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- [OPTIONS](#options)
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- [CONFIGURATION](#configuration)
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- [OUTPUT TEMPLATE](#output-template)
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- [FORMAT SELECTION](#format-selection)
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- [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection)
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- [FAQ](#faq)
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- [DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS](#developer-instructions)
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--sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
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## Video Format Options:
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-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . Instead of format codes, you can select by
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extension for the extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio",
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"worst". You can filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]" (or -f "[filesize>10M]").
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This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec,
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vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a
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question mark (?) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so -f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" selects up to 720p videos
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(or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.
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Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio. You can merge the video and audio
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of two formats into a single file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example -f
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bestvideo+bestaudio.
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-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info
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--all-formats Download all available video formats
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--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
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--max-quality FORMAT Highest quality format to download
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youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
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```
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# FORMAT SELECTION
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By default youtube-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes you may want to download other format.
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The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example `-f 22`. You can get the list of available formats using `--list-formats`, you can also use a file extension (currently it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names `best`, `bestvideo`, `bestaudio` and `worst`.
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If you are want to download multiple videos and they don't have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using slashes, as in `-f 22/17/18`. You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in brackets, as in `-f "best[height=720]"` (or `-f "[filesize>10M]"`). This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . 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. Use commas to download multiple formats, such as `-f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio`. You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using `-f <video-format>+<audio-format>` (requires ffmpeg or avconv), for example `-f bestvideo+bestaudio`.
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# VIDEO SELECTION
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Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--datebefore` or `--dateafter`, they accept dates in two formats:
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video_format.add_option(
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'-f', '--format',
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action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
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help=(
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'Video format code, specify the order of preference using'
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' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . '
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' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the '
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'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. '
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'You can also use the special names "best",'
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' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". '
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' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in'
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' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"'
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' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). '
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' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps'
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' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, !='
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' and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol'
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' and the comparisons =, != .'
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' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you'
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' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
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' You can combine format filters, so '
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'-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" '
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'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not '
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'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.'
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' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
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' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as'
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' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
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' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'
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' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or'
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' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.'))
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help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info')
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video_format.add_option(
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'--all-formats',
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action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
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