Clarify that download rate is in bytes per second

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4f1829214479045fd55eca4a57b66369f8b6ecf4..250cf62f866581a0278923e275a5b9c4c05a7eca 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('--list-extractors',
             action='store_true', dest='list_extractors',
             help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle', default=False)
-    general.add_option('--list-extractor-descriptions',
+    general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions',
             action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions',
             help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False)
     general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             help='language of the subtitles to download (optional) use IETF language tags like \'en\'')
 
     downloader.add_option('-r', '--rate-limit',
-            dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
+            dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
     downloader.add_option('-R', '--retries',
             dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', help='number of retries (default is %default)', default=10)
     downloader.add_option('--buffer-size',
@@ -582,14 +582,16 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
     if opts.verbose:
         ydl.to_screen(u'[debug] youtube-dl version ' + __version__)
         try:
-            sp = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                  cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+            sp = subprocess.Popen(
+                ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
             out, err = sp.communicate()
             out = out.decode().strip()
             if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
                 ydl.to_screen(u'[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out)
         except:
-            pass
+            sys.exc_clear()
         ydl.to_screen(u'[debug] Python version %s - %s' %(platform.python_version(), platform.platform()))
         ydl.to_screen(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + str(proxy_handler.proxies))