X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/f46044c66663049e286c20ee015db99d47d9dd8a..0534c7ab3aafa6065faa9453651db8a8e11204b1:/youtube_dl/options.py diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index 58f8111..3dd6d29 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -2,17 +2,18 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals import os.path import optparse -import shlex import sys from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders from .compat import ( compat_expanduser, + compat_get_terminal_size, compat_getenv, compat_kwargs, + compat_shlex_split, ) from .utils import ( - get_term_width, + preferredencoding, write_string, ) from .version import __version__ @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): try: res = [] for l in optionf: - res += shlex.split(l, comments=True) + res += compat_shlex_split(l, comments=True) finally: optionf.close() return res @@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): return opts # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console - columns = get_term_width() + columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns max_width = columns if columns else 80 max_help_position = 80 @@ -120,19 +121,19 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): general.add_option( '-h', '--help', action='help', - help='print this help text and exit') + help='Print this help text and exit') general.add_option( '-v', '--version', action='version', - help='print program version and exit') + help='Print program version and exit') general.add_option( '-U', '--update', action='store_true', dest='update_self', - help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)') + help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)') general.add_option( '-i', '--ignore-errors', action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False, - help='continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist') + help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist') general.add_option( '--abort-on-error', action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors', @@ -140,19 +141,23 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): general.add_option( '--dump-user-agent', action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False, - help='display the current browser identification') + help='Display the current browser identification') general.add_option( '--list-extractors', action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False, - help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle') + help='List all supported extractors') general.add_option( '--extractor-descriptions', action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False, help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors') + general.add_option( + '--force-generic-extractor', + action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False, + help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor') general.add_option( '--default-search', dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX', - help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.') + help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.') general.add_option( '--ignore-config', action='store_true', @@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): '--no-color', '--no-colors', action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False, - help='Do not emit color codes in output.') + help='Do not emit color codes in output') network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options') network.add_option( @@ -195,28 +200,34 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address', help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)', ) + network.add_option( + '--cn-verification-proxy', + dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL', + help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. ' + 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)' + ) selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection') selection.add_option( '--playlist-start', dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int, - help='playlist video to start at (default is %default)') + help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)') selection.add_option( '--playlist-end', dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int, - help='playlist video to end at (default is last)') + help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)') selection.add_option( '--playlist-items', dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None, - help='playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.') + help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.') selection.add_option( '--match-title', dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX', - help='download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)') + help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)') selection.add_option( '--reject-title', dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX', - help='skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)') + help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)') selection.add_option( '--max-downloads', dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None, @@ -232,19 +243,19 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): selection.add_option( '--date', metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None, - help='download only videos uploaded in this date') + help='Download only videos uploaded in this date') selection.add_option( '--datebefore', metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None, - help='download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)') + help='Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)') selection.add_option( '--dateafter', metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None, - help='download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)') + help='Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)') selection.add_option( '--min-views', metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int, - help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views',) + help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views') selection.add_option( '--max-views', metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int, @@ -253,7 +264,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): '--match-filter', metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None, help=( - '(Experimental) Generic video filter. ' + 'Generic video filter (experimental). ' '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,' @@ -265,21 +276,21 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): '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 ' + 'also have a description, use --match-filter ' '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count 10M]"). ' - ' 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 =, != .' - ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you' - ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.' - ' You can combine format filters, so ' - '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" ' - 'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not ' - 'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.' - ' 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.' - ' 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.')) + help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info') video_format.add_option( '--all-formats', action='store_const', dest='format', const='all', - help='download all available video formats') + help='Download all available video formats') video_format.add_option( '--prefer-free-formats', action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False, - help='prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested') - video_format.add_option( - '--max-quality', - action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT', - help='highest quality format to download') + help='Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested') video_format.add_option( '-F', '--list-formats', action='store_true', dest='listformats', - help='list all available formats') + help='List all available formats') video_format.add_option( '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True, @@ -364,58 +346,59 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): video_format.add_option( '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', - help='Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos') + help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos') video_format.add_option( '--merge-output-format', action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None, help=( - 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.' + 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), ' + 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. ' 'Ignored if no merge is required')) subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options') subtitles.add_option( '--write-sub', '--write-srt', action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False, - help='write subtitle file') + help='Write subtitle file') subtitles.add_option( '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub', action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False, - help='write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)') + help='Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)') subtitles.add_option( '--all-subs', action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False, - help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video') + help='Download all the available subtitles of the video') subtitles.add_option( '--list-subs', action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False, - help='lists all available subtitles for the video') + help='List all available subtitles for the video') subtitles.add_option( '--sub-format', action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best', - help='subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "ass/srt/best"') + help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"') subtitles.add_option( '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang', action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str', default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback, - help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'') + help='Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'') downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options') downloader.add_option( '-r', '--rate-limit', dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', - help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)') + help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)') downloader.add_option( '-R', '--retries', dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10, - help='number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".') + help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".') downloader.add_option( '--buffer-size', dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024', - help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)') + help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)') downloader.add_option( '--no-resize-buffer', action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False, - help='do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.') + help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.') downloader.add_option( '--test', action='store_true', dest='test', default=False, @@ -427,16 +410,20 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): downloader.add_option( '--xattr-set-filesize', dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true', - help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize') + help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)') downloader.add_option( '--hls-prefer-native', dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', - help='(experimental) Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg.') + help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)') downloader.add_option( '--external-downloader', dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND', - help='(experimental) Use the specified external downloader. ' + help='Use the specified external downloader. ' 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders())) + downloader.add_option( + '--external-downloader-args', + dest='external_downloader_args', metavar='ARGS', + help='Give these arguments to the external downloader') workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds') workarounds.add_option( @@ -446,7 +433,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): workarounds.add_option( '--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, - help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.') + help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation') workarounds.add_option( '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure', @@ -454,16 +441,16 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): workarounds.add_option( '--user-agent', metavar='UA', dest='user_agent', - help='specify a custom user agent') + help='Specify a custom user agent') workarounds.add_option( '--referer', metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None, - help='specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain', + help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain', ) workarounds.add_option( '--add-header', metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', action='append', - help='specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times', + help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times', ) workarounds.add_option( '--bidi-workaround', @@ -478,7 +465,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): verbosity.add_option( '-q', '--quiet', action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False, - help='activates quiet mode') + help='Activate quiet mode') verbosity.add_option( '--no-warnings', dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False, @@ -486,51 +473,51 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): verbosity.add_option( '-s', '--simulate', action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False, - help='do not download the video and do not write anything to disk',) + help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk') verbosity.add_option( '--skip-download', action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False, - help='do not download the video',) + help='Do not download the video') verbosity.add_option( '-g', '--get-url', action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print URL') + help='Simulate, quiet but print URL') verbosity.add_option( '-e', '--get-title', action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print title') + help='Simulate, quiet but print title') verbosity.add_option( '--get-id', action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print id') + help='Simulate, quiet but print id') verbosity.add_option( '--get-thumbnail', action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL') + help='Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL') verbosity.add_option( '--get-description', action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print video description') + help='Simulate, quiet but print video description') verbosity.add_option( '--get-duration', action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print video length') + help='Simulate, quiet but print video length') verbosity.add_option( '--get-filename', action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print output filename') + help='Simulate, quiet but print output filename') verbosity.add_option( '--get-format', action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print output format') + help='Simulate, quiet but print output format') verbosity.add_option( '-j', '--dump-json', action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.') + help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.') verbosity.add_option( '-J', '--dump-single-json', action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False, - help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.') + help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.') verbosity.add_option( '--print-json', action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False, @@ -539,23 +526,23 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): verbosity.add_option( '--newline', action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False, - help='output progress bar as new lines') + help='Output progress bar as new lines') verbosity.add_option( '--no-progress', action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False, - help='do not print progress bar') + help='Do not print progress bar') verbosity.add_option( '--console-title', action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False, - help='display progress in console titlebar') + help='Display progress in console titlebar') verbosity.add_option( '-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False, - help='print various debugging information') + help='Print various debugging information') verbosity.add_option( - '--dump-intermediate-pages', + '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages', action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False, - help='print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)') + help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)') verbosity.add_option( '--write-pages', action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False, @@ -571,29 +558,29 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): verbosity.add_option( '-C', '--call-home', dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False, - help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.') + help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging') verbosity.add_option( '--no-call-home', dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False, - help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.') + help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging') filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options') filesystem.add_option( '-a', '--batch-file', dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE', - help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)') + help='File containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)') filesystem.add_option( '--id', default=False, - action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name') + action='store_true', dest='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name') filesystem.add_option( '-o', '--output', dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE', - help=('output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, ' + help=('Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, ' '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, ' '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, ' '%(ext)s for the filename extension, ' '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), ' - '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube\'s itags: "137"), ' + '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like YouTube\'s itags: "137"), ' '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), ' '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), ' '%(id)s for the video id, ' @@ -607,7 +594,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): filesystem.add_option( '--autonumber-size', dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', - help='Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given') + help='Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given') filesystem.add_option( '--restrict-filenames', action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False, @@ -615,55 +602,55 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): filesystem.add_option( '-A', '--auto-number', action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False, - help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000') + help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000') filesystem.add_option( '-t', '--title', action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False, - help='[deprecated] use title in file name (default)') + help='[deprecated] Use title in file name (default)') filesystem.add_option( '-l', '--literal', default=False, action='store_true', dest='usetitle', - help='[deprecated] alias of --title') + help='[deprecated] Alias of --title') filesystem.add_option( '-w', '--no-overwrites', action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', default=False, - help='do not overwrite files') + help='Do not overwrite files') filesystem.add_option( '-c', '--continue', action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True, - help='force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.') + help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.') filesystem.add_option( '--no-continue', action='store_false', dest='continue_dl', - help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)') + help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)') filesystem.add_option( '--no-part', action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False, - help='do not use .part files - write directly into output file') + help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file') filesystem.add_option( '--no-mtime', action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True, - help='do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time') + help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time') filesystem.add_option( '--write-description', action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False, - help='write video description to a .description file') + help='Write video description to a .description file') filesystem.add_option( '--write-info-json', action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False, - help='write video metadata to a .info.json file') + help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file') filesystem.add_option( '--write-annotations', action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False, - help='write video annotations to a .annotation file') + help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file') filesystem.add_option( '--load-info', dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE', - help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)') + help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)') filesystem.add_option( '--cookies', dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE', - help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in') + help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in') filesystem.add_option( '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR', help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.') @@ -679,11 +666,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): thumbnail.add_option( '--write-thumbnail', action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False, - help='write thumbnail image to disk') + help='Write thumbnail image to disk') thumbnail.add_option( '--write-all-thumbnails', action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False, - help='write all thumbnail image formats to disk') + help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk') thumbnail.add_option( '--list-thumbnails', action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False, @@ -693,48 +680,61 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): postproc.add_option( '-x', '--extract-audio', action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False, - help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)') + help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)') postproc.add_option( '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best', - help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default') + help='Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default') postproc.add_option( '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='5', - help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)') + help='Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)') postproc.add_option( '--recode-video', metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None, - help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)') + help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)') + postproc.add_option( + '--postprocessor-args', + dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS', + help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor') postproc.add_option( '-k', '--keep-video', action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False, - help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default') + help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default') postproc.add_option( '--no-post-overwrites', action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False, - help='do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default') + help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default') postproc.add_option( '--embed-subs', action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False, - help='embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)') + help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)') postproc.add_option( '--embed-thumbnail', action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False, - help='embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art') + help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art') postproc.add_option( '--add-metadata', action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False, - help='write metadata to the video file') + help='Write metadata to the video file') + postproc.add_option( + '--metadata-from-title', + metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle', + help='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"') postproc.add_option( '--xattrs', action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False, - help='write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)') + help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)') postproc.add_option( '--fixup', metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn', help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. ' 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), ' - 'detect_or_warn(the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)') + 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)') postproc.add_option( '--prefer-avconv', action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', @@ -774,16 +774,22 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): if opts.verbose: write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n') else: - command_line_conf = sys.argv[1:] + def compat_conf(conf): + if sys.version_info < (3,): + return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf] + return conf + + command_line_conf = compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]) + if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf: system_conf = [] user_conf = [] else: - system_conf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf') + system_conf = compat_conf(_readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')) if '--ignore-config' in system_conf: user_conf = [] else: - user_conf = _readUserConf() + user_conf = compat_conf(_readUserConf()) argv = system_conf + user_conf + command_line_conf opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)