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authorSergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>2016-02-03 19:18:25 +0500
committerSergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>2016-02-03 19:18:25 +0500
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[README.md] Clarify unavailable sequences in output format
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@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names. T
- `format_id`: The sequence will be replaced by the format code specified by `--format`.
- `duration`: The sequence will be replaced by the length of the video in seconds.
+Note that some of the aforementioned sequences are not guaranteed to be present since they depend on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, such sequences will be replaced with `NA`.
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The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`.
In some cases, you don't want special characters such as δΈ­, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: