youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the
videos served.
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youtube-dl allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video
quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically
determine the best (or worst) quality video to grab. It supports
downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.
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Currently supported sites (or features of sites) are:
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1tv,
20min,
220.ro,
23video,
24video,
3qsdn,
3sat,
4tube,
56.com,
5min,
6play,
7plus,
8tracks,
91porn,
9c9media,
9gag,
9now.com.au,
abc.net.au,
abc.net.au:iview,
abcnews,
abcnews:video,
abcotvs,
abcotvs:clips,
AcademicEarth:Course,
acast,
acast:channel,
ADN,
AdobeConnect,
adobetv,
adobetv:channel,
adobetv:embed,
adobetv:show,
adobetv:video,
AdultSwim,
aenetworks,
aenetworks:collection,
aenetworks:show,
afreecatv,
AirMozilla,
AliExpressLive,
AlJazeera,
Allocine,
AlphaPorno,
Amara,
AMCNetworks,
AmericasTestKitchen,
AmericasTestKitchenSeason,
anderetijden,
AnimeOnDemand,
Anvato,
aol.com,
APA,
Aparat,
AppleConnect,
AppleDaily,
ApplePodcasts,
appletrailers,
appletrailers:section,
archive.org,
ArcPublishing,
ARD,
ARD:mediathek,
ARDBetaMediathek,
Arkena,
arte.sky.it,
ArteTV,
ArteTVEmbed,
ArteTVPlaylist,
AsianCrush,
AsianCrushPlaylist,
AtresPlayer,
ATTTechChannel,
ATVAt,
AudiMedia,
AudioBoom,
audiomack,
audiomack:album,
AWAAN,
awaan:live,
awaan:season,
awaan:video,
AZMedien,
BaiduVideo,
Bandcamp,
Bandcamp:album,
Bandcamp:weekly,
bangumi.bilibili.com,
bbc,
bbc.co.uk,
bbc.co.uk:article,
bbc.co.uk:iplayer:playlist,
bbc.co.uk:playlist,
BBVTV,
Beatport,
Beeg,
BehindKink,
Bellator,
BellMedia,
Bet,
bfi:player,
bfmtv,
bfmtv:article,
bfmtv:live,
BibelTV,
Bigflix,
Bild,
BiliBili,
BilibiliAudio,
BilibiliAudioAlbum,
BiliBiliPlayer,
BioBioChileTV,
Biography,
BIQLE,
BitChute,
BitChuteChannel,
BleacherReport,
BleacherReportCMS,
blinkx,
Bloomberg,
BokeCC,
BongaCams,
BostonGlobe,
Box,
Bpb,
BR,
BravoTV,
Break,
brightcove:legacy,
brightcove:new,
BRMediathek,
bt:article,
bt:vestlendingen,
BusinessInsider,
BuzzFeed,
BYUtv,
Camdemy,
CamdemyFolder,
CamModels,
CamTube,
CamWithHer,
canalc2.tv,
Canalplus,
Canvas,
CanvasEen,
CarambaTV,
CarambaTVPage,
CartoonNetwork,
cbc.ca,
cbc.ca:olympics,
cbc.ca:player,
cbc.ca:watch,
cbc.ca:watch:video,
CBS,
CBSInteractive,
CBSLocal,
CBSLocalArticle,
cbsnews,
cbsnews:embed,
cbsnews:livevideo,
CBSSports,
CCMA,
CCTV,
CDA,
CeskaTelevize,
CeskaTelevizePorady,
channel9,
CharlieRose,
Chaturbate,
Chilloutzone,
chirbit,
chirbit:profile,
cielotv.it,
Cinchcast,
Cinemax,
CiscoLiveSearch,
CiscoLiveSession,
CJSW,
cliphunter,
Clippit,
ClipRs,
Clipsyndicate,
CloserToTruth,
CloudflareStream,
Cloudy,
Clubic,
Clyp,
cmt.com,
CNBC,
CNBCVideo,
CNN,
CNNArticle,
CNNBlogs,
ComedyCentral,
ComedyCentralTV,
CommonMistakes,
CondeNast,
CONtv,
Corus,
Coub,
Cracked,
Crackle,
CrooksAndLiars,
crunchyroll,
crunchyroll:playlist,
CSpan,
CtsNews,
CTV,
CTVNews,
cu.ntv.co.jp,
Culturebox,
CultureUnplugged,
curiositystream,
curiositystream:collection,
CWTV,
DailyMail,
dailymotion,
dailymotion:playlist,
dailymotion:user,
daum.net,
daum.net:clip,
daum.net:playlist,
daum.net:user,
DBTV,
DctpTv,
DeezerPlaylist,
defense.gouv.fr,
democracynow,
DHM,
Digg,
DigitallySpeaking,
Digiteka,
Discovery,
DiscoveryGo,
DiscoveryGoPlaylist,
DiscoveryNetworksDe,
DiscoveryVR,
Disney,
dlive:stream,
dlive:vod,
Dotsub,
DouyuShow,
DouyuTV,
DPlay,
DRBonanza,
Dropbox,
DrTuber,
drtv,
drtv:live,
DTube,
Dumpert,
dvtv,
dw,
dw:article,
EaglePlatform,
EbaumsWorld,
EchoMsk,
egghead:course,
egghead:lesson,
ehftv,
eHow,
EinsUndEinsTV,
Einthusan,
eitb.tv,
EllenTube,
EllenTubePlaylist,
EllenTubeVideo,
ElPais,
Embedly,
EMPFlix,
Engadget,
Eporner,
EroProfile,
Escapist,
ESPN,
ESPNArticle,
EsriVideo,
Europa,
EWETV,
ExpoTV,
Expressen,
ExtremeTube,
EyedoTV,
facebook,
FacebookPluginsVideo,
faz.net,
fc2,
fc2:embed,
Fczenit,
filmon,
filmon:channel,
Filmweb,
FiveThirtyEight,
FiveTV,
Flickr,
Folketinget,
FootyRoom,
Formula1,
FOX,
FOX9,
FOX9News,
Foxgay,
foxnews,
foxnews:article,
FoxSports,
france2.fr:generation-what,
FranceCulture,
FranceInter,
FranceTV,
FranceTVEmbed,
francetvinfo.fr,
FranceTVJeunesse,
FranceTVSite,
Freesound,
freespeech.org,
FreshLive,
FrontendMasters,
FrontendMastersCourse,
FrontendMastersLesson,
FujiTVFODPlus7,
Funimation,
Funk,
Fusion,
Fux,
Gaia,
GameInformer,
GameSpot,
GameStar,
Gaskrank,
Gazeta,
GDCVault,
generic,
Gfycat,
GiantBomb,
Giga,
GlattvisionTV,
Glide,
Globo,
GloboArticle,
Go,
GodTube,
Golem,
google:podcasts,
google:podcasts:feed,
GoogleDrive,
Goshgay,
GPUTechConf,
Groupon,
hbo,
HearThisAt,
Heise,
HellPorno,
Helsinki,
HentaiStigma,
hetklokhuis,
hgtv.com:show,
HiDive,
HistoricFilms,
history:player,
history:topic,
hitbox,
hitbox:live,
HitRecord,
hketv,
HornBunny,
HotNewHipHop,
hotstar,
hotstar:playlist,
Howcast,
HowStuffWorks,
HRTi,
HRTiPlaylist,
Huajiao,
HuffPost,
Hungama,
HungamaSong,
Hypem,
ign.com,
IGNArticle,
IGNVideo,
IHeartRadio,
iheartradio:podcast,
imdb,
imdb:list,
Imgur,
imgur:album,
imgur:gallery,
Ina,
Inc,
IndavideoEmbed,
InfoQ,
Instagram,
instagram:tag,
instagram:user,
Internazionale,
InternetVideoArchive,
IPrima,
iqiyi,
Ir90Tv,
ITTF,
ITV,
ITVBTCC,
ivi,
ivi:compilation,
ivideon,
Iwara,
Izlesene,
Jamendo,
JamendoAlbum,
JeuxVideo,
Joj,
Jove,
JWPlatform,
Kakao,
Kaltura,
Kankan,
Karaoketv,
KarriereVideos,
Katsomo,
KeezMovies,
Ketnet,
khanacademy,
khanacademy:unit,
KickStarter,
KinjaEmbed,
KinoPoisk,
KonserthusetPlay,
KrasView,
Ku6,
KUSI,
kuwo:album,
kuwo:category,
kuwo:chart,
kuwo:mv,
kuwo:singer,
kuwo:song,
la7.it,
laola1tv,
laola1tv:embed,
lbry,
lbry:channel,
LCI,
Lcp,
LcpPlay,
Le,
Lecture2Go,
Lecturio,
LecturioCourse,
LecturioDeCourse,
LEGO,
Lemonde,
Lenta,
LePlaylist,
LetvCloud,
Libsyn,
life,
life:embed,
limelight,
limelight:channel,
limelight:channel_list,
LineTV,
linkedin:learning,
linkedin:learning:course,
LinuxAcademy,
LiTV,
LiveJournal,
LiveLeak,
LiveLeakEmbed,
livestream,
livestream:original,
livestream:shortener,
LnkGo,
loc,
LocalNews8,
LoveHomePorn,
lrt.lt,
lynda,
lynda:course,
m6,
mailru,
mailru:music,
mailru:music:search,
MallTV,
mangomolo:live,
mangomolo:video,
ManyVids,
Markiza,
MarkizaPage,
massengeschmack.tv,
MatchTV,
MDR,
MedalTV,
media.ccc.de,
media.ccc.de:lists,
Medialaan,
Mediaset,
Mediasite,
MediasiteCatalog,
MediasiteNamedCatalog,
Medici,
megaphone.fm,
Meipai,
MelonVOD,
META,
metacafe,
Metacritic,
mewatch,
Mgoon,
MGTV,
MiaoPai,
minds,
minds:channel,
minds:group,
MinistryGrid,
Minoto,
miomio.tv,
MiTele,
mixcloud,
mixcloud:playlist,
mixcloud:user,
MLB,
Mms,
Mnet,
MNetTV,
MoeVideo,
Mofosex,
MofosexEmbed,
Mojvideo,
Morningstar,
Motherless,
MotherlessGroup,
Motorsport,
MovieClips,
MovieFap,
Moviezine,
MovingImage,
MSN,
mtg,
mtv,
mtv.de,
mtv:video,
mtvjapan,
mtvservices:embedded,
MTVUutisetArticle,
MuenchenTV,
mva,
mva:course,
Mwave,
MwaveMeetGreet,
MyChannels,
MySpace,
MySpace:album,
MySpass,
Myvi,
MyVidster,
MyviEmbed,
MyVisionTV,
n-tv.de,
natgeo:video,
NationalGeographicTV,
Naver,
NBA,
nba:watch,
nba:watch:collection,
NBAChannel,
NBAEmbed,
NBAWatchEmbed,
NBC,
NBCNews,
nbcolympics,
nbcolympics:stream,
NBCSports,
NBCSportsStream,
NBCSportsVPlayer,
ndr,
ndr:embed,
ndr:embed:base,
NDTV,
NerdCubedFeed,
netease:album,
netease:djradio,
netease:mv,
netease:playlist,
netease:program,
netease:singer,
netease:song,
NetPlus,
Netzkino,
Newgrounds,
NewgroundsPlaylist,
Newstube,
NextMedia,
NextMediaActionNews,
NextTV,
Nexx,
NexxEmbed,
nfl.com (CURRENTLY BROKEN),
nfl.com:article (CURRENTLY BROKEN),
NhkVod,
NhkVodProgram,
nhl.com,
nick.com,
nick.de,
nickelodeon:br,
nickelodeonru,
nicknight,
niconico,
NiconicoPlaylist,
Nintendo,
njoy,
njoy:embed,
NJPWWorld,
NobelPrize,
NonkTube,
Noovo,
Normalboots,
NosVideo,
Nova,
NovaEmbed,
nowness,
nowness:playlist,
nowness:series,
Noz,
npo,
npo.nl:live,
npo.nl:radio,
npo.nl:radio:fragment,
Npr,
NRK,
NRKPlaylist,
NRKRadioPodkast,
NRKSkole,
NRKTV,
NRKTVDirekte,
NRKTVEpisode,
NRKTVEpisodes,
NRKTVSeason,
NRKTVSeries,
NRLTV,
ntv.ru,
Nuvid,
NYTimes,
NYTimesArticle,
NYTimesCooking,
NZZ,
ocw.mit.edu,
OdaTV,
Odnoklassniki,
OktoberfestTV,
OnDemandKorea,
onet.pl,
onet.tv,
onet.tv:channel,
OnetMVP,
OnionStudios,
Ooyala,
OoyalaExternal,
OraTV,
orf:burgenland,
orf:fm4,
orf:fm4:story,
orf:iptv,
orf:kaernten,
orf:noe,
orf:oberoesterreich,
orf:oe1,
orf:oe3,
orf:salzburg,
orf:steiermark,
orf:tirol,
orf:tvthek,
orf:vorarlberg,
orf:wien,
OsnatelTV,
OutsideTV,
PacktPub,
PacktPubCourse,
pandora.tv,
ParamountNetwork,
parliamentlive.tv,
Patreon,
pbs,
PearVideo,
PeerTube,
People,
PerformGroup,
periscope,
periscope:user,
PhilharmonieDeParis,
phoenix.de,
Photobucket,
Picarto,
PicartoVod,
Piksel,
Pinkbike,
Pinterest,
PinterestCollection,
Pladform,
Platzi,
PlatziCourse,
play.fm,
player.sky.it,
PlayPlusTV,
PlaysTV,
Playtvak,
Playvid,
Playwire,
pluralsight,
pluralsight:course,
podomatic,
Pokemon,
PolskieRadio,
PolskieRadioCategory,
Popcorntimes,
PopcornTV,
PornCom,
PornerBros,
PornHd,
PornHub,
PornHubPagedVideoList,
PornHubUser,
PornHubUserVideosUpload,
Pornotube,
PornoVoisines,
PornoXO,
PornTube,
PressTV,
prosiebensat1,
puhutv,
puhutv:serie,
Puls4,
Pyvideo,
qqmusic,
qqmusic:album,
qqmusic:playlist,
qqmusic:singer,
qqmusic:toplist,
QuantumTV,
Qub,
Quickline,
QuicklineLive,
R7,
R7Article,
radio.de,
radiobremen,
radiocanada,
radiocanada:audiovideo,
radiofrance,
RadioJavan,
Rai,
RaiPlay,
RaiPlayLive,
RaiPlayPlaylist,
RayWenderlich,
RayWenderlichCourse,
RBMARadio,
RDS,
RedBull,
RedBullEmbed,
RedBullTV,
RedBullTVRrnContent,
Reddit,
RedditR,
RedTube,
RegioTV,
RENTV,
RENTVArticle,
Restudy,
Reuters,
ReverbNation,
RICE,
RMCDecouverte,
RockstarGames,
RoosterTeeth,
RottenTomatoes,
Roxwel,
Rozhlas,
RTBF,
rte,
rte:radio,
rtl.nl,
rtl2,
rtl2:you,
rtl2:you:series,
Rtmp,
RTP,
RTS,
rtve.es:alacarta,
rtve.es:infantil,
rtve.es:live,
rtve.es:television,
RTVNH,
RTVS,
RUHD,
RumbleEmbed,
rutube,
rutube:channel,
rutube:embed,
rutube:movie,
rutube:person,
rutube:playlist,
RUTV,
Ruutu,
Ruv,
safari,
safari:api,
safari:course,
SAKTV,
SaltTV,
Sapo,
savefrom.net,
SBS,
schooltv,
screen.yahoo:search,
Screencast,
ScreencastOMatic,
ScrippsNetworks,
scrippsnetworks:watch,
SCTE,
SCTECourse,
Seeker,
SenateISVP,
SendtoNews,
Servus,
Sexu,
SeznamZpravy,
SeznamZpravyArticle,
Shahid,
ShahidShow,
Shared,
ShowRoomLive,
Sina,
sky.it,
sky:news,
sky:sports,
sky:sports:news,
skyacademy.it,
SkylineWebcams,
skynewsarabia:article,
skynewsarabia:video,
Slideshare,
SlidesLive,
Slutload,
Snotr,
Sohu,
SonyLIV,
soundcloud,
soundcloud:playlist,
soundcloud:search,
soundcloud:set,
soundcloud:trackstation,
soundcloud:user,
SoundcloudEmbed,
soundgasm,
soundgasm:profile,
southpark.cc.com,
southpark.cc.com:español,
southpark.de,
southpark.nl,
southparkstudios.dk,
SpankBang,
SpankBangPlaylist,
Spankwire,
Spiegel,
sport.francetvinfo.fr,
Sport5,
SportBox,
SportDeutschland,
spotify,
spotify:show,
Spreaker,
SpreakerPage,
SpreakerShow,
SpreakerShowPage,
SpringboardPlatform,
Sprout,
sr:mediathek,
SRGSSR,
SRGSSRPlay,
stanfordoc,
Steam,
Stitcher,
StitcherShow,
Streamable,
streamcloud.eu,
StreamCZ,
StreetVoice,
StretchInternet,
stv:player,
SunPorno,
sverigesradio:episode,
sverigesradio:publication,
SVT,
SVTPage,
SVTPlay,
SVTSeries,
SWRMediathek,
Syfy,
SztvHu,
t-online.de,
Tagesschau,
tagesschau:player,
Tass,
TBS,
TDSLifeway,
Teachable,
TeachableCourse,
teachertube,
teachertube:user:collection,
TeachingChannel,
Teamcoco,
TeamTreeHouse,
TechTalks,
techtv.mit.edu,
ted,
Tele13,
Tele5,
TeleBruxelles,
Telecinco,
Telegraaf,
TeleMB,
TeleQuebec,
TeleQuebecEmission,
TeleQuebecLive,
TeleQuebecSquat,
TeleQuebecVideo,
TeleTask,
Telewebion,
TennisTV,
TenPlay,
TestURL,
TF1,
TFO,
TheIntercept,
ThePlatform,
ThePlatformFeed,
TheScene,
TheStar,
TheSun,
TheWeatherChannel,
ThisAmericanLife,
ThisAV,
ThisOldHouse,
TikTok,
TikTokUser (CURRENTLY BROKEN),
tinypic,
TMZ,
TMZArticle,
TNAFlix,
TNAFlixNetworkEmbed,
toggle,
ToonGoggles,
tou.tv,
Toypics,
ToypicsUser,
TrailerAddict (CURRENTLY BROKEN),
Trilulilu,
Trovo,
TrovoVod,
TruNews,
TruTV,
Tube8,
TubiTv,
Tumblr,
tunein:clip,
tunein:program,
tunein:shortener,
tunein:station,
tunein:topic,
TunePk,
Turbo,
tv.dfb.de,
TV2,
tv2.hu,
TV2Article,
TV2DK,
TV2DKBornholmPlay,
TV4,
TV5MondePlus,
tv5unis,
tv5unis:video,
tv8.it,
TVA,
TVANouvelles,
TVANouvellesArticle,
TVC,
TVCArticle,
TVer,
tvigle,
tvland.com,
TVN24,
TVNet,
TVNoe,
TVNow,
TVNowAnnual,
TVNowNew,
TVNowSeason,
TVNowShow,
tvp,
tvp:embed,
tvp:series,
TVPlayer,
TVPlayHome,
Tweakers,
TwitCasting,
twitch:clips,
twitch:stream,
twitch:vod,
TwitchCollection,
TwitchVideos,
TwitchVideosClips,
TwitchVideosCollections,
twitter,
twitter:amplify,
twitter:broadcast,
twitter:card,
udemy,
udemy:course,
UDNEmbed,
UFCArabia,
UFCTV,
UKTVPlay,
umg:de,
UnicodeBOM,
Unistra,
Unity,
uol.com.br,
uplynk,
uplynk:preplay,
Urort,
URPlay,
USANetwork,
USAToday,
ustream,
ustream:channel,
ustudio,
ustudio:embed,
Varzesh3,
Vbox7,
VeeHD,
Veoh,
Vesti,
Vevo,
VevoPlaylist,
VGTV,
vh1.com,
vhx:embed,
Viafree,
vice,
vice:article,
vice:show,
Vidbit,
Viddler,
Videa,
video.google:search,
video.sky.it,
video.sky.it:live,
VideoDetective,
videofy.me,
videomore,
videomore:season,
videomore:video,
VideoPress,
Vidio,
VidLii,
vidme,
vidme:user,
vidme:user:likes,
vier,
vier:videos,
viewlift,
viewlift:embed,
Viidea,
viki,
viki:channel,
vimeo,
vimeo:album,
vimeo:channel,
vimeo:group,
vimeo:likes,
vimeo:ondemand,
vimeo:review,
vimeo:user,
vimeo:watchlater,
Vimple,
Vine,
vine:user,
Viqeo,
Viu,
viu:ott,
viu:playlist,
Vivo,
vk,
vk:uservideos,
vk:wallpost,
vlive,
vlive:channel,
vlive:post,
Vodlocker,
VODPl,
VODPlatform,
VoiceRepublic,
Voot,
VoxMedia,
VoxMediaVolume,
vpro,
Vrak,
VRT,
VrtNU,
vrv,
vrv:series,
VShare,
VTM,
VTXTV,
vube,
VuClip,
VVVVID,
VVVVIDShow,
VyboryMos,
Vzaar,
Wakanim,
Walla,
WalyTV,
washingtonpost,
washingtonpost:article,
wat.tv,
WatchBox,
WatchIndianPorn,
WDR,
wdr:mobile,
WDRElefant,
WDRPage,
Webcaster,
WebcasterFeed,
WebOfStories,
WebOfStoriesPlaylist,
Weibo,
WeiboMobile,
WeiqiTV,
Wistia,
WistiaPlaylist,
wnl,
WorldStarHipHop,
WSJ,
WSJArticle,
WWE,
XBef,
XboxClips,
XFileShare,
XHamster,
XHamsterEmbed,
XHamsterUser,
xiami:album,
xiami:artist,
xiami:collection,
xiami:song,
ximalaya,
ximalaya:album,
XMinus,
XNXX,
Xstream,
XTube,
XTubeUser,
Xuite,
XVideos,
XXXYMovies,
Yahoo,
yahoo:gyao,
yahoo:gyao:player,
yahoo:japannews,
YandexDisk,
yandexmusic:album,
yandexmusic:artist:albums,
yandexmusic:artist:tracks,
yandexmusic:playlist,
yandexmusic:track,
YandexVideo,
YapFiles,
YesJapan,
yinyuetai:video,
Ynet,
YouJizz,
youku,
youku:show,
YouNowChannel,
YouNowLive,
YouNowMoment,
YouPorn,
YourPorn,
YourUpload,
youtube,
youtube:favorites,
youtube:history,
youtube:playlist,
youtube:recommended,
youtube:search,
youtube:search:date,
youtube:subscriptions,
youtube:tab,
youtube:truncated_id,
youtube:truncated_url,
youtube:watchlater,
YoutubeYtBe,
YoutubeYtUser,
Zapiks,
Zattoo,
ZattooLive,
ZDF,
ZDFChannel,
zingmp3,
Zype