---
name: "svtplay-dl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "svtplay-dl"
version: "4.97.1-0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/svtplay-dl"
---

# svtplay-dl(1)

## NAME

svtplay-dl

## SYNOPSIS

**svtplay-dl** \[-h\] \[--version\] \[-o output\] \[--filename filename\] \[--subfolder\] \[--config configfile\] \[-f\] \[-l\] \[-c capture\_time\] \[-s\] \[--silent-semi\] \[-u USERNAME\] \[-p PASSWORD\] \[--token TOKEN\] \[-t\] \[-g\] \[--get-only-episode-url\] \[--dont-verify-ssl-cert\] \[--http-header header1=value;header2=value2\] \[--cookies cookie1=value;cookie2=value2\] \[--exclude WORD1,WORD2,...\] \[--after-date yyyy-MM-dd\] \[--proxy proxy\] \[-v\] \[--nfo\] \[--force-nfo\] \[--only-audio\] \[--only-video\] \[-q quality\] \[-Q amount\] \[-P preferred\] \[--list-quality\] \[--stream-priority dash,hls,http\] \[--format-preferred h264,h264-51\] \[--audio-language AUDIO\_LANGUAGE\] \[--video-role VIDEO\_ROLE\] \[--resolution RESOLUTION\] \[-S\] \[-M\] \[--force-subtitle\] \[--require-subtitle\] \[--all-subtitles\] \[--raw-subtitles\] \[--convert-subtitle-colors\] \[-A\] \[--all-last NN\] \[--include-clips\] \[-R\] \[--cmore-operatorlist\] \[--cmore-operator operator\] \[--no-remux\] \[--no-merge\] \[--no-postprocess\] \[--keep-original\] \[--output-format {mp4,mkv}\] \[urls ...\]

- **urls**

  - **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-o** *output*, **--output** *output*

  outputs to the given filename or folder

- **--filename** *filename*

  filename format {title}.s{season}e{episode}.{episodename}-{id}-{service}.{ext}

- **--subfolder**

  Create a subfolder titled as the show, non-series gets in folder movies

- **--config** *configfile*

  Specify configuration file

- **-f**, **--force**

  overwrite if file exists already

- **-l**, **--live**

  enable for live streams (RTMP based ones)

- **-c** *capture\_time*, **--capture\_time** *capture\_time*

  define capture time in minutes of a live stream

- **-s**, **--silent**

  be less verbose

- **--silent-semi**

  only show a message when the file is downloaded

- **-u** *USERNAME*, **--username** *USERNAME*

  username

- **-p** *PASSWORD*, **--password** *PASSWORD*

  password

- **--token** *TOKEN*

  token

- **-t**, **--thumbnail**

  download thumbnail from the site if available

- **-g**, **--get-url**

  do not download any video, but instead print the URL.

- **--get-only-episode-url**

  do not get video URLs, only print the episode 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.

- **--cookies** *cookie1=value;cookie2=value2*

  A cookies to add to each HTTP request.

- **--exclude** *WORD1,WORD2,...*

  exclude videos with the WORD(s) in the filename. comma separated.

- **--after-date** *yyyy-MM-dd*

  only videos published on or after this date

- **--proxy** *proxy*

  Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  explain what is going on

- **--nfo**

  create a NFO file

- **--force-nfo**

  download only NFO if used with --nfo

- **--only-audio**

  only download audio if audio and video is seperated

- **--only-video**

  only download video if audio and video is seperated

## QUALITY

- **-q** *quality*, **--quality** *quality*

  choose what format to download based on bitrate / video resolution.it will download the best format by default

- **-Q** *amount*, **--flexible-quality** *amount*

  allow given quality (as above) to differ by an amount

- **-P** *preferred*, **--preferred** *preferred*

  preferred download method (dash, hls, or http)

- **--list-quality**

  list the quality for a video

- **--stream-priority** *dash,hls,http*

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

- **--format-preferred** *h264,h264-51*

  Choose the format you prefer, --list-quality to show which one to choose from

- **--audio-language** *AUDIO\_LANGUAGE*

  Choose the language of the audio (it can override the default one), --list- quality to show which one to choose from

- **--video-role** *VIDEO\_ROLE*

  Choose the role of the video (it can override the default one), --list-quality to show which one to choose from

- **--resolution** *RESOLUTION*

  Choose what video resolution to download e.g. 480,720,1080. comma seperated

## SUBTITLE

- **-S**, **--subtitle**

  download subtitle from the site if available. both merged and separately stored if used with -M

- **-M**, **--merge-subtitle**

  merge subtitle with video/audio file with corresponding ISO639-3 language code. also saved separately if used with -S

- **--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

## ALL

- **-A**, **--all-episodes**

  try to download all episodes

- **--all-last** *NN*

  get last NN episodes instead of all episodes

- **--include-clips**

  include clips from websites when using -A

- **-R**, **--reverse**

  Reverse download order

## C MORE

- **--cmore-operatorlist**

  show operatorlist for cmore

- **--cmore-operator** *operator*

  ## POST-PROCESSING

- **--no-remux**

  Do not automatically remux to mp4

- **--no-merge**

  Do not automatically merge video, audio and possibly also subtitle(s) together

- **--no-postprocess**

  Do not postprocess anything

- **--keep-original**

  Do postprocessing while also keeping original files

- **--output-format** *{mp4,mkv}*

  format you want resulting file in (mkv or mp4), mp4 is default

## AUTHOR

```
Johan Andersson
```

```
j@i19.se
```

## DISTRIBUTION

The latest version of svtplay-dl may be downloaded from ⟨https://svtplay\\-dl.se/⟩