Use shlex.split for --pp-params and update related docs.

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index ceb4b5f38bb0b8db00e9bfd869cf4238761cb92c..fbba9b9d8cbaf92c99be3b5f8273e65e311be047 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|xvid)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--pp-params',
-        dest='pp_params', default=None,
-        help='Extra parameters for video post-processor. The params will be splited on spaces.')
+        dest='pp_params', default=None, metavar='ARGS',
+        help='Extra parameters for video post-processor.')
     postproc.add_option(
         '-k', '--keep-video',
         action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,