SVTPLAY-DL(1)

NAME
svtplay-dl - media downloader for "play" sites (e.g. SVT Play)

SYNOPSIS
 svtplay-dl [OPTIONS] <URL>
 svtplay-dl --help

DESCRIPTION
svtplay-dl is able to download media from various 'video on demand' sites (sometimes known as 'play services') (see below for list of supported services). Usually, you just have to give it the URL as an argument, and it will figure out what to do itself.

  OPTIONS
--version

Show the program's version number and exit.

--help -h

Show description of options.

--output=filename -o filename

Outputs to the given filename.

--force -f

Overwrite the output file if it exists already.

--resume -r

Resume a download.

--live -l

Enable support for live streams. (rtmp based ones)

--silent -s

Be less verbose.

--silent-semi

only show a message when the file is downloaded

--verbose -v

Explain what is going on, including HTTP requests and other useful debugging data.

--quality=quality -q quality

Choose what format to download. It will download the best format by default.

--flexible-quality=amount -Q amount

Allow given quality (as above) to differ by an amount.

--list-quality

List the available qualities for a video.

--subtitle -S

Download subtitle with the media if available.

--merge-subtitle

Merge subtitle with video/audio file with -M

--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

--username=USERNAME -u USERNAME

Username, if the service requires authentication.

--password=PASSWORD -p PASSWORD

Password, if the serivce requires authentication.

--thumbnail, -t

Download thumbnail from the site if available.

--all-episodes, -A

Try to download all episodes.

--all-last=NN

Get last NN episodes instead of all episodes, when used with --all-episodes.

--preferred=preferred, -P preferred

Preferred download method.

--exclude=WORD1,WORD2,...

Exclude videos with the WORD(s) in the filename. Comma separated.

--get-url -g

Do not download any video, but instead print the 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.

--stream-priority=dash,hls,hds,http,rtmp

If two streams have the same quality, choose the one you prefer

--remux

Remux from one container to mp4 using ffmpeg or avconv

SUPPORTED SERVICES

  English

•   Bambuser: <http://bambuser.com/>

•   HBO: <http://hbo.com/>

•   Twitch: <http://twitch.tv/>

•   Vimeo: <http://vimeo.com/>

•   Viagame: <http://www.viagame.com/>

  Swedish

•   Aftonbladet: <http://www.aftonbladet.se/>

•   Comedycentral.se: <http://www.comedycentral.se>

•   Dagens Industri: <http://di.se/>

•   Dagens Nyheter: <http://dn.se/>

•   Dplay: <http://www.dplay.se/>

•   DR: <http://dr.dk/>

•   EFN: <http://www.efn.se/>

•   Expressen: <http://expressen.se/>

•   Kanal9 Play: <http://kanal9play.se/>

•   Öppet Arkiv: <http://oppetarkiv.se/>

•   Svenska kennelklubben play: <http://www.skkplay.se/>

•   Svenska Dagbladet: <http://svd.se/>

•   Sveriges Radio: <http://sverigesradio.se/>

•   SVT Play: <http://svtplay.se/>

•   TV10 Play: <http://tv10play.se/>

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.se/>

•   TV4: <http://tv4.se/>

•   TV4 Play: <http://tv4play.se/>

•   TV6 Play: <http://tv6play.se/>

•   TV8 Play: <http://tv8play.se/>

•   UR: <http://ur.se/>

•   UR Play: <http://urplay.se/>

  Danish

•   DR: <http://dr.dk/>

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.dk/>

  Norwegian

•   NRK: <http://nrk.no/>

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.no/>

•   Viasat 4 play: <http://viasat4play.no/>

  Icelandic

•   RUV: <http://ruv.is/>

  Estonian

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.ee/>

  Latvian

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.lv/>

  Lithuanian

•   TV3 Play: <http://tv3play.lt/>

REPOTING BUGS AND CONTRIBUTING
If you find an issue with svtplay-dl, you can report them at <https://github.com/spaam/svtplay-dl>. Or better yet, if possible, open a pull request!

COPYRIGHT
 Copyright (C) 2011--2015, Johan Andersson et al

 This software is licensed under the MIT license.