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diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1 index ae303b672..4508622d2 100644 --- a/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/youtube-dl.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH youtube-dl 1 "" +.TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 "" .SH NAME .PP youtube-dl @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like. -i,\ --ignore-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors -r,\ --rate-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ download\ rate\ limit\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m) -R,\ --retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10) +--buffer-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16k)\ (default +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ is\ 1024) +--no-resize-buffer\ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ automatically\ adjust\ the\ buffer\ size.\ By +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ the\ buffer\ size\ is\ automatically\ resized +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ an\ initial\ value\ of\ SIZE. --dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification --user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent --list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they @@ -139,6 +144,59 @@ 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 OUTPUT TEMPLATE +.PP +The \f[C]-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the +output file names. +The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a +single file, like in +\f[C]youtube-dl\ -o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[]. +However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when +downloading each video. +The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[]. +To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis, +followed by a lowercase S. +Allowed names are: +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the +person who uploaded the video. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date +in YYYYMMDD format. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension +(like flv or mp4). +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when +creating the file. +.IP \[bu] 2 +\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit +number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero. +.PP +The current default template is \f[C]%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[], but that will +be switchted to \f[C]%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] (which can be +requested with \f[C]-t\f[] at the moment). +.PP +In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces, +or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows +system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. +In these cases, add the \f[C]--restrict-filenames\f[] flag to get a +shorter title: +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc +youtube-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters +$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ --restrict-filenames +youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name +\f[] +.fi .SH FAQ .SS Can you please put the -b option back? .PP |