X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/961c212c4f97846f00004b37e8dbd94b124a2f99..ee62cc92bcdb959cc0b2f6ac745f5e7de9723af8:/README.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 239709b..b13711a 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -23,21 +23,17 @@ OPTIONS -h, --help print this help text and exit --version print program version and exit - -U, --update update this program to latest version + -U, --update update this program to latest version. Make sure + that you have sufficient permissions (run with + sudo if needed) -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors - -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) - -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) - --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) - (default is 1024) - --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By - default, the buffer size is automatically resized - from an initial value of SIZE. --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent --referer REF specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle + --extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy --no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation. @@ -59,6 +55,17 @@ Video Selection: --datebefore DATE download only videos uploaded before this date --dateafter DATE download only videos uploaded after this date +Download Options: +----------------- + + -r, --rate-limit LIMIT maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) + -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) + --buffer-size SIZE size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16k) + (default is 1024) + --no-resize-buffer do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By + default, the buffer size is automatically resized + from an initial value of SIZE. + Filesystem Options: ------------------- @@ -205,9 +212,7 @@ lowercase S. Allowed names are: - playlist_index: The index of the video in the playlist, a five-digit number. -The current default template is %(id)s.%(ext)s, but that will be -switchted to %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s (which can be requested with -t at -the moment). +The current default template is %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system @@ -244,14 +249,14 @@ Most people asking this question are not aware that youtube-dl now defaults to downloading the highest available quality as reported by YouTube, which will be 1080p or 720p in some cases, so you no longer need the -b option. For some specific videos, maybe YouTube does not -report them to be available in a specific high quality format you''re +report them to be available in a specific high quality format you're interested in. In that case, simply request it with the -f option and youtube-dl will try to download it. I get HTTP error 402 when trying to download a video. What's this? Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download -too much. We''re considering to provide a way to let you solve the +too much. We're considering to provide a way to let you solve the CAPTCHA, but at the moment, your best course of action is pointing a webbrowser to the youtube URL, solving the CAPTCHA, and restart youtube-dl.