[YoutubeDL] Allow selection by more extensions

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index a018c1d711ffcb67997a15d4fdcec528cb7f99ba..058342dec9990bcad43d2a5744ea1fc5e974b40a 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -267,10 +267,12 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
         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'
-            ' "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
+            ' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . '
+            ' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the '
+            'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. '
+            'You can also use the special names "best",'
+            ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". '
+            ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
             ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as'
             ' -f  136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
             ' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'