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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index b38b8349f..dbc6f5528 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
help='playlist video to end at (default is last)')
selection.add_option(
+ '--playlist-items',
+ dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
+ help='playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
+ selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
help='download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
@@ -373,7 +377,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
- help='number of retries (default is %default)')
+ help='number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
@@ -391,6 +395,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true',
help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
downloader.add_option(
+ '--xattr-set-filesize',
+ dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
+ help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize')
+ downloader.add_option(
'--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
help='(experimental) Use the specified external downloader. '
@@ -615,10 +623,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
help='write video annotations to a .annotation file')
filesystem.add_option(
- '--write-thumbnail',
- action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
- help='write thumbnail image to disk')
- filesystem.add_option(
'--load-info',
dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
@@ -637,6 +641,20 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
+ thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--write-thumbnail',
+ action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+ help='write thumbnail image to disk')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--write-all-thumbnails',
+ action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
+ help='write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
+ thumbnail.add_option(
+ '--list-thumbnails',
+ action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
+ help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
+
postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
postproc.add_option(
'-x', '--extract-audio',
@@ -702,6 +720,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
parser.add_option_group(selection)
parser.add_option_group(downloader)
parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
+ parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
parser.add_option_group(video_format)