'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
'(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--config-location',
+ dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
+ help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory.')
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
network.add_option(
'--source-address',
metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
- help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
+ help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
)
network.add_option(
'-4', '--force-ipv4',
action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
- help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
+ help='Make all connections via IPv4',
)
network.add_option(
'-6', '--force-ipv6',
action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
- help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
+ help='Make all connections via IPv6',
)
network.add_option(
'--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. (experimental)'
+ 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading.'
)
network.add_option(
'--cn-verification-proxy',
'--match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
help=(
- 'Generic video filter (experimental). '
+ 'Generic video filter. '
'Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to'
' match if the key is present, '
'!key to check if the key is not present,'
authentication.add_option(
'-2', '--twofactor',
dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
- help='Two-factor auth code')
+ help='Two-factor authentication code')
authentication.add_option(
'-n', '--netrc',
action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
'--skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and hlsnative only)')
- general.add_option(
+ downloader.add_option(
'--abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
help='Abort downloading when some fragment is not available')
'--playlist-reverse',
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--playlist-random',
+ action='store_true',
+ help='Download playlist videos in random order')
downloader.add_option(
'--xattr-set-filesize',
dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
- help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)')
+ help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
help=('Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
- dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER',
- help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
+ dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', default=5, type=int,
+ help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given (default is %default)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--autonumber-start',
+ dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
+ help='Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s (default is %default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--restrict-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
- help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default')
+ help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default; No effect without -x')
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
dest='audioquality', default='5',
return conf
command_line_conf = compat_conf(sys.argv[1:])
-
- if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
- system_conf = []
- user_conf = []
+ opts, args = parser.parse_args(command_line_conf)
+
+ system_conf = user_conf = custom_conf = []
+
+ if '--config-location' in command_line_conf:
+ location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
+ if os.path.isdir(location):
+ location = os.path.join(location, 'youtube-dl.conf')
+ if not os.path.exists(location):
+ parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
+ custom_conf = _readOptions(location)
+ elif '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
+ pass
else:
system_conf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
- if '--ignore-config' in system_conf:
- user_conf = []
- else:
+ if '--ignore-config' not in system_conf:
user_conf = _readUserConf()
- argv = system_conf + user_conf + command_line_conf
+ argv = system_conf + user_conf + custom_conf + command_line_conf
opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if opts.verbose:
- write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(system_conf)) + '\n')
- write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(user_conf)) + '\n')
- write_string('[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(command_line_conf)) + '\n')
+ for conf_label, conf in (
+ ('System config', system_conf),
+ ('User config', user_conf),
+ ('Custom config', custom_conf),
+ ('Command-line args', command_line_conf)):
+ write_string('[debug] %s: %s\n' % (conf_label, repr(_hide_login_info(conf))))
return parser, opts, args