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<li>You can change the file name of the video using the -o option, like in <li>You can change the file name of the video using the -o option, like in
<em>youtube-dl -o vid.flv "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar"</em>. <em>youtube-dl -o vid.flv "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foobar"</em>.
Read the <em>Output template</em> section for more details on this.</li> Read the <a href="#otpl">Output template</a> section for more details on
this.</li>
<li>Some videos require an account to be downloaded, mostly because they're <li>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 flagged as mature content. You can pass the program a username and password
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by using the -f or --format option. This makes it possible to download high by using the -f or --format option. This makes it possible to download high
quality versions of the videos when available.</li> quality versions of the videos when available.</li>
<li><em>youtube-dl</em> can attempt to download the best quality version of <li>The -b or --best-quality option is an alias for -f 18.</li>
a video by using the -b or --best-quality option.</li>
<li><em>youtube-dl</em> can attempt to download the mobile quality version of <li>The -m or --mobile-version option is an alias for -f 17.</li>
a video by using the -m or --mobile-version option.</li>
<li>Normally, the program will stop on the first error, but you can tell it <li>Normally, the program will stop on the first error, but you can tell it
to attempt to download every video with the -i or --ignore-errors option.</li> to attempt to download every video with the -i or --ignore-errors option.</li>
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</ul> </ul>
<h2>Download it</h2> <h2 id="otpl">Download it</h2>
<p>Note that if you directly click on these hyperlinks, your web browser will <p>Note that if you directly click on these hyperlinks, your web browser will
most likely display the program contents. It's usually better to most likely display the program contents. It's usually better to
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<li><em>title</em>: The sequence will be replaced by the literal video <li><em>title</em>: The sequence will be replaced by the literal video
title.</li> title.</li>
<li><em>stitle</em>: The sequence will be replaced by a simplified video <li><em>stitle</em>: The sequence will be replaced by a simplified video
title.</li> title, restricted to alphanumeric characters and dashes.</li>
<li><em>ext</em>: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate <li><em>ext</em>: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate
extension.</li> extension (like <em>flv</em> or <em>mp4</em>).</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p>As you may have guessed, the default template is <em>%(id)s.%(ext)s</em>. <p>As you may have guessed, the default template is <em>%(id)s.%(ext)s</em>.