Options
An overview of all the options svtplay-dl has to offer.
usage: svtplay-dl [-h] [--version] [-o output] [--subfolder] [--config configfile] [-f] [-r] [-l] [-c capture_time] [-s] [--silent-semi] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-t] [-g]
[--get-only-episode-url] [--dont-verify-ssl-cert] [--http-header header1=value;header2=value2] [--cookies cookie1=value;cookie2=value2]
[--exclude WORD1,WORD2,...] [--after-date yyyy-MM-dd] [--proxy proxy] [-v] [--nfo] [--force-nfo] [--only-audio] [--only-video] [-q quality] [-Q amount]
[-P preferred] [--list-quality] [--stream-priority dash,hls,http] [--format-preferred h264,h264-51] [--audio-language AUDIO_LANGUAGE]
[--audio-role AUDIO_ROLE] [-S] [-M] [--force-subtitle] [--require-subtitle] [--all-subtitles] [--raw-subtitles] [--convert-subtitle-colors] [-A]
[--all-last NN] [--include-clips] [--cmore-operatorlist] [--cmore-operator operator] [--no-remux] [--no-merge] [--no-postprocess] [--keep-original]
[urls [urls ...]]
positional arguments:
urls
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-o output, --output output
outputs to the given filename or folder
--subfolder Create a subfolder titled as the show, non-series gets in folder movies
--config configfile Specify configuration file
-f, --force overwrite if file exists already
-r, --resume resume a download (RTMP obsolete)
-l, --live enable for live streams (RTMP based ones)
-c capture_time, --capture_time capture_time
define capture time in minutes of a live stream
-s, --silent be less verbose
--silent-semi only show a message when the file is downloaded
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
username
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
password
-t, --thumbnail download thumbnail from the site if available
-g, --get-url do not download any video, but instead print the URL.
--get-only-episode-url
do not get video URLs, only print the episode URL.
--dont-verify-ssl-cert
Don't attempt to verify SSL certificates.
--http-header header1=value;header2=value2
A header to add to each HTTP request.
--cookies cookie1=value;cookie2=value2
A cookies to add to each HTTP request.
--exclude WORD1,WORD2,...
exclude videos with the WORD(s) in the filename. comma separated.
--after-date yyyy-MM-dd
only videos published on or after this date
--proxy proxy Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/.
-v, --verbose explain what is going on
--nfo create a NFO file
--force-nfo download only NFO if used with --nfo
--only-audio only download audio if audio and video is seperated
--only-video only download video if audio and video is seperated
Quality:
-q quality, --quality quality
choose what format to download based on bitrate / video resolution.it will download the best format by default
-Q amount, --flexible-quality amount
allow given quality (as above) to differ by an amount
-P preferred, --preferred preferred
preferred download method (dash, hls, or http)
--list-quality list the quality for a video
--stream-priority dash,hls,http
If two streams have the same quality, choose the one you prefer
--format-preferred h264,h264-51
Choose the format you prefer, --list-quality to show which one to choose from
--audio-language AUDIO_LANGUAGE
Choose the language of the audio (it can override the default one), --list-quality to show which one to choose from
--audio-role AUDIO_ROLE
Choose the role of the audio (it can override the default one), --list-quality to show which one to choose from
Subtitle:
-S, --subtitle download subtitle from the site if available
-M, --merge-subtitle merge subtitle with video/audio file with corresponding ISO639-3 language code.this invokes --remux automatically.
--force-subtitle download only subtitle if its used with -S
--require-subtitle download only if a subtitle is available
--all-subtitles Download all available subtitles for the video
--raw-subtitles also download the subtitles in their native format
--convert-subtitle-colors
converts the color information in subtitles, to <font color=""> tags
All:
-A, --all-episodes try to download all episodes
--all-last NN get last NN episodes instead of all episodes
--include-clips include clips from websites when using -A
C More:
--cmore-operatorlist show operatorlist for cmore
--cmore-operator operator
Post-processing:
--no-remux Do not automatically remux to mp4
--no-merge Do not automatically merge video, audio and possibly also subtitle(s) together
--no-postprocess Do not postprocess anything
--keep-original Do postprocessing while also keeping original files
--output-format {mp4,mkv}
format you want resulting file in (mkv or mp4), mp4 is default