I wanna use the proxy and run this
youtube-dl --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
this is an error below
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
youtube-dl: error: You must provide at least one URL.
what is the problem here?
Answer
The option --proxy ... just applies to that invocation of youtube-dl. To download a video using a proxy, add the video URL to the command line, like this:
youtube-dl --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080 https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
If you want to use a proxy for all further invocations, create a configuration file with the contents
--proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080