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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py6
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py2
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index ea1660452..7bd7295e2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if numeric_limit is None:
parser.error('invalid rate limit specified')
opts.ratelimit = numeric_limit
- if opts.sleepinterval is not None:
- try:
- opts.sleepinterval = abs(int(opts.sleepinterval))
- except ValueError:
- parser.error(u'invalid sleep interval specified')
if opts.min_filesize is not None:
numeric_limit = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.min_filesize)
if numeric_limit is None:
@@ -272,7 +267,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
- 'sleepinterval': opts.sleepinterval,
'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
'retries': opts.retries,
'buffersize': opts.buffersize,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 12c9826f8..262c60013 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
workarounds.add_option(
'--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
- dest='sleep_interval',
+ dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')