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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.1.3
+.\"
 .TH "YOUTUBE\-DL" "1" "" "" ""
+.hy
 .SH NAME
 .PP
 youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ youtube\-dl \- download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 YouTube.com and a few more sites.
 It requires the Python interpreter, version 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 should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS.
 It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it,
 redistribute it or use it however you like.
 .SH OPTIONS
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ Do not emit color codes in output
 .TP
 .B \-\-proxy \f[I]URL\f[]
 Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
-To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme.
+To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme.
 For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/.
 Pass in an empty string (\-\-proxy "") for direct connection
 .RS
@@ -138,13 +141,37 @@ 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.
-The default proxy specified by \-\-proxy (or none, if the options is not
+The default proxy specified by \-\-proxy (or none, if the option 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
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-geo\-bypass
+Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X\-Forwarded\-For HTTP
+header
+.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
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-\-geo\-bypass\-ip\-block \f[I]IP_BLOCK\f[]
+Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in
+CIDR notation
+.RS
+.RE
 .SS Video Selection:
 .TP
 .B \-\-playlist\-start \f[I]NUMBER\f[]
@@ -223,16 +250,18 @@ 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 +305,13 @@ 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 +320,12 @@ 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)
@@ -304,6 +339,14 @@ value of SIZE.
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \-\-http\-chunk\-size \f[I]SIZE\f[]
+Size of a chunk for chunk\-based HTTP downloading (e.g.
+10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled).
+May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
+(experimental)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
 .B \-\-playlist\-reverse
 Download playlist videos in reverse order
 .RS
@@ -315,7 +358,7 @@ Download playlist videos in random order
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-xattr\-set\-filesize
-Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size (experimental)
+Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -348,7 +391,10 @@ Give these arguments to the external downloader
 .SS Filesystem Options:
 .TP
 .B \-a, \-\-batch\-file \f[I]FILE\f[]
-File containing URLs to download (\[aq]\-\[aq] for stdin)
+File containing URLs to download (\[aq]\-\[aq] for stdin), one URL per
+line.
+Lines starting with \[aq]#\[aq], \[aq];\[aq] or \[aq]]\[aq] are
+considered as comments and ignored.
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -362,13 +408,6 @@ 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 +419,6 @@ 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 +569,7 @@ 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 +815,8 @@ 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 +866,14 @@ 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
@@ -865,12 +890,12 @@ One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-prefer\-avconv
-Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)
+Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-\-prefer\-ffmpeg
-Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors
+Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -888,14 +913,15 @@ 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
 .PP
 You can configure youtube\-dl by placing any supported command line
 option to a configuration file.
-On Linux and OS X, the system wide configuration file is located at
+On Linux and macOS, the system wide configuration file is located at
 \f[C]/etc/youtube\-dl.conf\f[] and the user wide configuration file at
 \f[C]~/.config/youtube\-dl/config\f[].
 On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are
@@ -946,7 +972,7 @@ 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:
@@ -979,151 +1005,215 @@ machine\ twitch\ login\ my_twitch_account_name\ password\ my_twitch_password
 .PP
 To activate authentication with the \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file you should
 pass \f[C]\-\-netrc\f[] to youtube\-dl or place it in the configuration
-file (#configuration).
+file.
 .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
 output file names.
 .PP
-\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples (#output-template-examples).
+\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples.
 .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[] (string): Video identifier
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]title\f[] (string): Video title
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]url\f[] (string): Video URL
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]ext\f[] (string): Video filename extension
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]id\f[]: Video identifier
+\f[C]alt_title\f[] (string): A secondary title of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]title\f[]: Video title
+\f[C]display_id\f[] (string): An alternative identifier for the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]url\f[]: Video URL
+\f[C]uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the video uploader
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]ext\f[]: Video filename extension
+\f[C]license\f[] (string): License name the video is licensed under
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]alt_title\f[]: A secondary title of the video
+\f[C]creator\f[] (string): The creator of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]display_id\f[]: An alternative identifier for the video
+\f[C]release_date\f[] (string): The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was
+released
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader\f[]: Full name of the video uploader
+\f[C]timestamp\f[] (numeric): UNIX timestamp of the moment the video
+became available
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]license\f[]: License name the video is licensed under
+\f[C]upload_date\f[] (string): Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]creator\f[]: The creator of the video
+\f[C]uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the video uploader
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]release_date\f[]: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released
+\f[C]channel\f[] (string): Full name of the channel the video is
+uploaded on
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]timestamp\f[]: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became
-available
+\f[C]channel_id\f[] (string): Id of the channel
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]upload_date\f[]: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD)
+\f[C]location\f[] (string): Physical location where the video was filmed
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]uploader_id\f[]: Nickname or id of the video uploader
+\f[C]duration\f[] (numeric): Length of the video in seconds
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]location\f[]: Physical location where the video was filmed
+\f[C]view_count\f[] (numeric): How many users have watched the video on
+the platform
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]duration\f[]: Length of the video in seconds
+\f[C]like_count\f[] (numeric): Number of positive ratings of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]view_count\f[]: How many users have watched the video on the
-platform
+\f[C]dislike_count\f[] (numeric): Number of negative ratings of the
+video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]like_count\f[]: Number of positive ratings of the video
+\f[C]repost_count\f[] (numeric): Number of reposts of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]dislike_count\f[]: Number of negative ratings of the video
+\f[C]average_rating\f[] (numeric): Average rating give by users, the
+scale used depends on the webpage
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]repost_count\f[]: Number of reposts of the video
+\f[C]comment_count\f[] (numeric): Number of comments on the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]average_rating\f[]: Average rating give by users, the scale used
-depends on the webpage
+\f[C]age_limit\f[] (numeric): Age restriction for the video (years)
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]comment_count\f[]: Number of comments on the video
+\f[C]is_live\f[] (boolean): Whether this video is a live stream or a
+fixed\-length video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]age_limit\f[]: Age restriction for the video (years)
+\f[C]start_time\f[] (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction
+should start, as specified in the URL
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format\f[]: A human\-readable description of the format
+\f[C]end_time\f[] (numeric): Time in seconds where the reproduction
+should end, as specified in the URL
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_id\f[]: Format code specified by \f[C]\-\-format\f[]
+\f[C]format\f[] (string): A human\-readable description of the format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]format_note\f[]: Additional info about the format
+\f[C]format_id\f[] (string): Format code specified by
+\f[C]\-\-format\f[]
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]width\f[]: Width of the video
+\f[C]format_note\f[] (string): Additional info about the format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]height\f[]: Height of the video
+\f[C]width\f[] (numeric): Width of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]resolution\f[]: Textual description of width and height
+\f[C]height\f[] (numeric): Height of the video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]tbr\f[]: Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
+\f[C]resolution\f[] (string): Textual description of width and height
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]abr\f[]: Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]tbr\f[] (numeric): Average bitrate of audio and video in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]acodec\f[]: Name of the audio codec in use
+\f[C]abr\f[] (numeric): Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]asr\f[]: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
+\f[C]acodec\f[] (string): Name of the audio codec in use
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vbr\f[]: Average video bitrate in KBit/s
+\f[C]asr\f[] (numeric): Audio sampling rate in Hertz
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]fps\f[]: Frame rate
+\f[C]vbr\f[] (numeric): Average video bitrate in KBit/s
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]vcodec\f[]: Name of the video codec in use
+\f[C]fps\f[] (numeric): Frame rate
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]container\f[]: Name of the container format
+\f[C]vcodec\f[] (string): Name of the video codec in use
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize\f[]: The number of bytes, if known in advance
+\f[C]container\f[] (string): Name of the container format
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]filesize_approx\f[]: An estimate for the number of bytes
+\f[C]filesize\f[] (numeric): The number of bytes, if known in advance
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]protocol\f[]: The protocol that will be used for the actual
-download
+\f[C]filesize_approx\f[] (numeric): An estimate for the number of bytes
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor\f[]: Name of the extractor
+\f[C]protocol\f[] (string): The protocol that will be used for the
+actual download
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]extractor_key\f[]: Key name of the extractor
+\f[C]extractor\f[] (string): Name of the extractor
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]epoch\f[]: Unix epoch when creating the file
+\f[C]extractor_key\f[] (string): Key name of the extractor
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]autonumber\f[]: Five\-digit number that will be increased with each
-download, starting at zero
+\f[C]epoch\f[] (numeric): Unix epoch when creating the file
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist\f[]: Name or id of the playlist that contains the video
+\f[C]autonumber\f[] (numeric): Five\-digit number that will be increased
+with each download, starting at zero
 .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\f[] (string): Name or id of the playlist that contains the
+video
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[C]playlist_id\f[]: Playlist identifier
+\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_title\f[]: Playlist title
+\f[C]playlist_id\f[] (string): Playlist identifier
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_title\f[] (string): Playlist title
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_uploader\f[] (string): Full name of the playlist uploader
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]playlist_uploader_id\f[] (string): Nickname or id of the playlist
+uploader
 .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 +1227,10 @@ 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 +1259,8 @@ 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 +1280,7 @@ $\ 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
@@ -1211,7 +1306,7 @@ expression\f[], i.e.
 an expression that describes format or formats you would like to
 download.
 .PP
-\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples (#format-selection-examples).
+\f[B]tl;dr:\f[] navigate me to examples.
 .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
@@ -1283,9 +1378,9 @@ 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
@@ -1336,11 +1431,12 @@ If you want to preserve the old format selection behavior (prior to
 youtube\-dl 2015.04.26), i.e.
 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.
+You may want to add it to the configuration file 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 +1488,7 @@ $\ 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 +1501,7 @@ 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 +1518,7 @@ 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 +1601,13 @@ 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
@@ -1545,12 +1642,12 @@ youtube\-dl in turn.
 .PP
 YouTube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
 not supported by old versions of youtube\-dl.
-See above (#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube\-dl.
+See above for how to update youtube\-dl.
 .SS ERROR: unable to download video
 .PP
 YouTube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is
 not supported by old versions of youtube\-dl.
-See above (#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube\-dl.
+See above for how to update youtube\-dl.
 .SS Video URL contains an ampersand and I\[aq]m getting some strange
 output \f[C][1]\ 2839\f[] or
 \f[C]\[aq]v\[aq]\ is\ not\ recognized\ as\ an\ internal\ or\ external\ command\f[]
@@ -1581,15 +1678,15 @@ For Windows you have to use the double quotes:
 .PP
 In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence
 in a string that was misinterpreted by old versions of youtube\-dl.
-See above (#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube\-dl.
+See above for how to update youtube\-dl.
 .SS HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 .PP
 These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP
 address because of overuse.
 Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or \- if
 you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already \- use the
-\f[C]\-\-proxy\f[] or \f[C]\-\-source\-address\f[]
-options (#network-options) to select another IP address.
+\f[C]\-\-proxy\f[] or \f[C]\-\-source\-address\f[] options to select
+another IP address.
 .SS SyntaxError: Non\-ASCII character
 .PP
 The error
@@ -1637,19 +1734,19 @@ ffmpeg) by simply typing \f[C]youtube\-dl\f[] or \f[C]ffmpeg\f[], no
 matter what directory you\[aq]re in.
 .SS How do I put downloads into a specific folder?
 .PP
-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[].
+Use the \f[C]\-o\f[] to specify an 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).
+configuration file.
 .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?
@@ -1661,8 +1758,8 @@ In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser
 extension for exporting cookies.
 For example,
 cookies.txt (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg)
-(for Chrome) or Export
-Cookies (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/)
+(for Chrome) or
+cookies.txt (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/)
 (for Firefox).
 .PP
 Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the
@@ -1673,7 +1770,7 @@ Make sure you have correct newline
 format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and
 convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely
 \f[C]CRLF\f[] (\f[C]\\r\\n\f[]) for Windows and \f[C]LF\f[]
-(\f[C]\\n\f[]) for Unix and Unix\-like systems (Linux, Mac OS, etc.).
+(\f[C]\\n\f[]) for Unix and Unix\-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.).
 \f[C]HTTP\ Error\ 400:\ Bad\ Request\f[] when using \f[C]\-\-cookies\f[]
 is a good sign of invalid newline format.
 .PP
@@ -1688,12 +1785,12 @@ 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 +1838,8 @@ 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
@@ -1788,7 +1885,7 @@ serves as a unified point.
 Unfortunately, the youtube\-dl project has grown too large to use
 personal email as an effective communication channel.
 .PP
-Please read the bug reporting instructions (#bugs) below.
+Please read the bug reporting instructions below.
 A lot of bugs lack all the necessary information.
 If you can, offer proxy, VPN, or shell access to the youtube\-dl
 developers.
@@ -1809,8 +1906,8 @@ 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
@@ -1834,15 +1931,14 @@ you run it from a Python program.
 .SH Why do I need to go through that much red tape when filing bugs?
 .PP
 Before we had the issue template, despite our extensive bug reporting
-instructions (#bugs), about 80% of the issue reports we got were
-useless, for instance because people used ancient versions hundreds of
-releases old, because of simple syntactic errors (not in youtube\-dl but
-in general shell usage), because the problem was already reported
-multiple times before, because people did not actually read an error
-message, even if it said "please install ffmpeg", because people did not
-mention the URL they were trying to download and many more simple,
-easy\-to\-avoid problems, many of whom were totally unrelated to
-youtube\-dl.
+instructions, about 80% of the issue reports we got were useless, for
+instance because people used ancient versions hundreds of releases old,
+because of simple syntactic errors (not in youtube\-dl but in general
+shell usage), because the problem was already reported multiple times
+before, because people did not actually read an error message, even if
+it said "please install ffmpeg", because people did not mention the URL
+they were trying to download and many more simple, easy\-to\-avoid
+problems, many of whom were totally unrelated to youtube\-dl.
 .PP
 youtube\-dl is an open\-source project manned by too few volunteers, so
 we\[aq]d rather spend time fixing bugs where we are certain none of
@@ -1855,7 +1951,7 @@ 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 +1975,9 @@ nosetests
 \f[]
 .fi
 .PP
+See item 6 of new extractor tutorial 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
@@ -1909,7 +2008,7 @@ Check out the source code with:
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
-git\ clone\ git\@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube\-dl.git
+\ git\ clone\ git\@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube\-dl.git
 \f[]
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -1919,8 +2018,8 @@ Start a new git branch with
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
-cd\ youtube\-dl
-git\ checkout\ \-b\ yourextractor
+\ cd\ youtube\-dl
+\ git\ checkout\ \-b\ yourextractor
 \f[]
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -1940,7 +2039,7 @@ 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 +2084,8 @@ 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)
@@ -1993,23 +2094,23 @@ extractor should and may
 return (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L74-L252).
 Add tests and code for as many as you want.
 .IP " 8." 4
-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+.
+Make sure your code follows 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 (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
 \f[C]
-$\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
-$\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
-$\ git\ commit\ \-m\ \[aq][yourextractor]\ Add\ new\ extractor\[aq]
-$\ git\ push\ origin\ yourextractor
+\ $\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+\ $\ git\ add\ youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py
+\ $\ git\ commit\ \-m\ \[aq][yourextractor]\ Add\ new\ extractor\[aq]
+\ $\ git\ push\ origin\ yourextractor
 \f[]
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -2232,9 +2333,36 @@ title\ =\ self._search_regex(
 .fi
 .SS Use safe conversion functions
 .PP
-Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from \f[C]utils\f[]:
+Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from
+\f[C]youtube_dl/utils.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py):
 \f[C]int_or_none\f[], \f[C]float_or_none\f[].
 Use them for string to number conversions as well.
+.PP
+Use \f[C]url_or_none\f[] for safe URL processing.
+.PP
+Use \f[C]try_get\f[] for safe metadata extraction from parsed JSON.
+.PP
+Explore
+\f[C]youtube_dl/utils.py\f[] (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py)
+for more useful convenience functions.
+.SS More examples
+.SS Safely extract optional description from parsed JSON
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+description\ =\ try_get(response,\ lambda\ x:\ x[\[aq]result\[aq]][\[aq]video\[aq]][0][\[aq]summary\[aq]],\ compat_str)
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SS Safely extract more optional metadata
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+video\ =\ try_get(response,\ lambda\ x:\ x[\[aq]result\[aq]][\[aq]video\[aq]][0],\ dict)\ or\ {}
+description\ =\ video.get(\[aq]summary\[aq])
+duration\ =\ float_or_none(video.get(\[aq]durationMs\[aq]),\ scale=1000)
+view_count\ =\ int_or_none(video.get(\[aq]views\[aq]))
+\f[]
+.fi
 .SH EMBEDDING YOUTUBE\-DL
 .PP
 youtube\-dl makes the best effort to be a good command\-line program,
@@ -2252,13 +2380,13 @@ 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 +2427,7 @@ 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
@@ -2311,10 +2439,10 @@ 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.
+\f[BC]\-v\f[B]\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.
@@ -2325,7 +2453,7 @@ 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 +2518,11 @@ 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[].