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@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and `pyinstaller` (plus On some systems, you may need to use `py` or `python` instead of `python3`. -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. +Note that pyinstaller with versions below 4.4 [do not support](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms) Python installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment. **Important**: Running `pyinstaller` directly **without** using `pyinst.py` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly. @@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ You can also fork the project on github and run your fork's [build workflow](.gi 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, --break-on-reject, - --max-downloads and autonumber reset per + --break-per-input --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, + --max-downloads, and autonumber resets per input URL --no-break-per-input --break-on-existing and similar options terminates the entire download queue @@ -1238,7 +1238,6 @@ 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 @@ -1273,26 +1272,6 @@ The available fields are: - `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 - - `audio_channels` (numeric): The number of audio channels - - `stretched_ratio` (float): `width:height` of the video's pixels, if not square - - `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 @@ -1311,6 +1290,8 @@ The available fields are: - `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) + +All the fields in [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats) can also be used Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section: @@ -1392,13 +1373,13 @@ If you are using an output template inside a Windows batch file then you must es #### Output template examples ```bash -$ yt-dlp --get-filename -o "test video.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc +$ yt-dlp --print 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 +$ yt-dlp --print 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 +$ yt-dlp --print 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 @@ -1487,6 +1468,7 @@ You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons `<`, `<=`, `>`, `>=`, `=` (equals), `!=` (not equals): - `filesize`: The number of bytes, if known in advance + - `filesize_approx`: An estimate for the number of bytes - `width`: Width of the video, if known - `height`: Height of the video, if known - `tbr`: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s @@ -1494,16 +1476,23 @@ The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons `<`, `<=`, `>`, ` - `vbr`: Average video bitrate in KBit/s - `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz - `fps`: Frame rate + - `audio_channels`: The number of audio channels + - `stretched_ratio`: `width:height` of the video's pixels, if not square Also filtering work for comparisons `=` (equals), `^=` (starts with), `$=` (ends with), `*=` (contains), `~=` (matches regex) and following string meta fields: + - `url`: Video URL - `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 + - `dynamic_range`: The dynamic range of the video + - `format_id`: A short description of the format + - `format`: A human-readable description of the format + - `format_note`: Additional info about the format + - `resolution`: Textual description of width and height 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 `._-`. |