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diff --git a/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README b/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README index 80948cec2725..6ded2a2a4811 100644 --- a/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README +++ b/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README @@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ perl-gtk2 and perl-File-ShareDir - for gtk-youtube-viewer. perl-Text-CharWidth - for better formatting in the terminal. perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu - for command editing/history in the terminal. youtube-dl - if this is present, youtube-viewer will use it to detect - available formats for the video. + available formats for the video [*]. + +[*] A small caveat about youtube-dl: youtube-viewer works without it, +though occasionally it'll choose a lower quality than is available +for some videos. However, if youtube-dl is present but outdated, +youtube-viewer will fail to play videos at all! If you suspect this, +remove youtube-dl and try without it. This build always includes the command-line client (youtube-viewer). For the GTK client (gtk-youtube-viewer), install perl-gtk2 and |