Merge pull request #473 from grimreaper/master

[youtube-dl] / youtube-dl.1

diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1
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--- a/youtube-dl.1
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH youtube-dl 1 "" 
+.TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 ""
 .SH NAME
 .PP
 youtube-dl
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 -i,\ --ignore-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors
 -r,\ --rate-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ download\ rate\ limit\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
 -R,\ --retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
+--buffer-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16k)\ (default
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ is\ 1024)
+--no-resize-buffer\ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ automatically\ adjust\ the\ buffer\ size.\ By
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ the\ buffer\ size\ is\ automatically\ resized
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ an\ initial\ value\ of\ SIZE.
 --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
@@ -59,8 +64,8 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(extractor)s\ for\ the\ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe,
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to\ stdout.
---restrict-filenames\ \ \ \ \ Avoid\ some\ characters\ such\ as\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ filenames
+--restrict-filenames\ \ \ \ \ Restrict\ filenames\ to\ only\ ASCII\ characters,\ and
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ avoid\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in\ filenames
 -a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
 -w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
 -c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
@@ -139,6 +144,59 @@ You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as
 \f[C]--extract-audio\ --no-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio and not
 copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube-dl.conf\f[] and/or
 \f[C]~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf\f[].
+.SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE
+.PP
+The \f[C]-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the
+output file names.
+The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
+single file, like in
+\f[C]youtube-dl\ -o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[].
+However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
+downloading each video.
+The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[].
+To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis,
+followed by a lowercase S.
+Allowed names are:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the
+person who uploaded the video.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date
+in YYYYMMDD format.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension
+(like flv or mp4).
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when
+creating the file.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit
+number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
+.PP
+The current default template is \f[C]%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[], but that will
+be switchted to \f[C]%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] (which can be
+requested with \f[C]-t\f[] at the moment).
+.PP
+In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces,
+or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows
+system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel.
+In these cases, add the \f[C]--restrict-filenames\f[] flag to get a
+shorter title:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc
+youtube-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters
+$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ --restrict-filenames
+youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name
+\f[]
+.fi
 .SH FAQ
 .SS Can you please put the -b option back?
 .PP