Remove the --max-quality option

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 2097a9436d13eb4f1742a5fdcf502fba1d08bc74..4c9d39d9a475a9b23ee3d51a5cec222321e7e053 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -322,32 +322,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     video_format.add_option(
         '-f', '--format',
         action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
-        help=(
-            'Video format code, specify the order of preference using'
-            ' 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". '
-            ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in'
-            ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"'
-            ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). '
-            ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps'
-            ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, !='
-            ' and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container, and protocol'
-            ' and the comparisons =, != .'
-            ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you'
-            ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
-            ' You can combine format filters, so  '
-            '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" '
-            'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not '
-            'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.'
-            ' 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'
-            ' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or'
-            ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.'))
+        help='Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info')
     video_format.add_option(
         '--all-formats',
         action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
@@ -356,10 +331,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--prefer-free-formats',
         action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
         help='Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
-    video_format.add_option(
-        '--max-quality',
-        action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT',
-        help='Highest quality format to download')
     video_format.add_option(
         '-F', '--list-formats',
         action='store_true', dest='listformats',
@@ -670,7 +641,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--load-info',
         dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
-        help='Specify JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
+        help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--cookies',
         dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
@@ -794,21 +765,22 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         if opts.verbose:
             write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
     else:
-        command_line_conf = sys.argv[1:]
-        # Workaround for Python 2.x, where argv is a byte list
-        if sys.version_info < (3,):
-            command_line_conf = [
-                a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in command_line_conf]
+        def compat_conf(conf):
+            if sys.version_info < (3,):
+                return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
+            return conf
+
+        command_line_conf = compat_conf(sys.argv[1:])
 
         if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
             system_conf = []
             user_conf = []
         else:
-            system_conf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
+            system_conf = compat_conf(_readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf'))
             if '--ignore-config' in system_conf:
                 user_conf = []
             else:
-                user_conf = _readUserConf()
+                user_conf = compat_conf(_readUserConf())
         argv = system_conf + user_conf + command_line_conf
 
         opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)