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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube-dl.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube-dl.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index a3100e9e4..64120a8d2 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. .nf \f[C] -t,\ --title\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ title\ in\ file\ name --l,\ --literal\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ literal\ title\ in\ file\ name +--id\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ use\ video\ ID\ in\ file\ name +-l,\ --literal\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ [deprecated]\ alias\ of\ --title -A,\ --auto-number\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number\ downloaded\ files\ starting\ from\ 00000 --o,\ --output\ TEMPLATE\ \ \ \ output\ filename\ template.\ Use\ %(stitle)s\ to\ get\ the +-o,\ --output\ TEMPLATE\ \ \ \ output\ filename\ template.\ Use\ %(title)s\ to\ get\ the \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title,\ %(uploader)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ name, \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically\ incremented \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename\ extension, @@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(extractor)s\ for\ the\ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe, \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to\ stdout. +--restrict-filenames\ \ \ \ \ Avoid\ some\ characters\ such\ as\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ filenames -a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin) -w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files -c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files @@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. .IP .nf \f[C] ---extract-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio-only\ files\ (requires +-x,\ --extract-audio\ \ \ \ \ \ convert\ video\ files\ to\ audio-only\ files\ (requires \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe) --audio-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ or\ "wav"; \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ best\ by\ default @@ -130,6 +133,12 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default \f[] .fi +.SH CONFIGURATION +.PP +You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as +\f[C]--extract-audio\ --no-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio and not +copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube-dl.conf\f[] and/or +\f[C]~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf\f[]. .SH FAQ .SS Can you please put the -b option back? .PP @@ -203,10 +212,10 @@ Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. .PP Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube-dl.zip\f[] first on -some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. +some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the \f[C]__main__.py\f[] file. -To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ compile\f[]. +To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ youtube-dl\f[]. .SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[] .PP To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 |