X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=64a64c610df502cda227113640985bf17e6c2178;hb=4279a0ca983476a0bdf86e23251b866616cbd434;hp=05f437db91466f52e1116e5809fa10db94fa9e18;hpb=df09e5f9e11fdea4df36891f8cbb9d3cc95f56c4;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 05f437db9..64a64c610 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. -r, --rate-limit LIMIT download rate limit (e.g. 50k or 44.6m) -R, --retries RETRIES number of retries (default is 10) --dump-user-agent display the current browser identification + --user-agent UA specify a custom user agent --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle @@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filename extension, - %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), and - %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to - stdout. + %(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. -a, --batch-file FILE file containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin) -w, --no-overwrites do not overwrite files -c, --continue resume partially downloaded files @@ -93,8 +95,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe) --audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; best by default - --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by - default + --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a + value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a + specific bitrate like 128K (default 5) -k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post- processing; the video is erased by default @@ -120,6 +123,35 @@ The URLs youtube-dl outputs require the downloader to have the correct cookies. youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. +### ERROR: unable to download video ### + +youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`. + +### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ### + +The error + + File "youtube-dl", line 2 + SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x93' ... + +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 repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`. + +### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++* + +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). + # COPYRIGHT youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.