Prepare for upload.

[youtubedl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 98e20d5494b2a0285e98e97b26c828af857dc6ae..2e8c715084616a565472fb8700a8d995cb8c6d04 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import optparse
 import shlex
 import sys
 
-from .utils import (
+from .compat import (
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_getenv,
+    compat_kwargs,
+)
+from .utils import (
     get_term_width,
     write_string,
 )
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
     }
 
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(**kw)
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
 
     general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
     general.add_option(
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     selection.add_option(
         '--no-playlist',
         action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
-        help='download only the currently playing video')
+        help='If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.')
     selection.add_option(
         '--age-limit',
         metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
@@ -259,7 +262,17 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     video_format.add_option(
         '-f', '--format',
         action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
-        help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 .  -f mp4 , -f m4a and  -f flv  are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality. Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as  -f  136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio')
+        help=(
+            'video format code, specify the order of preference using'
+            ' slashes: -f 22/17/18 .  -f mp4 , -f m4a and  -f flv  are also'
+            ' supported. You can also use the special names "best",'
+            ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and'
+            ' "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
+            ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as'
+            ' -f  136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
+            ' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'
+            ' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or'
+            ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.'))
     video_format.add_option(
         '--all-formats',
         action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
@@ -479,10 +492,12 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
               '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube\'s itags: "137"), '
               '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
               '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
-              '%(id)s for the video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, '
-              '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist and %% for a literal percent. '
+              '%(id)s for the video id, '
+              '%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, '
+              '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. '
               '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
               '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
+              '%% for a literal percent. '
               'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
               'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
     filesystem.add_option(
@@ -607,7 +622,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     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, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
 
     parser.add_option_group(general)
     parser.add_option_group(selection)