X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=cabbbef76690a6e2ce6513d8f7a03291507aa343;hb=b1ce2ba1978142c75418ead4b91ea6138bb37a16;hp=cd9e0b43f725a414a25a9fd7de74c3573cf22161;hpb=7507fc98cb7ab0f78317cd6b485f88830953645d;p=youtube-dl diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cd9e0b43f..cabbbef76 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: - sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget: @@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. (experimental) -6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental) - --cn-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for - some Chinese sites. The default proxy - specified by --proxy (or none, if the + --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for + some geo-restricted sites. The default + proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental) @@ -330,7 +330,15 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH --sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each - download. + download when used alone or a lower bound + of a range for randomized sleep before each + download (minimum possible number of + seconds to sleep) when used along with + --max-sleep-interval. + --max-sleep-interval SECONDS Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep + before each download (maximum possible + number of seconds to sleep). Must only be + used along with --min-sleep-interval. ## Video Format Options: -f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT @@ -424,7 +432,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. # CONFIGURATION -You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and OS X, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. +You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux and OS X, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\\youtube-dl.conf`. Note that by default configuration file may not exist so you may need to create it yourself. For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory: ``` @@ -432,6 +440,7 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extrac --no-mtime --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s +# Lines starting with # are comments ``` Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`. @@ -1195,7 +1204,7 @@ Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. S ### Why are existing options not enough? -Before requesting a new feature, please have a quick peek at [the list of supported options](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#synopsis). Many feature requests are for features that actually exist already! Please, absolutely do show off your work in the issue report and detail how the existing similar options do *not* solve your problem. +Before requesting a new feature, please have a quick peek at [the list of supported options](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#options). Many feature requests are for features that actually exist already! Please, absolutely do show off your work in the issue report and detail how the existing similar options do *not* solve your problem. ### Is there enough context in your bug report?