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Usage

Below are some example commands. For additional usage details, see cli reference.

  • Capture playlists and subtitles from a website.

    vsd capture <url> --save-cookies

    Info

    The saved cookies can be used as --cookies cookies.txt with save sub-command later on.

  • Download playlists. (test streams)

    vsd save <url> -o video.mp4

    Info

    Use -i, --interactive flag to open an interactive session.

  • Download encrypted playlists. (drm test vectors)

    vsd save https://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/art-of-motion_drm/mpds/11331.mpd \
    --keys "eb676abbcb345e96bbcf616630f1a3da:100b6c20940f779a4589152b57d2dacb" \
    -o video.mp4

  • List and select specific streams from a playlist.

    vsd save <url> --list-streams
vsd save <url> --select-streams "1,2,3" -o video.mp4

  • Prefer some specific languages when downloading audio/subtitles.

    vsd save <url> --select-streams "a=en,fr:s=en,fr" -o video.mp4

  • Use as a playlist parser. (json schema)

    vsd save <url> --parse > parsed-playlist.json