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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 09ce98ca2..28aae94f8 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,4 +1,18 @@ -**Please include the full output of youtube-dl when run with `-v`**. +**Please include the full output of youtube-dl when run with `-v`**, i.e. add `-v` flag to your command line, copy the **whole** output and post it in the issue body wrapped in \`\`\` for better formatting. It should look similar to this: +``` +$ youtube-dl -v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj +[debug] System config: [] +[debug] User config: [] +[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] +[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251 +[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.06 +[debug] Git HEAD: 135392e +[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2 +[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4 +[debug] Proxy map: {} +... +``` +**Do not post screenshots of verbose log only plain text is acceptable.** The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever. |