general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
general.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
- help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl .')
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
general.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
verbosity.add_option('--youtube-print-sig-code',
action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
-
+ verbosity.add_option('--print-traffic',
+ dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option('-t', '--title',
action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='use title in file name (default)', default=False)
'proxy': opts.proxy,
'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,
+ 'debug_printtraffic': opts.debug_printtraffic,
}
with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: