2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
index d944d9367..c44501b59 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
+import shlex
 
 from ..utils import (
     PostProcessingError,
@@ -23,12 +24,13 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
 
     PostProcessor objects follow a "mutual registration" process similar
     to InfoExtractor objects. And it can receive parameters from CLI trough
-    --pp-params.
+    --postprocessor-args.
     """
 
     _downloader = None
 
-    def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+    def __init__(self, downloader=None, extra_cmd_args=None):
+        self._extra_cmd_args = shlex.split(extra_cmd_args or '')
         self._downloader = downloader
 
     def set_downloader(self, downloader):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index a696b12b4..891c72769 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessorError(PostProcessingError):
 
 
 class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
-    def __init__(self, downloader=None):
-        PostProcessor.__init__(self, downloader)
+    def __init__(self, downloader=None, extra_cmd_args=None):
+        PostProcessor.__init__(self, downloader, extra_cmd_args)
         self._determine_executables()
 
     def check_version(self):
@@ -287,16 +287,15 @@ class FFmpegExtractAudioPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
 
 
 class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
-    def __init__(self, downloader=None, preferedformat=None, extra_params=[]):
-        super(FFmpegVideoConvertorPP, self).__init__(downloader)
+    def __init__(self, downloader=None, preferedformat=None, extra_cmd_args=None):
+        super(FFmpegVideoConvertorPP, self).__init__(downloader, extra_cmd_args)
         self._preferedformat = preferedformat
-        self._extra_params = extra_params
 
     def run(self, information):
         path = information['filepath']
         prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
         ext = self._preferedformat
-        options = self._extra_params
+        options = self._extra_cmd_args
         if self._preferedformat == 'xvid':
             ext = 'avi'
             options.extend(['-c:v', 'libxvid', '-vtag', 'XVID'])