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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py3
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/downloader/common.py3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 97bd9c526..925d095de 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
the downloader (see youtube_dl/downloader/common.py):
nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, min_filesize, max_filesize, test,
noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle,
- xattr_set_filesize, external_downloader_args, hls_use_mpegts.
+ xattr_set_filesize, external_downloader_args, hls_use_mpegts,
+ http_chunk_size.
The following options are used by the post processors:
prefer_ffmpeg: If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
index 75b8166c5..a7f62ae53 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
external_downloader_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
external downloader.
hls_use_mpegts: Use the mpegts container for HLS videos.
+ http_chunk_size: Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading.May be
+ useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by
+ a webserver (experimental)
Subclasses of this one must re-define the real_download method.
"""