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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 180a0707d..3b3a9a4f4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ def parseOpts():
help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
postproc.add_option('--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; best by default')
- postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='128K',
- help='ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by default')
+ postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='5',
+ help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)')
postproc.add_option('-k', '--keep-video', action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ def _real_main():
if opts.extractaudio:
if opts.audioformat not in ['best', 'aac', 'mp3', 'vorbis', 'm4a', 'wav']:
parser.error(u'invalid audio format specified')
+ if opts.audioquality:
+ opts.audioquality = opts.audioquality.strip('k').strip('K')
+ if not opts.audioquality.isdigit():
+ parser.error(u'invalid audio quality specified')
# File downloader
fd = FileDownloader({