[downloader/external] Add support for custom options (Fixes #4885, closes #5098)

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / YoutubeDL.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 15367c4e36edbdd52c2fbf2096913dc7bb08b658..e0baa98727b758538bfb66ee47d3207b02f1bc8e 100755 (executable)
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     hls_prefer_native: Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv.
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
-    the FileDownloader:
+    the downloader (see youtube_dl/downloader/common.py):
     nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, min_filesize, max_filesize, test,
     noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle,
-    xattr_set_filesize.
+    xattr_set_filesize, external_downloader_args.
 
     The following options are used by the post processors:
     prefer_ffmpeg:     If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,