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@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER          playlist video to start at (default is 1)
     --playlist-end NUMBER            playlist video to end at (default is last)
+    --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC       playlist video items to download. Specify
+                                     indices of the videos in the playlist
+                                     seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items
+                                     1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos
+                                     indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can
+                                     specify range: "--playlist-items
+                                     1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos
+                                     at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
     --match-title REGEX              download only matching titles (regex or
                                      caseless sub-string)
     --reject-title REGEX             skip download for matching titles (regex or
@@ -124,7 +132,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 ## Download Options:
     -r, --rate-limit LIMIT           maximum download rate in bytes per second
                                      (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)
-    -R, --retries RETRIES            number of retries (default is 10)
+    -R, --retries RETRIES            number of retries (default is 10), or
+                                     "infinite".
     --buffer-size SIZE               size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
                                      (default is 1024)
     --no-resize-buffer               do not automatically adjust the buffer
@@ -132,6 +141,11 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
                                      automatically resized from an initial value
                                      of SIZE.
     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order
+    --xattr-set-filesize             (experimental) set file xattribute
+                                     ytdl.filesize with expected filesize
+    --external-downloader COMMAND    (experimental) Use the specified external
+                                     downloader. Currently supports
+                                     aria2c,curl,wget
 
 ## Filesystem Options:
     -a, --batch-file FILE            file containing URLs to download ('-' for
@@ -191,7 +205,6 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --write-info-json                write video metadata to a .info.json file
     --write-annotations              write video annotations to a .annotation
                                      file
-    --write-thumbnail                write thumbnail image to disk
     --load-info FILE                 json file containing the video information
                                      (created with the "--write-json" option)
     --cookies FILE                   file to read cookies from and dump cookie
@@ -206,6 +219,12 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --no-cache-dir                   Disable filesystem caching
     --rm-cache-dir                   Delete all filesystem cache files
 
+## Thumbnail images:
+    --write-thumbnail                write thumbnail image to disk
+    --write-all-thumbnails           write all thumbnail image formats to disk
+    --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail
+                                     formats
+
 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                      activates quiet mode
     --no-warnings                    Ignore warnings
@@ -239,6 +258,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
                                      files in the current directory to debug
                                      problems
     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
+    -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dl server for
+                                     debugging.
+    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for
+                                     debugging.
 
 ## Workarounds:
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
@@ -255,6 +278,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --bidi-workaround                Work around terminals that lack
                                      bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
                                      or fribidi executable in PATH
+    --sleep-interval SECONDS         Number of seconds to sleep before each
+                                     download.
 
 ## Video Format Options:
     -f, --format FORMAT              video format code, specify the order of
@@ -263,10 +288,22 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
                                      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
+                                     "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, and
+                                     fps 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-
@@ -300,7 +337,8 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 
 ## Authentication Options:
     -u, --username USERNAME          login with this account ID
-    -p, --password PASSWORD          account password
+    -p, --password PASSWORD          account password. If this option is left
+                                     out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.
     -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR        two-factor auth code
     -n, --netrc                      use .netrc authentication data
     --video-password PASSWORD        video password (vimeo, smotri)
@@ -440,9 +478,15 @@ Apparently YouTube requires you to pass a CAPTCHA test if you download too much.
 
 Once the video is fully downloaded, use any video player, such as [vlc](http://www.videolan.org) or [mplayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).
 
-### The links provided by youtube-dl -g are not working anymore
+### I extracted a video URL with -g, but it does not play on another machine / in my webbrowser.
+
+It depends a lot on the service. In many cases, requests for the video (to download/play it) must come from the same IP address and with the same cookies.  Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
+
+It may be beneficial to use IPv6; in some cases, the restrictions are only applied to IPv4. Some services (sometimes only for a subset of videos) do not restrict the video URL by IP address, cookie, or user-agent, but these are the exception rather than the rule.
+
+Please bear in mind that some URL protocols are **not** supported by browsers out of the box, including RTMP. If you are using -g, your own downloader must support these as well.
 
-The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the required cookies into a file, and advise your downloader to read cookies from that file. Some sites also require a common user agent to be used, use `--dump-user-agent` to see the one in use by youtube-dl.
+If you want to play the video on a machine that is not running youtube-dl, you can relay the video content from the machine that runs youtube-dl. You can use `-o -` to let youtube-dl stream a video to stdout, or simply allow the player to download the files written by youtube-dl in turn.
 
 ### ERROR: no fmt_url_map or conn information found in video info
 
@@ -477,6 +521,17 @@ To make a different directory work - either for ffmpeg, or for youtube-dl, or fo
 
 From then on, after restarting your shell, you will be able to access both youtube-dl and ffmpeg (and youtube-dl will be able to find ffmpeg) by simply typing `youtube-dl` or `ffmpeg`, no matter what directory you're in.
 
+### How do I put downloads into a specific folder?
+
+Use the `-o` to specify an [output template](#output-template), for example `-o "/home/user/videos/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s"`. If you want this for all of your downloads, put the option into your [configuration file](#configuration).
+
+### How do I download a video starting with a `-` ?
+
+Either prepend `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=` or separate the ID from the options with `--`:
+
+    youtube-dl -- -wNyEUrxzFU
+    youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNyEUrxzFU"
+
 ### How can I detect whether a given URL is supported by youtube-dl?
 
 For one, have a look at the [list of supported sites](docs/supportedsites). Note that it can sometimes happen that the site changes its URL scheme (say, from http://example.com/v/1234567 to http://example.com/v/1234567 ) and youtube-dl reports an URL of a service in that list as unsupported. In that case, simply report a bug.
@@ -557,7 +612,7 @@ If you want to add support for a new site, you can follow this quick list (assum
 5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).
 6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc.
 7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
-8. If you can, check the code with [pyflakes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes) (a good idea) and [pep8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8) (optional, ignore E501).
+8. If you can, check the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8).
 9. When the tests pass, [add](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files and [commit](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 
         $ git add youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -625,7 +680,9 @@ with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
 
 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues> . Unless you were prompted so or there is another pertinent reason (e.g. GitHub fails to accept the bug report), please do not send bug reports via personal email. For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.
 
-Please include the full output of the command when run with `--verbose`. The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
+**Please include the full output of youtube-dl when run with `-v`**.
+
+The output (including the first lines) contain important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.
 
 Please re-read your issue once again to avoid a couple of common mistakes (you can and should use this as a checklist):