CR-dl

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CR-dl is a tool to quickly download anime from Crunchyroll

Installation

Windows users can get a Windows bundle from the Releases Page.

Without using the bundle:

CR-dl requires node.js (v12 or later) and ffmpeg to be installed on the system and available in PATH

After these are installed run:

npm install -g @derkraken/cr-dl

now you can run it with cr-dl

Usage

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:

Log in into Crunchyroll to be get access to premium content (This will create a file 'cookies.txt' to store the session). If username and/or password is not given, it will prompt you for them. On Problems (e.g. Captcha) see alternative login methods to CR-dl:

cr-dl login [username] [password]

Log out:

cr-dl logout

Change 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 values are: enUS, enGB, esLA, esES, ptBR, ptPT, frFR, deDE, arME, itIT, ruRU

cr-dl language <LANG>

Downloading a video or a series from a URL:

cr-dl download <URL>

Optional arguments:

Following optional arguments can be provided to 'download': -f <resolution>, --format <resolution> Video resolution (default: "1080p")

--season <LIST> A season number or a comma-separated list (without spaces) of season numbers to download. A - (minus) can be used to specify a range (e.g. 1,3-5). Works only for series-links. Note: Season 1 is the bottom-most season on the website.

--episode <EPISODE> A comma-separated list of episode numbers to download. A - (minus) can be used to specify a range (e.g. 01,03-05,SP2). If a given episode number exists in multiple seasons, you must specify one with --season.

-c N, --connections <N> Number of simultaneous connections (default: 5)

--sub-lang <LANGS> Specify subtitle languages as a comma separated list to include in video. (e.g. deDE,enUS). Set to none to embed no subtitles. Use --list-subs for available languages. (Default: All available)

--default-sub <LANG> Specify subtitle language to be set as default. (e.g. enUS). (Default: if --sub-lang defined: first entry, otherwise: crunchyroll default)

--attach-fonts Automatically download and attach all fonts that are used in subtitles.

--list-subs Don't download. List all available subtitles for the video.

--subs-only Download only subtitles. No Video.

--hardsub Download hardsubbed video stream. Only one subtitle language specified by --default-sub will be included.

--retry <N> Max number of download attempts before aborting. (Default: 5)

--cookies <FILE> File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in (default: "cookies.txt")

--no-progress-bar Hide progress bar.

--proxy <url> HTTP(s) proxy to access Crunchyroll. This is enough to bypass geo-blocking.

--proxy-cdn <url> HTTP proxy used to download video files. Not required for bypassing geo-blocking.

-o <OUTPUT>, --output <OUTPUT> Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info

OUTPUT TEMPLATE

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"

Template examples:

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"

Examples

Log in as user "MyName" with password entered in prompt:

> cr-dl login "MyName"
Enter password:

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 --default-sub enUS http://www.crunchyroll.com/hinamatsuri -f 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 --season 14,15

Download episodes 1,3,4,5 and special 2 of DITF (SP2 is not available anymore):

cr-dl download http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx --season 6 --episode 1,3-5,SP2

Download video and add only german and english subs and set german as default:

cr-dl download --sub-lang 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>

Alternative login methods to CR-dl

If you are unable to login using CR-dl (e.g. Captcha), it's possible to use the cookies from your browser.

In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, cookies.txt (for Chrome) or cookies.txt (for Firefox).

By default CR-dl uses the file cookies.txt in the current working directory. To change this use the --cookies option, for example --cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt.

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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