general.add_option(
'--ignore-config',
action='store_true',
- help='Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
+ help='Do not read configuration files. '
+ 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
+ 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
+ '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
selection.add_option(
'--no-playlist',
action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
- help='download only the currently playing video')
+ help='If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.')
selection.add_option(
'--age-limit',
metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
video_format.add_option(
'-f', '--format',
action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
- help='video format code, specify the order of preference using'
+ help=(
+ 'video format code, specify the order of preference using'
' slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also'
' supported. You can also use the special names "best",'
' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and'
' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'
' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or'
- ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.')
+ ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.'))
video_format.add_option(
'--all-formats',
action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',