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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py1
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py3
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py6
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py4
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py11
5 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 411de9ac9..8580f99a7 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ 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.
"""
params = None
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 215b616de..fb31d1569 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']:
+ if opts.recodevideo not in ['mp4', 'flv', 'webm', 'ogg', 'mkv', 'xvid']:
parser.error('invalid video recode format specified')
if opts.convertsubtitles is not None:
if opts.convertsubtitles not in ['srt', 'vtt', 'ass']:
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'extract_flat': opts.extract_flat,
'merge_output_format': opts.merge_output_format,
'postprocessors': postprocessors,
+ 'postprocessor_args': shlex.split(opts.postprocessor_args or ''),
'fixup': opts.fixup,
'source_address': opts.source_address,
'call_home': opts.call_home,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4762e1e3c..c15dadb21 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -691,7 +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)')
+ help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|xvid)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--postprocessor-args',
+ dest='postprocessor_args', default=None, metavar='ARGS',
+ help='Extra parameters for video post-processor.')
postproc.add_option(
'-k', '--keep-video',
action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
index 3b0e8ddd8..bee64c457 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/common.py
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
of the chain is reached.
PostProcessor objects follow a "mutual registration" process similar
- to InfoExtractor objects.
+ to InfoExtractor objects. And it can receive parameters from CLI trough
+ --postprocessor-args.
"""
_downloader = None
def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+ self._extra_cmd_args = downloader.params.get('postprocessor_args')
self._downloader = downloader
def set_downloader(self, downloader):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index fe7e0a8ee..d4ba3572b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -295,15 +295,20 @@ class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
def run(self, information):
path = information['filepath']
prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition('.')
- outpath = prefix + sep + self._preferedformat
+ ext = self._preferedformat
+ options = self._extra_cmd_args
+ if self._preferedformat == 'xvid':
+ ext = '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
self._downloader.to_screen('[' + 'ffmpeg' + '] Converting video from %s to %s, Destination: ' % (information['ext'], self._preferedformat) + outpath)
- self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, [])
+ self.run_ffmpeg(path, outpath, options)
information['filepath'] = outpath
information['format'] = self._preferedformat
- information['ext'] = self._preferedformat
+ information['ext'] = ext
return [path], information