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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-12-24 11:56:02 +0100
committerPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-12-24 11:56:02 +0100
commitf49d89ee04897b3ec64af74bb9fd94957c42331c (patch)
tree44062358d7ac6cda159e9d36d604e762257ac13d /youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
parentdabc127362ddfe88996e72b7e0d5cd2e4f239c98 (diff)
downloadyoutube-dl-f49d89ee04897b3ec64af74bb9fd94957c42331c.tar.xz
Add a resolution field and improve general --list-formats output
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 0dd504444..123af43c6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
id: Video identifier.
title: Video title, unescaped.
- Additionally, it must contain either a formats entry or url and ext:
+ Additionally, it must contain either a formats entry or a url one:
- formats: A list of dictionaries for each format available, it must
- be ordered from worst to best quality. Potential fields:
+ formats: A list of dictionaries for each format available, ordered
+ from worst to best quality.
+
+ Potential fields:
* url Mandatory. The URL of the video file
* ext Will be calculated from url if missing
* format A human-readable description of the format
@@ -53,12 +55,17 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
("3D" or "DASH video")
* width Width of the video, if known
* height Height of the video, if known
+ * resolution Textual description of width and height
* abr Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
* acodec Name of the audio codec in use
* vbr Average video bitrate in KBit/s
* vcodec Name of the video codec in use
* filesize The number of bytes, if known in advance
* player_url SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
+ * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
+ present, the formats get sorted by this field.
+ -1 for default (order by other properties),
+ -2 or smaller for less than default.
url: Final video URL.
ext: Video filename extension.
format: The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)