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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/__init__.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index ad5f13d2b..c482f9375 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): 'key': 'FFmpegVideoConvertor', 'preferedformat': opts.recodevideo, }) + # FFmpegMetadataPP should be run after FFmpegVideoConvertorPP and + # FFmpegExtractAudioPP as containers before conversion may not support + # metadata (3gp, webm, etc.) + # And this post-processor should be placed before other metadata + # manipulating post-processors (FFmpegEmbedSubtitle) to prevent loss of + # extra metadata. By default ffmpeg preserves metadata applicable for both + # source and target containers. From this point the container won't change, + # so metadata can be added here. + if opts.addmetadata: + postprocessors.append({'key': 'FFmpegMetadata'}) if opts.convertsubtitles: postprocessors.append({ 'key': 'FFmpegSubtitlesConvertor', @@ -276,11 +286,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): }) if not already_have_thumbnail: opts.writethumbnail = True - # FFmpegMetadataPP should be run after FFmpegVideoConvertorPP and - # FFmpegExtractAudioPP as containers before conversion may not support - # metadata (3gp, webm, etc.) - if opts.addmetadata: - postprocessors.append({'key': 'FFmpegMetadata'}) # XAttrMetadataPP should be run after post-processors that may change file # contents if opts.xattrs: |