downloader.add_option(
'--fragment-retries',
dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
- help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH and hlsnative only)')
+ help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
downloader.add_option(
'--skip-unavailable-fragments',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
- help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and hlsnative only)')
+ help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
downloader.add_option(
'--abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
help='Abort downloading when some fragment is not available')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--keep-fragments',
+ action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
+ help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished; fragments are erased by default')
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
'--metadata-from-title',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
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)s, %(artist)s. '
+ 'The format syntax is the same as --output. Regular expression with '
+ 'named capture groups may also be used. '
+ 'The parsed parameters replace existing values. '
'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
- '"Coldplay - Paradise"')
+ '"Coldplay - Paradise". '
+ 'Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"')
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,