Merge branch 'aurium-master'

6 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93e7fb06f..9779c2058 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --audio-format FORMAT            Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default
     --audio-quality QUALITY          Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default
                                      5)
-    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)
+    --recode-video FORMAT            Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
+    --postprocessor-args ARGS        Give these arguments to the postprocessor
     -k, --keep-video                 Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default
     --no-post-overwrites             Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default
     --embed-subs                     Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 411de9ac9..00af78e06 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     The following options are used by the post processors:
     prefer_ffmpeg:     If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
                        otherwise prefer avconv.
+    postprocessor_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
+                        postprocessor.
     """
 
     params = None
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 215b616de..55b22c889 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         if not opts.audioquality.isdigit():
             parser.error('invalid audio quality specified')
     if opts.recodevideo is not None:
-        if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv']:
+        if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'avi']:
             parser.error('invalid video recode format specified')
     if opts.convertsubtitles is not None:
         if opts.convertsubtitles not in ['srt', 'vtt', 'ass']:
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
     external_downloader_args = None
     if opts.external_downloader_args:
         external_downloader_args = shlex.split(opts.external_downloader_args)
+    postprocessor_args = None
+    if opts.postprocessor_args:
+        postprocessor_args = shlex.split(opts.postprocessor_args)
     match_filter = (
         None if opts.match_filter is None
         else match_filter_func(opts.match_filter))
@@ -367,6 +370,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'ffmpeg_location': opts.ffmpeg_location,
         'hls_prefer_native': opts.hls_prefer_native,
         'external_downloader_args': external_downloader_args,
+        'postprocessor_args': postprocessor_args,
         'cn_verification_proxy': opts.cn_verification_proxy,
     }
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4762e1e3c..85365d769 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -691,7 +691,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     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,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
index 3b0e8ddd8..4191d040b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
 
     PostProcessor objects follow a "mutual registration" process similar
     to InfoExtractor objects.
+
+    Optionally PostProcessor can use a list of additional command-line arguments
+    with self._configuration_args.
     """
 
     _downloader = None
@@ -57,6 +60,13 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         except Exception:
             self._downloader.report_warning(errnote)
 
+    def _configuration_args(self, default=[]):
+        pp_args = self._downloader.params.get('postprocessor_args')
+        if pp_args is None:
+            return default
+        assert isinstance(pp_args, list)
+        return pp_args
+
 
 class AudioConversionError(PostProcessingError):
     pass
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index fe7e0a8ee..1ecce22e7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
         oldest_mtime = min(
             os.stat(encodeFilename(path)).st_mtime for path in input_paths)
 
+        opts += self._configuration_args()
+
         files_cmd = []
         for path in input_paths:
             files_cmd.extend([encodeArgument('-i'), encodeFilename(path, True)])
@@ -294,13 +296,16 @@ class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
 
     def run(self, information):
         path = information['filepath']
-        prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
-        outpath = prefix + sep + self._preferedformat
         if information['ext'] == self._preferedformat:
             self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Not converting video file %s - already is in target format %s' % (path, self._preferedformat))
             return [], information
+        options = []
+        if self._preferedformat == 'avi':
+            options.extend(['-c:v', 'libxvid', '-vtag', 'XVID'])
+        prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
+        outpath = prefix + sep + self._preferedformat
         self._downloader.to_screen('[' + 'ffmpeg' + '] Converting video from %s to %s, Destination: ' % (information['ext'], self._preferedformat) + outpath)
-        self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, [])
+        self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, options)
         information['filepath'] = outpath
         information['format'] = self._preferedformat
         information['ext'] = self._preferedformat