nicovideo-dl(1)

nicovideo-dl1

Download a video file from www.nicovideo.jp

Usage

nicovideo-dl [options] video_url

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the nicovideo-dl command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-h --help

print this help text and exit

-u USERNAME --username=USERNAME

account username (e-mail address)

-p PASSWORD --password=PASSWORD

account password

-o FILE --output=FILE

output video file name

-q --quiet

activates quiet mode

-s --simulate

do not download video

-t --title

use title in file name

-l --literal

use literal title in file name

-n --netrc

use .netrc authentication data

-g --get-url

print final video URL only

-2 --title-too

used with -g, print title too

-c --get-comment

download comment

-x --raw-comment

save comment in raw xml

--comment-output=FILE

output comment file name

-v --version

print program version and exit

Releases

7 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10–11

--comment-output since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --get-comment since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --raw-comment since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -c since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -x since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

This manual page was written by paulliu [email protected] for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the same terms as the license of the original software.

From nicovideo-dl 0.0.20190126-1.1 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.