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+ youtube-dl: Download videos from YouTube.com
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+youtube-dl: Download videos from YouTube.com
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+What is it?
+
+youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos
+from YouTube.com. It requires the Python
+interpreter, version 2.4 or later, and it's not platform specific.
+It should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. The latest version
+is @PROGRAM_VERSION@. It's licensed under the MIT License, which
+means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like
+complying with a few simple conditions.
+
+I'll try to keep it updated if YouTube.com changes the way you access
+their videos. After all, it's a simple and short program. However, I can't
+guarantee anything. If you detect it stops working, check for new versions
+and/or inform me about the problem, indicating the program version you
+are using. If the program stops working and I can't solve the problem but
+you have a solution, I'd like to know it. If that happens and you feel you
+can maintain the program yourself, tell me. My contact information is
+at freshmeat.net.
+
+Thanks for all the feedback received so far. I'm glad people find my
+program useful.
+
+Related projects:
+metacafe-dl
+pornotube-dl
+
+
+Usage instructions
+
+In Windows, once you have installed the Python interpreter, save the
+program with the .py extension and put it somewhere in the PATH.
+Try to follow the
+guide to
+install youtube-dl under Windows XP.
+
+In Unix, download it, give it execution permission and copy it to one
+of the PATH directories (typically, /usr/local/bin).
+
+After that, you should be able to call it from the command line as
+youtube-dl or youtube-dl.py. I will use youtube-dl
+in the following examples. Usage instructions are easy. Use youtube-dl
+followed by a video URL or identifier. Example: youtube-dl
+"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar". The video will be saved
+to the file foobar.flv in that example. As YouTube.com
+videos are in Flash Video format, their extension should be flv.
+In Linux and other unices, video players using a recent version of
+ffmpeg can play them. That includes MPlayer, VLC, etc. Those two
+work under Windows and other platforms, but you could also get a
+specific FLV player of your taste.
+
+If you try to run the program and you receive an error message containing the
+keyword SyntaxError near the end, it means your Python interpreter
+is too old.
+
+More usage tips
+
+
+
+- You can change the file name of the video using the -o option, like in
+youtube-dl -o vid.flv "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar".
+
+- Some videos require an account to be downloaded, mostly because they're
+flagged as mature content. You can pass the program a username and password
+for a YouTube.com account with the -u and -p options, like youtube-dl
+-u myusername -p mypassword "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar".
+
+- The account data can also be read from the user .netrc file by indicating
+the -n or --netrc option. The machine name is youtube in that
+case.
+
+- The simulate mode (activated with -s or --simulate) can be used
+to just get the real video URL and use it with a download manager if you
+prefer that option.
+
+- The quiet mode (activated with -q or --quiet) can be used to
+supress all output messages. This allows, in systems featuring /dev/stdout
+and other similar special files, outputting the video data to standard output
+in order to pipe it to another program without interferences.
+
+- The program can be told to simply print the final video URL to standard
+output using the -g or --get-url option.
+
+- Combined with the above option, the -2 or --title-too option tells the
+program to print the video title too.
+
+- The default filename is video_id.flv. But you can also use the
+video title in the filename with the -t or --title option, or preserve the
+literal title in the filename with the -l or --literal option.
+
+- You can make the program append &fmt=something to the URL
+by using the -f or --format option. This makes it possible to download high
+quality versions of the videos when available.
+
+- youtube-dl can attempt to download the best quality version of
+a video by using the -b or --best-quality option.
+
+- youtube-dl honors the http_proxy environment variable
+if you want to use a proxy. Set it to something like
+http://proxy.example.com:8080, and do not leave the http://
+prefix out.
+
+- You can get the program version by calling it as youtube-dl
+-v or youtube-dl --version.
+
+- For usage instructions, use youtube-dl -h or youtube-dl
+--help.
+
+- You can cancel the program at any time pressing Ctrl+C. It may print
+some error lines saying something about KeyboardInterrupt.
+That's ok.
+
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+Download it
+
+Note that if you directly click on these hyperlinks, your web browser will
+most likely display the program contents. It's usually better to
+right-click on it and choose the appropriate option, normally called Save
+Target As or Save Link As, depending on the web browser you
+are using.
+
+@PROGRAM_VERSION@
+
+ - MD5: @PROGRAM_MD5SUM@
+ - SHA1: @PROGRAM_SHA1SUM@
+ - SHA256: @PROGRAM_SHA256SUM@
+
+
+Copyright © 2006-2007 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez
+
+