if option.takes_value():
opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
- return "".join(opts)
+ return ''.join(opts)
def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, value.split(','))
video_format.add_option(
'-F', '--list-formats',
action='store_true', dest='listformats',
- help='List all available formats')
+ help='List all available formats of requested videos')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
subtitles.add_option(
'--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
- help='Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)')
+ help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--all-subs',
action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
'--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
- help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
+ help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true',
help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--hls-use-mpegts',
+ dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',
+ help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
+ 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
postproc.add_option(
- '--convert-subtitles', '--convert-subs',
+ '--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)')