-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\ None\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
+--user-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
--list-extractors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ List\ all\ supported\ extractors\ and\ the\ URLs\ they
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ would\ handle
\f[]
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ title,\ %(uploader)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ name,
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically\ incremented
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename\ extension,
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),\ and
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %%\ for\ a\ literal\ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ stdout.
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date\ (YYYYMMDD),
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(provider)s\ for\ the\ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe,
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to\ stdout.
-a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
-w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
-c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
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+means you\[aq]re using an outdated version of Python.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.
+.SS What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
+.PP
+Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile,
+simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube-dl.zip\f[] first on
+some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code.
+If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the
+\f[C]__main__.py\f[] file.
+To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ compile\f[].
+.SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[]
+.PP
+To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
+Redistributable
+Package (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.