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[youtubedl] / youtube_dl / YoutubeDL.py
old mode 100644 (file)
new mode 100755 (executable)
index 2a078ad..dc0ba98
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 import collections
+import datetime
 import errno
 import io
 import json
+import locale
 import os
 import platform
 import re
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ from .utils import (
     ContentTooShortError,
     date_from_str,
     DateRange,
+    DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     determine_ext,
     DownloadError,
     encodeFilename,
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ from .utils import (
     locked_file,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
     MaxDownloadsReached,
+    PagedList,
     PostProcessingError,
     platform_name,
     preferredencoding,
@@ -51,9 +55,11 @@ from .utils import (
     write_json_file,
     write_string,
     YoutubeDLHandler,
+    prepend_extension,
 )
 from .extractor import get_info_extractor, gen_extractors
-from .FileDownloader import FileDownloader
+from .downloader import get_suitable_downloader
+from .postprocessor import FFmpegMergerPP
 from .version import __version__
 
 
@@ -90,6 +96,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     usenetrc:          Use netrc for authentication instead.
     verbose:           Print additional info to stdout.
     quiet:             Do not print messages to stdout.
+    no_warnings:       Do not print out anything for warnings.
     forceurl:          Force printing final URL.
     forcetitle:        Force printing title.
     forceid:           Force printing ID.
@@ -144,15 +151,26 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        again.
     cookiefile:        File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
     nocheckcertificate:Do not verify SSL certificates
+    prefer_insecure:   Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
+                       At the moment, this is only supported by YouTube.
     proxy:             URL of the proxy server to use
     socket_timeout:    Time to wait for unresponsive hosts, in seconds
     bidi_workaround:   Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text
                        support, using fridibi
+    debug_printtraffic:Print out sent and received HTTP traffic
+    include_ads:       Download ads as well
+    default_search:    Prepend this string if an input url is not valid.
+                       'auto' for elaborate guessing
+    encoding:          Use this encoding instead of the system-specified.
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader:
     nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, min_filesize, max_filesize, test,
     noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle
+
+    The following options are used by the post processors:
+    prefer_ffmpeg:     If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
+                       otherwise prefer avconv.
     """
 
     params = None
@@ -164,6 +182,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
     def __init__(self, params=None):
         """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
+        if params is None:
+            params = {}
         self._ies = []
         self._ies_instances = {}
         self._pps = []
@@ -172,7 +192,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
         self._err_file = sys.stderr
-        self.params = {} if params is None else params
+        self.params = params
 
         if params.get('bidi_workaround', False):
             try:
@@ -183,15 +203,21 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     width_args = []
                 else:
                     width_args = ['-w', str(width)]
-                self._fribidi = subprocess.Popen(
-                    ['fribidi', '-c', 'UTF-8'] + width_args,
+                sp_kwargs = dict(
                     stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                     stdout=slave,
                     stderr=self._err_file)
-                self._fribidi_channel = os.fdopen(master, 'rb')
+                try:
+                    self._output_process = subprocess.Popen(
+                        ['bidiv'] + width_args, **sp_kwargs
+                    )
+                except OSError:
+                    self._output_process = subprocess.Popen(
+                        ['fribidi', '-c', 'UTF-8'] + width_args, **sp_kwargs)
+                self._output_channel = os.fdopen(master, 'rb')
             except OSError as ose:
                 if ose.errno == 2:
-                    self.report_warning(u'Could not find fribidi executable, ignoring --bidi-workaround . Make sure that  fribidi  is an executable file in one of the directories in your $PATH.')
+                    self.report_warning('Could not find fribidi executable, ignoring --bidi-workaround . Make sure that  fribidi  is an executable file in one of the directories in your $PATH.')
                 else:
                     raise
 
@@ -200,15 +226,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 and not params['restrictfilenames']):
             # On Python 3, the Unicode filesystem API will throw errors (#1474)
             self.report_warning(
-                u'Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding '
-                u'cannot encode all charactes. '
-                u'Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.')
+                'Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding '
+                'cannot encode all charactes. '
+                'Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.')
             self.params['restrictfilenames'] = True
 
-        self.fd = FileDownloader(self, self.params)
-
         if '%(stitle)s' in self.params.get('outtmpl', ''):
-            self.report_warning(u'%(stitle)s is deprecated. Use the %(title)s and the --restrict-filenames flag(which also secures %(uploader)s et al) instead.')
+            self.report_warning('%(stitle)s is deprecated. Use the %(title)s and the --restrict-filenames flag(which also secures %(uploader)s et al) instead.')
 
         self._setup_opener()
 
@@ -242,42 +266,50 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._pps.append(pp)
         pp.set_downloader(self)
 
+    def add_progress_hook(self, ph):
+        """Add the progress hook (currently only for the file downloader)"""
+        self._progress_hooks.append(ph)
+
     def _bidi_workaround(self, message):
-        if not hasattr(self, '_fribidi_channel'):
+        if not hasattr(self, '_output_channel'):
             return message
 
-        assert type(message) == type(u'')
-        line_count = message.count(u'\n') + 1
-        self._fribidi.stdin.write((message + u'\n').encode('utf-8'))
-        self._fribidi.stdin.flush()
-        res = u''.join(self._fribidi_channel.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        assert hasattr(self, '_output_process')
+        assert type(message) == type('')
+        line_count = message.count('\n') + 1
+        self._output_process.stdin.write((message + '\n').encode('utf-8'))
+        self._output_process.stdin.flush()
+        res = ''.join(self._output_channel.readline().decode('utf-8')
                        for _ in range(line_count))
-        return res[:-len(u'\n')]
+        return res[:-len('\n')]
 
     def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False):
         """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
         return self.to_stdout(message, skip_eol, check_quiet=True)
 
+    def _write_string(self, s, out=None):
+        write_string(s, out=out, encoding=self.params.get('encoding'))
+
     def to_stdout(self, message, skip_eol=False, check_quiet=False):
         """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].debug(message)
         elif not check_quiet or not self.params.get('quiet', False):
             message = self._bidi_workaround(message)
-            terminator = [u'\n', u''][skip_eol]
+            terminator = ['\n', ''][skip_eol]
             output = message + terminator
 
-            write_string(output, self._screen_file)
+            self._write_string(output, self._screen_file)
 
     def to_stderr(self, message):
         """Print message to stderr."""
-        assert type(message) == type(u'')
+        assert type(message) == type('')
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].error(message)
         else:
             message = self._bidi_workaround(message)
-            output = message + u'\n'
-            write_string(output, self._err_file)
+            output = message + '\n'
+            self._write_string(output, self._err_file)
 
     def to_console_title(self, message):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
@@ -287,21 +319,21 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             # already of type unicode()
             ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(ctypes.c_wchar_p(message))
         elif 'TERM' in os.environ:
-            write_string(u'\033]0;%s\007' % message, self._screen_file)
+            self._write_string('\033]0;%s\007' % message, self._screen_file)
 
     def save_console_title(self):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
             return
         if 'TERM' in os.environ:
             # Save the title on stack
-            write_string(u'\033[22;0t', self._screen_file)
+            self._write_string('\033[22;0t', self._screen_file)
 
     def restore_console_title(self):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
             return
         if 'TERM' in os.environ:
             # Restore the title from stack
-            write_string(u'\033[23;0t', self._screen_file)
+            self._write_string('\033[23;0t', self._screen_file)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self.save_console_title()
@@ -309,7 +341,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
         self.restore_console_title()
-    
+
         if self.params.get('cookiefile') is not None:
             self.cookiejar.save()
 
@@ -327,13 +359,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if self.params.get('verbose'):
             if tb is None:
                 if sys.exc_info()[0]:  # if .trouble has been called from an except block
-                    tb = u''
+                    tb = ''
                     if hasattr(sys.exc_info()[1], 'exc_info') and sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info[0]:
-                        tb += u''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info))
+                        tb += ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info))
                     tb += compat_str(traceback.format_exc())
                 else:
                     tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())
-                    tb = u''.join(tb_data)
+                    tb = ''.join(tb_data)
             self.to_stderr(tb)
         if not self.params.get('ignoreerrors', False):
             if sys.exc_info()[0] and hasattr(sys.exc_info()[1], 'exc_info') and sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info[0]:
@@ -348,12 +380,17 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
         If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
         '''
-        if self._err_file.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
-            _msg_header = u'\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
+        if self.params.get('logger') is not None:
+            self.params['logger'].warning(message)
         else:
-            _msg_header = u'WARNING:'
-        warning_message = u'%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
-        self.to_stderr(warning_message)
+            if self.params.get('no_warnings'):
+                return
+            if self._err_file.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
+                _msg_header = '\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
+            else:
+                _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
+            warning_message = '%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
+            self.to_stderr(warning_message)
 
     def report_error(self, message, tb=None):
         '''
@@ -361,22 +398,18 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         in red if stderr is a tty file.
         '''
         if self._err_file.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
-            _msg_header = u'\033[0;31mERROR:\033[0m'
+            _msg_header = '\033[0;31mERROR:\033[0m'
         else:
-            _msg_header = u'ERROR:'
-        error_message = u'%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
+            _msg_header = 'ERROR:'
+        error_message = '%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
         self.trouble(error_message, tb)
 
     def report_file_already_downloaded(self, file_name):
         """Report file has already been fully downloaded."""
         try:
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] %s has already been downloaded' % file_name)
+            self.to_screen('[download] %s has already been downloaded' % file_name)
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] The file has already been downloaded')
-
-    def increment_downloads(self):
-        """Increment the ordinal that assigns a number to each file."""
-        self._num_downloads += 1
+            self.to_screen('[download] The file has already been downloaded')
 
     def prepare_filename(self, info_dict):
         """Generate the output filename."""
@@ -387,61 +420,69 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             autonumber_size = self.params.get('autonumber_size')
             if autonumber_size is None:
                 autonumber_size = 5
-            autonumber_templ = u'%0' + str(autonumber_size) + u'd'
+            autonumber_templ = '%0' + str(autonumber_size) + 'd'
             template_dict['autonumber'] = autonumber_templ % self._num_downloads
             if template_dict.get('playlist_index') is not None:
-                template_dict['playlist_index'] = u'%05d' % template_dict['playlist_index']
+                template_dict['playlist_index'] = '%05d' % template_dict['playlist_index']
+            if template_dict.get('resolution') is None:
+                if template_dict.get('width') and template_dict.get('height'):
+                    template_dict['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (template_dict['width'], template_dict['height'])
+                elif template_dict.get('height'):
+                    template_dict['resolution'] = '%sp' % template_dict['height']
+                elif template_dict.get('width'):
+                    template_dict['resolution'] = '?x%d' % template_dict['width']
 
             sanitize = lambda k, v: sanitize_filename(
                 compat_str(v),
                 restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames'),
-                is_id=(k == u'id'))
+                is_id=(k == 'id'))
             template_dict = dict((k, sanitize(k, v))
                                  for k, v in template_dict.items()
                                  if v is not None)
-            template_dict = collections.defaultdict(lambda: u'NA', template_dict)
+            template_dict = collections.defaultdict(lambda: 'NA', template_dict)
 
-            tmpl = os.path.expanduser(self.params['outtmpl'])
+            outtmpl = self.params.get('outtmpl', DEFAULT_OUTTMPL)
+            tmpl = os.path.expanduser(outtmpl)
             filename = tmpl % template_dict
             return filename
         except ValueError as err:
-            self.report_error(u'Error in output template: ' + str(err) + u' (encoding: ' + repr(preferredencoding()) + ')')
+            self.report_error('Error in output template: ' + str(err) + ' (encoding: ' + repr(preferredencoding()) + ')')
             return None
 
     def _match_entry(self, info_dict):
         """ Returns None iff the file should be downloaded """
 
-        video_title = info_dict.get('title', info_dict.get('id', u'video'))
+        video_title = info_dict.get('title', info_dict.get('id', 'video'))
         if 'title' in info_dict:
             # This can happen when we're just evaluating the playlist
             title = info_dict['title']
             matchtitle = self.params.get('matchtitle', False)
             if matchtitle:
                 if not re.search(matchtitle, title, re.IGNORECASE):
-                    return u'"' + title + '" title did not match pattern "' + matchtitle + '"'
+                    return '"' + title + '" title did not match pattern "' + matchtitle + '"'
             rejecttitle = self.params.get('rejecttitle', False)
             if rejecttitle:
                 if re.search(rejecttitle, title, re.IGNORECASE):
-                    return u'"' + title + '" title matched reject pattern "' + rejecttitle + '"'
+                    return '"' + title + '" title matched reject pattern "' + rejecttitle + '"'
         date = info_dict.get('upload_date', None)
         if date is not None:
             dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
             if date not in dateRange:
-                return u'%s upload date is not in range %s' % (date_from_str(date).isoformat(), dateRange)
+                return '%s upload date is not in range %s' % (date_from_str(date).isoformat(), dateRange)
         view_count = info_dict.get('view_count', None)
         if view_count is not None:
             min_views = self.params.get('min_views')
             if min_views is not None and view_count < min_views:
-                return u'Skipping %s, because it has not reached minimum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, min_views)
+                return 'Skipping %s, because it has not reached minimum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, min_views)
             max_views = self.params.get('max_views')
             if max_views is not None and view_count > max_views:
-                return u'Skipping %s, because it has exceeded the maximum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, max_views)
+                return 'Skipping %s, because it has exceeded the maximum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, max_views)
         age_limit = self.params.get('age_limit')
         if age_limit is not None:
             if age_limit < info_dict.get('age_limit', 0):
-                return u'Skipping "' + title + '" because it is age restricted'
+                return 'Skipping "' + title + '" because it is age restricted'
         if self.in_download_archive(info_dict):
-            return u'%s has already been recorded in archive' % video_title
+            return '%s has already been recorded in archive' % video_title
         return None
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -468,8 +509,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 continue
 
             if not ie.working():
-                self.report_warning(u'The program functionality for this site has been marked as broken, '
-                                    u'and will probably not work.')
+                self.report_warning('The program functionality for this site has been marked as broken, '
+                                    'and will probably not work.')
 
             try:
                 ie_result = ie.extract(url)
@@ -481,13 +522,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                         '_type': 'compat_list',
                         'entries': ie_result,
                     }
-                self.add_extra_info(ie_result,
-                    {
-                        'extractor': ie.IE_NAME,
-                        'webpage_url': url,
-                        'webpage_url_basename': url_basename(url),
-                        'extractor_key': ie.ie_key(),
-                    })
+                self.add_default_extra_info(ie_result, ie, url)
                 if process:
                     return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
                 else:
@@ -495,6 +530,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             except ExtractorError as de: # An error we somewhat expected
                 self.report_error(compat_str(de), de.format_traceback())
                 break
+            except MaxDownloadsReached:
+                raise
             except Exception as e:
                 if self.params.get('ignoreerrors', False):
                     self.report_error(compat_str(e), tb=compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
@@ -502,7 +539,15 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 else:
                     raise
         else:
-            self.report_error(u'no suitable InfoExtractor: %s' % url)
+            self.report_error('no suitable InfoExtractor for URL %s' % url)
+
+    def add_default_extra_info(self, ie_result, ie, url):
+        self.add_extra_info(ie_result, {
+            'extractor': ie.IE_NAME,
+            'webpage_url': url,
+            'webpage_url_basename': url_basename(url),
+            'extractor_key': ie.ie_key(),
+        })
 
     def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info={}):
         """
@@ -533,7 +578,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             def make_result(embedded_info):
                 new_result = ie_result.copy()
                 for f in ('_type', 'url', 'ext', 'player_url', 'formats',
-                          'entries', 'urlhandle', 'ie_key', 'duration',
+                          'entries', 'ie_key', 'duration',
                           'subtitles', 'annotations', 'format',
                           'thumbnail', 'thumbnails'):
                     if f in new_result:
@@ -553,26 +598,34 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         elif result_type == 'playlist':
             # We process each entry in the playlist
             playlist = ie_result.get('title', None) or ie_result.get('id', None)
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] Downloading playlist: %s' % playlist)
+            self.to_screen('[download] Downloading playlist: %s' % playlist)
 
             playlist_results = []
 
-            n_all_entries = len(ie_result['entries'])
             playliststart = self.params.get('playliststart', 1) - 1
             playlistend = self.params.get('playlistend', None)
             # For backwards compatibility, interpret -1 as whole list
             if playlistend == -1:
                 playlistend = None
 
-            entries = ie_result['entries'][playliststart:playlistend]
-            n_entries = len(entries)
-
-            self.to_screen(
-                u"[%s] playlist '%s': Collected %d video ids (downloading %d of them)" %
-                (ie_result['extractor'], playlist, n_all_entries, n_entries))
+            if isinstance(ie_result['entries'], list):
+                n_all_entries = len(ie_result['entries'])
+                entries = ie_result['entries'][playliststart:playlistend]
+                n_entries = len(entries)
+                self.to_screen(
+                    "[%s] playlist %s: Collected %d video ids (downloading %d of them)" %
+                    (ie_result['extractor'], playlist, n_all_entries, n_entries))
+            else:
+                assert isinstance(ie_result['entries'], PagedList)
+                entries = ie_result['entries'].getslice(
+                    playliststart, playlistend)
+                n_entries = len(entries)
+                self.to_screen(
+                    "[%s] playlist %s: Downloading %d videos" %
+                    (ie_result['extractor'], playlist, n_entries))
 
             for i, entry in enumerate(entries, 1):
-                self.to_screen(u'[download] Downloading video #%s of %s' % (i, n_entries))
+                self.to_screen('[download] Downloading video #%s of %s' % (i, n_entries))
                 extra = {
                     'playlist': playlist,
                     'playlist_index': i + playliststart,
@@ -584,7 +637,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
                 reason = self._match_entry(entry)
                 if reason is not None:
-                    self.to_screen(u'[download] ' + reason)
+                    self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
                     continue
 
                 entry_result = self.process_ie_result(entry,
@@ -616,8 +669,32 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             return available_formats[-1]
         elif format_spec == 'worst':
             return available_formats[0]
+        elif format_spec == 'bestaudio':
+            audio_formats = [
+                f for f in available_formats
+                if f.get('vcodec') == 'none']
+            if audio_formats:
+                return audio_formats[-1]
+        elif format_spec == 'worstaudio':
+            audio_formats = [
+                f for f in available_formats
+                if f.get('vcodec') == 'none']
+            if audio_formats:
+                return audio_formats[0]
+        elif format_spec == 'bestvideo':
+            video_formats = [
+                f for f in available_formats
+                if f.get('acodec') == 'none']
+            if video_formats:
+                return video_formats[-1]
+        elif format_spec == 'worstvideo':
+            video_formats = [
+                f for f in available_formats
+                if f.get('acodec') == 'none']
+            if video_formats:
+                return video_formats[0]
         else:
-            extensions = [u'mp4', u'flv', u'webm', u'3gp']
+            extensions = ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', '3gp']
             if format_spec in extensions:
                 filter_f = lambda f: f['ext'] == format_spec
             else:
@@ -630,13 +707,37 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     def process_video_result(self, info_dict, download=True):
         assert info_dict.get('_type', 'video') == 'video'
 
+        if 'id' not in info_dict:
+            raise ExtractorError('Missing "id" field in extractor result')
+        if 'title' not in info_dict:
+            raise ExtractorError('Missing "title" field in extractor result')
+
         if 'playlist' not in info_dict:
             # It isn't part of a playlist
             info_dict['playlist'] = None
             info_dict['playlist_index'] = None
 
+        thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
+        if thumbnails:
+            thumbnails.sort(key=lambda t: (
+                t.get('width'), t.get('height'), t.get('url')))
+            for t in thumbnails:
+                if 'width' in t and 'height' in t:
+                    t['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (t['width'], t['height'])
+
+        if thumbnails and 'thumbnail' not in info_dict:
+            info_dict['thumbnail'] = thumbnails[-1]['url']
+
+        if 'display_id' not in info_dict and 'id' in info_dict:
+            info_dict['display_id'] = info_dict['id']
+
+        if info_dict.get('upload_date') is None and info_dict.get('timestamp') is not None:
+            upload_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
+                info_dict['timestamp'])
+            info_dict['upload_date'] = upload_date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
+
         # This extractors handle format selection themselves
-        if info_dict['extractor'] in [u'youtube', u'Youku']:
+        if info_dict['extractor'] in ['Youku']:
             if download:
                 self.process_info(info_dict)
             return info_dict
@@ -648,40 +749,45 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         else:
             formats = info_dict['formats']
 
+        if not formats:
+            raise ExtractorError('No video formats found!')
+
         # We check that all the formats have the format and format_id fields
-        for (i, format) in enumerate(formats):
+        for i, format in enumerate(formats):
+            if 'url' not in format:
+                raise ExtractorError('Missing "url" key in result (index %d)' % i)
+
             if format.get('format_id') is None:
                 format['format_id'] = compat_str(i)
             if format.get('format') is None:
-                format['format'] = u'{id} - {res}{note}'.format(
+                format['format'] = '{id} - {res}{note}'.format(
                     id=format['format_id'],
                     res=self.format_resolution(format),
-                    note=u' ({0})'.format(format['format_note']) if format.get('format_note') is not None else '',
+                    note=' ({0})'.format(format['format_note']) if format.get('format_note') is not None else '',
                 )
             # Automatically determine file extension if missing
             if 'ext' not in format:
-                format['ext'] = determine_ext(format['url'])
-
-        if self.params.get('listformats', None):
-            self.list_formats(info_dict)
-            return
+                format['ext'] = determine_ext(format['url']).lower()
 
         format_limit = self.params.get('format_limit', None)
         if format_limit:
             formats = list(takewhile_inclusive(
                 lambda f: f['format_id'] != format_limit, formats
             ))
-        if self.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
-            def _free_formats_key(f):
-                try:
-                    ext_ord = [u'flv', u'mp4', u'webm'].index(f['ext'])
-                except ValueError:
-                    ext_ord = -1
-                # We only compare the extension if they have the same height and width
-                return (f.get('height'), f.get('width'), ext_ord)
-            formats = sorted(formats, key=_free_formats_key)
-
-        req_format = self.params.get('format', 'best')
+
+        # TODO Central sorting goes here
+
+        if formats[0] is not info_dict:
+            # only set the 'formats' fields if the original info_dict list them
+            # otherwise we end up with a circular reference, the first (and unique)
+            # element in the 'formats' field in info_dict is info_dict itself,
+            # wich can't be exported to json
+            info_dict['formats'] = formats
+        if self.params.get('listformats', None):
+            self.list_formats(info_dict)
+            return
+
+        req_format = self.params.get('format')
         if req_format is None:
             req_format = 'best'
         formats_to_download = []
@@ -689,21 +795,35 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if req_format in ('-1', 'all'):
             formats_to_download = formats
         else:
-            # We can accept formats requestd in the format: 34/5/best, we pick
+            # We can accept formats requested in the format: 34/5/best, we pick
             # the first that is available, starting from left
             req_formats = req_format.split('/')
             for rf in req_formats:
-                selected_format = self.select_format(rf, formats)
+                if re.match(r'.+?\+.+?', rf) is not None:
+                    # Two formats have been requested like '137+139'
+                    format_1, format_2 = rf.split('+')
+                    formats_info = (self.select_format(format_1, formats),
+                        self.select_format(format_2, formats))
+                    if all(formats_info):
+                        selected_format = {
+                            'requested_formats': formats_info,
+                            'format': rf,
+                            'ext': formats_info[0]['ext'],
+                        }
+                    else:
+                        selected_format = None
+                else:
+                    selected_format = self.select_format(rf, formats)
                 if selected_format is not None:
                     formats_to_download = [selected_format]
                     break
         if not formats_to_download:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'requested format not available',
+            raise ExtractorError('requested format not available',
                                  expected=True)
 
         if download:
             if len(formats_to_download) > 1:
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] %s: downloading video in %s formats' % (info_dict['id'], len(formats_to_download)))
+                self.to_screen('[info] %s: downloading video in %s formats' % (info_dict['id'], len(formats_to_download)))
             for format in formats_to_download:
                 new_info = dict(info_dict)
                 new_info.update(format)
@@ -716,12 +836,15 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         """Process a single resolved IE result."""
 
         assert info_dict.get('_type', 'video') == 'video'
-        #We increment the download the download count here to match the previous behaviour.
-        self.increment_downloads()
+
+        max_downloads = self.params.get('max_downloads')
+        if max_downloads is not None:
+            if self._num_downloads >= int(max_downloads):
+                raise MaxDownloadsReached()
 
         info_dict['fulltitle'] = info_dict['title']
         if len(info_dict['title']) > 200:
-            info_dict['title'] = info_dict['title'][:197] + u'...'
+            info_dict['title'] = info_dict['title'][:197] + '...'
 
         # Keep for backwards compatibility
         info_dict['stitle'] = info_dict['title']
@@ -731,13 +854,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         reason = self._match_entry(info_dict)
         if reason is not None:
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] ' + reason)
+            self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
             return
 
-        max_downloads = self.params.get('max_downloads')
-        if max_downloads is not None:
-            if self._num_downloads > int(max_downloads):
-                raise MaxDownloadsReached()
+        self._num_downloads += 1
 
         filename = self.prepare_filename(info_dict)
 
@@ -748,7 +868,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             self.to_stdout(info_dict['id'])
         if self.params.get('forceurl', False):
             # For RTMP URLs, also include the playpath
-            self.to_stdout(info_dict['url'] + info_dict.get('play_path', u''))
+            self.to_stdout(info_dict['url'] + info_dict.get('play_path', ''))
         if self.params.get('forcethumbnail', False) and info_dict.get('thumbnail') is not None:
             self.to_stdout(info_dict['thumbnail'])
         if self.params.get('forcedescription', False) and info_dict.get('description') is not None:
@@ -772,40 +892,40 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         try:
             dn = os.path.dirname(encodeFilename(filename))
-            if dn != '' and not os.path.exists(dn):
+            if dn and not os.path.exists(dn):
                 os.makedirs(dn)
         except (OSError, IOError) as err:
-            self.report_error(u'unable to create directory ' + compat_str(err))
+            self.report_error('unable to create directory ' + compat_str(err))
             return
 
         if self.params.get('writedescription', False):
-            descfn = filename + u'.description'
+            descfn = filename + '.description'
             if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(descfn)):
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] Video description is already present')
+                self.to_screen('[info] Video description is already present')
             else:
                 try:
-                    self.to_screen(u'[info] Writing video description to: ' + descfn)
+                    self.to_screen('[info] Writing video description to: ' + descfn)
                     with io.open(encodeFilename(descfn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as descfile:
                         descfile.write(info_dict['description'])
                 except (KeyError, TypeError):
-                    self.report_warning(u'There\'s no description to write.')
+                    self.report_warning('There\'s no description to write.')
                 except (OSError, IOError):
-                    self.report_error(u'Cannot write description file ' + descfn)
+                    self.report_error('Cannot write description file ' + descfn)
                     return
 
         if self.params.get('writeannotations', False):
-            annofn = filename + u'.annotations.xml'
+            annofn = filename + '.annotations.xml'
             if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(annofn)):
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] Video annotations are already present')
+                self.to_screen('[info] Video annotations are already present')
             else:
                 try:
-                    self.to_screen(u'[info] Writing video annotations to: ' + annofn)
+                    self.to_screen('[info] Writing video annotations to: ' + annofn)
                     with io.open(encodeFilename(annofn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as annofile:
                         annofile.write(info_dict['annotations'])
                 except (KeyError, TypeError):
-                    self.report_warning(u'There are no annotations to write.')
+                    self.report_warning('There are no annotations to write.')
                 except (OSError, IOError):
-                    self.report_error(u'Cannot write annotations file: ' + annofn)
+                    self.report_error('Cannot write annotations file: ' + annofn)
                     return
 
         subtitles_are_requested = any([self.params.get('writesubtitles', False),
@@ -823,46 +943,45 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 try:
                     sub_filename = subtitles_filename(filename, sub_lang, sub_format)
                     if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(sub_filename)):
-                        self.to_screen(u'[info] Video subtitle %s.%s is already_present' % (sub_lang, sub_format))
+                        self.to_screen('[info] Video subtitle %s.%s is already_present' % (sub_lang, sub_format))
                     else:
-                        self.to_screen(u'[info] Writing video subtitles to: ' + sub_filename)
+                        self.to_screen('[info] Writing video subtitles to: ' + sub_filename)
                         with io.open(encodeFilename(sub_filename), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as subfile:
                                 subfile.write(sub)
                 except (OSError, IOError):
-                    self.report_error(u'Cannot write subtitles file ' + descfn)
+                    self.report_error('Cannot write subtitles file ' + sub_filename)
                     return
 
         if self.params.get('writeinfojson', False):
-            infofn = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + u'.info.json'
+            infofn = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + '.info.json'
             if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(infofn)):
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] Video description metadata is already present')
+                self.to_screen('[info] Video description metadata is already present')
             else:
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: ' + infofn)
+                self.to_screen('[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: ' + infofn)
                 try:
-                    json_info_dict = dict((k, v) for k, v in info_dict.items() if not k in ['urlhandle'])
-                    write_json_file(json_info_dict, encodeFilename(infofn))
+                    write_json_file(info_dict, encodeFilename(infofn))
                 except (OSError, IOError):
-                    self.report_error(u'Cannot write metadata to JSON file ' + infofn)
+                    self.report_error('Cannot write metadata to JSON file ' + infofn)
                     return
 
         if self.params.get('writethumbnail', False):
             if info_dict.get('thumbnail') is not None:
-                thumb_format = determine_ext(info_dict['thumbnail'], u'jpg')
-                thumb_filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + u'.' + thumb_format
+                thumb_format = determine_ext(info_dict['thumbnail'], 'jpg')
+                thumb_filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + '.' + thumb_format
                 if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(thumb_filename)):
-                    self.to_screen(u'[%s] %s: Thumbnail is already present' %
+                    self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Thumbnail is already present' %
                                    (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id']))
                 else:
-                    self.to_screen(u'[%s] %s: Downloading thumbnail ...' %
+                    self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Downloading thumbnail ...' %
                                    (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id']))
                     try:
-                        uf = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(info_dict['thumbnail'])
+                        uf = self.urlopen(info_dict['thumbnail'])
                         with open(thumb_filename, 'wb') as thumbf:
                             shutil.copyfileobj(uf, thumbf)
-                        self.to_screen(u'[%s] %s: Writing thumbnail to: %s' %
+                        self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Writing thumbnail to: %s' %
                             (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'], thumb_filename))
                     except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                        self.report_warning(u'Unable to download thumbnail "%s": %s' %
+                        self.report_warning('Unable to download thumbnail "%s": %s' %
                             (info_dict['thumbnail'], compat_str(err)))
 
         if not self.params.get('skip_download', False):
@@ -870,40 +989,69 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 success = True
             else:
                 try:
-                    success = self.fd._do_download(filename, info_dict)
+                    def dl(name, info):
+                        fd = get_suitable_downloader(info)(self, self.params)
+                        for ph in self._progress_hooks:
+                            fd.add_progress_hook(ph)
+                        return fd.download(name, info)
+                    if info_dict.get('requested_formats') is not None:
+                        downloaded = []
+                        success = True
+                        merger = FFmpegMergerPP(self)
+                        if not merger._get_executable():
+                            postprocessors = []
+                            self.report_warning('You have requested multiple '
+                                'formats but ffmpeg or avconv are not installed.'
+                                ' The formats won\'t be merged')
+                        else:
+                            postprocessors = [merger]
+                        for f in info_dict['requested_formats']:
+                            new_info = dict(info_dict)
+                            new_info.update(f)
+                            fname = self.prepare_filename(new_info)
+                            fname = prepend_extension(fname, 'f%s' % f['format_id'])
+                            downloaded.append(fname)
+                            partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
+                            success = success and partial_success
+                        info_dict['__postprocessors'] = postprocessors
+                        info_dict['__files_to_merge'] = downloaded
+                    else:
+                        # Just a single file
+                        success = dl(filename, info_dict)
                 except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                    self.report_error(u'unable to download video data: %s' % str(err))
+                    self.report_error('unable to download video data: %s' % str(err))
                     return
                 except (OSError, IOError) as err:
                     raise UnavailableVideoError(err)
                 except (ContentTooShortError, ) as err:
-                    self.report_error(u'content too short (expected %s bytes and served %s)' % (err.expected, err.downloaded))
+                    self.report_error('content too short (expected %s bytes and served %s)' % (err.expected, err.downloaded))
                     return
 
             if success:
                 try:
                     self.post_process(filename, info_dict)
                 except (PostProcessingError) as err:
-                    self.report_error(u'postprocessing: %s' % str(err))
+                    self.report_error('postprocessing: %s' % str(err))
                     return
 
         self.record_download_archive(info_dict)
 
     def download(self, url_list):
         """Download a given list of URLs."""
+        outtmpl = self.params.get('outtmpl', DEFAULT_OUTTMPL)
         if (len(url_list) > 1 and
-                '%' not in self.params['outtmpl']
+                '%' not in outtmpl
                 and self.params.get('max_downloads') != 1):
-            raise SameFileError(self.params['outtmpl'])
+            raise SameFileError(outtmpl)
 
         for url in url_list:
             try:
                 #It also downloads the videos
                 self.extract_info(url)
             except UnavailableVideoError:
-                self.report_error(u'unable to download video')
+                self.report_error('unable to download video')
             except MaxDownloadsReached:
-                self.to_screen(u'[info] Maximum number of downloaded files reached.')
+                self.to_screen('[info] Maximum number of downloaded files reached.')
                 raise
 
         return self._download_retcode
@@ -916,7 +1064,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         except DownloadError:
             webpage_url = info.get('webpage_url')
             if webpage_url is not None:
-                self.report_warning(u'The info failed to download, trying with "%s"' % webpage_url)
+                self.report_warning('The info failed to download, trying with "%s"' % webpage_url)
                 return self.download([webpage_url])
             else:
                 raise
@@ -927,7 +1075,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         info = dict(ie_info)
         info['filepath'] = filename
         keep_video = None
-        for pp in self._pps:
+        pps_chain = []
+        if ie_info.get('__postprocessors') is not None:
+            pps_chain.extend(ie_info['__postprocessors'])
+        pps_chain.extend(self._pps)
+        for pp in pps_chain:
             try:
                 keep_video_wish, new_info = pp.run(info)
                 if keep_video_wish is not None:
@@ -940,10 +1092,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 self.report_error(e.msg)
         if keep_video is False and not self.params.get('keepvideo', False):
             try:
-                self.to_screen(u'Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)' % filename)
+                self.to_screen('Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)' % filename)
                 os.remove(encodeFilename(filename))
             except (IOError, OSError):
-                self.report_warning(u'Unable to remove downloaded video file')
+                self.report_warning('Unable to remove downloaded video file')
 
     def _make_archive_id(self, info_dict):
         # Future-proof against any change in case
@@ -954,7 +1106,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 extractor = info_dict.get('ie_key')  # key in a playlist
         if extractor is None:
             return None  # Incomplete video information
-        return extractor.lower() + u' ' + info_dict['id']
+        return extractor.lower() + ' ' + info_dict['id']
 
     def in_download_archive(self, info_dict):
         fn = self.params.get('download_archive')
@@ -982,81 +1134,110 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         vid_id = self._make_archive_id(info_dict)
         assert vid_id
         with locked_file(fn, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as archive_file:
-            archive_file.write(vid_id + u'\n')
+            archive_file.write(vid_id + '\n')
 
     @staticmethod
     def format_resolution(format, default='unknown'):
         if format.get('vcodec') == 'none':
             return 'audio only'
-        if format.get('_resolution') is not None:
-            return format['_resolution']
+        if format.get('resolution') is not None:
+            return format['resolution']
         if format.get('height') is not None:
             if format.get('width') is not None:
-                res = u'%sx%s' % (format['width'], format['height'])
+                res = '%sx%s' % (format['width'], format['height'])
             else:
-                res = u'%sp' % format['height']
+                res = '%sp' % format['height']
+        elif format.get('width') is not None:
+            res = '?x%d' % format['width']
         else:
             res = default
         return res
 
-    def list_formats(self, info_dict):
-        def format_note(fdict):
-            res = u''
-            if fdict.get('format_note') is not None:
-                res += fdict['format_note'] + u' '
-            if (fdict.get('vcodec') is not None and
-                    fdict.get('vcodec') != 'none'):
-                res += u'%-5s' % fdict['vcodec']
-            elif fdict.get('vbr') is not None:
-                res += u'video'
+    def _format_note(self, fdict):
+        res = ''
+        if fdict.get('ext') in ['f4f', 'f4m']:
+            res += '(unsupported) '
+        if fdict.get('format_note') is not None:
+            res += fdict['format_note'] + ' '
+        if fdict.get('tbr') is not None:
+            res += '%4dk ' % fdict['tbr']
+        if fdict.get('container') is not None:
+            if res:
+                res += ', '
+            res += '%s container' % fdict['container']
+        if (fdict.get('vcodec') is not None and
+                fdict.get('vcodec') != 'none'):
+            if res:
+                res += ', '
+            res += fdict['vcodec']
             if fdict.get('vbr') is not None:
-                res += u'@%4dk' % fdict['vbr']
-            if fdict.get('acodec') is not None:
-                if res:
-                    res += u', '
-                res += u'%-5s' % fdict['acodec']
-            elif fdict.get('abr') is not None:
-                if res:
-                    res += u', '
-                res += 'audio'
-            if fdict.get('abr') is not None:
-                res += u'@%3dk' % fdict['abr']
-            if fdict.get('filesize') is not None:
-                if res:
-                    res += u', '
-                res += format_bytes(fdict['filesize'])
-            return res
+                res += '@'
+        elif fdict.get('vbr') is not None and fdict.get('abr') is not None:
+            res += 'video@'
+        if fdict.get('vbr') is not None:
+            res += '%4dk' % fdict['vbr']
+        if fdict.get('acodec') is not None:
+            if res:
+                res += ', '
+            if fdict['acodec'] == 'none':
+                res += 'video only'
+            else:
+                res += '%-5s' % fdict['acodec']
+        elif fdict.get('abr') is not None:
+            if res:
+                res += ', '
+            res += 'audio'
+        if fdict.get('abr') is not None:
+            res += '@%3dk' % fdict['abr']
+        if fdict.get('asr') is not None:
+            res += ' (%5dHz)' % fdict['asr']
+        if fdict.get('filesize') is not None:
+            if res:
+                res += ', '
+            res += format_bytes(fdict['filesize'])
+        return res
 
+    def list_formats(self, info_dict):
         def line(format, idlen=20):
-            return ((u'%-' + compat_str(idlen + 1) + u's%-10s%-12s%s') % (
+            return (('%-' + compat_str(idlen + 1) + 's%-10s%-12s%s') % (
                 format['format_id'],
                 format['ext'],
                 self.format_resolution(format),
-                format_note(format),
+                self._format_note(format),
             ))
 
         formats = info_dict.get('formats', [info_dict])
-        idlen = max(len(u'format code'),
+        idlen = max(len('format code'),
                     max(len(f['format_id']) for f in formats))
         formats_s = [line(f, idlen) for f in formats]
         if len(formats) > 1:
-            formats_s[0] += (' ' if format_note(formats[0]) else '') + '(worst)'
-            formats_s[-1] += (' ' if format_note(formats[-1]) else '') + '(best)'
+            formats_s[0] += (' ' if self._format_note(formats[0]) else '') + '(worst)'
+            formats_s[-1] += (' ' if self._format_note(formats[-1]) else '') + '(best)'
 
         header_line = line({
-            'format_id': u'format code', 'ext': u'extension',
-            '_resolution': u'resolution', 'format_note': u'note'}, idlen=idlen)
-        self.to_screen(u'[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s\n%s' %
-                       (info_dict['id'], header_line, u"\n".join(formats_s)))
+            'format_id': 'format code', 'ext': 'extension',
+            'resolution': 'resolution', 'format_note': 'note'}, idlen=idlen)
+        self.to_screen('[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s\n%s' %
+                       (info_dict['id'], header_line, '\n'.join(formats_s)))
 
     def urlopen(self, req):
         """ Start an HTTP download """
-        return self._opener.open(req)
+        return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
 
     def print_debug_header(self):
         if not self.params.get('verbose'):
             return
-        write_string(u'[debug] youtube-dl version ' + __version__ + u'\n')
+
+        write_string(
+            '[debug] Encodings: locale %s, fs %s, out %s, pref %s\n' % (
+                locale.getpreferredencoding(),
+                sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
+                sys.stdout.encoding,
+                self.get_encoding()),
+            encoding=None
+        )
+
+        self._write_string('[debug] youtube-dl version ' + __version__ + '\n')
         try:
             sp = subprocess.Popen(
                 ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'],
@@ -1065,24 +1246,24 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             out, err = sp.communicate()
             out = out.decode().strip()
             if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
-                write_string(u'[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out + u'\n')
+                self._write_string('[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out + '\n')
         except:
             try:
                 sys.exc_clear()
             except:
                 pass
-        write_string(u'[debug] Python version %s - %s' %
-                     (platform.python_version(), platform_name()) + u'\n')
+        self._write_string('[debug] Python version %s - %s' %
+                     (platform.python_version(), platform_name()) + '\n')
 
         proxy_map = {}
         for handler in self._opener.handlers:
             if hasattr(handler, 'proxies'):
                 proxy_map.update(handler.proxies)
-        write_string(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + compat_str(proxy_map) + u'\n')
+        self._write_string('[debug] Proxy map: ' + compat_str(proxy_map) + '\n')
 
     def _setup_opener(self):
         timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
-        timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
+        self._socket_timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
 
         opts_cookiefile = self.params.get('cookiefile')
         opts_proxy = self.params.get('proxy')
@@ -1108,16 +1289,31 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             if 'http' in proxies and 'https' not in proxies:
                 proxies['https'] = proxies['http']
         proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler(proxies)
+
+        debuglevel = 1 if self.params.get('debug_printtraffic') else 0
         https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(
-            self.params.get('nocheckcertificate', False))
+            self.params.get('nocheckcertificate', False), debuglevel=debuglevel)
+        ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(debuglevel=debuglevel)
         opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(
-            https_handler, proxy_handler, cookie_processor, YoutubeDLHandler())
+            https_handler, proxy_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh)
         # Delete the default user-agent header, which would otherwise apply in
         # cases where our custom HTTP handler doesn't come into play
         # (See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1309 for details)
         opener.addheaders = []
         self._opener = opener
 
-        # TODO remove this global modification
-        compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
-        socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
+    def encode(self, s):
+        if isinstance(s, bytes):
+            return s  # Already encoded
+
+        try:
+            return s.encode(self.get_encoding())
+        except UnicodeEncodeError as err:
+            err.reason = err.reason + '. Check your system encoding configuration or use the --encoding option.'
+            raise
+
+    def get_encoding(self):
+        encoding = self.params.get('encoding')
+        if encoding is None:
+            encoding = preferredencoding()
+        return encoding