| NICOVIDEO-DL(1) | General Commands Manual | NICOVIDEO-DL(1) | 
NAME¶
nicovideo-dl — download a video file from www.nicovideo.jp
SYNOPSIS¶
nicovideo-dl [options] video_url
DESCRIPTION¶
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
 
SEE ALSO¶
youtube-dl (1).
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by paulliu grandpaul@gmail.com 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.