import os.path
import optparse
-import shlex
import sys
from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
compat_get_terminal_size,
compat_getenv,
compat_kwargs,
+ compat_shlex_split,
)
from .utils import (
preferredencoding,
try:
res = []
for l in optionf:
- res += shlex.split(l, comments=True)
+ res += compat_shlex_split(l, comments=True)
finally:
optionf.close()
return res
if option.takes_value():
opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
- return "".join(opts)
+ return ''.join(opts)
def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, value.split(','))
general.add_option(
'--list-extractors',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
- help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle')
+ help='List all supported extractors')
general.add_option(
'--extractor-descriptions',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--force-generic-extractor',
+ action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
+ help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-items',
dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
- help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
+ help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
'For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than '
'100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
- 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
+ 'also have a description, use --match-filter '
'"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
))
selection.add_option(
authentication.add_option(
'--video-password',
dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='Video password (vimeo, smotri)')
+ help='Video password (vimeo, smotri, youku)')
video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
video_format.add_option(
video_format.add_option(
'-F', '--list-formats',
action='store_true', dest='listformats',
- help='List all available formats')
+ help='List all available formats of requested videos')
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
video_format.add_option(
'--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
- help='Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos')
+ help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
video_format.add_option(
'--merge-output-format',
action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help=(
- 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.'
+ 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), '
+ 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
'Ignored if no merge is required'))
subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
subtitles.add_option(
'--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
- help='Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)')
+ help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
subtitles.add_option(
'--all-subs',
action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
'--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
- help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
+ help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use --list-subs for available language tags')
downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
downloader.add_option(
'--hls-prefer-native',
dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true',
help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--hls-use-mpegts',
+ dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',
+ help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
+ 'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
verbosity.add_option(
'--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
- help='Print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)')
+ help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
verbosity.add_option(
'--write-pages',
action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
filesystem.add_option(
'-A', '--auto-number',
action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
- help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000')
+ help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000')
filesystem.add_option(
'-t', '--title',
action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
- help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)')
+ help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--postprocessor-args',
+ dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS',
+ help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
'The format syntax is the same as --output, '
'the parsed parameters replace existing values. '
- 'Additional templates: %(album), %(artist). '
+ 'Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. '
'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
'"Coldplay - Paradise"')
postproc.add_option(
metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
- 'detect_or_warn(the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
+ 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
postproc.add_option(
'--prefer-avconv',
action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
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 {}\'')
postproc.add_option(
- '--convert-subtitles', '--convert-subs',
+ '--convert-subs', '--convert-subtitles',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
help='Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)')