Read Default Options from a File

[sirinath]

Is it possible to add the ability to specify commonly used options in a file.

There can be a default file and also ability to specify another file.

[phihag]

youtube-dl already supports configuration files. The format is dead simple - just write the options you want into a text file. You can add system-wide configuration at /etc/youtube-dl.conf and user-specific configuration at ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf. If you want per-command configuration, it's generally simpler to create a shell alias than specifying a configuration file.

[sirinath]

How is this done in windows?

[phihag]

We used the same locations on Windows before, but I've just noticed that it is difficult to create these files due to limitations of the Windows UI. Since youtube-dl 2013.12.03, you can also use the simpler %APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt or ~/youtube-dl.conf.

[HeavenArt]

May I suggest that you display the "%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt" on the documentation page? Took me a while to find this information ;x

[phihag]

@HeavenArt Thanks for the comment (in the future, better open up a new issue, since comments can get lost when the issue has been closed already). I've updated the configuration documentation.