X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=49b62f13f84f32537d7a7d0323c5282866b02994;hb=f43770d8c93349ad6da26269bdde4c06c8e8b49e;hp=d795ef6f28aa8a3cbc9e7d6c21ce3bc6958aa8de;hpb=0f2999fe2b352795d54e6fcc4027e6a64ce5bc1d;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d795ef6f2..49b62f13f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed) -i, --ignore-errors continue on download errors, for example to - to skip unavailable videos in a playlist + skip unavailable videos in a playlist --abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs @@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". By default (with value "auto") youtube-dl guesses. + --ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given + in the global configuration file /etc + /youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user + configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf + (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on + Windows) ## Video Selection: --playlist-start NUMBER playlist video to start at (default is 1) @@ -240,7 +246,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. # CONFIGURATION -You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl.conf`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. +You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as `--extract-audio --no-mtime` to always extract the audio and not copy the mtime) into `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and/or `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` and `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. # OUTPUT TEMPLATE @@ -275,12 +281,14 @@ Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--dateb Examples: - $ # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months - $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months - $ # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970 - $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 - $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade - $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 + # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months + $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months + + # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970 + $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 + + $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade + $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 # FAQ @@ -325,7 +333,7 @@ Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unz To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29). -# BUILD INSTRUCTIONS +# DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS Most users do not need to build youtube-dl and can [download the builds](http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html) or get them from their distribution. @@ -347,6 +355,10 @@ If you want to create a build of youtube-dl yourself, you'll need * zip * nosetests +### Adding support for a new site + +If you want to add support for a new site, copy *any* [recently modified](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/commits/master/youtube_dl/extractor) file in `youtube_dl/extractor`, add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py). 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). Don't forget to run the tests with `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`! For a detailed tutorial, refer to [this blog post](http://filippo.io/add-support-for-a-new-video-site-to-youtube-dl/). + # BUGS Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: . 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.