added new FAQ on exe dependency

[youtube-dl] / youtube-dl.1

diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1
index 09bb843f445b5e0cb9e05ac0e350f81aacd8550a..00bae77a47ac6d1d89b5a76fd634fcb2f24ecfa1 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube-dl.1
+++ b/youtube-dl.1
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 -r,\ --rate-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ download\ rate\ limit\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
 -R,\ --retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
 --dump-user-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
+--user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
 --list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
 \f[]
@@ -121,8 +122,9 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ffmpeg\ or\ avconv\ and\ ffprobe\ or\ avprobe)
 --audio-format\ FORMAT\ \ \ \ "best",\ "aac",\ "vorbis",\ "mp3",\ "m4a",\ or\ "wav";
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ best\ by\ default
---audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ bitrate\ specification,\ 128k\ by
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default
+--audio-quality\ QUALITY\ \ ffmpeg/avconv\ audio\ quality\ specification,\ insert\ a
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ value\ between\ 0\ (better)\ and\ 9\ (worse)\ for\ VBR\ or\ a
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specific\ bitrate\ like\ 128K\ (default\ 5)
 -k,\ --keep-video\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ keeps\ the\ video\ file\ on\ disk\ after\ the\ post-
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
 \f[]
@@ -165,6 +167,37 @@ Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use
 youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is
 not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
 You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
+.SS ERROR: unable to download video
+.PP
+youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is
+not supported by old versions of youtube-dl.
+You can update youtube-dl with \f[C]sudo\ youtube-dl\ --update\f[].
+.SS SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character
+.PP
+The error
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+File\ "youtube-dl",\ line\ 2
+SyntaxError:\ Non-ASCII\ character\ \[aq]\\x93\[aq]\ ...
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python.
+Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7.
+.PP
+To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you\[aq]ll have to manually check it
+out like this:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+git\ clone\ git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
+cd\ youtube-dl
+python\ -m\ youtube-dl\ --help
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
 .SH COPYRIGHT
 .PP
 youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.