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@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ This is a fork of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) which i
* [Filtering Formats](#filtering-formats)
* [Sorting Formats](#sorting-formats)
* [Format Selection examples](#format-selection-examples)
-* [VIDEO SELECTION](#video-selection-1)
* [MORE](#more)
@@ -142,12 +141,14 @@ Then simply type this
an error. The default value "fixup_error"
repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
this is not possible instead of searching.
- --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
- in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
- configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
- on Windows)
+ --ignore-config, --no-config Disable loading any configuration files
+ except the one provided by --config-
+ location. When given inside a configuration
+ file, no further configuration files are
+ loaded. Additionally, (for backward
+ compatibility) if this option is found
+ inside the system configuration file, the
+ user configuration is not loaded.
--config-location PATH Location of the configuration file; either
the path to the config or its containing
directory.
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ You can configure youtube-dlc by placing any supported command line option to a
If none of these files are found, the search is performed again by replacing `yt-dlp` with `youtube-dlc`. Note that `~` points to `C:\Users\<user name>` on windows. Also, `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%` defaults to `~/.config` if undefined
1. **System Configuration**: `/etc/yt-dlp.conf` or `/etc/youtube-dlc.conf`
-For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory:
+For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `YouTube` directory in your home directory:
```
# Lines starting with # are comments
@@ -661,8 +662,8 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dlc will always extra
# Use this proxy
--proxy 127.0.0.1:3128
-# Save all videos under Movies directory in your home directory
--o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
+# Save all videos under YouTube directory in your home directory
+-o ~/YouTube/%(title)s.%(ext)s
```
Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls; thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.