except IOError:
return default # silently skip if file is not present
try:
- # FIXME: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
+ # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
contents = optionf.read()
if sys.version_info < (3,):
contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
action='help',
help='Print this help text and exit')
general.add_option(
- '-v', '--version',
+ '--version',
action='version',
help='Print program version and exit')
general.add_option(
network.add_option(
'--proxy', dest='proxy',
default=None, metavar='URL',
- help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental '
+ help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
'for direct connection')
'--geo-verification-proxy',
dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
- 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
+ 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
geo.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass',
action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
- help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+ help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
geo.add_option(
'--no-geo-bypass',
action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
- help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+ help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
geo.add_option(
'--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
- help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code (experimental)')
+ help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
+ geo.add_option(
+ '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
+ dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
+ help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
selection.add_option(
downloader.add_option(
'--xattr-set-filesize',
dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
- help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)')
+ help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
- help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
+ help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors')
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-ffmpeg',
action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
- help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
+ help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
dest='ffmpeg_location',
postproc.add_option(
'--exec',
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 {}\'')
+ help='Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
postproc.add_option(
'--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,