--- /dev/null
++youtube-dl (2008.03.22-1) unstable; urgency=low
++
++ * New upstream release:
++ - adds -f / --format command line option.
++
++ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:19:23 -0400
++
+youtube-dl (2008.03.08-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - adds -b / --best-quality command line option.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:26:04 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2008.01.24-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release; closes: #462427, #462428.
+ - fixes youtube download issues.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:15:05 -0500
+
+youtube-dl (2007.10.09-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:22:33 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2007.08.24-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release; closes: #439363.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:54:40 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2007.06.22-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - regex update.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:42:57 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2007.06.06-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - "--title-too" command line option to print the video's title.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:04:01 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2007.03.27-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - Progress meter.
+ - "--literal" command line option to use the video title in the filename.
+ - "--get-url" command line option to print the real video URL.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:46:56 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2007.02.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - Diction.
+ - Catches socket errors.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:57:32 -0500
+
+youtube-dl (2007.01.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release, closes: #406146.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:41:44 -0500
+
+youtube-dl (2006.12.07-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release:
+ - Use -t to name the downloaded file after the title, closes: #395184.
+ - Parses URLs without a leading "http://", closes: #400321.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:52:36 -0500
+
+youtube-dl (2006.11.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:12:03 -0500
+
+youtube-dl (2006.09.25-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release.
+ * python >= 2.4 is now required.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:43:07 -0400
+
+youtube-dl (2006.08.28-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Initial release, closes: #385748.
+
+ -- Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org> Sun, 3 Sep 2006 19:43:27 -0400
+
--- /dev/null
+.TH YOUTUBE-DL "1" "March 2008" "youtube-dl" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+youtube-dl \- download a video file from YouTube.com
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+usage: youtube\-dl [options] video_url
+.SS "options:"
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+print this help text and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+print program version and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-u\fR USERNAME, \fB\-\-username\fR=\fIUSERNAME\fR
+account username
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR PASSWORD, \fB\-\-password\fR=\fIPASSWORD\fR
+account password
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR FILE, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
+output video file name
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
+activates quiet mode
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-simulate\fR
+do not download video
+.TP
+\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-title\fR
+use title in file name
+.TP
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-literal\fR
+use literal title in file name
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-netrc\fR
+use .netrc authentication data
+.TP
+\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-get-url\fR
+print final video URL only
+.TP
+\fB\-2\fR, \fB\-\-title-too\fR
+used with -g, print title too
++.TP
++\fB\-f\fR FORMAT, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
++append &fmt=FORMAT to the URL
++.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-best-quality\fR
+try to download the best quality version
const_video_url_str = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s'
const_video_url_re = re.compile(r'^((?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:v/|(?:watch(?:\.php)?)?\?(?:.+&)?v=))?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1)[&/].*)?$')
- const_video_url_best_quality_suffix='&fmt=18'
+ const_video_url_format_suffix = '&fmt=%s'
+ const_best_quality_format = 18
const_login_url_str = 'http://www.youtube.com/login?next=/watch%%3Fv%%3D%s'
const_login_post_str = 'current_form=loginForm&next=%%2Fwatch%%3Fv%%3D%s&username=%s&password=%s&action_login=Log+In'
const_age_url_str = 'http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%%3Fv%%3D%s'
# Create the command line options parser and parse command line
cmdl_usage = 'usage: %prog [options] video_url'
- cmdl_version = '2008.03.08'
+ cmdl_version = '2008.03.22'
cmdl_parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=cmdl_usage, version=cmdl_version, conflict_handler='resolve')
cmdl_parser.add_option('-h', '--help', action='help', help='print this help text and exit')
cmdl_parser.add_option('-v', '--version', action='version', help='print program version and exit')
cmdl_parser.add_option('-n', '--netrc', action='store_true', dest='use_netrc', help='use .netrc authentication data')
cmdl_parser.add_option('-g', '--get-url', action='store_true', dest='get_url', help='print final video URL only')
cmdl_parser.add_option('-2', '--title-too', action='store_true', dest='get_title', help='used with -g, print title too')
- cmdl_parser.add_option('-b', '--best-quality', action='store_true', dest='best_quality', help='try to download the best quality version')
+ cmdl_parser.add_option('-f', '--format', dest='video_format', metavar='FORMAT', help='append &fmt=FORMAT to the URL')
+ cmdl_parser.add_option('-b', '--best-quality', action='store_true', dest='best_quality', help='alias for -f 18')
(cmdl_opts, cmdl_args) = cmdl_parser.parse_args()
# Set socket timeout
sys.exit('Error: URL does not seem to be a youtube video URL. If it is, report a bug.')
video_url_id = video_url_mo.group(2)
video_url = const_video_url_str % video_url_id
+
+ video_format = None
if cmdl_opts.best_quality:
- video_url = '%s%s' % (video_url, const_video_url_best_quality_suffix)
+ video_format = const_best_quality_format
video_extension = '.mp4'
else:
video_extension = '.flv'
+ if cmdl_opts.video_format is not None:
+ if video_format is not None and video_format != cmdl_opts.video_format:
+ sys.exit('Error: conflicting video formats specified\n')
+ video_format = cmdl_opts.video_format
+
+ if video_format is not None:
+ video_url = '%s%s' % (video_url, const_video_url_format_suffix % video_format)
+
# Check conflicting options
if cmdl_opts.outfile is not None and (cmdl_opts.simulate or cmdl_opts.get_url):
sys.stderr.write('Warning: video file name given but will not be used.\n')
# Extract needed video URL parameters
video_url_t_param = extract_step('Extracting URL "t" parameter', 'unable to extract URL "t" parameter', const_url_t_param_re, video_webpage)
video_url_real = const_video_url_real_str % (video_url_id, video_url_t_param)
- if cmdl_opts.best_quality:
- video_url_real = '%s%s' % (video_url_real, const_video_url_best_quality_suffix)
+ if video_format is not None:
+ video_url_real = '%s%s' % (video_url_real, const_video_url_format_suffix % video_format)
# Rebuild filename if needed
if cmdl_opts.use_title or cmdl_opts.use_literal:
block_size = new_block_size(before, after, dl_bytes)
if video_len is not None and byte_counter != video_len:
- error_advice_exit('server did not send the expected ammount of data')
+ error_advice_exit('server did not send the expected amount of data')
video_file.close()
cond_print('done.\n')
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