general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
general.add_option(
- '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=u'~/.youtube-dl/cache',
- help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. %default by default')
+ '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(),
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl .')
general.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
selection.add_option('--date', metavar='DATE', dest='date', help='download only videos uploaded in this date', default=None)
selection.add_option('--datebefore', metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', help='download only videos uploaded before this date', default=None)
selection.add_option('--dateafter', metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', help='download only videos uploaded after this date', default=None)
+ selection.add_option('--no-playlist', action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', help='download only the currently playing video', default=False)
authentication.add_option('-u', '--username',
else:
xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
if xdg_config_home:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
+ if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
else:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
+ if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile)
commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]
'progress_with_newline': opts.progress_with_newline,
'playliststart': opts.playliststart,
'playlistend': opts.playlistend,
+ 'noplaylist': opts.noplaylist,
'logtostderr': opts.outtmpl == '-',
'consoletitle': opts.consoletitle,
'nopart': opts.nopart,