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CR-dl is a tool to quickly download anime from Crunchyroll
Windows users can get a Windows bundle from the Releases Page.
CR-dl requires node.js (v10) and ffmpeg to be installed on the system and available in PATH
After these are installed run:
npm install -g https://github.com/DasKraken/CR-dl.git
now you can run it with cr-dl
CR-dl is a CLI-Tool and can only be run from the terminal.
Note: If you use the Windows bundle with Powershell, instead of calling cr-dl, you have to write it out: .\cr-dl.exe .
Following commands are available:
Logging in into Crunchyroll to be able accessing premium content (This will create a file 'cookies.data' to store the session):
cr-dl login <username> <password>
Logging out:
cr-dl logout
Changing the language of Crunchyroll. This will change the language of the metadata for file naming. Note 1: This wont change the default subtitle language. Note 2: Series that aren't available in selected language may not work. Allowed are: enUS, enGB, esLA, esES, ptBR, ptPT, frFR, deDE, arME, itIT, ruRU
cr-dl language LANG
Downloading a video or a series from URL. A resolution can be provided optionally (360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p):
cr-dl download <URL> [resolution]
Following optional arguments can be provided to 'download':
--season SEASON, --seasons SEASONS
A season number or a comma-separated list (without spaces) of season numbers to download (eg. 1,2). Works only for series-links. Note: Season 1 is the bottom-most season on the website.
--episode EPISODE, --episodes EPISODES
A comma-separated list of episode numbers to download. A - (minus) can be used to specify an area (eg. 01,03-05,SP2). Works only for series-links. If multiple seasons are available, you must specify one with --season.
-c N, --connections N
Number of simultaneous connections (default: 5)
--subLangs LANGS
Specify subtitle languages as a comma separated list to include in video. (eg. deDE,enUS). Set to none to embed no subtitles.
-l LANG, --subDefault LANG
Specify subtitle language to be set as default. (eg.enUS). (Default: if --subLangs defined: first entry, otherwise: crunchyroll default)
--listSubs
Don't download. Show list of available subtitle languages.
--subsOnly
Download only subtitles. No Video.
--hardsub
Download hardsubbed video stream. Only one subtitle specified by --subDefault will be included.
--maxAttempts N
Max number of download attempts before aborting. (Default: 5)
--hideProgressBar
Hide progress bar.
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info
Output template is a string specified with -o where every {...} will be replaced with the value represented by given name.
Default is -o "{seasonTitle} [{resolution}]/{seasonTitle} - {episodeNumber} - {episodeTitle} [{resolution}].mkv"
Allowed names are:
{episodeTitle}: Title of the episode.
{seriesTitle}: Title of the series. (seasonTitle should be preferred to differentiate seasons)
{episodeNumber}: Episode number in two digits e.g. "02". Can also be a special episode e.g. "SP1"
{seasonTitle}: Title of the season.
{resolution}: Resolution of the video. E.g. 1080p
Additionally you can append !scene to the name e.g. {seasonTitle!scene} to make it a dot separated title as used in Scene releases.
E.g. "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Sōma" => "Food.Wars.Shokugeki.no.Soma"
Name it like a scene release:
-o "{seasonTitle!scene}.{resolution}.WEB.x264-byME/{seasonTitle!scene}.E{episodeNumber}.{resolution}.WEB.x264-byME.mkv"
Name it like a Fansub:
-o "[MySubs] {seasonTitle} - {episodeNumber} [{resolution}].mkv"
Log in as user "MyName" with password "Pass123":
cr-dl login "MyName" "Pass123"
Download episode 4 of HINAMATSURI:
cr-dl download http://www.crunchyroll.com/hinamatsuri/episode-4-disownment-rock-n-roll-fever-769303"
Download all episodes of HINAMATSURI in 720p using 10 simultaneous connections, and will set the default subtitle language to enUS:
cr-dl download -c 10 -l enUS http://www.crunchyroll.com/hinamatsuri 720p
Download only the second season of Food Wars in 1080p:
cr-dl download http://www.crunchyroll.com/food-wars-shokugeki-no-soma --season 2
Download Bungo Stray Dogs 1 and 2:
cr-dl download http://www.crunchyroll.com/bungo-stray-dogs --seasons 6,7
Download episodes 1,3,4,5 and special 2 of DITF:
cr-dl download http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx --episodes 1,3-5,SP2
Download video and add only german and english subs and set german as default:
cr-dl download --subLangs deDE,enUS URL
Download video and name it like a scene release:
cr-dl download -o "{seasonTitle!scene}.{resolution}.WEB.x264-byME/{seasonTitle!scene}.E{episodeNumber}.{resolution}.WEB.x264-byME.mkv" URL
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2018 DerKraken
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