X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=2ca021125902f04a6306acec5e2fd5ac922bfa52;hb=3c6ffbaedbbae8734f6b86fea1169413b656abf3;hp=c0a0fa557300cb420908df1a99197fde24a7e984;hpb=cc872b68a895bae05bd266cc59d53f6e3c638f6c;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c0a0fa557..2ca021125 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% youtube-dl(1) +% YOUTUBE-DL(1) # NAME youtube-dl @@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id and %% for a literal - percent. Use - to output to stdout. + percent. Use - to output to stdout. Can also be + used to download to a different directory, for + example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title + )s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' . --restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) @@ -170,14 +173,6 @@ The error means you're using an outdated version of Python. Please update to Python 2.6 or 2.7. -To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like this: - - git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git - cd youtube-dl - python -m youtube_dl --help - -Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore. - ### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone? Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make youtube-dl`. @@ -202,3 +197,5 @@ Please include: * The output of `youtube-dl --version` * The output of `python --version` * The name and version of your Operating System ("Ubuntu 11.04 x64" or "Windows 7 x64" is usually enough). + +For discussions, join us in the irc channel #youtube-dl on freenode.