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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py3
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py6
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py8
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 8580f99a7..00af78e06 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
The following options are used by the post processors:
prefer_ffmpeg: If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
otherwise prefer avconv.
- postprocessor_args: Extra parameters for external apps, like avconv.
+ postprocessor_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
+ postprocessor.
"""
params = None
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index fb31d1569..2d416943f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if not opts.audioquality.isdigit():
parser.error('invalid audio quality specified')
if opts.recodevideo is not None:
- if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'xvid']:
+ if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'avi']:
parser.error('invalid video recode format specified')
if opts.convertsubtitles is not None:
if opts.convertsubtitles not in ['srt', 'vtt', 'ass']:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index c15dadb21..85365d769 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -691,11 +691,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
- help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|xvid)')
+ help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
postproc.add_option(
'--postprocessor-args',
- dest='postprocessor_args', default=None, metavar='ARGS',
- help='Extra parameters for video post-processor.')
+ dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS',
+ help='Give these arguments to the postprocessor')
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index d4ba3572b..62d13a567 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -295,12 +295,10 @@ class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
def run(self, information):
path = information['filepath']
prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
- ext = self._preferedformat
+ outpath = prefix + sep + self._preferedformat
options = self._extra_cmd_args
- if self._preferedformat == 'xvid':
- ext = 'avi'
+ if self._preferedformat == 'avi':
options.extend(['-c:v', 'libxvid', '-vtag', 'XVID'])
- outpath = prefix + sep + ext
if information['ext'] == self._preferedformat:
self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Not converting video file %s - already is in target format %s' % (path, self._preferedformat))
return [], information
@@ -308,7 +306,7 @@ class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, options)
information['filepath'] = outpath
information['format'] = self._preferedformat
- information['ext'] = ext
+ information['ext'] = self._preferedformat
return [path], information