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@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. --playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order --xattr-set-filesize (experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize + --hls-prefer-native (experimental) Use the native HLS + downloader instead of ffmpeg. --external-downloader COMMAND (experimental) Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget @@ -397,6 +399,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. postprocessors (default) --prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors + --ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; + either the path to the binary or its + containing directory. --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {} @@ -510,11 +515,15 @@ If you want to play the video on a machine that is not running youtube-dl, you c ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info -youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. +YouTube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. See [above](#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube-dl. ### ERROR: unable to download video ### -youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. +YouTube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. See [above](#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube-dl. + +### ExtractorError: Could not find JS function u'OF' + +In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a string that was misinterpreted by old versions of youtube-dl. See [above](#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) for how to update youtube-dl. ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ### @@ -562,7 +571,7 @@ Support requests for services that **do** purchase the rights to distribute thei ### How can I detect whether a given URL is supported by youtube-dl? -For one, have a look at the [list of supported sites](docs/supportedsites.md). Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from http://example.com/v/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In that case, simply report a bug. +For one, have a look at the [list of supported sites](docs/supportedsites.md). Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from http://example.com/video/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In that case, simply report a bug. It is *not* possible to detect whether a URL is supported or not. That's because youtube-dl contains a generic extractor which matches **all** URLs. You may be tempted to disable, exclude, or remove the generic extractor, but the generic extractor not only allows users to extract videos from lots of websites that embed a video from another service, but may also be used to extract video from a service that it's hosting itself. Therefore, we neither recommend nor support disabling, excluding, or removing the generic extractor. |