From e1bdd06c8beba903d6c24e3959206b27fbad35ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Chu Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:39:22 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] updated README.md --- README.md | 130 ++---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5008e5a36..4e1ef2c14 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,130 +1,8 @@ # youtube-dl -## USAGE -youtube-dl [options] url [url...] +This fork of adds SOCKS4/SOCKS5 support +using the standard convention of environment variables: -## DESCRIPTION -**youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from -YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version -2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It should work in -your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, -which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. + socks_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:9999 youtube-dl ... -## OPTIONS - -h, --help print this help text and exit - --version print program version and exit - -U, --update update this program to latest version - -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors - -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) - -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) - --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification - --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they - would handle - -### Video Selection: - --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) - --playlist-end NUMBER playlist video to end at (default is last) - --match-title REGEX download only matching titles (regex or caseless - sub-string) - --reject-title REGEX skip download for matching titles (regex or - caseless sub-string) - --max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files - -### Filesystem Options: - -t, --title use title in file name - -l, --literal use literal title in file name - -A, --auto-number number downloaded files starting from 00000 - -o, --output TEMPLATE output filename template. Use %(stitle)s to get the - title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, - %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented - number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, - %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and - %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to - stdout. - -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) - -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files - -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files - --no-continue do not resume partially downloaded files (restart - from beginning) - --cookies FILE file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in - --no-part do not use .part files - --no-mtime do not use the Last-modified header to set the file - modification time - --write-description write video description to a .description file - --write-info-json write video metadata to a .info.json file - -### Verbosity / Simulation Options: - -q, --quiet activates quiet mode - -s, --simulate do not download the video and do not write anything - to disk - --skip-download do not download the video - -g, --get-url simulate, quiet but print URL - -e, --get-title simulate, quiet but print title - --get-thumbnail simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL - --get-description simulate, quiet but print video description - --get-filename simulate, quiet but print output filename - --get-format simulate, quiet but print output format - --no-progress do not print progress bar - --console-title display progress in console titlebar - -v, --verbose print various debugging information - -### Video Format Options: - -f, --format FORMAT video format code - --all-formats download all available video formats - --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is - requested - --max-quality FORMAT highest quality format to download - -F, --list-formats list all available formats (currently youtube only) - -### Authentication Options: - -u, --username USERNAME account username - -p, --password PASSWORD account password - -n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data - -### Post-processing Options: - --extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires - ffmpeg and ffprobe) - --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; - best by default - --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default - -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- - processing; the video is erased by default - -## FAQ - -### Can you please put the -b option back? - -Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. - -### I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? - -Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much. We''re [considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl. - -### I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? - -Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/). - -### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore - -The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. - -### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info - -youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. - -## COPYRIGHT - -youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. - -This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton () and is likewise released into the public domain. - -## BUGS - -Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: - -Please include: - -* Your exact command line, like `youtube-dl -t "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlDtZ6Oc3s&feature=channel_video_title"`. A common mistake is not to escape the `&`. Putting URLs in quotes should solve this problem. -* The output of `youtube-dl --version` -* The output of `python --version` -* The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). +The actual SOCKS code was taken from