[youtube] Add ability to authenticate with cookies

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4a6067cb8d15e1302880c920a9835303db1a9987..3e4ac03a240844ef3b69fd21dbedcc441a46e5c7 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--prefer-insecure',
         '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
-        help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information whenever possible')
+        help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--user-agent',
         metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-a', '--batch-file',
         dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
-        help='File containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
+        help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
+             "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored.")
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--id', default=False,
         action='store_true', dest='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')