subtitle.   Use --sub-langs
         all,-live_chat to download all subtitles except live chat.  You can also  use  --compat-
         options no-live-chat to prevent live chat from downloading

       • Youtube  channel URLs are automatically redirected to /video.  Append a /featured to the
         URL to download only the videos in the home page.  If the channel does not have a videos
         tab,  we try to download the equivalent UU playlist instead.  For all other tabs, if the
         channel does not show the requested tab, an error will  be  raised.   Also,  /live  URLs
         raise  an  error  if there are no live videos instead of silently downloading the entire
         channel.  You may use --compat-options no-youtube-channel-redirect to revert  all  these
         redirections

       • Unavailable  videos  are  also  listed  for youtube playlists.  Use --compat-options no-
         youtube-unavailable-videos to remove this

       • If ffmpeg is used as the downloader, the downloading and merging of formats happen in  a
         single step when possible.  Use --compat-options no-direct-merge to revert this

       • Thumbnail  embedding  in  mp4  is  done  with mutagen if possible.  Use --compat-options
         embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley to force the use of AtomicParsley instead

       • Some private fields such as filenames are removed by default  from  the  infojson.   Use
         --no-clean-infojson or --compat-options no-clean-infojson to revert this

       • When  --embed-subs and --write-subs are used together, the subtitles are written to disk
         and also embedded in the media file.  You can use just --embed-subs to  embed  the  subs
         and  automatically delete the separate file.  See #630 (comment) (https://github.com/yt-
         dlp/yt-dlp/issues/630#issuecomment-893659460) for more info.  --compat-options  no-keep-
         subs can be used to revert this

       • certifi will be used for SSL root certificates, if installed.  If you want to use system
         certificates (e.g.  self-signed), use --compat-options no-certifi

       • youtube-dl tries to remove some superfluous punctuations from filenames.  While this can
         sometimes  be  helpfull, it is often undesirable.  So yt-dlp tries to keep the fields in
         the filenames as close to their original values as  possible.   You  can  use  --compat-
         options filename-sanitization to revert to youtube-dl's behavior

       For  ease of use, a few more compat options are available: * --compat-options all: Use all
       compat options * --compat-options youtube-dl: Same as --compat-options all,-multistreams *
       --compat-options  youtube-dlc:  Same  as  --compat-options  all,-no-live-chat,-no-youtube-
       channel-redirect

DEPRECATED OPTIONS

       These are all the deprecated options and the  current  alternative  to  achieve  the  same
       effect

   Almost redundant options
       While  these  options  are  almost  the  same  as  their  new counterparts, there are some
       differences that prevents them being redundant

              -j, --dump-json                  --print "%()j"
              -F, --list-formats               --print formats_table
              --list-thumbnails                --print thumbnails_table --print playlist:thumbnails_table
              --list-subs                      --print automatic_captions_table --print subtitles_table

   Redundant options
       While these options are redundant, they are still expected to be used due to their ease of
       use

              --get-description                --print description
              --get-duration                   --print duration_string
              --get-filename                   --print filename
              --get-format                     --print format
              --get-id                         --print id
              --get-thumbnail                  --print thumbnail
              -e, --get-title                  --print title
              -g, --get-url                    --print urls
              --match-title REGEX              --match-filter "title ~= (?i)REGEX"
              --reject-title REGEX             --match-filter "title !~= (?i)REGEX"
              --min-views COUNT                --match-filter "view_count >=? COUNT"
              --max-views COUNT                --match-filter "view_count <=? COUNT"
              --user-agent UA                  --add-header "User-Agent:UA"
              --referer URL                    --add-header "Referer:URL"

   Not recommended
       While  these  options  still  work,  their  use  is  not recommended since there are other
       alternatives to achieve the same

              --exec-before-download CMD       --exec "before_dl:CMD"
              --no-exec-before-download        --no-exec
              --all-formats                    -f all
              --all-subs                       --sub-langs all --write-subs
              --print-json                     -j --no-simulate
              --autonumber-size NUMBER         Use string formatting. Eg: %(autonumber)03d
              --autonumber-start NUMBER        Use internal field formatting like %(autonumber+NUMBER)s
              --id                             -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s"
              --metadata-from-title FORMAT     --parse-metadata "%(title)s:FORMAT"
              --hls-prefer-native              --downloader "m3u8:native"
              --hls-prefer-ffmpeg              --downloader "m3u8:ffmpeg"
              --list-formats-old               --compat-options list-formats (Alias: --no-list-formats-as-table)
              --list-formats-as-table          --compat-options -list-formats [Default] (Alias: --no-list-formats-old)
              --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     --extractor-args "youtube:skip=dash" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
              --youtube-skip-hls-manifest      --extractor-args "youtube:skip=hls" (Alias: --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
              --youtube-include-dash-manifest  Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
              --youtube-include-hls-manifest   Default (Alias: --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)

   Developer options
       These options are not intended to be used by the end-user

              --test                           Download only part of video for testing extractors
              --youtube-print-sig-code         For testing youtube signatures
              --allow-unplayable-formats       List unplayable formats also
              --no-allow-unplayable-formats    Default

   Old aliases
       These are aliases that are no longer documented for various reasons

              --avconv-location                --ffmpeg-location
              --clean-infojson                 --clean-info-json
              --cn-verification-proxy URL      --geo-verification-proxy URL
              --dump-headers                   --print-traffic
              --dump-intermediate-pages        --dump-pages
              --force-write-download-archive   --force-write-archive
              --load-info                      --load-info-json
              --no-clean-infojson              --no-clean-info-json
              --no-split-tracks                --no-split-chapters
              --no-write-srt                   --no-write-subs
              --prefer-unsecure                --prefer-insecure
              --rate-limit RATE                --limit-rate RATE
              --split-tracks                   --split-chapters
              --srt-lang LANGS                 --sub-langs LANGS
              --trim-file-names LENGTH         --trim-filenames LENGTH
              --write-srt                      --write-subs
              --yes-overwrites                 --force-overwrites

   Sponskrub Options
       Support for SponSkrub  (https://github.com/faissaloo/SponSkrub)  has  been  deprecated  in
       favor of the --sponsorblock options

              --sponskrub                      --sponsorblock-mark all
              --no-sponskrub                   --no-sponsorblock
              --sponskrub-cut                  --sponsorblock-remove all
              --no-sponskrub-cut               --sponsorblock-remove -all
              --sponskrub-force                Not applicable
              --no-sponskrub-force             Not applicable
              --sponskrub-location             Not applicable
              --sponskrub-args                 Not applicable

   No longer supported
       These options may no longer work as intended

              --prefer-avconv                  avconv is not officially supported by yt-dlp (Alias: --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
              --prefer-ffmpeg                  Default (Alias: --no-prefer-avconv)
              -C, --call-home                  Not implemented
              --no-call-home                   Default
              --include-ads                    No longer supported
              --no-include-ads                 Default
              --write-annotations              No supported site has annotations now
              --no-write-annotations           Default

   Removed
       These options were deprecated since 2014 and have now been entirely removed

              -A, --auto-number                -o "%(autonumber)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
              -t, --title                      -o "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"
              -l, --literal                    -o accepts literal names

CONTRIBUTING

       See  CONTRIBUTING.md  for  instructions  on  Opening an Issue and Contributing code to the
       project

MORE

       For FAQ see the youtube-dl README (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#faq)

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