X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/6d835d4d6903cf5e18ad01844736929e06d16004..bdc21837cde17528bdb3555350f019701333965c:/README.md?ds=inline diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 230c12a..d6e7ff9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to check out an # DESCRIPTION **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version -2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on +2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on Mac OS X. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. COUNT views --max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views - --no-playlist download only the currently playing video + --no-playlist If the URL refers to a video and a + playlist, download only the video. --age-limit YEARS download only videos suitable for the given age --download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the @@ -131,17 +132,19 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the - video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the + video id, %(playlist_title)s, + %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if + present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the - position in the playlist and %% for a - literal percent. %(height)s and %(width)s - for the width and height of the video - format. %(resolution)s for a textual + position in the playlist. %(height)s and + %(width)s for the width and height of the + video format. %(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video - format. Use - to output to stdout. Can also - be used to download to a different - directory, for example with -o '/my/downloa - ds/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . + format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to + output to stdout. Can also be used to + download to a different directory, for + example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s + /%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . --autonumber-size NUMBER Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option @@ -239,8 +242,13 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality. Use commas to download multiple - audio formats, such as -f - 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio + audio formats, such as -f + 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio. + You can merge the video and audio of two + formats into a single file using -f + (requires ffmpeg or + avconv), for example -f + bestvideo+bestaudio. --all-formats download all available video formats --prefer-free-formats prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested @@ -381,7 +389,7 @@ Again, from then on you'll be able to update with `sudo youtube-dl -U`. YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube videos. -If you have installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball, please use that to update. Note that Ubuntu packages do not seem to get updated anymore. Since we are not affiliated with Ubuntu, there is little we can do. Feel free to report bugs to the Ubuntu packaging guys - all they have to do is update the package to a somewhat recent version. See above for a way to update. +If you have installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball, please use that to update. Note that Ubuntu packages do not seem to get updated anymore. Since we are not affiliated with Ubuntu, there is little we can do. Feel free to [report bugs](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+filebug) to the [Ubuntu packaging guys](mailto:ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com?subject=outdated%20version%20of%20youtube-dl) - all they have to do is update the package to a somewhat recent version. See above for a way to update. ### Do I always have to pass in `--max-quality FORMAT`, or `-citw`? @@ -485,14 +493,15 @@ If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assum def _real_extract(self, url): video_id = self._match_id(url) + webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id) # TODO more code goes here, for example ... - webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id) title = self._html_search_regex(r'

(.*?)

', webpage, 'title') return { 'id': video_id, 'title': title, + 'description': self._og_search_description(webpage), # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) } ``` @@ -500,7 +509,7 @@ If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assum 6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc. 7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want. 8. If you can, check the code with [pyflakes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes) (a good idea) and [pep8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8) (optional, ignore E501). -9. When the tests pass, [add](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-add.html) the new files and [commit](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-commit.html) them and [push](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-push.html) the result, like this: +9. 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: $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py