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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 or later) 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:

Log in into Crunchyroll to be get access to premium content (This will create a file 'cookies.data' to store the session):

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. Optionally a resolution can be provided (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. A - (minus) can be used to specify an interval (e.g. 1,3-5). 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 interval (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)

--subLangs LANGS Specify subtitle languages as a comma separated list to include in video. (e.g. deDE,enUS). Set to none to embed no subtitles.

-l LANG, --subDefault LANG Specify subtitle language to be set as default. (e.g. enUS). (Default: if --subLangs defined: first entry, otherwise: crunchyroll default)

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

--listSubs Don't download. Show list of available subtitle languages.

--subsOnly Download only subtitles. No Video.

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

--maxAttempts N Max number of download attempts before aborting. (Default: 5)

--hideProgressBar Hide progress bar.

--legacyPlayer Download subtitles using the method used by the old Flash Player (For some reason they use different fonts on older videos).

--httpProxy PROXY HTTP proxy to access Crunchyroll. This is enough to bypass geo-blocking.

--httpProxyCdn PROXY HTTP proxy used to download video files.

-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 (SP2 is not available anymore):

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) 2019 DerKraken

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