X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/3477c644417600d9ec8f8d2a44f82da0a4b15eb5..c88bbf35d54fd7e1470ff5d2823a7f8a1013ac9c:/youtube-dl.1?ds=inline diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index 78efa3d..7c038b8 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@ +.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 1.16.0.2 +.\" .TH "YOUTUBE\-DL" "1" "" "" "" +.hy .SH NAME .PP youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms @@ -286,6 +289,12 @@ Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental) .RS .RE .TP +.B \-\-hls\-use\-mpegts +Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the video +while downloading (some players may not be able to play it) +.RS +.RE +.TP .B \-\-external\-downloader \f[I]COMMAND\f[] Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,axel,curl,httpie,wget @@ -636,7 +645,7 @@ Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested .RE .TP .B \-F, \-\-list\-formats -List all available formats +List all available formats of requested videos .RS .RE .TP @@ -660,7 +669,7 @@ Write subtitle file .RE .TP .B \-\-write\-auto\-sub -Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only) +Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only) .RS .RE .TP @@ -682,7 +691,7 @@ Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or .TP .B \-\-sub\-lang \f[I]LANGS\f[] Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, -use IETF language tags like \[aq]en,pt\[aq] +use \-\-list\- subs for available language tags .RS .RE .SS Authentication Options: @@ -816,7 +825,7 @@ Example: \-\-exec \[aq]adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\[aq] .RS .RE .TP -.B \-\-convert\-subtitles \f[I]FORMAT\f[] +.B \-\-convert\-subs \f[I]FORMAT\f[] Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt) .RS .RE @@ -901,39 +910,134 @@ To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by a lowercase S. Allowed names are: .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier. +\f[C]id\f[]: Video identifier +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]title\f[]: Video title +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]url\f[]: Video URL +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]ext\f[]: Video filename extension +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]alt_title\f[]: A secondary title of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]display_id\f[]: An alternative identifier for the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]uploader\f[]: Full name of the video uploader +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]creator\f[]: The main artist who created the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]release_date\f[]: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]timestamp\f[]: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became +available +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]upload_date\f[]: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD) +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]uploader_id\f[]: Nickname or id of the video uploader +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]location\f[]: Physical location where the video was filmed +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]duration\f[]: Length of the video in seconds +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]view_count\f[]: How many users have watched the video on the +platform +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]like_count\f[]: Number of positive ratings of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]dislike_count\f[]: Number of negative ratings of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]repost_count\f[]: Number of reposts of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]average_rating\f[]: Average rating give by users, the scale used +depends on the webpage +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]comment_count\f[]: Number of comments on the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]age_limit\f[]: Age restriction for the video (years) +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]format\f[]: A human\-readable description of the format +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]format_id\f[]: Format code specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[] +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]format_note\f[]: Additional info about the format +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]resolution\f[]: Textual description of width and height +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]tbr\f[]: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec in use .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL. +\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the -person who uploaded the video. +\f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date -in YYYYMMDD format. +\f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title. +\f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension -(like flv or mp4). +\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when -creating the file. +\f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if known in advance .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five\-digit -number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. +\f[C]filesize_approx\f[]: An estimate for the number of bytes .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]playlist\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the name or the id -of the playlist that contains the video. +\f[C]protocol\f[]: The protocol that will be used for the actual +download .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the index of -the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according to the -total length of the playlist. +\f[C]extractor\f[]: Name of the extractor .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]format_id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the format code -specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[]. +\f[C]extractor_key\f[]: Key name of the extractor .IP \[bu] 2 -\f[C]duration\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the -video in seconds. +\f[C]epoch\f[]: Unix epoch when creating the file +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]autonumber\f[]: Five\-digit number that will be increased with each +download, starting at zero +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]playlist\f[]: Name or id of the playlist that contains the video +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]playlist_index\f[]: Index of the video in the playlist padded with +leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist +.PP +Available for the video that belongs to some logical chapter or section: +\- \f[C]chapter\f[]: Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to +\- \f[C]chapter_number\f[]: Number of the chapter the video belongs to +\- \f[C]chapter_id\f[]: Id of the chapter the video belongs to +.PP +Available for the video that is an episode of some series or programme: +\- \f[C]series\f[]: Title of the series or programme the video episode +belongs to \- \f[C]season\f[]: Title of the season the video episode +belongs to \- \f[C]season_number\f[]: Number of the season the video +episode belongs to \- \f[C]season_id\f[]: Id of the season the video +episode belongs to \- \f[C]episode\f[]: Title of the video episode \- +\f[C]episode_number\f[]: Number of the video episode within a season \- +\f[C]episode_id\f[]: Id of the video episode +.PP +Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in output template will be +replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. +Note that some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present since +they depend on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, such +sequences will be replaced with \f[C]NA\f[]. +.PP +For example for \f[C]\-o\ %(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] and mp4 video +with title \f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\f[] and id +\f[C]BaW_jenozKcj\f[] this will result in a +\f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4\f[] file created in the +current directory. +.PP +Output template can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g. +\f[C]\-o\ \[aq]%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\f[] +that will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding +to this path template. +Any missing directory will be automatically created for you. +.PP +To specify percent literal in output template use \f[C]%%\f[]. +To output to stdout use \f[C]\-o\ \-\f[]. .PP The current default template is \f[C]%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[]. .PP @@ -942,47 +1046,137 @@ or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit\-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the \f[C]\-\-restrict\-filenames\f[] flag to get a shorter title: +.PP +Examples (note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of +single): .IP .nf \f[C] -$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ \[aq]%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ BaW_jenozKc youtube\-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters -$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ \-\-restrict\-filenames + +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-get\-filename\ \-o\ \[aq]%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ BaW_jenozKc\ \-\-restrict\-filenames youtube\-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name + +#\ Download\ YouTube\ playlist\ videos\ in\ separate\ directory\ indexed\ by\ video\ order\ in\ a\ playlist +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \[aq]%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re + +#\ Download\ Udemy\ course\ keeping\ each\ chapter\ in\ separate\ directory\ under\ MyVideos\ directory\ in\ your\ home +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-u\ user\ \-p\ password\ \-o\ \[aq]~/MyVideos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s\ \-\ %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ https://www.udemy.com/java\-tutorial/ + +#\ Download\ entire\ series\ season\ keeping\ each\ series\ and\ each\ season\ in\ separate\ directory\ under\ C:/MyVideos +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ http://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617 + +#\ Stream\ the\ video\ being\ downloaded\ to\ stdout +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ BaW_jenozKc \f[] .fi .SH FORMAT SELECTION .PP -By default youtube\-dl tries to download the best quality, but sometimes -you may want to download in a different format. -The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example -\f[C]\-f\ 22\f[]. -You can get the list of available formats using -\f[C]\-\-list\-formats\f[], you can also use a file extension (currently -it supports aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm) or the special names -\f[C]best\f[], \f[C]bestvideo\f[], \f[C]bestaudio\f[] and -\f[C]worst\f[]. +By default youtube\-dl tries to download the best available quality, +i.e. +if you want the best quality you \f[B]don\[aq]t need\f[] to pass any +special options, youtube\-dl will guess it for you by \f[B]default\f[]. +.PP +But sometimes you may want to download in a different format, for +example when you are on a slow or intermittent connection. +The key mechanism for achieving this is so called \f[I]format +selection\f[] based on which you can explicitly specify desired format, +select formats based on some criterion or criteria, setup precedence and +much more. +.PP +The general syntax for format selection is \f[C]\-\-format\ FORMAT\f[] +or shorter \f[C]\-f\ FORMAT\f[] where \f[C]FORMAT\f[] is a \f[I]selector +expression\f[], i.e. +an expression that describes format or formats you would like to +download. +.PP +The simplest case is requesting a specific format, for example with +\f[C]\-f\ 22\f[] you can download the format with format code equal to +22. +You can get the list of available format codes for particular video +using \f[C]\-\-list\-formats\f[] or \f[C]\-F\f[]. +Note that these format codes are extractor specific. +.PP +You can also use a file extension (currently \f[C]3gp\f[], \f[C]aac\f[], +\f[C]flv\f[], \f[C]m4a\f[], \f[C]mp3\f[], \f[C]mp4\f[], \f[C]ogg\f[], +\f[C]wav\f[], \f[C]webm\f[] are supported) to download best quality +format of particular file extension served as a single file, e.g. +\f[C]\-f\ webm\f[] will download best quality format with \f[C]webm\f[] +extension served as a single file. +.PP +You can also use special names to select particular edge case format: \- +\f[C]best\f[]: Select best quality format represented by single file +with video and audio \- \f[C]worst\f[]: Select worst quality format +represented by single file with video and audio \- \f[C]bestvideo\f[]: +Select best quality video only format (e.g. +DASH video), may not be available \- \f[C]worstvideo\f[]: Select worst +quality video only format, may not be available \- \f[C]bestaudio\f[]: +Select best quality audio only format, may not be available \- +\f[C]worstaudio\f[]: Select worst quality audio only format, may not be +available +.PP +For example, to download worst quality video only format you can use +\f[C]\-f\ worstvideo\f[]. .PP If you want to download multiple videos and they don\[aq]t have the same formats available, you can specify the order of preference using -slashes, as in \f[C]\-f\ 22/17/18\f[]. -You can also filter the video results by putting a condition in +slashes. +Note that slash is left\-associative, i.e. +formats on the left hand side are preferred, for example +\f[C]\-f\ 22/17/18\f[] will download format 22 if it\[aq]s available, +otherwise it will download format 17 if it\[aq]s available, otherwise it +will download format 18 if it\[aq]s available, otherwise it will +complain that no suitable formats are available for download. +.PP +If you want to download several formats of the same video use comma as a +separator, e.g. +\f[C]\-f\ 22,17,18\f[] will download all these three formats, of course +if they are available. +Or more sophisticated example combined with precedence feature +\f[C]\-f\ 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio\f[]. +.PP +You can also filter the video formats by putting a condition in brackets, as in \f[C]\-f\ "best[height=720]"\f[] (or \f[C]\-f\ "[filesize>10M]"\f[]). -This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and -the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != and for ext, acodec, vcodec, -container, and protocol and the comparisons =, != . +.PP +The following numeric meta fields can be used with comparisons +\f[C]<\f[], \f[C]<=\f[], \f[C]>\f[], \f[C]>=\f[], \f[C]=\f[] (equals), +\f[C]!=\f[] (not equals): \- \f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if +known in advance \- \f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video, if known \- +\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video, if known \- \f[C]tbr\f[]: Average +bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s \- \f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio +bitrate in KBit/s \- \f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s \- +\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz \- \f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate +.PP +Also filtering work for comparisons \f[C]=\f[] (equals), \f[C]!=\f[] +(not equals), \f[C]^=\f[] (begins with), \f[C]$=\f[] (ends with), +\f[C]*=\f[] (contains) and following string meta fields: \- +\f[C]ext\f[]: File extension \- \f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec +in use \- \f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use \- +\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format \- \f[C]protocol\f[]: +The protocol that will be used for the actual download, lower\-case. +\f[C]http\f[], \f[C]https\f[], \f[C]rtsp\f[], \f[C]rtmp\f[], +\f[C]rtmpe\f[], \f[C]m3u8\f[], or \f[C]m3u8_native\f[] +.PP +Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be +present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular +extractor, i.e. +the metadata offered by video hoster. +.PP Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you put a -question mark (?) after the operator. +question mark (\f[C]?\f[]) after the operator. You can combine format filters, so \f[C]\-f\ "[height\ <=?\ 720][tbr>500]"\f[] selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s. -Use commas to download multiple formats, such as -\f[C]\-f\ 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio\f[]. +.PP You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single file using \f[C]\-f\ +\f[] (requires ffmpeg or -avconv), for example \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio\f[]. +avconv installed), for example \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo+bestaudio\f[] will +download best video only format, best audio only format and mux them +together with ffmpeg/avconv. +.PP Format selectors can also be grouped using parentheses, for example if you want to download the best mp4 and webm formats with a height lower than 480 you can use \f[C]\-f\ \[aq](mp4,webm)[height<480]\[aq]\f[]. @@ -998,7 +1192,7 @@ best available quality served as a single file. \f[C]best\f[] is also needed for videos that don\[aq]t come from YouTube because they don\[aq]t provide the audio and video in two different files. -If you want to only download some dash formats (for example if you are +If you want to only download some DASH formats (for example if you are not interested in getting videos with a resolution higher than 1080p), you can add \f[C]\-f\ bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best\f[] to your configuration file. @@ -1015,6 +1209,25 @@ you want to download the best available quality media served as a single file, you should explicitly specify your choice with \f[C]\-f\ best\f[]. You may want to add it to the configuration file (#configuration) in order not to type it every time you run youtube\-dl. +.PP +Examples (note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of +single): +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +#\ Download\ best\ mp4\ format\ available\ or\ any\ other\ best\ if\ no\ mp4\ available +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best\[aq] + +#\ Download\ best\ format\ available\ but\ not\ better\ that\ 480p +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]bestvideo[height<=480]+bestaudio/best[height<=480]\[aq] + +#\ Download\ best\ video\ only\ format\ but\ no\ bigger\ that\ 50\ MB +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq]best[filesize<50M]\[aq] + +#\ Download\ best\ format\ available\ via\ direct\ link\ over\ HTTP/HTTPS\ protocol +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-f\ \[aq](bestvideo+bestaudio/best)[protocol^=http]\[aq] +\f[] +.fi .SH VIDEO SELECTION .PP Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options @@ -1132,6 +1345,20 @@ We\[aq]re considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/154), but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube\-dl. +.SS Do I need any other programs? +.PP +youtube\-dl works fine on its own on most sites. +However, if you want to convert video/audio, you\[aq]ll need +avconv (https://libav.org/) or ffmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/). +On some sites \- most notably YouTube \- videos can be retrieved in a +higher quality format without sound. +youtube\-dl will detect whether avconv/ffmpeg is present and +automatically pick the best option. +.PP +Videos or video formats streamed via RTMP protocol can only be +downloaded when rtmpdump (https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/) is installed. +Downloading MMS and RTSP videos requires either +mplayer (http://mplayerhq.hu/) or mpv (https://mpv.io/) to be installed. .SS I have downloaded a video but how can I play it? .PP Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as @@ -1263,7 +1490,7 @@ Use the \f[C]\-o\f[] to specify an output template (#output-template), for example \f[C]\-o\ "/home/user/videos/%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s"\f[]. If you want this for all of your downloads, put the option into your configuration file (#configuration). -.SS How do I download a video starting with a \f[C]\-\f[] ? +.SS How do I download a video starting with a \f[C]\-\f[]? .PP Either prepend \f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\f[] or separate the ID from the options with \f[C]\-\-\f[]: @@ -1292,6 +1519,10 @@ is a good sign of invalid newline format. .PP Passing cookies to youtube\-dl is a good way to workaround login when a particular extractor does not implement it explicitly. +Another use case is working around +CAPTCHA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) some websites require +you to solve in particular cases in order to get access (e.g. +YouTube, CloudFlare). .SS Can you add support for this anime video site, or site which shows current movies for free? .PP @@ -1538,7 +1769,7 @@ with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl: .PP Most likely, you\[aq]ll want to use various options. For a list of what can be done, have a look at -youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L117-L265). +\f[C]youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L121-L269). For a start, if you want to intercept youtube\-dl\[aq]s output, set a \f[C]logger\f[] object. .PP @@ -1585,14 +1816,39 @@ with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl: .SH BUGS .PP Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: - . +. Unless you were prompted so or there is another pertinent reason (e.g. GitHub fails to accept the bug report), please do not send bug reports via personal email. -For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube\-dl on freenode. +For discussions, join us in the IRC channel +#youtube\-dl (irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl) on freenode +(webchat (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=youtube-dl)). .PP \f[B]Please include the full output of youtube\-dl when run with -\f[C]\-v\f[]\f[]. +\f[C]\-v\f[]\f[], i.e. +\f[B]add\f[] \f[C]\-v\f[] flag to \f[B]your command line\f[], copy the +\f[B]whole\f[] output and post it in the issue body wrapped in ``` for +better formatting. +It should look similar to this: +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +$\ youtube\-dl\ \-v\ +[debug]\ System\ config:\ [] +[debug]\ User\ config:\ [] +[debug]\ Command\-line\ args:\ [u\[aq]\-v\[aq],\ u\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj\[aq]] +[debug]\ Encodings:\ locale\ cp1251,\ fs\ mbcs,\ out\ cp866,\ pref\ cp1251 +[debug]\ youtube\-dl\ version\ 2015.12.06 +[debug]\ Git\ HEAD:\ 135392e +[debug]\ Python\ version\ 2.6.6\ \-\ Windows\-2003Server\-5.2.3790\-SP2 +[debug]\ exe\ versions:\ ffmpeg\ N\-75573\-g1d0487f,\ ffprobe\ N\-75573\-g1d0487f,\ rtmpdump\ 2.4 +[debug]\ Proxy\ map:\ {} +\&... +\f[] +.fi +.PP +\f[B]Do not post screenshots of verbose log only plain text is +acceptable.\f[] .PP The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. @@ -1624,7 +1880,7 @@ If your report is shorter than two lines, it is almost certainly missing some of these, which makes it hard for us to respond to it. We\[aq]re often too polite to close the issue outright, but the missing info makes misinterpretation likely. -As a commiter myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the +As a committer myself, I often get frustrated by these issues, since the only possible way for me to move forward on them is to ask for clarification over and over. .PP @@ -1645,11 +1901,11 @@ command\-line) or upload the \f[C]\&.dump\f[] files you get when you add .PP \f[B]Site support requests must contain an example URL\f[]. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . +\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\f[]. There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. -http://www.youtube.com/ ) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL. +\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/\f[]) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL. .SS Are you using the latest version? .PP Before reporting any issue, type \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[]. @@ -1661,8 +1917,9 @@ This goes for feature requests as well. .PP Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you\[aq]re trying to open. -Search at the top of the window or at -https://github.com/rg3/youtube\-dl/search?type=Issues . +Search at the top of the window or browse the GitHub +Issues (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) of this +repository. If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of "This affects me as well, with version 2015.01.01. Here is some more information on the issue: ...". @@ -1739,6 +1996,6 @@ bug. .PP youtube\-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders. .PP -This README file was originally written by Daniel Bolton -() and is likewise released into the public -domain. +This README file was originally written by Daniel +Bolton (https://github.com/dbbolton) and is likewise released into the +public domain.