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# youtube-dl
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## USAGE
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youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL
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## DESCRIPTION
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**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
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YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version
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2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in
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your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain,
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which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
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## OPTIONS
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-h, --help print this help text and exit
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-v, --version print program version and exit
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-U, --update update this program to latest stable version
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-i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors
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-r LIMIT, --rate-limit=LIMIT
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download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
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-R RETRIES, --retries=RETRIES
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number of retries (default is 10)
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--playlist-start=NUMBER
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playlist video to start at (default is 1)
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--playlist-end=NUMBER
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playlist video to end at (default is last)
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--dump-user-agent display the current browser identification
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### Authentication Options
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-u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
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account username
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-p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
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account password
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-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
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### Video Format Options
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-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
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video format code
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--all-formats download all available video formats
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--max-quality=FORMAT
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highest quality format to download
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### Verbosity / Simulation Options
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-q, --quiet activates quiet mode
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-s, --simulate do not download video
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-g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL
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-e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title
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--get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL
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--get-description simulate, quiet but print video description
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--get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename
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--no-progress do not print progress bar
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--console-title display progress in console titlebar
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### Filesystem Options
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-t, --title use title in file name
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-l, --literal use literal title in file name
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-A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000
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-o TEMPLATE, --output=TEMPLATE
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output filename template
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-a FILE, --batch-file=FILE
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file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)
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-w, --no-overwrites
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do not overwrite files
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-c, --continue resume partially downloaded files
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--cookies=FILE file to dump cookie jar to
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--no-part do not use .part files
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--no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file
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modification time
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### Post-processing Options:
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--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
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ffmpeg and ffprobe)
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--audio-format=FORMAT
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"best", "aac" or "mp3"; best by default
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## COPYRIGHT
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**youtube-dl**: Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. The program is
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released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This README file was
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originally written by Daniel Bolton (<https://github.com/dbbolton>) and is
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likewise released into the public domain.
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## BUGS
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Bugs should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues>
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