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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4f4ec3871..42ef13786 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ __authors__ = (
'David Wagner',
'Juan C. Olivares',
'Mattias Harrysson',
+ 'phaer',
+ 'Sainyam Kapoor',
)
__license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
general.add_option(
- '--prefer-insecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
+ '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
general.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
@@ -257,13 +259,17 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
general.add_option(
'--bidi-workaround', dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
help=u'Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
- general.add_option('--default-search',
- dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
- help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". By default (with value "auto") youtube-dl guesses.')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--default-search',
+ dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
+ help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". By default (with value "auto") youtube-dl guesses.')
general.add_option(
'--ignore-config',
action='store_true',
help='Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--encoding', dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
+ help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-start',
@@ -397,7 +403,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
help='simulate, quiet but print output format', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson',
- help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information', default=False)
+ help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('--newline',
action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', help='output progress bar as new lines', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('--no-progress',
@@ -543,8 +549,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
write_string(u'[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(systemConf)) + '\n')
write_string(u'[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(userConf)) + '\n')
write_string(u'[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(commandLineConf)) + '\n')
- write_string(u'[debug] Encodings: locale %r, fs %r, out %r, pref: %r\n' %
- (locale.getpreferredencoding(), sys.getfilesystemencoding(), sys.stdout.encoding, preferredencoding()))
return parser, opts, args
@@ -678,7 +682,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
date = DateRange.day(opts.date)
else:
date = DateRange(opts.dateafter, opts.datebefore)
- if opts.default_search not in ('auto', None) and ':' not in opts.default_search:
+ if opts.default_search not in ('auto', 'auto_warning', None) and ':' not in opts.default_search:
parser.error(u'--default-search invalid; did you forget a colon (:) at the end?')
# Do not download videos when there are audio-only formats
@@ -789,6 +793,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'include_ads': opts.include_ads,
'default_search': opts.default_search,
'youtube_include_dash_manifest': opts.youtube_include_dash_manifest,
+ 'encoding': opts.encoding,
}
with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: