authentication.add_option(
'-p', '--password',
dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='account password')
+ help='account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
authentication.add_option(
'-2', '--twofactor',
dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
'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, and vbr'
+ ' 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.'
verbosity.add_option(
'-C', '--call-home',
dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
- help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging. (Experimental)')
+ help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-call-home',
+ dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
+ help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
filesystem.add_option(