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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/options.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/options.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index a30974efd..fd7b400b2 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): authentication.add_option( '-p', '--password', dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD', - help='account password') + help='account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.') authentication.add_option( '-2', '--twofactor', dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR', @@ -289,6 +289,17 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): 'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. ' 'You can also use the special names "best",' ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". ' + ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in' + ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"' + ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). ' + ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, and vbr' + ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, != .' + ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you' + ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.' + ' You can combine format filters, so ' + '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" ' + 'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not ' + 'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.' ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.' ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as' ' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.' |