--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.
--cache-dir None Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can
- store downloaded information permanently.
- ~/.youtube-dl/cache by default
+ store downloaded information permanently. By
+ default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache
+ /youtube-dl .
--no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching
## Video Selection:
--date DATE download only videos uploaded in this date
--datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date
--dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date
+ --no-playlist download only the currently playing video
+ --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age
+ --download-archive FILE Download only videos not present in the archive
+ file. Record all downloaded videos in it.
## Download Options:
- -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
+ -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g.
+ 50K or 4.2M)
-R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10)
- --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k)
+ --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
(default is 1024)
--no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By
default, the buffer size is automatically resized
file modification time
--write-description write video description to a .description file
--write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file
+ --write-annotations write video annotations to a .annotation file
--write-thumbnail write thumbnail image to disk
## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
processed files are overwritten by default
--embed-subs embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4
videos)
+ --add-metadata add metadata to the files
# CONFIGURATION