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diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1
index 38c41e2..9ab22b0 100644
--- a/youtube-dl.1
+++ b/youtube-dl.1
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Make all connections via IPv4
 Make all connections via IPv6
 .RS
 .RE
+.SS Geo Restriction:
 .TP
 .B \-\-geo\-verification\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
 Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo\-restricted sites.
@@ -145,6 +146,24 @@ The default proxy specified by \-\-proxy (or none, if the options is not
 present) is used for the actual downloading.
 .RS
 .RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-geo\-bypass
+Bypass geographic restriction via faking X\-Forwarded\-For HTTP header
+(experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-geo\-bypass
+Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X\-Forwarded\-For HTTP
+header (experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-geo\-bypass\-country \f[I]CODE\f[]
+Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two\-letter
+ISO 3166\-2 country code (experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
 .SS Video Selection:
 .TP
 .B \-\-playlist\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
@@ -223,16 +242,18 @@ Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views
 .TP
 .B \-\-match\-filter \f[I]FILTER\f[]
 Generic video filter.
-Specify any key (see help for \-o for a list of available keys) to match
-if the key is present, !key to check if the key is not present,key >
-NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=, =) to
-compare against a number, and & to require multiple matches.
+Specify any key (see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a list of available keys)
+to match if the key is present, !key to check if the key is not present,
+key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=, !=,
+=) to compare against a number, key = \[aq]LITERAL\[aq] (like "uploader
+= \[aq]Mike Smith\[aq]", also works with !=) to match against a string
+literal and & to require multiple matches.
 Values which are not known are excluded unless you put a question mark
-(?) after the operator.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 "like_count > 100 &
-dislike_count <?
+(?) after the operator.
+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 "like_count > 100 & dislike_count <?
 50 & description" .
 .RS
 .RE
@@ -276,13 +297,13 @@ Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-fragment\-retries \f[I]RETRIES\f[]
-Number of retries for a fragment (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH
-and hlsnative only)
+Number of retries for a fragment (default is 10), or "infinite" (DASH,
+hlsnative and ISM)
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-skip\-unavailable\-fragments
-Skip unavailable fragments (DASH and hlsnative only)
+Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -291,6 +312,12 @@ Abort downloading when some fragment is not available
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \-\-keep\-fragments
+Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished;
+fragments are erased by default
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
 .B \-\-buffer\-size \f[I]SIZE\f[]
 Size of download buffer (e.g.
 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)
@@ -362,13 +389,6 @@ Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
-.B \-\-autonumber\-size \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
-Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in
-output filename template or \-\-auto\-number option is given (default is
-5)
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
 .B \-\-autonumber\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
 Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s (default is 1)
 .RS
@@ -380,22 +400,6 @@ filenames
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
-.B \-A, \-\-auto\-number
-[deprecated; use \-o "%(autonumber)s\-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number
-downloaded files starting from 00000
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
-.B \-t, \-\-title
-[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
-.B \-l, \-\-literal
-[deprecated] Alias of \-\-title
-.RS
-.RE
-.TP
 .B \-w, \-\-no\-overwrites
 Do not overwrite files
 .RS
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ Simulate, quiet but print output format
 .TP
 .B \-j, \-\-dump\-json
 Simulate, quiet but print JSON information.
-See \-\-output for a description of available keys.
+See the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys.
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -792,8 +796,8 @@ ffprobe or avprobe)
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-audio\-format \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or
-"wav"; "best" by default; No effect without \-x
+Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus",
+"vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without \-x
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -843,12 +847,14 @@ Write metadata to the video file
 .TP
 .B \-\-metadata\-from\-title \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
 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.
-Example: \-\-metadata\-from\-title "%(artist)s \- %(title)s" matches a
-title like "Coldplay \- Paradise"
+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".
+Example (regex): \-\-metadata\-from\-title "(?P.+?) \- (?P
 .RS
+\&.+)"
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-xattrs
@@ -888,7 +894,8 @@ Example: \-\-exec \[aq]adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\[aq]
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-convert\-subs \f[I]FORMAT\f[]
-Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)
+Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported:
+srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
 .RS
 .RE
 .SH CONFIGURATION
@@ -946,7 +953,7 @@ pass credentials as command line arguments on every youtube\-dl
 execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command
 history.
 You can achieve this using a \f[C]\&.netrc\f[]
-file (http://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor
+file (https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor
 basis.
 For that you will need to create a \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file in your
 \f[C]$HOME\f[] and restrict permissions to read/write by only you:
@@ -983,6 +990,13 @@ file (#configuration).
 .PP
 On Windows you may also need to setup the \f[C]%HOME%\f[] environment
 variable manually.
+For example:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+set\ HOME=%USERPROFILE%
+\f[]
+.fi
 .SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE
 .PP
 The \f[C]\-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the
@@ -992,138 +1006,176 @@ output file names.
 .PP
 The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
 single file, like in
-\f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[].
+\f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-o\ funny_video.flv\ "https://some/video"\f[].
 However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
 downloading each video.
-The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[].
+The special sequences may be formatted according to python string
+formatting
+operations (https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting).
+For example, \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[] or \f[C]%(NAME)05d\f[].
 To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses,
-followed by a lowercase S.
-Allowed names are:
+followed by a formatting operations.
+Allowed names along with sequence type are:
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]id\f[]: Video identifier
+\f[C]id\f[] (string): Video identifier
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]title\f[]: Video title
+\f[C]title\f[] (string): Video title
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]url\f[]: Video URL
+\f[C]url\f[] (string): Video URL
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]ext\f[]: Video filename extension
+\f[C]ext\f[] (string): Video filename extension
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]alt_title\f[]: A secondary title of the video
+\f[C]alt_title\f[] (string): A secondary title of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]display_id\f[]: An alternative identifier for the video
+\f[C]display_id\f[] (string): An alternative identifier for the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader\f[]: Full name of the video uploader
+\f[C]uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the video uploader
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]license\f[]: License name the video is licensed under
+\f[C]license\f[] (string): License name the video is licensed under
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]creator\f[]: The creator of the video
+\f[C]creator\f[] (string): The creator of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]release_date\f[]: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
+\f[C]release_date\f[] (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was
+released
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]timestamp\f[]: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became
-available
+\f[C]timestamp\f[] (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video
+became available
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]upload_date\f[]: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
+\f[C]upload_date\f[] (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader_id\f[]: Nickname or id of the video uploader
+\f[C]uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]location\f[]: Physical location where the video was filmed
+\f[C]location\f[] (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]duration\f[]: Length of the video in seconds
+\f[C]duration\f[] (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]view_count\f[]: How many users have watched the video on the
-platform
+\f[C]view_count\f[] (numeric): 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
+\f[C]like_count\f[] (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]dislike_count\f[]: Number of negative ratings of the video
+\f[C]dislike_count\f[] (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the
+video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]repost_count\f[]: Number of reposts of the video
+\f[C]repost_count\f[] (numeric): 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
+\f[C]average_rating\f[] (numeric): 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
+\f[C]comment_count\f[] (numeric): Number of comments on the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]age_limit\f[]: Age restriction for the video (years)
+\f[C]age_limit\f[] (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format\f[]: A human\-readable description of the format
+\f[C]format\f[] (string): A human\-readable description of the format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_id\f[]: Format code specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[]
+\f[C]format_id\f[] (string): Format code specified by
+\f[C]\-\-format\f[]
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_note\f[]: Additional info about the format
+\f[C]format_note\f[] (string): Additional info about the format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video
+\f[C]width\f[] (numeric): Width of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video
+\f[C]height\f[] (numeric): Height of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]resolution\f[]: Textual description of width and height
+\f[C]resolution\f[] (string): Textual description of width and height
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]tbr\f[]: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
+\f[C]tbr\f[] (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]abr\f[] (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec in use
+\f[C]acodec\f[] (string): Name of the audio codec in use
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
+\f[C]asr\f[] (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]vbr\f[] (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate
+\f[C]fps\f[] (numeric): Frame rate
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use
+\f[C]vcodec\f[] (string): Name of the video codec in use
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format
+\f[C]container\f[] (string): Name of the container format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if known in advance
+\f[C]filesize\f[] (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize_approx\f[]: An estimate for the number of bytes
+\f[C]filesize_approx\f[] (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]protocol\f[]: The protocol that will be used for the actual
-download
+\f[C]protocol\f[] (string): The protocol that will be used for the
+actual download
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor\f[]: Name of the extractor
+\f[C]extractor\f[] (string): Name of the extractor
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor_key\f[]: Key name of the extractor
+\f[C]extractor_key\f[] (string): Key name of the extractor
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]epoch\f[]: Unix epoch when creating the file
+\f[C]epoch\f[] (numeric): 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
+\f[C]autonumber\f[] (numeric): 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
+\f[C]playlist\f[] (string): 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
+\f[C]playlist_index\f[] (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist
+padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_id\f[]: Playlist identifier
+\f[C]playlist_id\f[] (string): Playlist identifier
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_title\f[]: Playlist title
+\f[C]playlist_title\f[] (string): Playlist title
 .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
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter\f[] (string): Name or title of the chapter the video
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the chapter the video
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]chapter_id\f[] (string): 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
-Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album: \-
-\f[C]track\f[]: Title of the track \- \f[C]track_number\f[]: Number of
-the track within an album or a disc \- \f[C]track_id\f[]: Id of the
-track \- \f[C]artist\f[]: Artist(s) of the track \- \f[C]genre\f[]:
-Genre(s) of the track \- \f[C]album\f[]: Title of the album the track
-belongs to \- \f[C]album_type\f[]: Type of the album \-
-\f[C]album_artist\f[]: List of all artists appeared on the album \-
-\f[C]disc_number\f[]: Number of the disc or other physical medium the
-track belongs to \- \f[C]release_year\f[]: Year (YYYY) when the album
-was released
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]series\f[] (string): Title of the series or programme the video
+episode belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season\f[] (string): Title of the season the video episode belongs
+to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the season the video episode
+belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]season_id\f[] (string): Id of the season the video episode belongs
+to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode\f[] (string): Title of the video episode
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the video episode within a
+season
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]episode_id\f[] (string): Id of the video episode
+.PP
+Available for the media that is a track or a part of a music album:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track\f[] (string): Title of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the track within an album or
+a disc
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]track_id\f[] (string): Id of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]artist\f[] (string): Artist(s) of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]genre\f[] (string): Genre(s) of the track
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album\f[] (string): Title of the album the track belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album_type\f[] (string): Type of the album
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]album_artist\f[] (string): List of all artists appeared on the
+album
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]disc_number\f[] (numeric): Number of the disc or other physical
+medium the track belongs to
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]release_year\f[] (numeric): Year (YYYY) when the album was released
 .PP
 Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will
 be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name.
@@ -1137,6 +1189,10 @@ with title \f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\f[] and id
 \f[C]youtube\-dl\ test\ video\-BaW_jenozKcj.mp4\f[] file created in the
 current directory.
 .PP
+For numeric sequences you can use numeric related formatting, for
+example, \f[C]%(view_count)05d\f[] will result in a string with view
+count padded with zeros up to 5 characters, like in \f[C]00042\f[].
+.PP
 Output templates can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g.
 \f[C]\-o\ \[aq]%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(title)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\f[]
 which will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding
@@ -1165,7 +1221,8 @@ environment variables for expansion should stay intact:
 \f[C]\-o\ "C:\\%HOMEPATH%\\Desktop\\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"\f[].
 .SS Output template examples
 .PP
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
@@ -1185,7 +1242,7 @@ $\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \[aq]%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s\ \-\ %(ti
 $\ 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
-$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ http://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
+$\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ "C:/MyVideos/%(series)s/%(season_number)s\ \-\ %(season)s/%(episode_number)s\ \-\ %(episode)s.%(ext)s"\ https://videomore.ru/kino_v_detalayah/5_sezon/367617
 
 #\ Stream\ the\ video\ being\ downloaded\ to\ stdout
 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ BaW_jenozKc
@@ -1283,9 +1340,9 @@ 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]mms\f[], \f[C]f4m\f[], \f[C]ism\f[], \f[C]m3u8\f[],
-or \f[C]m3u8_native\f[]) \- \f[C]format_id\f[]: A short description of
-the format
+\f[C]rtmpe\f[], \f[C]mms\f[], \f[C]f4m\f[], \f[C]ism\f[],
+\f[C]http_dash_segments\f[], \f[C]m3u8\f[], or \f[C]m3u8_native\f[]) \-
+\f[C]format_id\f[]: A short description of the format
 .PP
 Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be
 present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular
@@ -1340,7 +1397,8 @@ You may want to add it to the configuration file (#configuration) in
 order not to type it every time you run youtube\-dl.
 .SS Format selection examples
 .PP
-Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single.
+Note that on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of
+single.
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
@@ -1392,7 +1450,7 @@ $\ youtube\-dl\ \-\-dateafter\ 20000101\ \-\-datebefore\ 20091231
 .SS How do I update youtube\-dl?
 .PP
 If you\[aq]ve followed our manual installation
-instructions (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html), you can
+instructions (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html), you can
 simply run \f[C]youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[] (or, on Linux,
 \f[C]sudo\ youtube\-dl\ \-U\f[]).
 .PP
@@ -1405,7 +1463,7 @@ mechanism to update.
 Note that distribution packages are often outdated.
 As a rule of thumb, youtube\-dl releases at least once a month, and
 often weekly or even daily.
-Simply go to http://yt\-dl.org/ to find out the current version.
+Simply go to https://yt\-dl.org to find out the current version.
 Unfortunately, there is nothing we youtube\-dl developers can do if your
 distribution serves a really outdated version.
 You can (and should) complain to your distribution in their bugtracker
@@ -1422,7 +1480,7 @@ sudo\ apt\-get\ remove\ \-y\ youtube\-dl
 .fi
 .PP
 Afterwards, simply follow our manual installation
-instructions (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html):
+instructions (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html):
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
@@ -1505,12 +1563,13 @@ automatically pick the best option.
 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.
+mplayer (https://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
-mpv (https://mpv.io/), vlc (http://www.videolan.org/) or
-mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
+mpv (https://mpv.io/), vlc (https://www.videolan.org/) or
+mplayer (https://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 .SS I extracted a video URL with \f[C]\-g\f[], but it does not play on
 another machine / in my web browser.
 .PP
@@ -1643,13 +1702,13 @@ 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[]?
 .PP
-Either prepend \f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\f[] or separate the
+Either prepend \f[C]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\f[] or separate the
 ID from the options with \f[C]\-\-\f[]:
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
 youtube\-dl\ \-\-\ \-wNyEUrxzFU
-youtube\-dl\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\-wNyEUrxzFU"
+youtube\-dl\ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\-wNyEUrxzFU"
 \f[]
 .fi
 .SS How do I pass cookies to youtube\-dl?
@@ -1688,12 +1747,12 @@ YouTube, CloudFlare).
 You will first need to tell youtube\-dl to stream media to stdout with
 \f[C]\-o\ \-\f[], and also tell your media player to read from stdin (it
 must be capable of this for streaming) and then pipe former to latter.
-For example, streaming to vlc (http://www.videolan.org/) can be achieved
-with:
+For example, streaming to vlc (https://www.videolan.org/) can be
+achieved with:
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
-youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj"\ |\ vlc\ \-
+youtube\-dl\ \-o\ \-\ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj"\ |\ vlc\ \-
 \f[]
 .fi
 .SS How do I download only new videos from a playlist?
@@ -1741,8 +1800,8 @@ improvements of the built\-in downloader and/or ffmpeg.
 .PP
 In particular, the generic extractor (used when your website is not in
 the list of supported sites by
-youtube\-dl (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) cannot
-mandate one specific downloader.
+youtube\-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html)
+cannot mandate one specific downloader.
 .PP
 If you put either \f[C]\-\-hls\-prefer\-native\f[] or
 \f[C]\-\-hls\-prefer\-ffmpeg\f[] into your configuration, a different
@@ -1809,8 +1868,8 @@ Please do not declare your issue as \f[C]important\f[] or
 For one, have a look at the list of supported
 sites (docs/supportedsites.md).
 Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme
-(say, from http://example.com/video/1234567 to
-http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube\-dl reports an URL of a
+(say, from https://example.com/video/1234567 to
+https://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube\-dl reports an URL of a
 service in that list as unsupported.
 In that case, simply report a bug.
 .PP
@@ -1855,7 +1914,7 @@ such as checking that your version of youtube\-dl is current.
 .SH DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS
 .PP
 Most users do not need to build youtube\-dl and can download the
-builds (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html) or get them from
+builds (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html) or get them from
 their distribution.
 .PP
 To run youtube\-dl as a developer, you don\[aq]t need to build anything
@@ -1879,6 +1938,9 @@ nosetests
 \f[]
 .fi
 .PP
+See item 6 of new extractor tutorial (#adding-support-for-a-new-site)
+for how to run extractor specific test cases.
+.PP
 If you want to create a build of youtube\-dl yourself, you\[aq]ll need
 .IP \[bu] 2
 python
@@ -1940,7 +2002,7 @@ from\ .common\ import\ InfoExtractor
 class\ YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
 \ \ \ \ _VALID_URL\ =\ r\[aq]https?://(?:www\\.)?yourextractor\\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0\-9]+)\[aq]
 \ \ \ \ _TEST\ =\ {
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]url\[aq]:\ \[aq]http://yourextractor.com/watch/42\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]url\[aq]:\ \[aq]https://yourextractor.com/watch/42\[aq],
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]md5\[aq]:\ \[aq]TODO:\ md5\ sum\ of\ the\ first\ 10241\ bytes\ of\ the\ video\ file\ (use\ \-\-test)\[aq],
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]info_dict\[aq]:\ {
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]id\[aq]:\ \[aq]42\[aq],
@@ -1985,6 +2047,8 @@ If you decide to add more than one test, then rename \f[C]_TEST\f[] to
 The tests will then be named \f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor\f[],
 \f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1\f[],
 \f[C]TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2\f[], etc.
+Note that tests with \f[C]only_matching\f[] key in test\[aq]s dict are
+not counted in.
 .IP " 7." 4
 Have a look at
 \f[C]youtube_dl/extractor/common.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
@@ -1996,12 +2060,13 @@ Add tests and code for as many as you want.
 Make sure your code follows youtube\-dl coding
 conventions (#youtube-dl-coding-conventions) and check the code with
 flake8 (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
-Also make sure your code works under all Python (http://www.python.org/)
-versions claimed supported by youtube\-dl, namely 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+.
+Also make sure your code works under all
+Python (https://www.python.org/) versions claimed supported by
+youtube\-dl, namely 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+.
 .IP " 9." 4
-When the tests pass, add (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files
-and commit (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and
-push (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
+When the tests pass, add (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new
+files and commit (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and
+push (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 .RS 4
 .IP
 .nf
@@ -2252,13 +2317,13 @@ import\ youtube_dl
 
 ydl_opts\ =\ {}
 with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl:
-\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
+\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
 \f[]
 .fi
 .PP
 Most likely, you\[aq]ll want to use various options.
 For a list of options available, have a look at
-\f[C]youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L129-L279).
+\f[C]youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/3e4cedf9e8cd3157df2457df7274d0c842421945/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L137-L312).
 For a start, if you want to intercept youtube\-dl\[aq]s output, set a
 \f[C]logger\f[] object.
 .PP
@@ -2299,7 +2364,7 @@ ydl_opts\ =\ {
 \ \ \ \ \[aq]progress_hooks\[aq]:\ [my_hook],
 }
 with\ youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)\ as\ ydl:
-\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
+\ \ \ \ ydl.download([\[aq]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\[aq]])
 \f[]
 .fi
 .SH BUGS
@@ -2311,7 +2376,7 @@ 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 (irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl) on freenode
-(webchat (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=youtube-dl)).
+(webchat (https://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[], i.e.
@@ -2325,7 +2390,7 @@ It should look similar to this:
 $\ youtube\-dl\ \-v\ <your\ command\ line>
 [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]\ Command\-line\ args:\ [u\[aq]\-v\[aq],\ u\[aq]https://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
@@ -2390,11 +2455,11 @@ 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
-\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc\f[].
+\f[C]https://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.
-\f[C]http://www.youtube.com/\f[]) is \f[I]not\f[] an example URL.
+\f[C]https://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[].